THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM COMPANY LIMITED

Registered charity 1043992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The NMA is home to 150 acres of trees and over 300 memorials including the Armed Forces Memorial. It provides a focal point for the commemoration of those who have given their lives, reunion of those who served and the education of all in citizenship, military history, the effects of armed conflict, conflict resolution and reconciliation. It is a suitable venue for celebrations and group visits.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is inactive and has transferred its trade and net assets to its parent charity, The Royal British Legion, resulting in the financial statements being prepared on a basis other than going concern. Total charity funds decreased by £0.1m to £23.5m, comprising £20.2m in unrestricted funds and £3.2m in restricted funds.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The National Memorial Arboretum (matched by registered charity number).

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (17/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Owenchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gary John Ryan
• Kate Logan
• Mark Atkinson · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE POLICE ARBORETUM MEMORIAL TRUST.

• THE POLICE ARBORETUM MEMORIAL TRUST income £113k
• WAR MEMORIALS TRUST income £339k
• ACLE WAR MEMORIAL RECREATION CENTRE income £222k
• LINCOLNSHIRE BOMBER COMMAND MEMORIAL income £1.7m
• LIFE FOR A LIFE MEMORIAL FORESTS AND GARDENS income £426k
• ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.