Membership
Updated: 18 November 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: 108 Individuals June 2023: 114 Individuals July 2023: 151 Individuals August 2023: 170 Individuals September 2023: 203 Individuals October 2023: 251 Individuals November 2023: 256 Individuals December 2023: 265 Individuals January 2024: 280 Individuals February 2024: 285 Individuals March 2024: 293 Individuals April 2024: 298 Individuals May 2024: 312 Individuals June 2024: 339 Individuals July 2024: 354 Individuals August 2024: 363 Individuals September 2024: 376 Individuals October 2024: 381 Individuals November 2024: 391 Individuals December 2024: 406 Individuals January 2025: 431 Individuals February 2025: 449 Individuals March 2025: 459 Individuals April 2025: 471 Individuals May 2025: 487 Individuals June 2025: 505 Individuals July 2025: 538 Individuals August 2025: 549 Individuals September 2025: 557 Individuals October 2025: 570 Individuals November 2025: 574 Organisations May 2023: 96 Organisations June 2023: 100 Organisations July 2023: 132 Organisations August 2023: 149 Organisations September 2023: 179 Organisations October 2023: 223 Organisations November 2023: 226 Organisations December 2023: 233 Organisations January 2024: 247 Organisations February 2024: 252 Organisations March 2024: 260 Organisations April 2024: 265 Organisations May 2024: 278 Organisations June 2024: 302 Organisations July 2024: 316 Organisations August 2024: 325 Organisations September 2024: 338 Organisations October 2024: 343 Organisations November 2024: 352 Organisations December 2024: 365 Organisations January 2025: 389 Organisations February 2025: 405 Organisations March 2025: 412 Organisations April 2025: 424 Organisations May 2025: 437 Organisations June 2025: 455 Organisations July 2025: 486 Organisations August 2025: 496 Organisations September 2025: 504 Organisations October 2025: 516 Organisations November 2025: 519 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 defence accommodation recreation entertainment arts storage transport other care health social legal sciences recruitment real estate information engineering manufacturing support business notforprofit admin construction life software communications education marketing development insurance finance technology professional services biotechnology hospitality utilities pharmaceuticals retail public services Frequency: 118 professional Frequency: 109 technology Frequency: 87 finance Frequency: 68 insurance Frequency: 64 development Frequency: 54 marketing Frequency: 53 education 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 public Frequency: 12 retail Frequency: 12 pharmaceuticals Frequency: 12 utilities Frequency: 11 hospitality Frequency: 11 biotechnology Frequency: 11 life Frequency: 11 sciences Frequency: 11 accommodation Frequency: 10 defence 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