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HIGHGATE WOOD AND QUEENS PARK KILBURN

Registered charity 232986 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £2,850,184, largely due to a larger grant from the City of London Corporation to fund a deficit on running costs. The charity held free reserves of £200,134, but the trustees consider a reserves policy inappropriate because the City Corporation is committed to contributing as necessary to meet deficits from its City’s Estate Funds.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The City Corporation is the sole Trustee of the charity... The City Corporation provides various services to the charity, the costs of which are recharged to the charity. This includes the provision of banking services, charging all transactions to the charity at cost and crediting or charging interest at a commercial rate. The cost of these services is included within expenditure, as set out in note 7.
“The City Corporation provides various services to the charity, the costs of which are recharged to the charity. This includes the provision of banking services, charging all transactions to the charity at cost and crediting or charging interest at a commercial rate. The cost of these services is included within expenditure, as set out in note 7.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £2.7m
“The Fund’s estimated net liability has been determined by independent actuaries in accordance with FRS102 as £2.7m at 31 March 2025 (£49.9m as at 31 March 2024).” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Highgate Wood & Queen's Park Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.8m
Reserves (reported)
£497k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Brent · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.9m£2.8m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.8m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.4m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.5m

Common questions

Is HIGHGATE WOOD AND QUEENS PARK KILBURN financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income increased to £2,850,184, largely due to a larger grant from the City of London Corporation to fund a deficit on running costs. The charity held free reserves of £200,134, but the trustees consider a reserves policy inappropriate because the City Corporation is committed to contributing as necessary to meet deficits from its City’s Estate Funds. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.