BATTLEFIELDS TRUST

Registered charity 1017387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The preservation, interpretation and presentation of battlefields.

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Latest income

£81k

Latest spending

£83k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £111,282, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £16,000. The charity reported a net unrestricted surplus of £13,560 against total expenditure of £83,457, with trustees confirming the organization remains a going concern despite recognizing uncertainties in funding sources.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory and believe that the Trust remains a going concern for the foreseeable future, recognising the uncertainties of funding sources.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW PAUL JEFFREY
Anthony John Edmund Rich · trustee of 3 other charities
Christopher May
David Austin
Dr Christopher Lance Scott
Dr Ismini Pells
Dr Rachael Elizabeth Whitbread
Gregg James Archer
HOWARD WILLIAM SIMMONS · trustee of 2 other charities
Kevin James Winter
Neil Hart
Norman Bruce Sangster Logan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£81k	£83k
30/09/2024	£63k	£61k
30/09/2023	£56k	£63k
30/09/2022	£56k	£72k
30/09/2021	£140k	£42k

Common questions

Is BATTLEFIELDS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £111,282, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £16,000. The charity reported a net unrestricted surplus of £13,560 against total expenditure of £83,457, with trustees confirming the organization remains a going concern despite recognizing uncertainties in funding sources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BATTLEFIELDS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BATTLEFIELDS TRUST as a grant recipient include THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	FY2023	£10k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	FY2022	£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2019	£15k	ALB-Historic England-Development Project and Development Officer- Battlefields Trust
UK government	01/04/2018	£16k	ALB-HistoricEngland-Development Project and Development Officer- Battlefields Trust
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/08/2017	£84k	"Discovering the Battle of Mortimer's Cross 1461"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	26/01/2017	£47k	"Carham 1018, the Battle , the Border and the Dawn of Two Nations"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	08/04/2014	£98k	"Interpretation, presentation and development of Magna Carta battlefields and siege sites for heritage and education"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/04/2006	£15k	"Brentford and Turnham Green Battlefield Trails"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	25/10/2000	£88k	"Battlefield Resource Development Officer, Norwich"