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REG￿TERED COWANY laJMBER: 06027734 {Engl•nd and W*h•) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1118216 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH X125 FOR

ST ALBAN8 WOOOLAND BURIAL TRUST COMTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL 8TATEIIENT8 FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 PAARCH 2025 2105 8alw)c• Sheqt 9kn14 15

CHAIIRMAN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025 sor￿ Its o￿n1￿j In oarfy 2CX)7 arnl by the Bislw of Bedfcxd in ￿ne 2007. the Sl offer to Iho a￿1 th• bw•a¥•d. OriglnaThy wc1￿?￿d at thé Sl Wo(￿rKI Bwial Trusl loJk FI￿e h 2 acffjs of a peaceful WOL area of the county8Je wsl vllly of Keysoe In Badl(xtshire. In 2014 a swificant ex￿8￿)n of tr Trusfs 18nd was m&le ith an athYllkNI 9.04 being FYovisK)n of addlllonal &4ade4 bwial and mlwmenl spaces. ￿lIa1$ lak• F• kn grcAmd ￿llb ig 9peufw set aJo Consecr￿ for Ihe PLfPW of tyir4 kjved Or￿ kn rest w)d gve space for tN'8 activty a number y•¥B lo ￿rne. We are pleased that %K)thand Ixjnal at th• ste t￿￿￿U68 to be open to p ol all faiths. n&gr the wave can bo d•tat•d as a fvlng their loved bwlal Is knitho￿ njsh and in I￿r￿Y wlth the na￿rn •coJcw larKI in tr dec68wJ are lad. After th• Ser￿ comnmtial. farnlty and frl•nds can as ag tty nJ at tho kN3v8sld• and arn •K￿ra￿d t as frequerty a$ they W￿ld Ilk•. As ts I￿11•1 takos placAb a ia cl the kK¥ll￿ of ts wave Mr a rnllffj ac£uralo wrv•y Is malrtsltha. eiw¥y Ihe p (4 a Iv4wJ 18 Mver1061. b8hlnd thém a nature wt¥ch wwlrorvnwrt ralhar Ihan dèstrth IL They shpre In lea Albans Wocxlland Burlai Trust affws. FCY the f￿a￿le1￿￿r ermling 31 Marth 2025. 59 burlals S￿1 52 interm of as￿& and1008e ol as￿ have •. In a(klllth lo th18. $4 re8W48knB for bwial8 fffjd 31 d tr808 havo be•n dedicated rc¥ll8fKI sile. Al ow aclfvltb8$ 4Xy)ItM￿Io Show strcmg d￿n￿d for the offèrlr•gs of Ihe WCKjdl￿d 8uriBI Tfugt, ar¥J total 693 bJrfals and inttrnnts ol asho3 hgve tkn FAace slnc8 w0cxdla￿l ￿rial Gro(WKI w85 0￿￿0, arKI we have 1052 r8sw4atkTh. t￿r￿g ihg yw 1 rw glade was cpThI. and wldilional Fkn wwe a(￿d lo exisllr¥J Lades knu•askng cap)ty by 143 plots, Splribjal 3w)FQrt has been offered tots f•nty WKI of11￿ dtx•a8•d arml aFyowwte knhiing urthrlaen by those ery9ed m IIMS wc¥k (l￿8d and those wh ha￿ m8luf•S Th8 planlkng ol trees and l&Jes h88 ￿nIn￿e￿ as WocJlaThJ . devolwd in an 3pwopr￿e trees of dthnt again b￿g ￿anknJ this year. Ttrwe t￿5 siwitsnt investrnenl a￿$$ ol glades arKI inslallry p¥)eg lo inwrow tsna9•. V￿￿men￿llY 8ccJglcally wslatrhable maM•r ctrrtiwes lo ￿￿re￿. as ikns I1￿ nwj to ryoxl• tt￿se ￿0$ depart•J. W• lo(￿ Icxwd to C￿tir￿lIr*J to ￿Ter a￿1 provlO8 Itxs

