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THE DOUGLAS BOMFORD TRUST — grant history

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Latest income
£167k
Grants listed (FY2025)
18
Listed grants total
£160k
Accounts grants total
£160k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.dbt.org.uk · www.dbt.org.uk/eligibility · www.dbt.org.uk/apply on 15/08/2026. 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
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
  • Ireland (1 grantee)
  • Northern Ireland (1 grantee)
  • Oxfordshire (1 grantee)
  • Scotland (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newRoyal Agricultural University—£6k
newTAgrE—£6k
newUK AgriTEch—£540
newNIAB—£432
newSouth Staffs College—£326
upCranfield University£19k£40k
upHARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY£22k£35k
upSmallpeice Foundation£6k£11k
upAGRIFOOD CHARITIES PARTNERSHIP£300£4k
upHarper Adams Engineering student£1k£2k
not listedUniversity of Hartpury£11k—
not listedIAgrE£6k—
not listedEARTH TRUST£600—
not listedAgriEpi Centre£210—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Cranfield UniversityFY2025£40kPostgraduate research
Harper Adams UniversityFY2025£35kPostgraduate research
University of LincolnFY2025£15kPostgraduate research
University of BirminghamFY2025£13kPostgraduate research
University of GlasgowFY2025£12kPostgraduate research
Smallpeice FoundationFY2025£11kSponsorship of agritech student visits/study tour
Harper Adams UniversityFY2025£10kStudent scholarship grant
Royal Agricultural UniversityFY2025£6kStudent scholarship grant
TAgrEFY2025£6kSupport for student membership scheme
AgriFood Charities PartnershipFY2025£4kMembership subscription/event
Harper Adams UniversityFY2025£3kTravel grant
Harper Adams Engineering studentFY2025£2kSponsorship of US exchange trip
UK AgriTEchFY2025£540Commercial membership
Cranfield UniversityFY2025£500Travel grant
Cranfield UniversityFY2025£500Group project
National Institute of Agricultural BotanyFY2025£432Travel to conference
South Staffs CollegeFY2025£326Travel grant
Royal Agricultural UniversityFY2025£300Contribution to weather station
Harper Adams UniversityFY2024£22kPostgraduate research
Cranfield UniversityFY2024£19kPostgraduate research
University of GlasgowFY2024£12kPostgraduate research
University of HartpuryFY2024£11kPostgraduate research
University of LincolnFY2024£11kPostgraduate research
Smallpeice FoundationFY2024£6kSponsorship of agritech student visits/study tour
IAgrEFY2024£6kSupport for student membership scheme
Cranfield UniversityFY2024£5kGroup project
Cranfield UniversityFY2024£1kTravel to conference
Harper Adams Engineering studentFY2024£1kSponsorship of US exchange trip
Earth TrustFY2024£600Contribution to weather station
IAgrEFY2024£500Commercial membership
AgriFood Charities PartnershipFY2024£300Membership subscription/event
AgriEpi CentreFY2024£210Subs 2024 QI and 2
University of BirminghamFY2024£-15kRefund following student withdrawal
Harper Adams UniversityFY2023£19kPostgraduate research
Cranfield UniversityFY2023£13kPostgraduate research
University of GlasgowFY2023£12kPostgraduate research
University of LincolnFY2023£11k
IAgrEFY2023£8kSubscriptions
Cranfield UniversityFY2023£5kGroup Project
Royal Agricultural UniversityFY2023£5kUkraine Soils project
University of WorcesterFY2023£4kStudent fees
Reading UniversityFY2023£3kFlood mitigation
IAgrEFY2023£500Support for student membership scheme
AgriEPI CentreFY2023£360
A~Food Charities PartnershipFY2023£300
IAgrEFY2023£300Commercial membership
IAgrEFY2023£300Membership subscription/event
University of NottinghamFY2022£9kSoil structure scans
Cranfield UniversityFY2022£9kPostgraduate research
Harper Adams UniversityFY2022£8kPostgraduate research
University of GlasgowFY2022£6kPostgraduate research
Reading UniversityFY2022£6kFlood mitigation
Cranfield UniversityFY2022£5kGroup Project
IAgrEFY2022£4kSupport for student membership scheme
University of WorcesterFY2022£4kStudent fees
IAgrEFY2022£500Commercial membership
AgriFood Charities PartnershipFY2022£390Membership subscription/event
AgriEPI CentreFY2022£360Subscriptions

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 159669 vs reference 159669 (0.0% 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.