Institute of Civil Funerals

Active05179139 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
14 July 2004 (22 years)
Previously known as
Institute of Funeral Celebrants (until 24 May 2012)
The Institute of Civil Funerals (until 19 April 2012)
Industry
Activities of professional membership organizations (94120)
Directors
Ann Adlem
Christopher John Knight
Controlled by
Christopher John Knight
Rosemary Drewery
Ann Adlem
Accounts type
Unaudited abridged
Region
South West
Address
Lytchett House 13 Freeland Park
Wareham Road
Poole
BH16 6FA

Filing status

Accounts due
30 April 2028
Last accounts
31 July 2026
Conf. stmt due
20 July 2027
Last conf. stmt
6 July 2026

Officers 3 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Adlem, Ann
Director · Appointed 2 December 2021
British
Born May 1958 (68)
Director · Appointed 2 December 2021
British
Born November 1958
Knight, Christopher John
Director · Appointed 2 December 2021
British
Born August 1955 (71)
Officer history (34 former)
4 August 2022
Resigned Ford, Elaine as Director
18 July 2022
Resigned Harvey, Douglas as Director
13 July 2022
Resigned Vallance, Alison as Director
13 January 2022
Resigned Thomson, Janice as Director
2 December 2021
Appointed Harvey, Douglas as Director
2 December 2021
Appointed Knight, Christopher John as Director
2 December 2021
Appointed Ford, Elaine as Director
2 December 2021
Appointed Drewery, Rosemary as Director
2 December 2021
Appointed Adlem, Ann as Director
6 September 2021
Resigned Holden, Susan as Director
19 July 2021
Resigned Barber, Anne Lynn as Director
23 January 2020
Appointed Holden, Susan as Director
12 October 2019
Resigned Hopkins, Karen as Director
12 October 2019
Resigned Baker, Jeffrey Harold as Director
6 December 2017
Appointed Vallance, Alison as Director
6 December 2017
Resigned Ogden, Christine Diane as Director
6 December 2017
Appointed Baker, Jeffrey Harold as Director
15 July 2016
Resigned Band, Sally Andrea as Director
15 July 2016
Resigned Hamel-Cooke, Andrew Venn as Director
2 December 2014
Resigned Baker, Jeffrey Harold as Director
2 November 2014
Resigned O'Neill, Vivien Rose as Director
1 November 2014
Resigned Willis, Sarah Wykes as Director
2 November 2013
Appointed Band, Sally Andrea as Director
2 November 2013
Appointed Hamel-Cooke, Andrew Venn as Director
2 November 2013
Resigned Dunk, Julie Elizabeth as Director
2 November 2013
Appointed Willis, Sarah Wykes as Director
2 November 2013
Resigned Maguire, Jill as Director
2 November 2013
Resigned Mcnulty, Peter Michael as Director
23 April 2013
Resigned Patey, Andrew Charles as Director
23 January 2013
Resigned Wood, Geoffrey Charles as Director
17 November 2012
Appointed Hopkins, Karen as Director
17 November 2012
Appointed Baker, Jeffrey Harold as Director
1 August 2012
1 August 2012
Resigned Pilley, Mervyn Howard as Secretary
29 March 2012
Resigned Niezgoda, Krysia as Director
18 September 2011
Resigned Meredith, Elaine Joan as Director
1 September 2011
Resigned Griffiths, Christopher Allen as Director
1 July 2011
Appointed O'Neill, Vivien Rose as Director
1 July 2011
Appointed Ogden, Christine Diane as Director
14 June 2011
Resigned Kirby, Janice Ellen as Director
11 April 2011
Resigned Oxley, Marc Allen as Director
26 October 2010
Resigned Liddell, Colin Richard as Director
23 October 2010
Resigned Pilley, Mervyn Howard as Director
23 October 2010
Appointed Pilley, Mervyn Howard as Secretary
23 October 2010
Resigned Watts, Marilyn as Secretary
21 August 2010
Appointed Kirby, Janice Ellen as Director
21 August 2010
Appointed Wood, Geoffrey Charles as Director
21 August 2010
Appointed Mcnulty, Peter Michael as Director
21 August 2010
Appointed Griffiths, Christopher Allen as Director
21 August 2010
Appointed Meredith, Elaine Joan as Director
21 August 2010
Appointed Oxley, Marc Allen as Director
1 December 2009
Resigned Petersen, Karen Jytte Ingerslev as Director
1 December 2009
Appointed Patey, Andrew Charles as Director
1 October 2007
Resigned Webster, David as Director
1 October 2007
Appointed Liddell, Colin Richard as Director
1 September 2007
Resigned Knight, Paul David as Director
1 September 2006
Appointed Petersen, Karen Jytte Ingerslev as Director
1 January 2006
Appointed Webster, David as Director
29 September 2005
Appointed Maguire, Jill as Director
1 September 2005
Appointed Niezgoda, Krysia as Director
8 June 2005
Resigned Pearce, John James as Director
19 May 2005
Resigned Leon, Lesley as Director
8 December 2004
Appointed Thomson, Janice as Director
28 October 2004
Appointed Leon, Lesley as Director
28 October 2004
Appointed Pearce, John James as Director
28 October 2004
Appointed Dunk, Julie Elizabeth as Director
28 October 2004
Appointed Knight, Paul David as Director
28 October 2004
Appointed Pilley, Mervyn Howard as Director
28 October 2004
Appointed Johnson, Malcolm Lewis, Professor as Director
14 July 2004
Appointed Barber, Anne Lynn as Director
14 July 2004
Appointed Watts, Marilyn as Secretary

