The Arthur Cross Charity

Analysis

The Arthur Cross Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Arthur Cross Charity reported income of £11k and spending of £5,000, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8,300 to £11k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Arthur Cross Charity sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wandsworth Prison Welfare Trust (£11k), Live to Love Society (UK) (£11k) and The Life Matters (£11k).