One of the tertiary amine atoms has been protonated in the title salt, C(36)H(57)N(4) (+)·NO(3) (-). The four N atoms of the macrocycle are almost coplanar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.0053 Å), a result correlated with the formation of intra-molecular N-H⋯N and N-H⋯(N,N) hydrogen bonds. With respect to this plane, the benzyl groups lie to either side; a similar arrangement pertains for the cyclo-hexyl rings (each with a chair conformation). Helical supra-molecular chains are evident in the crystal, whereby alternating cations and anions are linked by C-H⋯O inter-actions. The chains are consolidated into supra-molecular arrays in the ab plane via C-H⋯π contacts involving both benzene rings.