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.

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Latest income
£308k
Latest spending
£268k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

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

Operates in: Plymouth City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£308k£268k
31/03/2024£203k£242k
31/03/2023£203k£246k
31/03/2022£235k£246k
31/03/2021£205k£227k

Common questions

Is FORD PARK CEMETERY TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/09/2008£10k"A Project By This Charity Based In Peverell, Plymouth To Interview And Film Local People Discussing Their Memories Of The Area From 1939 Unt"
The National Lottery Community Fund15/09/2008£7kFord Park Cemetery Trust Oral History Project
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/09/2007£470k"Chapel and Heritage Centre Projects"

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FORD PARK CEMETERY TRUST£308k0unclearno doubt
FRIENDS OF HIGHGATE CEMETERY TRUST FY2025£3.3munclearno doubt
THE SHEFFIELD GENERAL CEMETERY TRUST FY2025£155k0unclearno doubt
GUNTON WOODLAND BURIAL TRUST FY2023£234k0unclearno doubt
HILL CLOSE GARDENS TRUST LIMITED FY2024£169k0unclearno doubt
LONDON HISTORIC PARKS AND GARDENS TRUST FY2024£269k0unclearno doubt

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