THE SIR JAMES KNOTT TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£3.8m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

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Accounts grants total

£3.2m

extracted from its FY2025 accounts

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

QUAKING HOUSES VILLAGE HALL ASSOCIATION “We have successfully secured funding for 3 years from the Sir James Knott Trust. Each year we will receive £5000 to help”
NORTHERN CHORDS FESTIVAL “Festival 2026 generously supported by Scops Arts Trust and Sir James Knott Trust.”
DURHAM SCOUT COUNTY COUNCIL “Sir James Knott Trust Funding to support the on-going work of the charity (2020)”
1ST CHOPWELL SCOUT GROUP “In anticipation of attending a large scale event, we received a donation from the Sir James Knott Trust towards new camp”
PELAW COMMUNITY BOWLING CLUB “Sir James Knott Trust At the Sir James Knott Trust we support charitable activity in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Coun”
THE ULYSSES TRUST “Sir James Knott Trust”
DEAF AWARENESS: NE “Previous Funders The Sir James Knott Trust”
RT COMMUNITY PROJECTS LTD “Proudly supported by The Shakespeare Temperence Trust, Sir James Knott Trust, The Vardy Foundation, County Durham Commu”
YMCA WEARSIDE LTD “We are entirely grateful for the funding received from Organisations that currently support our work and these are liste”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (11 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (8 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (6 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (5 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (5 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (4 grantees)
Amateur Sport (4 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (3 grantees)
Disability (3 grantees)
Recreation (3 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Northumberland (10 grantees)
Newcastle Upon Tyne City (7 grantees)
Gateshead (7 grantees)
North Tyneside (6 grantees)
Durham (6 grantees)
South Tyneside (6 grantees)
Sunderland (5 grantees)
Throughout England (3 grantees)
Hartlepool (2 grantees)
Cumbria (2 grantees)

What changed: FY2022 → FY2023

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2022	FY2023
new	St. Chad's College	—	£50k
new	National Railway Museum at Shildon	—	£50k
new	NORTHERN PRINT STUDIO LIMITED	—	£50k
new	CITIZENS ADVICE GATESHEAD	—	£25k
new	WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE	—	£21k
new	Royal Northern Symphonia	—	£21k
new	MILFIELD READING ROOM	—	£20k
new	OASIS AQUILA HOUSING	—	£20k
not listed	Bearnish Museum	£100k	—
not listed	branches of sea cadets in the North east	£52k	—
not listed	NORTH MUSIC TRUST	£50k	—
not listed	SAMLING INSTITUTE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS	£40k	—
not listed	Oasis Aquilla	£33k	—
not listed	NE RAF Association	£30k	—
not listed	St Vincent de Paul	£30k	—
not listed	Q George's Church Faffield	£30k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
St. Chad's College	FY2023	£50k	Capital grant (Restricted Fund)
National Railway Museum at Shildon	FY2023	£50k	Capital grant (Restricted Fund)
Northern Print	FY2023	£50k	Capital grant (Restricted Fund)
YMCA-North Tyneside	FY2023	£30k	Restricted Fund
Citizens' Advice Gateshead	FY2023	£25k	Restricted Fund
West End Refugee Service	FY2023	£21k	Feedback example (3 years)
Royal Northern Symphonia	FY2023	£21k	One-off initiative (3 years)
Milfield Reading Room	FY2023	£20k	Restricted Fund
Oasis Aquila Housing	FY2023	£20k	Restricted Fund
Blyth Tall Ship	FY2023	£15k	Restricted Fund
Citizens' Advice Hartlepool	FY2023	£15k	Restricted Fund
East Durham Partnership	FY2023	£15k	Restricted Fund
Triangular	FY2023	£13k	Restricted Fund
Tynemouth Volunteer Life brigade	FY2023	£12k	Feedback example (3 years)
Hartlepool Sportability	FY2023	£6k	Feedback example (3 years)
Wooler Bowling and Sports Club	FY2023	£5k	Feedback example
The Huntington’s Disease Association	FY2023	£3k	Feedback example (North East advisory service)
Bearnish Museum	FY2022	£100k	Restricted funds grant
branches of sea cadets in the North east	FY2022	£52k	Restricted funds grant
Sage Gateshead	FY2022	£50k	Restricted funds grant
Samling Institute for Young Artists	FY2022	£40k	Restricted funds grant
Oasis Aquilla	FY2022	£33k	Restricted funds grant
NE RAF Association	FY2022	£30k	Restricted funds grant
YMCA North Tyneside	FY2022	£30k	Restricted funds grant
St Vincent de Paul	FY2022	£30k	Restricted funds grant
Q George's Church Faffield	FY2022	£30k	Restricted funds grant
Disability North	FY2022	£25k	Restricted funds grant
Children North East	FY2022	£25k	Restricted funds grant
The NET North Shiekls	FY2022	£24k	Restricted funds grant

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (no individually listed grants). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.