FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY TRUST
Registered charity 1058392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY
The management of Highgate Cemetery:- to facilitate its use as a public burial ground- to give access to graveowners and others- to conserve its natural and built environment
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £2,633,795, driven by higher visitor income and burial rights sales, while total expenditure decreased to £2,184,141. The Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £828,904, which the Board considers in line with its policy to cover normal operating expenditure for at least six months. The organization reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: around £825,000 to cover normal operating expenditure for at least six months (held: £829k)
“The Board seeks to mitigate their impact by holding in general reserves around £825,000 to cover normal operating expenditure for at least six months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management charge paid by Subsidiary to Trust
“A management charge of £2,968 (2024: £3,565) was paid by the Subsidiary to the Trust for the year to August 2025.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Highgate Cemetery Limited
“The Trust has a wholly owned trading subsidiary which is incorporated in United Kingdom. Highgate Cemetery Limited (company number 01725719) became responsible for all non-charitable activities with effect from April 2023.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Charo Rovira Guardiola — Trustee (source)
- Claire Jebson — Trustee (source)
- Simon Edwards — Trustee (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund — “Our supporters include:
The National Lottery Heritage Fund” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 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.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£83k
Reserves (reported)
£13.2m
Reported reserves equal ~72.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew Frederick Yeo
- Anthony David Stanford
- Christoph Grafe
- Claire Jebson
- Dr Rosario Rovira Guardiola
- Elizabeth Anne Fuller
- John Robinson
- Lynda Rigby
- Neil Andrew McLaughlin
- Simon Guthrie Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity
- Simon Harper
- Stephen Robert Andrew Smith
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Camden
Income and spending
Common questions
Is FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £2,633,795, driven by higher visitor income and burial rights sales, while total expenditure decreased to £2,184,141. The Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £828,904, which the Board considers in line with its policy to cover normal operating expenditure for at least six months. The organization reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.
Who funds FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY TRUST as a grant recipient include THE CLOCKMAKERS' CHARITY.
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