THE BANISTER CHARITABLE TRUST — grant history

Registered charity 1102320 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£214k

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

£5.0m

Accounts grants total

£701k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Ludlow Trust uses an online portal called the Funding Enquiry Gateway. Charities must register to submit either a specific application to a named trust or a general application for consideration by over 400 trusts. "Through this Funding Enquiry Gateway you can make: An application to one or more specific charitable trusts; and/or A general application to all charitable trusts managed by Ludlow Trust Company."

Summarised from funding.ludlowtrust.com · funding.ludlowtrust.com · funding.ludlowtrust.com/login on 16/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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

Environment/conservation/heritage (41 grantees)
Education/training (28 grantees)
Animals (9 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (5 grantees)
Recreation (5 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (5 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (5 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (2 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Amateur Sport (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (6 grantees)
Scotland (5 grantees)
Northern Ireland (3 grantees)
Surrey (3 grantees)
Cornwall (3 grantees)
Lincolnshire (2 grantees)
Jersey (2 grantees)
France (2 grantees)
Guernsey (2 grantees)
Cambridgeshire (2 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£1.1m	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Woodland Trust	FY2024	£500k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Cornwall Heritage Trust Limited	FY2024	£294k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Sheffield Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£278k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Wilderness Foundation UK	FY2024	£220k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Langdyke Countryside Trust	FY2024	£214k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
South Downs National Park Trust	FY2024	£186k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Campaign for National Parks	FY2024	£167k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Norfolk Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£165k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Scotland	FY2024	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Somerset Wildlands	FY2024	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Bempton Cliffs	FY2024	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Northward Hill	FY2024	£130k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Beaver Trust	FY2024	£108k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Avon Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£100k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Shropshire Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£100k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire	FY2024	£98k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust	FY2024	£90k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Conservation Education & Research Trust	FY2024	£85k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
West Horsley Place Trust	FY2024	£78k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Kyle Of Sutherland Fisheries Trust	FY2024	£75k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Wales	FY2024	£65k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Groundwork South	FY2024	£63k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Woodland Trust: Hay hills	FY2024	£50k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Cheshire Wildlife Trust: Green Booth Farm	FY2024	£30k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Surrey Wildlife Trust Limited	FY2024	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Vyrnwy	FY2024	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Scotland: Morvern Tree Nursery	FY2024	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Landmark Trust	FY2024	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Landmark Trust	FY2024	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Landmark Trust	FY2024	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Vyrnwy	FY2024	£22k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Somerset Wildlife Trust: Avalon Marshes	FY2024	£18k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Cornwall Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£15k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Cumbria Wildlife Trust Ltd	FY2024	£13k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Martlesham Wilds Nature Reserve	FY2024	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Plantlife International - The Wild Plant Conservation Trust	FY2024	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Durham Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£9k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Springhead Trust Limited	FY2024	£8k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust	FY2024	£5k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust	FY2024	£5k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Avon Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£3k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
North Wales Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£300	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£1.9m	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Woodland Trust: Snaizeholme	FY2023	£1.7m	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Woodland Trust: Green Farm, Thompson, Thetford	FY2023	£1.0m	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
West Horsley Place Trust	FY2023	£511k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Landmark Trust	FY2023	£500k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust	FY2023	£390k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Conservation Education & Research Trust	FY2023	£294k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Shropshire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£278k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£242k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Woodland Trust	FY2023	£242k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£225k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Earthwatch Europe	FY2023	£214k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
South Downs National Park Trust	FY2023	£186k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Becks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£167k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Norfolk Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£166k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Friends of Ham Hill	FY2023	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Fields in Trust	FY2023	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Somerset Wildlife Trust: Avalon Marshes	FY2023	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Groundwork South	FY2023	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Northward Hill	FY2023	£150k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Sedgemoor	FY2023	£135k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Groundwork North	FY2023	£130k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Wast Neap, Yell, Shetland	FY2023	£100k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Somerset Wildlands	FY2023	£100k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire	FY2023	£100k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Landmark Trust	FY2023	£98k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Wilts & Berks Canal Trust	FY2023	£95k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Langdyke Countryside Trust	FY2023	£90k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Vyrnwy	FY2023	£90k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Cheshire Wildlife Trust: Green Booth Farm	FY2023	£85k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Springhead Trust Limited	FY2023	£78k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust	FY2023	£75k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
London Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£65k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Durham Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£63k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Scotland: Movern Tree Nursery	FY2023	£50k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust	FY2023	£50k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Open University (Weston Open Living Lab)	FY2023	£50k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Franchise Lodge	FY2023	£50k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust	FY2023	£50k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Wallasea Island	FY2023	£50k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Northern Ireland	FY2023	£48k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Vyrnwy	FY2023	£47k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Sheffield Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£43k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Scotland	FY2023	£42k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Barons Haugh	FY2023	£40k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
North Wales Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£36k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Birmingham Botanical Gardens	FY2023	£30k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£30k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Wales	FY2023	£30k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust	FY2023	£27k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Histon & Impington Green Spa	FY2023	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Surrey Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Kyle Of Sutherland Fisheries Trust	FY2023	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Avon Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Avon Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Martlesham Wilds Nature Reserve	FY2023	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Heart of England Forest	FY2023	£25k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Letcombe Brook Project	FY2023	£22k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£20k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Yorshire Dales Millenium Trust	FY2023	£20k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust	FY2023	£20k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Somerset Wildlife Trust: The Honeygar Project	FY2023	£18k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Abernethy Tractor Purchase	FY2023	£16k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Cornwall Heritage Trust	FY2023	£15k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Cornwall Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£13k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Bempton Cliffs	FY2023	£12k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Beaver Trust	FY2023	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Lynden Valley	FY2023	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Haweswater	FY2023	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Wilderness Foundation UK	FY2023	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Embercombe Community Garden & Orchard	FY2023	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Market Westen Fen	FY2023	£10k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£9k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Landmark Trust	FY2023	£8k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Plantlife International - The Wild Plant Conservation Trust	FY2023	£5k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
The Parks Foundation	FY2023	£5k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Hassinham Marshes	FY2023	£5k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Cronberry Farm	FY2023	£5k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£3k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
RSPB Greylake	FY2023	£2k	Grants - to institutions to promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£6.2m
Suffolk Wildlife Trust: Market Westen Fen	FY2022	£6.2m
RSPB Scotland: Movern Tree Nursery	FY2022	£2.3m
Somerset Wildlife Trust: The Honeygar Project	FY2022	£1.7m
Royal Zoological Society of Scotland	FY2022	£1.0m
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£1.0m
West Cumbria Rivers Trust	FY2022	£1.0m
The Moorland Mousie Trust	FY2022	£587k
RSPB Wast Neap, Yell, Shetland	FY2022	£511k
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust	FY2022	£390k
The Heart of England Forest	FY2022	£242k
RSPB Sedgemoor	FY2022	£242k
Woodland Trust: Snaizeholme	FY2022	£242k
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£225k
Wilts & Berks Canal Trust	FY2022	£225k
The Parks Foundation	FY2022	£200k
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£200k
RSPB Northern Ireland	FY2022	£199k
Harper Asprey Wildlife Rescue	FY2022	£175k
Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust	FY2022	£166k
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£150k
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust	FY2022	£135k
RSPB Cavenham Brecks	FY2022	£100k
RSPB Hassinham Marshes	FY2022	£100k
South Downs National Park Trust	FY2022	£95k
Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs & Northants	FY2022	£95k
RSPB Barons Haugh	FY2022	£90k
RSPB Franchise Lodge	FY2022	£55k
Friends of Ham Hill	FY2022	£50k
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust	FY2022	£50k
RSPB Berney Marshes	FY2022	£50k
RSPB Cronberry Farm	FY2022	£50k
Our Only World	FY2022	£48k
RSPB Abernethy Tractor Purchase	FY2022	£47k
RSPB Dungeness	FY2022	£43k
Pembrokeshire Coast Charitable Trust	FY2022	£42k
Earthwatch Europe	FY2022	£40k
RSPB Greylake	FY2022	£39k
Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust	FY2022	£36k
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£30k
The Aire Rivers Trust	FY2022	£30k
Cornwall Heritage Trust	FY2022	£30k
Becks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£27k
Histon & Impington Green Spa	FY2022	£26k
Woodland Trust: Green Farm, Thompson, Thetford	FY2022	£25k
RSPB Scotland: Tay Reedbeds	FY2022	£25k
Surrey Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£25k
RSPB Haweswater	FY2022	£22k
RSPB Wallasea Island	FY2022	£20k
APE Project	FY2022	£20k
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£20k
RSPB Lynden Valley	FY2022	£18k
Cornwall Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£16k
Embercombe Community Garden & Orchard	FY2022	£12k
Norfolk Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£10k
London Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£10k
RSPB Scotland	FY2022	£10k
Letcombe Brook Project	FY2022	£10k
The Open University (Weston Open Living Lab)	FY2022	£10k
Fields in Trust	FY2022	£5k
Groundwork North	FY2022	£5k
Birmingham Botanical Gardens	FY2022	£5k
Woodland Trust: Pepper Wood	FY2022	£3k
RSPB Scotland: Tay Reedbeds	FY2022	£3k
The Aire Rivers Trust	FY2022	£3k
Friends of Sunnyhurst Woods	FY2022	£2k

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 (listed sum 5035286 vs reference 701300 (618.0% diff; ref=stated)). 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.