Simon & Elizabeth Batey Charitable Trust

The Simon & Elizabeth Batey Charitable Trust, established in December 2002 by founders Simon George Batey and Elizabeth Margaret Batey (with Gerard Michael Paul Rooney as trustee), is a discreet, family-run grant-making trust registered in England and Wales. Its core mission focuses on relieving poverty, sickness, and distress; advancing education; and promoting other charitable purposes beneficial to the public. As a generalist funder with broad objects, it supports a wide spectrum of charitable activities through unrestricted grants to institutions, emphasizing flexible impact on hardship alleviation, healthcare, education, and public good, without thematic or sectoral restrictions.

The trust funds general charitable purposes, including core costs, unrestricted support, and occasionally capital needs for established charities and voluntary bodies across England and Wales. Past grants, such as to health and social care organizations like HF Trust Limited, reflect its versatile approach, prioritizing public benefit over specific causes or beneficiary groups, with no recurring patterns in sectors or regions.

Eligible applicants are strictly UK-registered charities operating in England and Wales; it prefers established medium-to-larger organizations over grassroots groups, with no formal income thresholds. Unsolicited applications are not accepted—grants are awarded at trustees' discretion via their networks, with no published process, forms, deadlines, or meeting schedule. Typical grants range from £5,000 to £30,000 (often £10,000–£25,000), with annual expenditure of £70,000–£160,000.

Distinctively broad and low-profile, the trust avoids direct individual aid, project-specific restrictions, or open calls, differentiating it as an invite-only supporter of orderly, impactful charities aligned with foundational charitable ethos.