Bathgate Charitable Trust

Analysis

Bathgate Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sandbach. It was registered in October 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Bathgate Charitable Trust reported income of £230k and spending of £237k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £140k to £230k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bathgate Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muslim Community Connect Wokingham (£230k), Penrith Methodist Church (£230k) and West Croydon Baptist Church (£230k).