ST ALBANS WOOOLAND BURIAL TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2Q25 Sléés vtho 8fy 8130 d￿ect￿$ of the ctortty for Iho of ￿ Cry)wies Ad 2DJ6. pre￿1 I rewt wllh th• flnanda statern￿tr ofthe ctrwity yw ￿lJad 31 Marth 2024. Tr truste88 ha￿ adopted d Rep(kn1￿ of Ir•larnl (FRS 102> l•ffKkne 1 2019). INTrODUCTION ICY Ihe peri￿1 1 Aprl W24 to 31 Marth 2025. The Sl Al)ans Wcodland Buri81 Tru was ¢yoatsd at a twre ￿ en￿ryI¥d awaroness ol th8 ￿n￿rt￿Ce sustsining the env1rorvn￿t in an eccknj￿l fri•rKJly maM8r ith ￿ irKrfrasing domand on scnety to me¢t Ihe splrftsml nee(ts of tr b¥#B￿l. skn￿ h8ve ct¥rtinu￿ to against tr Ow kty t￿lIr￿e h) be to aml nrtakn fty b￿efft and for th8 8(fv8fKYrnrt Clwlskn fallh and educakn. wJlafKJ slle8 tr lh• ￿fia1 CA Ihe dead. Wo vAsh io d8velLy pr8serve gJ( gtes lo FYovid• 8 e￿ni￿￿ra1 KxxJ•rKI OnCY￿ WKI to erwe dlvw8Ry kn struclwp to sal8guard n(Aablg 8pe(ae8 arwj (xyrrnmlllos. W• séék LY christi￿ In SI￿ lh8 IruBI exlsts to (th 1￿C￿￿d wrxxKI kn 4 ¢knlfièd arxl e￿lOgi￿llY • We pe(wl• ol al cAJtths. fwthB, arvj Wlefs. Wé résp813 pewle all ph￿C81 rn￿1￿ atxlits8. We alm to rfvThJ6 8n o¢okyJic•lly frierKlly &id •nvthn￿nt8Ity Ixvlal •wdc•. RNAPK￿L RE￿E￿ Flnanelal po•lfjon dk8¢iors rep(Yi that in the y￿r erMJed 31 March 2025 income St Ajbans WocKlld Buflal Trusl actr¥tss was £151.698. up by 27% w tr >•ar. This ifbc£Yr was re¢￿Ved tho of tt Tru& aThJ frcm 8 wnall number of d(x)&thM. Alllh)rnalty. inlwest bewlNJ savlngs aCc￿ntS and a bond g￿erated £4.4(K) d inlwesl t)el d tr￿• arn #Kyn kn tho finarK4￿ ststemwts. Key expetws In th• rrwrt year ol 0￿rati￿$ vrnre irK¥rred 89anst. cpwakns. c•JntrLd glade inyovfAnMts and sit• m￿n￿an¢t. ExperKlibJre irKxe85ed ty 21 % befcTr IM ly1pa￿ d mw ￿￿ks. Overall exp￿￿1￿￿ In¢yeaMd by 33% and Ihus vknllsl ifK¥Jme h8s rKre81 ra￿ to eXp￿lture has r￿tyJ due lo th• ￿and•1 yw arKI. the I•$w￿5 at £312.721 (204 £304,2WJ). Inten￿ ol th¢ 81ts access. Ckwlw I￿ y•v. th• l•vo1 ￿ fLfKkn held in ts ajrrwrt c<￿￿nued lo be revIew￿l at)d Ihat Ihe (Xffront aCc￿nt a¥n th) mwftw a bnce of aw)roxlff4w 8 )nths of ￿&Jeted èxpendrture. ary fimds bthg iikn interegt bewirwj 8cix>unts, An Instant Pap2

