The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The BAT Conservation Trust

Registered charity 1012361 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

13 trustees on the board

4.7y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Animals 13Education/training 13Environment/conservation/heritage 12General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 14Professional services 3Business services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.0m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.1 in 2021

60 from 36 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
42%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bats.org.uk
Emailenquiries@bats.org.uk
Phone02078207171
AddressSTUDIO 15, CLOISTERS HOUSE, CLOISTERS BUSINESS CENTRE, 8 BATTERSEA PARK ROAD, LONDON, SW8 4BG

Finances

£2,984,804 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,568,217£1,412,574
2022£1,632,007£1,595,153
2023£1,689,685£1,773,272
2024£2,665,328£2,281,864
2025£2,984,804£3,068,552

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION AND STUDY OF BATS IN THE BRITISH ISLES AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THESE OBJECTS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/05/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/09/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/09/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/10/2011

Trustees (13)

13trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The BAT Conservation Trust · 02712823 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/05/1992

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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