Luton Church Burial Ground

Analysis

Luton Church Burial Ground is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Beds. It was registered in December 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Luton Church Burial Ground reported income of £32k and spending of £75k, spending 232% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £35k to £32k (-8.4%), an average of -2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 212% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Luton Church Burial Ground sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Knitted Knockers UK (£32k), Debtors' Relief Funds Charity (£32k) and Beeston Dementia Friends (£32k).

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.