GUNTON WOODLAND BURIAL TRUST

Registered charity 1156621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust has an office on the Burial Park, which is open on week days from 9.00am until 2.00pm to welcome visitors and to make reservations for burials or interment and scattering of ashes. We also offer appointments for the ordering of a granite memorial plaque on any grave space or ashes plot. Memorial plaques are not permitted in the scattering area, for this we have our Garden of Remembrance.

Objects

“TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN FAITH AND EDUCATION WOODLAND SITES FOR THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD, TO DEVELOP AND PRESERVE THE SITES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SEMI-NATURAL WOODLAND ENVIRONMENT, TO ENSURE A DIVERSITY IN WOODLAND STRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES AND TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, OTHER CHARITIES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ENGAGED IN MINISTRY OR PROVIDING SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO THE DYING AND THE BEREAVED.SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, OUT OF SURPLUS INCOME ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.”

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year ended 31 December 2024 were £233,968, with total payments of £243,647, resulting in a net decrease in funds of £9,679. The trustees report that income remained steady and above budget, and the charity maintains unrestricted cash funds of £106,337. The trustees note that the charity is reliant on volunteers and that finances do not yet allow for grantmaking until outstanding loans are repaid.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID WILLIAM FERNSchair
• CHRISTOPHER CHARLES SONGER
• Kay Bruce
• PAULINE DUGAN

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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