Bates Wells Foundation

Analysis

Bates Wells Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bates Wells Foundation reported income of £113k and spending of £125k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £92k to £113k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Bates Wells Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Police Arboretum Memorial Trust (£113k), Friends for Life Bedfordshire (£113k) and Matan Esther Limited (£113k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.