Battlefields Trust

Analysis

Battlefields Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02786730). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Battlefields Trust reported income of £81k and spending of £83k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £140k to £81k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Battlefields Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bacon Charitable Trust (£81k), The Rudyard Lake Trust (£81k) and Dr M E Bradshaw's Teesdale Special Flora Research & Conservation Trust (£81k).