The Batchworth Trust

Analysis

The Batchworth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, overseas aid/famine relief and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Batchworth Trust reported income of £621k and spending of £1.5m, spending 238% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £8.3m to £621k (-93%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Batchworth Trust sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include kupas rashbi ltd (£620k), The Pepper Foundation (£621k) and Gas Safe Charity (£620k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £20.1m would cover about 159 months of spending at that rate.

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.