Battens Charitable Trust

Analysis

Battens Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in January 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Battens Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £40k, spending 366% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,630 to £11k (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 485% 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, Battens Charitable Trust sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The L C H Charitable Trust (£11k), Royal Air Forces Association Morecambe and Lancaster Branch (£11k) and The Peter Ward Charitable Trust (£11k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.