Membership
Updated: 18 December 2025
About this data
The data below was generated from questionnaire responses. As the questionnaire has changed over time, some fields were incomplete for some responses.
All percentages are calculated as a fraction of the people who answered that question.
Current membership at a glance
Growth
The True North Network started in May 2023.
The chart below shows the cumulative number of members, and the cumulutive number of unique organisations,
who have joined the True North network since then.
Skip line chart Date 2023 2024 2025 2026 Members 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 50 500 550 600 Individuals May 2023: 109 Individuals June 2023: 116 Individuals July 2023: 153 Individuals August 2023: 172 Individuals September 2023: 205 Individuals October 2023: 253 Individuals November 2023: 258 Individuals December 2023: 267 Individuals January 2024: 282 Individuals February 2024: 287 Individuals March 2024: 295 Individuals April 2024: 300 Individuals May 2024: 314 Individuals June 2024: 341 Individuals July 2024: 356 Individuals August 2024: 366 Individuals September 2024: 379 Individuals October 2024: 384 Individuals November 2024: 394 Individuals December 2024: 409 Individuals January 2025: 435 Individuals February 2025: 452 Individuals March 2025: 462 Individuals April 2025: 474 Individuals May 2025: 490 Individuals June 2025: 508 Individuals July 2025: 541 Individuals August 2025: 552 Individuals September 2025: 560 Individuals October 2025: 574 Individuals November 2025: 582 Individuals December 2025: 586 Organisations May 2023: 96 Organisations June 2023: 101 Organisations July 2023: 134 Organisations August 2023: 151 Organisations September 2023: 181 Organisations October 2023: 226 Organisations November 2023: 229 Organisations December 2023: 236 Organisations January 2024: 250 Organisations February 2024: 255 Organisations March 2024: 263 Organisations April 2024: 268 Organisations May 2024: 281 Organisations June 2024: 304 Organisations July 2024: 318 Organisations August 2024: 328 Organisations September 2024: 341 Organisations October 2024: 346 Organisations November 2024: 355 Organisations December 2024: 367 Organisations January 2025: 392 Organisations February 2025: 407 Organisations March 2025: 414 Organisations April 2025: 426 Organisations May 2025: 439 Organisations June 2025: 457 Organisations July 2025: 488 Organisations August 2025: 498 Organisations September 2025: 506 Organisations October 2025: 519 Organisations November 2025: 525 Organisations December 2025: 528 Go to the start of line chart
Sectors
This chart shows the frequency of words mentioned in the question "What sector do you operate in?". Note that "services" generally pairs
with other words, which explains its high frequency.
Skip bar chart 0 100 125 25 50 75 accommodation defence recreation entertainment arts storage transport other care health social legal sciences recruitment real estate information engineering manufacturing support business notforprofit construction admin life software communications education marketing development insurance finance technology professional services biotechnology hospitality utilities pharmaceuticals public retail services Frequency: 119 professional Frequency: 110 technology Frequency: 87 finance Frequency: 68 insurance Frequency: 64 development Frequency: 54 marketing Frequency: 53 education Frequency: 53 communications Frequency: 52 software Frequency: 50 admin Frequency: 48 construction Frequency: 48 notforprofit Frequency: 47 business Frequency: 45 support Frequency: 42 manufacturing Frequency: 39 engineering Frequency: 35 information Frequency: 33 real estate Frequency: 33 recruitment Frequency: 32 legal Frequency: 29 social Frequency: 24 health Frequency: 23 care Frequency: 21 other Frequency: 15 transport Frequency: 14 storage Frequency: 14 arts Frequency: 14 entertainment Frequency: 14 recreation Frequency: 14 retail Frequency: 12 public Frequency: 12 pharmaceuticals Frequency: 12 utilities Frequency: 11 hospitality Frequency: 11 biotechnology Frequency: 11 life Frequency: 11 sciences Frequency: 11 defence Frequency: 10 accommodation Frequency: 10 Go to the start of bar chart
Locations
This chart shows the top 5 responses to the question "Where is your organisation based?".
Some organsiations gave multiple locations so each location was counted individually.
Skip bar chart 0 100 150 200 50 Cheshire West Yorkshire Lancashire Merseyside Greater Manchester Greater Manchester Frequency: 178 Merseyside Frequency: 133 Lancashire Frequency: 113 West Yorkshire Frequency: 108 Cheshire Frequency: 61 Go to the start of bar chart