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 county8*Je wsl vlll*y 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 ￿ll*b ig 9peufw set a*Jo 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 n*J 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 malrtslth*a. 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 inttrn*nts 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 r*w glade
was cpThI. and wldilional Fkn wwe a(￿d lo exisllr¥J L*ades 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 Woc*JlaThJ .
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 8cc*Jglcally wslatrhable maM•r ctrrtiwes lo ￿￿re￿. as ikns I1￿ nwj to ryo*xl•
tt￿se
￿0$ depart•J. W• lo(￿ Icxw*d 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 n*rtakn 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 On*CY￿ 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 WocKll*d 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. A*lllh)rnalty. inlwest bewlNJ savlngs aCc￿ntS and a
bond g￿erated £4.4(K) d inlwesl t)el* d tr￿• arn #Ky*n kn tho finarK4￿ ststemwts. Key expetws In th•
rrwrt year ol 0￿rati￿$ vrnre irK¥rred 89anst. cpwakns. c•JntrL*d 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 rKre8*1 ra￿ to eXp￿lture has r￿tyJ due lo th•
￿and•1 yw arKI. the I•$w￿5 at £312.721 (204 £304,2WJ).
Inten￿ ol th¢ 81ts access. Ckwlw I￿ y•v. th• l•vo1 ￿ fLfKkn held in ts ajrrwrt c<￿￿nued
lo be revIew￿l at)d Ihat Ihe (Xffront aCc￿nt a¥n th) mwftw a b*nce of aw)roxlff4w 8
)nths of ￿&Jeted èxpendrture. ary fimds bthg iikn interegt bewirwj 8cix>unts, An Instant
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ST ALBANS WOODLAPX) BURIAL TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 202S
Cknc• again, wo(Ad ￿ke to all vhK¥ arKI esF•dally Ihw v
tKxi8l site ts those people arKI famlies ￿191¥r¥4 to t* in ¢￿•¢1￿ In an enbirf￿ffl￿ty 8rKI
•coltsJically su5tain8ble manrw. SLpp(xl h8s been prry¥icled ts the I￿lty wxl In￿0$ 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$icm ot48(a￿ of ts Trust. 11 is envisa9•d ihat th• néxt ￿r of
Opwall(￿ CMilNe to fcKth core a(*ivkn u9e ￿ Ihe18rMJ avalBble. arxl the opdm1sall￿
Managém￿1 of enlyo ste 88KriataJ wvicas ￿re 8wwt for tho twuved Pl￿rI￿a
adj￿nI io the St Albaro WCKMjw￿ &Jrial Tru81, arxl ovw ¥hMth the TN51 h88 legal acc8ss rlghts rts
STrIKTURE. ¢30VEINAP4CE AND PAANAGEMENT
Gov•mlng docunwrt
Th8 chartty b ¢Ayrtr￿4￿ by ts tsM)v•mk￿ a d••d ¢rf tru& a￿81￿￿88 8 crynp8ny, Iln¥ted
Or9•fvkn•tlon
Tho Trust88s arn Ilhry dkedcn of TrL*l•O •• hokl •i r•wlar InteThal8 the
year kn lh8 dIr￿￿ M￿a¥￿t Is
At Iho Ikst annual g•n•ral n*otiig al th• rnlknd frc*n (ffth, at evwy gub9eqL
anThJal pMral otTrthird c4 nom•Mbve tr￿1••5 are subject to retYern￿ by rotstion or, rf
offw Ir*ftwlvos r•arW￿n1ff￿l No a truskne rel￿r￿j ty n>tati￿ thaEI bo apwnlod
D8Y.t￿daY athinistfakn cl tha Trusfs s Ur￿•r1￿ lyrf the Trusfg adrnnFth3t(Y. S8m War?.
syrfxted by a team of vclLWrteer8. Dwry the year Katr*yn K*)rse has contnued to SUPFth tr* Trusts
Irmthlion and data ￿aty91$ urthlthes ts Tr* of Treagurw.
Trustee8 and DlrKt(Y•
A fvll Ilsl ol trust•es and dlrnc*n b•low. Al lh• tsust•88 and dkneclcys have bwi adivg kn al
Rlsk manag*Mnt
The 1rust￿S hav• a duty tr• roth th• dsks io th• c*wty is lo ewr•
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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 CryrYnw*y C
Calder Rig¢
BrK*hill
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
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ST AL8AMS WOODLAM) BURIAL TRUST
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
TME YEAR ENDED 31 IIARCH 2025
OBJECTIVES ANDACTMTIE8
Chwltabl• ￿Je￿8
Tr* Si AtbarKs W(xxJ*d 8ufW TI￿t*S 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 woC*Jl￿d en¥4ronn￿nI salty￿rdS l￿ble spK*s 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 managw*nt *JrMistrath)n. &atr¥ty.tosed ptyrn￿ts kn ttio cl Ka
IS l.c6.J.trn.S............. s#Jr*d (m ts bthdfty.
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INOEPENDENT EXAMINEn REPORT TO ThE TRUSTEES OF ST ALBAN8 WOODLANO 8URIAL
31 Mwch 2025.
Re8ponslbllttl•s and ba61• of rew¢
As the ctr*ntys 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 stai*iwts ol th• tharitatA• c(ryary, vhwch is a entrty un08r FRS 11r2. l*v•
been w8par8d kn xt(Ydanc* vrilh Chwilios s(￿ (FRS 102) 'Ar£￿￿tIng aThJ R8pcYtlr¥J by
awdancé wlth h Frwicial Rap(*tiNJ Skndard aF*able 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£cfjw*ed vi ts St8twwrt d F￿￿1￿1 A¢#i¥its88 (¥K* the tharlty has •nlblléff*nt b tr
L*bSlh1588 arn r•ctrJnls*l 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 n*8¥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
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS c•nUrn*d
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 8EP*FITS
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 th*1*131 Marth 2025 rnjr thè yew WK*d 31 M
2024.
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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
DM8*0￿ 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
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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
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OTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT3 eonUn4*d
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