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BURNHAM BEECHES AND STOKE COMMON

Registered charity 232987 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNHAM BEECHES

The Burnham Beeches Charity was established under the Corporation of London (Open Spaces) Act 1878, which states that the purpose of the charity is the preservation of the Open Space known as Burnham Beeches, ''the beeches'', for the recreation and enjoyment of the public.

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Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £2,141,809, largely due to higher contributions from local authorities, while total charitable expenditure rose to £1,708,310. The charity holds total funds of £2,525,365, comprising restricted funds for specific projects and unrestricted funds, though the trustees note that a formal reserves policy is currently considered inappropriate due to significant support from the City of London Corporation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: over £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of directly charged employees whose emoluments (excluding employer’s pension contribution) for the year were over £60,000 was 1 (2023/24: nil).” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of directly charged employees whose emoluments (excluding employer’s pension contribution) for the year were over £60,000 was 1 (2023/24: nil).” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate (53% of income)
“An amount of £1,137,560 (2023/24: £948,831) was received from the City of London Corporation’s City’s Estate as a contribution towards the running costs of the Charity.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.6m)
“Consequently, this Charity has limited free reserves and a reserves policy is currently considered by the Trustee to be inappropriate.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 16
“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 6.”
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 as at 31 March 2025 (£49.9m as at 31 March 2024). Since any net deficit is apportioned between the financial statements of the City of London’s three main funds, the charity’s Trustee does not anticipate that any of the liability will fall on the charity.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£956k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.1m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.8m£1.5m
31/03/2023£2.3m£1.5m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.1m

Common questions

Is BURNHAM BEECHES AND STOKE COMMON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £2,141,809, largely due to higher contributions from local authorities, while total charitable expenditure rose to £1,708,310. The charity holds total funds of £2,525,365, comprising restricted funds for specific projects and unrestricted funds, though the trustees note that a formal reserves policy is currently considered inappropriate due to significant support from the City of London Corporation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BURNHAM BEECHES AND STOKE COMMON earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the over £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASHTEAD COMMON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BURNHAM BEECHES AND STOKE COMMON£2.1mover £60,0001below—no doubt
ASHTEAD COMMON FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
EPPING FOREST FY2025£12.4m—4unclear—no doubt
HIGHGATE WOOD AND QUEENS PARK KILBURN FY2025£2.9m—0unclear—no doubt
WEST WICKHAM COMMON AND SPRING PARK WOOD FY2025£2.0m——unclear—no doubt
HAMPSTEAD HEATH FY2025£11.5m—0unclear—no doubt

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