ST ALBANS WOODLAPX) BURIAL TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 202S Cknc• again, wo(Ad ￿ke to all vhK¥ arKI esF•dally Ihw v tKxi8l site ts those people arKI famlies ￿191¥r¥4 to t in ¢￿•¢1￿ In an enbirf￿ffl￿ty 8rKI •coltsJically su5tain8ble manrw. SLpp(xl h8s been prry¥icled ts the I￿lty wxl In￿0$ o11ho bw•aved arn trainry fuFwt h8s been wided ftx er¥Ja9ed in the Wofk (4 serrtes SUFWI lo I￿ tying arnl tho bereaved. Tlywgh 8ctr¥e rnagement the DoJlarMJ. the srte has devek)p&J arxl wrv•d k> FUTURE PLANS of AsKxialTh tr vi$icm ot48(a￿ of ts Trust. 11 is envisa9•d ihat th• néxt ￿r of Opwall(￿ CMilNe to fcKth core a(ivkn u9e ￿ Ihe18rMJ avalBble. arxl the opdm1sall￿ Managém￿1 of enlyo ste 88KriataJ wvicas ￿re 8wwt for tho twuved Pl￿rI￿a adj￿nI io the St Albaro WCKMjw￿ &Jrial Tru81, arxl ovw ¥hMth the TN51 h88 legal acc8ss rlghts rts STrIKTURE. ¢30VEINAP4CE AND PAANAGEMENT Gov•mlng docunwrt Th8 chartty b ¢Ayrtr￿4￿ by ts tsM)v•mk￿ a d••d ¢rf tru& a￿81￿￿88 8 crynp8ny, Iln¥ted Or9•fvkn•tlon Tho Trust88s arn Ilhry dkedcn of TrLl•O •• hokl •i r•wlar InteThal8 the year kn lh8 dIr￿￿ M￿a¥￿t Is At Iho Ikst annual g•n•ral notiig al th• rnlknd frcn (ffth, at evwy gub9eqL anThJal pMral otTrthird c4 nom•Mbve tr￿1••5 are subject to retYern￿ by rotstion or, rf offw Irftwlvos r•arW￿n1ff￿l No a truskne rel￿r￿j ty n>tati￿ thaEI bo apwnlod D8Y.t￿daY athinistfakn cl tha Trusfs s Ur￿•r1￿ lyrf the Trusfg adrnnFth3t(Y. S8m War?. syrfxted by a team of vclLWrteer8. Dwry the year Katryn K)rse has contnued to SUPFth tr Trusts Irmthlion and data ￿aty91$ urthlthes ts Tr of Treagurw. Trustee8 and DlrKt(Y• A fvll Ilsl ol trust•es and dlrncn b•low. Al lh• tsust•88 and dkneclcys have bwi adivg kn al Rlsk managMnt The 1rust￿S hav• a duty tr• roth th• dsks io th• cwty is lo ewr• Pag• 3

ST ALBANS WOI)DLAND BURIAL TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 PAARCH 2025 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTrATIVE DETAILS R•glstw•d Cmwny nunknr 06D27734 (Erwjland and Wal￿> 1118216 R•gistered Offi St M¥k's Church CryrYnwy C Calder Rig¢ BrKhill 17Lrf K H AAtYal*n G R Cappleman MJCW JD8y CTIu& D Middlelyry)k C Roydw) . Chatr A M wilf￿n J ￿lI1￿m9 G R Ca￿l•M 1ndyl￿nt Examlrnr P8LI Dwkin FCCA RcKKn 73 Pa MK45 4HR Nalional Weskninstar Pk 81 Hlgh Street MK40 1YN P•J• 4

ST AL8AMS WOODLAM) BURIAL TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES TME YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025 OBJECTIVES ANDACTMTIE8 Chwltabl• ￿Je￿8 Tr Si AtbarKs W(xxJd 8ufW TI￿tS by clwty to wthn ts rtithB of its . to ￿0￿de arKI of adYWK￿rt ol CMsii JLtallon. wocKdland sitas ol thè daad. . to 8(VFQrt financially tx Crwists￿ (Wr(￿ aNI Cl￿￿an mkntsters In mlilsty ( Publbc bw)•l• Tr direct￿9 that Ity have kn s&f•)n 4 01 I￿ C￿rfo•S Aca 2011 to have O aGtivtho8 of the Tru8L Prknclpl• 1: The Sl Aknans W<XKI￿d ￿rtaI Tn18t a wocAllaMI txjrial slkn lor Ihe ￿r•I of tr dead ln an wx)l¢)w41 and on￿rO1¥n￿￿1Y marww. tt dovdco8 aid malntalns 8lt8 to provide a S￿n1- nattjral woCJl￿d en¥4ronn￿nI salty￿rdS l￿ble spKs ccfflff￿ftld•S. It SLw#Ytr• tlxw eNJ Prknclple 2: Tho wcndland bwlal SM8 Is ) of al fth and thc68 of ￿ fallh cw bo by Iho%e (xrtside the hmmodiale gecwlK" aroa of 8￿thr•. It offers aff¢Xda￿ ?￿d dlwikd bwlals to all Ihoye vA8h lo Ih ACMIEVEIIENT AND PERFORMANCE Flnancl•l Ba•1• of Op•rthn• tr889 arKI plaques. These (bar989 we expefW Of0￿MIc￿$. thlefy Ihe costs 1ft￿rr￿j wlth suth as woodland managwnt JrMistrath)n. &atr¥ty.tosed ptyrn￿ts kn ttio cl Ka IS l.c6.J.trn.S............. s#Jrd (m ts bthdfty. P•J• 5

