Batsford Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- A group whose work touches cultivation education, historic buildings and landscapes, or environmental conservation fits the foundation's themes, and a project on botanical conservation of trees and shrubs fits most closely, since the foundation mainly delivers its aims through running Batsford Arboretum.
- Its giving is small and occasional: it gave £3,730 in the year before the latest shown on the register, and the latest year shows no grants to institutions, so a modest request is more realistic than a large one, and no grant range is stated.
- The stated geographic focus is Gloucestershire, so that is where a request is most likely to be considered.
- No application process is publicly published, and neither the annual report, its register entry nor its website says how to apply, so a brief, carefully targeted enquiry is a sensible first step, though nothing here shows how it responds to approaches or how competitive it is.
Overview
Batsford Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1090796).
Batsford Foundation is a registered charity that exists to advance public education in cultivation and in the study of historic buildings, gardens, arboreta and historic landscapes, including research, and to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. Its trustees deliver these aims largely by managing Batsford Arboretum, with a focus on botanical conservation of exotic and native trees and shrubs. It also makes occasional grants to other charitable bodies in support of its objectives and educational facilities, and it gave £3,730 in the year before the latest shown on the register.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The foundation's charitable purposes are to advance public education in cultivation and in the study of historic buildings, gardens, arboreta and historic landscapes, including research, and to promote conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment. Its trustees deliver these objectives largely through managing Batsford Arboretum, with a focus on botanical conservation of exotic and native trees and shrubs and promoting education. It also makes occasional grants to other charitable bodies in support of its objectives.
Themes
- Cultivation education
- Historic buildings and landscapes
- Environmental conservation
Geographic Focus
Gloucestershire.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 January 2021 | £1,563,049 | £1,372,948 | — | Accounts for year to 31 January 2021 |
| year to 31 January 2022 | £2,121,196 | £1,597,320 | — | Accounts for year to 31 January 2022 |
| year to 31 January 2023 | £1,839,881 | £1,661,636 | £6,000 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2023 |
| year to 31 January 2024 | £2,104,177 | £1,863,201 | £3,730 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2024 |
| year to 31 January 2025 | £2,187,070 | £1,949,303 | — | Accounts for year to 31 January 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 January 2023; year to 31 January 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- batsarb.co.uk
- batsarb.co.uk/arboretum/foundation · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 January 2024)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- batsarb.co.uk
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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