Registered charity · Bradford
The Undercliffe Cemetery Charity
- 11 trustees
- Income £76k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Christopher John BirdTrustee
- Gaynor HalidayTrustee · since 2021
- Geoffrey Horace SimpsonTrustee · since 2025
- Irene LofthouseTrustee · since 2024
- Jacqueline Lucy AmblerTrustee
- John Alexander ScholefieldTrustee
- John Charles JacksonTrustee · since 2014
- Jonathan Mark AckroydTrustee · since 2012
- Rebecca Louise OliverTrustee · since 2024
- Susan CrossleyTrustee · since 2025
- Timothy HardyTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Bradford City
- Website
- www.undercliffecemetery.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Undercliffe Cemetery Charity
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£76k£106k
- 2023£67k£60k
- 2022£67k£61k
Earlier years
- 2021£61k£48k
- 2020£59k£44k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO OPERATE, MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE UNDERCLIFFE CEMETERY FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES: (1) AN OPEN SPACE (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE LOCAL, AND NATIONAL, SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND THE NATURAL HISTORY, INCLUDING ORNITHOLOGY AND BOTANY, OF THE CEMETERY AND ITS ENVIRONS (3) THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD (4) THE PRESERVATION,PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FEATURES OF HISTORIC OR EDUCATIONAL INTEREST, INCLUDING THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE CEMETERY, AND IN PARTICULAR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF EXISTING MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND GRAVES THEREIN WHICH ARE OF EDUCATIONAL INTEREST.
Grants received
3 grants · £17,200 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Leeds Community Foundation · £11,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £6,200
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Christopher John Bird
- Gaynor Haliday since 2021
- Geoffrey Horace Simpson since 2025
- Irene Lofthouse since 2024
- Jacqueline Lucy Ambler
- John Alexander Scholefield
- Jonathan Mark Ackroyd since 2012
- John Charles Jackson since 2014
- Rebecca Louise Oliver since 2024
- Susan Crossley since 2025
- Timothy Hardy since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Mark Ackroyd since 2012
- John Charles Jackson since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Christopher John Bird
- Gaynor Haliday since 2021
- Geoffrey Horace Simpson since 2025
- Irene Lofthouse since 2024
- Jacqueline Lucy Ambler
- John Alexander Scholefield
- Jonathan Mark Ackroyd since 2012
- John Charles Jackson since 2014
- Rebecca Louise Oliver since 2024
- Susan Crossley since 2025
- Timothy Hardy since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 519751
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF A COMPANY INCORPORATED 20 DECEMBER 1985 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 13 MAY 1987, 12 MAY 1998 AND 14 MAY 2003 as amended on 17 Feb 2025 as amended on 21 Oct 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 01973400 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01274 642276 · office@undercliffecemetery.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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