Cross Roads for Human Development

Analysis

Cross Roads for Human Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cross Roads for Human Development reported income of £33k and spending of £33k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £33k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cross Roads for Human Development sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pat Allsop Charitable Trust (£33k), Jesus Victory Centre (£33k) and Livingspring Chapel Trust (£33k).