The Bates Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Bates Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in May 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief, accommodation/housing and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Bates Charitable Trust reported income of £26k and spending of £14k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £32k to £26k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bates Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richard Platt's Relief-In-Need Charity (£26k), Newtown Tenants & Residents Association (£26k) and The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sickness and Benevolent Fund (£26k).