Geelong Cemeteries Trust 2025-26 annual report
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Geelong Cemeteries Trust reported for the year ended 30 June 2026 on cemetery, cremation and memorial services across Geelong and surrounding regions.
The trust reported opening Bellarine Memorial Park and approving a crematorium sustainability project that includes an electric hybrid cremator.
It reported piloting the Remembered app at Colac to support digital memorials.
It recorded a $1.19 million operating surplus, approximately $653,000 above its approved budget surplus.
In the body's own words
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Our Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan received conditional endorsement from Reconciliation Australia and will lay the foundations for how we will embed reconciliation across our organisation.
Finances 4
Total Revenue & Income
$13,958 thousand
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Total Revenue & Income 13,958 10,723
Total Expenses from Transactions
$( 11,914) thousand
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Total Expenses from Transactions ( 11,914) ( 10,813)
Employee Expenses
$( 6,384) thousand
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Employee Expenses 3.1 ( 6,384) ( 5,744)
Net Result
$1,289 thousand
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Net Result 1,289 ( 692)
Staff 2
Total staff
53.3 FTE
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Total staff 53.3 50.5 43.3
Total staff
56 people
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Total staff 56 52 45
Executives and remuneration 3
Total Number of Executives (i)
3
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Total Number of Executives (i) 3 3
Total Remuneration
$674 thousand
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Total Remuneration 674 629
Total Remuneration(i)
$1,166 thousand
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Total Remuneration(i) 1,166 1,102
Consultancies 10
Total expenditure on these consultancies
$230,507
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Total expenditure on these consultancies was $230,507 (excluding GST)
Simon Anderson Consultants
$11,962
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Simon Anderson Consultants Mapping Jul 2025 Jun 2026 $25,000 $11,962
Simon Anderson Consultants
$21,025
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Simon Anderson Consultants Furnace Facility May 2025 Jun 2026 $21,000 $21,025
Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
$24,882
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Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Enterprise Agreement Jul 2024 Aug 2026 $25,000 $24,882
SPA Consulting Engineers
$15,100
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SPA Consulting Engineers Furnace Facility Apr 2026 Dec 2026 $20,000 $15,100
Sustainative
$46,000
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Sustainative Comprehensive Waste Advisory Services Nov 2025 Jun 2026 $46,000 $46,000
Composure Board
$19,676
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Composure Board Strategic Planning Workshop Aug 2025 Oct 2025 $20,000 $19,676
Pangolin
$10,800
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Pangolin GHG FY25 Assessment Aug 2025 Nov 2025 $12.000 $10,800
52nd Street Design Studio
$65,400
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52nd Street Design Studio Crematorium Sustainability Project Apr 2025 Dec 2026 $150,000 $65,400
BSA Building Surveyors
$15,662
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BSA Building Surveyors Furnace Facility Jun 2026 Dec 2026 $16,000 $15,662
Other figures 4
Services delivered
6,109
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Services delivered 6,109
Burials
922
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Burials 922
Cremations
4,288
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Cremations 4,288
Crown Land Managed
284.6
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Crown Land Managed 284.6 hectares
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- Current edition
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- Pages
- 93
- Figures not found in the report
- Executive band; Head remuneration