COLWINSTON CHARITABLE TRUST — grant history
Latest income
£1.3m
Grants listed (FY2023)
49
Listed grants total
£596k
Accounts grants total
£526k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2023 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Organisations interested in making an application to the Trust should download and complete an expression of interest form and send to the Trust by email; [email protected] . Eligible applicants will then be invited to submit a formal application in either March or September.
- Deadlines: Grant applications should be received no later than 30th September , for consideration at the November meeting, or 31st March for consideration at the May meeting of trustees.
- What they don’t fund: It will not consider funding for conferences and seminars, or general appeals. The Trust will not fund activity that takes place outside the UK, even if the organisation is UK registered. Social and community welfare organisations, where the dominant purpose is not arts, will not normally be supported .
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What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- Recreation
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Amateur Sport
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Throughout Wales
- Scotland
- Conwy
- Ceredigion
- Northern Ireland
- Carmarthenshire
- Cardiff
- Powys
- Isle Of Anglesey
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artes Mundi Prize Ltd | FY2023 | £100k | A grant of £100,000, spread equally over two years, was offered to towards the pan-Wales presentations of Artes Mundi 10. |
| Agatha Christie Trust for Children | FY2023 | £50k | A grant of £50,000, spread equally over two years, was offered to support their research into childhood Leukaemia. |
| Opera Rara | FY2023 | £45k | A grant of £45,000, spread equally over three years, was offered to support the Donizetti Song Project. |
| National Dance Co Wales | FY2023 | £40k | A grant of £40,000 was offered towards their 40th anniversary year performance. |
| Mid Wales Opera | FY2023 | £30k | A grant of £30,000, spread equally over 3 years, was offered to support the "Small Wonders" touring programme to be matched funded from other sources. |
| Sinfonia Cymru | FY2023 | £25k | A grant of £25,000 was offered to support the Mainly Village Halls tour for 2023 and 2024 over 2 years. |
| Aesop Arts & Society Limited | FY2023 | £15k | A grant of £15,000 was offered towards their Dance to Health programme in Wales. |
| Artichoke Trust | FY2023 | £15k | A grant of £15,000 was offered to support the Welsh arm of the UK wide public Arts programme, The Gallery, between July 2022 to March 2023. |
| North Wales International Music Festival | FY2023 | £15k | A grant of £15,000 was offered for core support of their 50th anniversary festival. |
| The Aloud Charity | FY2023 | £15k | A grant of £15,000 was offered to support the core activities of the charity in 2022. |
| Presteigne Festival of Music and Art Limited | FY2023 | £15k | A grant of £15,000 was offered to assist with commission fee and music preparation costs for Adrian William's new work, The Hours, with words by Gillian Clarke. A further grant of £10,000 was given for a commission by Edward Gregson. |
| Opera Ventures | FY2023 | £13k | A grant of £12,500 was offered to support the creation and development of the contemporary opera, "Ainadamar" by Osvaldo Golijov. |
| Mostyn Gallery | FY2023 | £12k | A grant of £12,000 was offered to support a new solo site-specific exhibition by Cerith Wyn Evans. |
| Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias (Wales International Harp Festival) | FY2023 | £10k | A grant of £10,475 was offered to support outreach new music commissions and educational activity/masterclasses for the Wales International Harp Festival. |
| National Opera Studio | FY2023 | £10k | A grant of £10,000 was offered to support their core work for young artist development. |
| Fishguard and West Wales International Music Festival | FY2023 | £10k | A grant of £10,000 was offered to support the core costs of their 2022 Festival. |
| National Manuscripts Conservation Trust | FY2023 | £10k | A grant of £10,000 was offered to support the Cambrian Pottery Archive at Swansea Museum. |
| National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain | FY2023 | £10k | A grant of £10,000 was offered to support the widening of access for young musicians in Wales, and to assist with the cost of 4 young musicians from Wales playing in the orchestra in 2022. |
| Peak —Art in the Black Mountains Ltd | FY2023 | £10k | A grant of £10,000 was offered towards work at Platform 2 at Abergavenny Station. |
| Agatha Christie Festival | FY2023 | £8k | A grant of £7,500 was offered to support two live staged performances during their 2022 festival. |
| Brecon Beacons Music Trust | FY2023 | £8k | A grant of £7,500 was offered to support the core work of the 2022 festival focussing on JS Bach's life and works. |
| Cowbridge Music Festival | FY2023 | £8k | A grant of £7,500 was offered to support the costs of their 2022 festival. |
| Llandeilo Fawr Festival of Music | FY2023 | £8k | A grant of £7,500 was offered as core support for their 2022 festival. |
| Sistema Cymru - Codi'r To | FY2023 | £6k | A grant of £6,000 was offered for a community music project in North Wales. |
| Longborough Festival Opera | FY2023 | £5k | A grant of £5,000 was offered to support the 'Emerging Artists' programme in 2023. |
| Penarth Chamber Music Festival | FY2023 | £5k | A grant of £5,000 was offered to support artists costs of £3,000 and outreach projects of £2,000. |
| Botanic Garden of Wales | FY2023 | £5k | A grant of £5,000 was offered towards their sculpture Park project. |
| The National Theatr Brycheiniog Cyf | FY2023 | £5k | A grant of £5,000 was offered towards a visual arts project, Brecon's Past to Present performance. |
| Young Music Makers of Dyfed | FY2023 | £5k | A grant of £5,000 was offered to enable three strands of music making in West Wales to continue through mentoring, masterclasses, and performance. |
| Cosmic Music | FY2023 | £5k | A grant of £5,000 was offered towards their 'Macbeth Retold' project. |
| NMC Recordings | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3 (2022 balance brought forward). |
| Changing Tunes | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Vale of Glamorgan Festival | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Aberystwyth University | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3 (2022 balance brought forward). |
| Bangor New Music Festival | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3 (2022 balance brought forward). |
| Valleys Kids | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Buxton International Festival | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Benedetti Foundation | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Hijinx Theatre | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| MusicFest Aberystwyth | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Theatr na nOg | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Afan Arts | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| UPROAR | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Art UK (Public Catalogue Foundation) | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Carmathen & District Youth Opera | FY2023 | £5k | Grant listed in Note 3. |
| Three Choirs Festival | FY2023 | £4k | A grant of £4,000 was offered to support a performance by the National Youth Orchestra of Wales as part of their 2022 festival to be held in Hereford. |
| Llandaff Cathedral Festival | FY2023 | £3k | A grant of £3,000 was offered as core support for their 2022 festival. |
| Royal Philharmonic Society | FY2023 | £3k | A grant of £3,000 was offered to support their women conductors course in Wales. |
| Go Live Theatre Projects (formerly Mousetrap Theatre Projects) | FY2023 | £3k | Grant listed in Note 3. |