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Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust

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Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include environment/conservation/heritage.

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What are the key facts about Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust?

Reported income · year ending 2025-08-31
£3,261,120
Reported spending · year ending 2025-08-31
£2,184,215
Registered charity number
1058392
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Charitable company
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Swains Lane
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Yes

Quick answer

Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust (number 1058392) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.

What does Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust do?

The management of Highgate Cemetery:- to facilitate its use as a public burial ground- to give access to graveowners and others- to conserve its natural and built environment

Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.

From the annual return

Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust

Answers Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 August 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How much are Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's highest-paid staff paid?

Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee).

Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£90,001–£100,0001
£60,001–£70,0003

The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.

Where does Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's money come from?

Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust reported £2.6m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.1m (81%), investments £285k (11%), donations and legacies £188k (7%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £18k.

  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts)£2.1m · 81%
  • Investments£285k · 11%
  • Donations and legacies£188k · 7%
  • Trading and fundraising events£16k · 1%

Does Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust receive government funding?

The annual return does not answer this question for Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.

Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Company number
03157806 (Companies House)
Previous names on the register
Friends of Highgate Cemetery
Where it says it operates
Camden

Who it supports and how it works

Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.

Reported activities: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space; Provides Services.

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.

Linked funds and trusts

The register records these funds under parent charity number 1058392. They are not counted as separate charity registrations in this directory. Check each linked record for its purposes.

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What causes is Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust registered for?

Environment/conservation/heritage

Why is there no Clarity Score for Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust yet?

Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust. An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity. The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating. How scoring works

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Frequently asked questions

Is Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust as a registered charity (number 1058392) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's charity number?
Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's charity number is 1058392. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1058392?
Search 1058392 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust do?
The management of Highgate Cemetery:- to facilitate its use as a public burial ground- to give access to graveowners and others- to conserve its natural and built environment
Does Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust?
Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's website listed in our register data is http://www.highgatecemetery.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports 4 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £90,001–£100,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's money come from?
Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust reported £2.6m total income for the year ending 31 August 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £2.1m (81%), investments £285k (11%), donations and legacies £188k (7%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £18k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust?
The register records Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's trustees paid?
Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust's annual return for the year ending 31 August 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust: Friends of Highgate Cemetery.
When was Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust registered as a charity?
Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust was entered on the register on 1 October 1996. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 03157806).

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register extract dated 2026-10-04, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Always verify current details on the official register entry.