The Battishorne Trust

Analysis

The Battishorne Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Battishorne Trust reported income of £75k and spending of £65k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £30k to £75k (+148%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 271%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Battishorne Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dales-Care (£75k), The Roy Proctor Foundation (£75k) and The W L Pratt Charitable Trust (£74k).