INOEPENDENT EXAMINEn REPORT TO ThE TRUSTEES OF ST ALBAN8 WOODLANO 8URIAL 31 Mwch 2025. Re8ponslbllttl•s and ba61• of rew¢ As the ctrntys truslees of lt￿ c(xn￿ry (WKI iLq <heclors fcr Ih ofccYTpary law) you ar6 rtsFKJrts•Jl8 tor thè preparat￿ of the flnanda stat8ft￿ in acc(thnc wlth rwujrvn￿I5 of Companies 201 0 2fA16 Acr). 16 01 the saL11on 144(2) ol the Ch8r**s ￿ 2011 2011 Ad) 8re eli9ibk ￿ lThJeperwJoni s•cti¢m 145 of the Ch8rltss Act 2011 lThe 2011 Arf) In (xrfvg (xrt ry èxamina1#￿ I ho￿ th• given by Chwtty C(x)￿￿ urbJ¥ 9eciM 1445) (b) ol 2011 IrMknp•ndert •xthn•f• stat•m examknatkjn &Wiing me cause to tth•' Lt other tIKgn ary refwrwrnnt thal th8 ￿￿)cIal gfv• a lalr vknw wllch * rK4 8 motter considorod as pwt of an exanknatlcm: or apF41cth in ts UK and £4 Ir￿•s (FRS 102)). pa￿ Ixjth FCCA Rwm 73 wre￿ P Slkne MK454HR

ST ALBANS WOODLAND BURIAL TRUST STATEMENT OF FINA14CIAL ACTMTIES FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 2025 2024 Unr•Gtri(￿ Tot41 lund• IIICIXIE AND EMDcfhwEPUS FR( 799 1.579 146.499 118.108 Int￿ 151.698 119.687 EXPETrXIrnIRE (*4 Ratsng furKIs 109.175 T7.377 .n2 28.343 Tolal NEf114COME 8.441 11157 REC4XILL4TION OF FUNDS TcAal fu￿18 fofward 304280 292.123 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 311721 304.280

ST ALBANS WOODLAND BURIAL TrUST BALANCE SHEEr 31 PAARCH 2025 2025 2024 Unr•strlct•d Tot•1 fund• fund FIXED AS8ET8 T￿91t￿e asseis 47.0(Xl 47.(NX) Debtc C89h at bat 2,150 283,336 269,721 CREDrfoRS AnKMmts fall'rvJ due NET CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURREXT UABLIIIE8 ASSETS FUNDS UnrestrlLled fvnd8 10 TOTAL FIHDS Th• (wlW)le c(¥npany Is éx•npIm￿ fnxn •vSt wxlor S•cikn 477 d tho CNnpB￿ACt 2￿6 1he yow ermjed 31 Mar( 2025. 31 Merth 2025 In accordance Se#icm 476 of tr C(ThPa￿ Aca 2(￿. cl the C(ryanie8 Acl (b) prnparing finarwl slateft￿￿ arKJ far vw rA t￿ slat• c4 affws d the 1x)nw￿Y as at the orKI of exh fin￿1￿81 yw tts or (fic for finarKaal yow In Tw4￿reM￿rts of the C(ry￿¢s kl 21))6 re19tirwJ to finarthl statenxnt& so far as appEical* to tt aNJ wwe s¥Jned on its bthf ty. . Tr￿10•

MOTE8 TO THE FMNCIAL STATBABnS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 AccouKfNG POUCIES fmanaal staiiwts ol th• tharitatA• c(ryary, vhwch is a entrty un08r FRS 11r2. lv• been w8par8d kn xt(Ydanc vrilh Chwilios s(￿ (FRS 102) 'Ar£￿￿tIng aThJ R8pcYtlr¥J by awdancé wlth h Frwicial Rap(tiNJ Skndard aFable UK and RewNlc ol Irel￿d (FRS 102> (off￿ 1 j￿U¥Y 2019Y, Frnclal RwbrYJ StsrKlartl 102 Tr Fwwdal ReFKthg StarKlard awrable n Iho UK aTrJ of Irelarxd. arKI the Act 21Th. The Ik)•)clai stalwnw All Incomè ts r£cfjwed vi ts St8twwrt d F￿￿1￿1 A¢#i¥its88 (¥K the tharlty has •nlblléffnt b tr LbSlh1588 arn r•ctrJnlsl as •xpthll&n as socffj as IPwe 15 8 legal Ix (¥XWtrualve comn th8 charlty to that èXpwM￿Te. It 18 thal a of ￿m￿nIC r8w¥ed In S•tIJ8￿ arKI the ol ts otrw'cm ￿ be n8¥ured rewy. Expe￿Illure Is acco￿1￿1 for on Tanglbl• fix•d as••ts T•xaii¢n Fund ac¢ountlng trus*es. to wllch Ihy rdat•.

