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GARDENS OF PEACE MUSLIM CEMETERY

Registered charity 1152922 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GARDENS OF PEACE

PROVISION OF BURIAL SERVICES TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY

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Latest income
£6.4m
Latest spending
£6.5m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £14,125,295, a decrease from the prior year's £14,247,327. The charity reports a net expenditure of £100,978 for the year, primarily driven by a significant increase in the grave maintenance provision to £27,675,251. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (89% of income)
“Income from charitable activities - Burial and funeral services 5,677,387” — page 20
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: Mehboob Ibrahim Patel received £47,895 in remuneration.
“During the year £47,895 (2023 - £47,895) was paid to the trustee, Mehboob Ibrahim Patel, in relation to services provided in the running of the company.” — page 24
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee is director of GN Surveyors Ltd
“The transactions included under Freehold land and building additions above, relate to GN Surveyors Ltd, Chartered Quantity Surveyors. Gulam Ismail Nadat, a Trustee Director, is a director in GN Surveyors Ltd and was excluded from the decision making process relating to the appointment of quantity surveyors to avoid any conflict of interest.” — page 35
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Clay Ratnage Strevens & Hills. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (11 freehold); recorded price paid £4.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£6.4m
Total spending
£6.5m
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£14.1m
Employees
30

Reported reserves equal ~26.2 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 (89% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£6.4m£6.5m
31/12/2023£5.5m£3.2m
31/12/2022£5.2m£6.1m
31/12/2021£6.4m£3.7m
31/12/2020£6.1m£3.5m

Common questions

Is GARDENS OF PEACE MUSLIM CEMETERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves total £14,125,295, a decrease from the prior year's £14,247,327. The charity reports a net expenditure of £100,978 for the year, primarily driven by a significant increase in the grave maintenance provision to £27,675,251. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Clay Ratnage Strevens & Hills.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLOCKMAKERS' CHARITY1£665

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TRUST FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GARDENS OF PEACE MUSLIM CEMETERY£6.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE TRUST FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
FAIZAN-E-MADINA MOSQUE COMMITTEE (TRUST) FY2025£536kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD ("RCCG") GARDEN OF THE LORD FY2025£144k—0below—no doubt
HAMPSTEAD SEPHARDI COMMUNITY FY2025£132k—0above—no doubt
MASJID FATIMAH ZAHRA (R.A.) FY2025£200k—0unclear—no doubt

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