Membership
Updated: 30 September 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 Individuals May 2023: 106 Individuals June 2023: 111 Individuals July 2023: 148 Individuals August 2023: 167 Individuals September 2023: 200 Individuals October 2023: 248 Individuals November 2023: 253 Individuals December 2023: 261 Individuals January 2024: 276 Individuals February 2024: 281 Individuals March 2024: 289 Individuals April 2024: 294 Individuals May 2024: 307 Individuals June 2024: 333 Individuals July 2024: 348 Individuals August 2024: 357 Individuals September 2024: 370 Individuals October 2024: 376 Individuals November 2024: 386 Individuals December 2024: 401 Individuals January 2025: 426 Individuals February 2025: 444 Individuals March 2025: 453 Individuals April 2025: 465 Individuals May 2025: 481 Individuals June 2025: 499 Individuals July 2025: 532 Individuals August 2025: 543 Individuals September 2025: 549 Organisations May 2023: 94 Organisations June 2023: 97 Organisations July 2023: 129 Organisations August 2023: 146 Organisations September 2023: 177 Organisations October 2023: 221 Organisations November 2023: 224 Organisations December 2023: 230 Organisations January 2024: 244 Organisations February 2024: 249 Organisations March 2024: 257 Organisations April 2024: 262 Organisations May 2024: 274 Organisations June 2024: 297 Organisations July 2024: 311 Organisations August 2024: 320 Organisations September 2024: 333 Organisations October 2024: 339 Organisations November 2024: 348 Organisations December 2024: 361 Organisations January 2025: 385 Organisations February 2025: 401 Organisations March 2025: 408 Organisations April 2025: 420 Organisations May 2025: 434 Organisations June 2025: 452 Organisations July 2025: 483 Organisations August 2025: 493 Organisations September 2025: 499 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 hospitality recruitment real estate information engineering manufacturing support business notforprofit admin construction sciences software communications marketing education development insurance finance technology professional services life biotechnology utilities pharmaceuticals public retail services Frequency: 118 professional Frequency: 109 technology Frequency: 87 finance Frequency: 68 insurance Frequency: 64 development Frequency: 54 education Frequency: 53 marketing Frequency: 53 communications Frequency: 52 software Frequency: 50 construction Frequency: 48 admin 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 biotechnology Frequency: 11 life Frequency: 11 sciences Frequency: 11 hospitality 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