8T ALBANS WOODLAND BURIAL TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIIEPIT8 ¢onllnu•J FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVE8 2025 2024 BL¥lals 64.158 55,871 14.315 9.415 61,2 47.041 M¢m(yial pla(w•s, UCW05. tr885 5.616 lakn•r 1.180 146.499 3. RAISING FUNDS Ralsing knnds. inL*Jded alxh•. ar• as kn: R•knlng fund8 202$ 30,018 28.493 19.425 12.644 77.377 ¢knanc• Toials 4. SUPPORT cosr8 2222 31,8 Pap 10

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS c•nUrnd FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 PAARCtrI 2025 2025 2024 21.1eAJ Pern81￿8 Telewo 137 133 Postsge StAti(￿mY 876 Miloage All(w4n 1.r25 1.615 212 118 1.128 k Chars 455 313 1.025 TRU8TEE8' REMUNERAT￿1 AIKJ 8EPFITS Dwir¥J the yew Pa￿t$ of £500 (2024 . £0) was pamd lo a T￿&1￿)n k• ffjle There We￿ ￿ Irustee. oypwws F•hJ ￿lf th1131 Marth 2025 rnjr thè yew WK*d 31 M 2024. Py11

ST ALBANS WOODLAND 8URIAL TRUST NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENTS Mnunwd FCII THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 COMPARATIVES FOR ThE STATEMENT OF FINAPICIAL ACTNmE8 INCOME AND ENDoW￿l￿r8 FROII DM80￿ and IwJ8cies Ott￿r tra(kng acllvl fund 1.579 EXPENDMIRE ON Rw"$lNJ fij T7.377 Chwlt4bl• •dMtt•8 Ef INCO 11157 RECONCLIATION OF FU1408 Total brvL4ht fffjnrl TANGIBLE FIXED A88ETS Frw Ai 1 Aprl 2023 and 31 Mwch NET BOOK VALUE Al 31 2025 At 31 Marth 2024 DEBTORS: AMOUNT8 FALUNG DUE WIThN OK YEAR 2tr25 2024 Trad• debl(M5 Ofvr debtors 2,140 3.147 CREDITORS: AAIOU14T8 F*LLWG DLE MTH114 ONE YEAR 21ll5 118 P•p 12

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEIITS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IWICH 10. IIOVEIIENT IN FUN08 At IA24 knmert At 31.325 In Funds Unrestricted funds Goneral Fwd 304,2 8.441 311721 TOTAL FUNDS exp￿0￿ in funds Unr•6tri¢ted fund• General Flmd 151, (143257) 8.441 TOTAL FUND8 N•t At 1.423 lloy•n￿rt At 31.324 In Fund• G￿8[al Fw 291123 12,157 TOTAL FUND8 Incffiilng R•gourc•s IAov•m•nt •xp•nd•d In funds erwl Fund 119.687 (107.530) 11157 TOTAL FUNDS Net Al 1.423 in At 31.325 Fmds G￿er?1 F￿d 292.123 312.721 TOTAL FUND8 Py13

OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT3 eonUn4d FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2026 10. MOVEIKNT IN FUNDS conttnu•d IKI￿j•d in ts abtrle ar• as expw￿d In funds fwwal Fund 271.385 (250.787) 20,598 TOTAL FUNDS 11. RELATED PAR￿ tXSCLOSURES Stsndard OPFIc In ts UK Reith (rf IrelarKI (FRS 102) (eff8ctsYe 1 Jawary 20191 12. COIIPANY UMITED BY GUARANTEE wlrrflmg up. as bg r￿ èxce8dkn￿ £1. 10 mtrnbers a8 * 31 2025 (2024: 10).

ST ALBANS WOODLAND BURIAL TRUST FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 la￿lCH 2025 Olft• $49 Buri818 Ir4•mwl rfxh86 64.158 14,315 61,29) 5,610 55.871 9.41S 47,041 146,489 118.108 4.400 151.898 119.087 30.016 28.493 28.765 29AM 12.644 19,425 Sundrle 109,175 77277 21.1 427 137 133 876 1.615 118 Mileage xnt4 1,725 212 1,128 455 8•- charge6 313 31.860 29.133 143 N•t Inc¢* Pw• 15