FORD PARK CEMETERY TRUST

Registered charity 1079060 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is engaged in performing full interments, scattering of cremated remains and interment of cremated remains.In addition it is involved in educational activities relating to the History of the City and families to the community, conservation and the environment. Restoration of monuments/graves, landscaping and restoration of the cemetery generally is also of the highest priority.

Objects

1) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FORD PARK CEMETERY PLYMOUTH IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON AS A PUBLIC BURIAL PLACE2) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF FORD PARK CEMETERY AND ITS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AS AN OPEN SPACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC3) THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF FORD PARK CEMETERY AS A SITE OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY IN THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: FORD PARK CEMETERY PLYMOUTH IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust reported a surplus of £40,714 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in an increase in unrestricted reserves to £333,718. The Trustees note that the positive result was largely driven by a substantial donation, while income from grave sales and fees is increasing. The Trust maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03895150

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HEATH, Margaret Frances — director, appointed 20/06/2026on trustee list
• WEST, John Michael — director, appointed 07/01/2023on trustee list
• LIGHTFOOT, Warwick Martin — director, appointed 04/11/2022on trustee list
• COLES, David Hugh — director, appointed 04/11/2022on trustee list
• NOAD, Lindsay — director, appointed 15/09/2019on trustee list
• NORTHEY, Jean Christine — director, appointed 13/12/1999on trustee list
• CLAMP, John Hubert — director, appointed 13/12/1999on trustee list
• LIGHTFOOT, Warwick Martin — secretary, appointed 07/01/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Hugh Coles · trustee of 1 other charity
• JEAN CHRISTINE NORTHEY · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN HUBERT CLAMP
• John Michael West
• Lindsay NOAD
• Margaret Frances Heath · trustee of 1 other charity
• Warwick Martin Lightfoot

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY TRUST.

• FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY TRUST income £3.3m
• THE SHEFFIELD GENERAL CEMETERY TRUST income £155k
• GUNTON WOODLAND BURIAL TRUST income £234k
• HILL CLOSE GARDENS TRUST LIMITED income £146k
• LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST income £269k
• THE FORTESCUE GARDEN TRUST income £401k

Side by side with its peers

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