Ownership 3 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Christopher John Knight
Individual · Notified 17 October 2020
Right to appoint and remove directors
British
Born August 1955 (71)
Rosemary Drewery
Individual · Notified 6 April 2016
Has significant influence or control
British
Born November 1955
Ann Adlem
Individual · Notified 6 April 2016
Has significant influence or control
British
Born May 1958 (68)
Former controllers (11)
1 January 2025
Ceased Janice Thomson — Has significant influence or control
28 July 2022
Ceased Alison Vallance — Has significant influence or control
13 January 2022
Ceased Janice Thomson — Has significant influence or control
25 September 2021
Ceased Susan Flipping — Has significant influence or control
27 July 2021
Ceased Tracy Ward — Right to appoint and remove directors
1 June 2021
Ceased Anne Lynn Barber — Has significant influence or control
30 April 2020
Ceased Barbara Pearce — Has significant influence or control
1 February 2020
Ceased Ruth Jewell — Has significant influence or control
12 October 2019
Ceased Jeffrey Harold Baker — Has significant influence or control
12 October 2019
Ceased Karen Hopkins — Has significant influence or control
1 October 2016
Ceased Christine Diane Ogden — Has significant influence or control

Financials

Net Assets
£46,562
Cash
£35,174
Employees
1
Debt Ratio
0%

Trend

Net Assets
£0 £50k £100k 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 £42,088 £43,844 £43,996 £49,899 £51,746 £46,562
Balance sheet detail
202520242023202220212020
Fixed Assets£1,513£1,780£2,094£1,782£2,097£2,289
Current Assets£45,272£42,808£49,466£42,368£42,204£43,835
Debtors£10,098£7,029£5,693£2,502£0
Cash£35,174£42,437£36,675£39,702£43,835
Creditors (< 1 year)£2,542
Net Current Assets£45,049£49,966£47,805£42,214£41,747£39,799
Net Assets£46,562£51,746£49,899£43,996£43,844£42,088
Shareholder Funds£51,746

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
15 September 2026Unaudited abridged accounts31 July 2026
6 August 2026Confirmation statement with no updates6 July 2026
22 December 2025Cessation of a person with significant control
29 September 2025Unaudited abridged accounts31 July 2025
17 July 2025Confirmation statement with no updates6 July 2025
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