THE BAT CONSERVATION TRUST

Registered charity 1012361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAT CONSERVATION TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC040116 (OSCR)

Latest income

£3.0m

Latest spending

£3.1m

Registered

1992

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£3.0m

Total spending

£3.1m

Cost of raising funds

£256k

Reserves (reported)

£859k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/06/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Ani Binet
Benjamin Collins KC
Colette Teresa Marshall
Dr Cerys Bradley
Dr Orly Nechama Razgour
Dr Ruth Waters · trustee of 1 other charity
Gayathri Sudhakaran
Helen Louise Slinger
JEAN MATTHEWS
Matthew Browne
Matthew William Terry
Nicola Jane Granger · trustee of 1 other charity
Steven Roe

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.0m	£3.1m
31/03/2024	£2.7m	£2.3m
31/03/2023	£1.7m	£1.8m
31/03/2022	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/03/2021	£1.6m	£1.4m

Common questions

Who funds THE BAT CONSERVATION TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BAT CONSERVATION TRUST as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO, KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST, CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£35k
THE HDH WILLS 1965 CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE ROSE ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST CIO	FY2022	£5k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	FY2025	£1k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	14/09/2023	£2.3m	"Connecting People and Landscapes in a changing climate"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/12/2022	£32k	"#NNF2 Gobaith Coetir Â– Woodland Hope"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	28/07/2015	£92k	"Discovering the connection between natural heritage and cultural influence in Swanton Novers woodland using volunteers"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/06/2008	£49k	"Count Bat Wales"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	21/09/2007	£596k	"England Count Bat"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	05/04/2005	£50k	"Count Bat - The UK-wide Bat Survey"