Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust

Analysis

Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06272084). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust reported income of £886k and spending of £934k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £666k to £886k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Arnos Vale Cemetery Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dorset Opera (£884k), The Plough Arts Centre Limited (£887k) and The Westmorland County Agricultural Society Limited (£883k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 47%, charitable activities 27% and donations and legacies 26%. Charitable activities took 53% of spending and raising funds 46%. Reserves of £13k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 36 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.