Batus General Fund

Analysis

Batus General Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bfpo 14. It was registered in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Batus General Fund reported income of £69k and spending of £39k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £216k to £69k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2024, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Batus General Fund sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue (£68k), Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre (£72k) and President of the Regimental Institute 29 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (£68k).