The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Battens Charitable Trust

Registered charity 293500 Registered since 1986

Operates: Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire

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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.

6 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£11k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

Websitehttps://www.battens.co.uk/battens-charitable-trust
Emailbct@battens.co.uk
Phone01935846000
Addressc/o Battens Solicitors Limited, Maltravers House, Petters Way, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1SH

Finances

£11,034 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,630£56,950
2022£7,484£38,870
2023£8,506£32,564
2024£11,032£57,640
2025£11,034£40,374

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES ARE ABLE TO USE THE TRUST FUNDS FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED WHOLLY OR MAINLY TO THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THEY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 14TH OCTOBER 1985, AS VARIED BY SCHEME DATED 22 MAY 2002.

Trustees (6)

6trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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