FRIENDS OF NUNHEAD CEMETERY

Registered charity 1178763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the Friends is to promote, for the public benefit, the preservation, care and improvement of Nunhead Cemetery as a place of historic and ecological interest and beauty and as a burial ground.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE FRIENDS IS TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION, CARE AND IMPROVEMENT OF NUNHEAD CEMETERY AS A PLACE OF HISTORIC AND ECOLOGICAL INTEREST AND BEAUTY AND AS A BURIAL GROUND

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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Latest income
£66k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that FONC membership increased by 20 to 838, with associated donations of £4,360 received. The charity reports successful fundraising events, including an Open Day that raised more than £6,000, and notes that it does not have to raise membership fees due to these generous donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: The document states: 'We have not made great progress on addressing the issue of succession planning and documenting the processes by which various FONC Trustees and members carry out functions on behalf of FONC. This will need to be a priority for the coming year.'
“We have not made great progress on addressing the issue of succession planning and documenting the processes by which various FONC Trustees and members carry out functions on behalf of FONC. This will need to be a priority for the coming year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lewisham · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/03/2025£66k£58k
30/03/2024£56k£11k
30/03/2023£21k£13k
30/03/2022£16k£18k
30/03/2021£12k£8k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF NUNHEAD CEMETERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that FONC membership increased by 20 to 838, with associated donations of £4,360 received. The charity reports successful fundraising events, including an Open Day that raised more than £6,000, and notes that it does not have to raise membership fees due to these generous donations.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation06/09/2023£3kGrant to Friends Of Nunhead Cemetery (FONC)
London Borough of Southwark01/04/2016£6kGrant to Friends of Nunhead Cemetery