THE BATCHWORTH TRUST

Registered charity 245061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grants made primarily to nationally recognised charities. The Trust Deed specifically prohibits grants to individuals.

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Latest income

£621k

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £20,098,416, which the Trustees consider well balanced to achieve the Trust's objectives. The Trust reported a net decrease in funds of £1,656,901 due to a loss on investments, though investment income remained sufficient to support grant distributions of £1,346,500. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: neither allowed to become excessive as a result of the unjustifiable accumulation of income nor so low as to be inadequate to meet the grant making objectives (held: £20.1m)

“The Trust's reserve policy is to maintain general unrestricted reserves which are neither allowed to become excessive as a result of the unjustifiable accumulation of income nor so low as to be inadequate to meet the grant making objectives.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 21

“In the year ended 5 April 2025, grants paid to Siglo de Oro totalled £Nil (2024: £8,000). Ms G E Campbell is a Trustee of Siglo de Oro and a Director of Lockwell Trustees Limited.” — page 28

“In the year ended 5 April 2025, grants paid to Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trusts totalled £Nil (2024: £10,000). Mrs C M Percy's spouse is a director of Nuffield Farming Scholarship. Mrs C M Percy is a Director of Lockwell Trustees Limited.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 21

“In the year ended 5 April 2025, grants paid to Siglo de Oro totalled £Nil (2024: £8,000). Ms G E Campbell is a Trustee of Siglo de Oro and a Director of Lockwell Trustees Limited.” — page 28

“In the year ended 5 April 2025, grants paid to Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trusts totalled £Nil (2024: £10,000). Mrs C M Percy's spouse is a director of Nuffield Farming Scholarship. Mrs C M Percy is a Director of Lockwell Trustees Limited.” — page 28

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£621k

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£87k

Reserves (reported)

£20.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~163.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

LOCKWELL TRUSTEES LIMITED

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£621k	£1.5m
05/04/2024	£631k	£1.5m
05/04/2023	£736k	£1.6m
05/04/2022	£588k	£1.4m
05/04/2021	£8.3m	£771k

Common questions

Is THE BATCHWORTH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £20,098,416, which the Trustees consider well balanced to achieve the Trust's objectives. The Trust reported a net decrease in funds of £1,656,901 due to a loss on investments, though investment income remained sufficient to support grant distributions of £1,346,500. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

Who funds THE BATCHWORTH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BATCHWORTH TRUST as a grant recipient include UNSEEN (UK).

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
UNSEEN (UK)	FY2025	£5k	General

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	1	£92k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£17k
KTRUST LIMITED	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
T & S TRUST FUND income £334k
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £126k
THE WARWICK TRUST income £153k
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED income £725k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	£621k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£192k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
T & S TRUST FUND FY2025	£334k	—	above	—	no doubt
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£126k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE WARWICK TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	above	—	no doubt
BELLJOE TZEDOKO LIMITED FY2024	£725k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.