Northern Cross

Analysis

Northern Cross is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hartlepool. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06067775). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Northern Cross reported income of £38k and spending of £44k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £30k to £38k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Northern Cross sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Well Ministries (£38k), Jamia Masjid West Drayton Trust (£38k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Epiphany Gipton, Leeds (£38k).