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Society of the Sacred Cross

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1135334MonmouthReligion
Income£336k2025-03-31
Spending£367ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause88th pctReligion
Registered2010Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Society of the Sacred Cross is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Monmouth. It was registered in March 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07198198). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Society of the Sacred Cross reported income of £336k and spending of £367k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £370k to £336k (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Society of the Sacred Cross sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Karphaha Vinayagar Trust (£335k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Portchester (£336k) and Central Mosque Rochdale (£335k).

Income and spending

£0£92k£185k£277k£370k2021 Income: £369,8572021 Spending: £222,54620212022 Income: £127,1962022 Spending: £229,07620222023 Income: £143,1362023 Spending: £253,31120232024 Income: £341,5252024 Spending: £306,65520242025 Income: £335,5182025 Spending: £367,0822025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Society provides and maintains a Retreat/Guest house which is open to anyone whether Christian or not.Educational groups visit for days or weekends and occasional residential retreats are offered.The sisters spend two hours each day in personal prayer and sixteen and a half hours each week in public worship.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Karphaha Vinayagar TrustIlford£335k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, PortchesterFareham£336k
Central Mosque RochdaleRochdale£335k
Presbyterian Church of Ghana Midlands DistrictBuckinghamshire£336k