THE PENNIES FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£16.4m
Grants listed (FY2024)
141
Listed grants total
£9.4m
Accounts grants total
£9.7m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

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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 (76 grantees)
  • Scotland (58 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (47 grantees)
  • Throughout England (20 grantees)
  • Ireland (10 grantees)
  • Guernsey (10 grantees)
  • Jersey (9 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (9 grantees)
  • Kenya (8 grantees)
  • Bangladesh (8 grantees)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2024
newMARIE CURIE—£820k
newBarretstown [Registered in Ireland]—£341k
newMaggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Care—£193k
newGREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY—£184k
newMENTAL HEALTH INNOVATIONS—£161k
newCHARITY PROJECTS—£85k
newMOTOR NEURONE DISEASE ASSOCIATION—£66k
newSAMARITANS—£59k
upPOUNDLAND FOUNDATION£682k£1.2m
upTEENAGE CANCER TRUST£1k£598k
upTHE SCREWFIX FOUNDATION£1k£588k
upTHE JD FOUNDATION£73k£463k
upMoto Foundation£135k£305k
upDEMENTIA UK£171k£279k
upTHE ENGLISH HERITAGE TRUST£1k£181k
upOnesight Essilorluxottica Foundation£15k£97k
not listedTHE ROYAL MARSDEN CANCER CHARITY£1.1m—
not listedSPECIAL OLYMPICS GREAT BRITAIN£1.1m—
not listedBarretstown£225k—
not listedMaggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring£86k—
not listedROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS£73k—
not listedASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES£72k—
not listedWOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FOUNDATION£72k—
not listedMy Canine Companion£65k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Poundland FoundationFY2024£1.2m
Macmillan Cancer SupportFY2024£1.2m
Marie CurieFY2024£820k
Teenage Cancer TrustFY2024£598k
The Screwfix FoundationFY2024£588k
The JD FoundationFY2024£463k
Barretstown [Registered in Ireland]FY2024£341k
Moto in the CommunityFY2024£305k
Dementia UKFY2024£279k
Learning FoundationFY2024£209k
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer CareFY2024£193k
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's CharityFY2024£184k
The English Heritage TrustFY2024£181k
Alzheimer's SocietyFY2024£178k
Mental Health InnovationFY2024£161k
OneSight EssilorLuxottica FoundationFY2024£97k
Cancer Research UKFY2024£94k
Charity projectsFY2024£85k
British Heart FoundationFY2024£80k
Motor Neurone Disease AssociationFY2024£66k
Together for Short LivesFY2024£59k
SamaritansFY2024£59k
North West Air Ambulance CharityFY2024£56k
Association of Air AmbulancesFY2024£53k
YHA England & WalesFY2024£52k
Wallace & Gromit's Children's FoundationFY2024£51k
The Alder Hey Children's CharityFY2024£51k
Birmingham Children's Hospital CharityFY2024£51k
Mental Health FoundationFY2024£48k
Alzheimer's Research UKFY2024£48k
Cure LeUKaemiaFY2024£44k
My Canine Companion [Registered in Ireland]FY2024£39k
Hearing Dogs For Deaf PeopleFY2024£39k
Children's SocietyFY2024£39k
The Guide Dogs for the Blind AssociationFY2024£39k
Home-Start UKFY2024£34k
The Police Arboretum Memorial TrustFY2024£34k
Ovarian Cancer ActionFY2024£33k
Prostate Cancer UKFY2024£32k
Choose Love (Prism the Gift Fund)FY2024£31k
Wilderness Foundation UKFY2024£30k
Northern Ireland HospiceFY2024£29k
Age UKFY2024£29k
St Mungo Community Housing AssociationFY2024£28k
Zs| (Zoological Society Of London)FY2024£27k
The Back-Up TrustFY2024£27k
Teens Unite Fighting CancerFY2024£27k
British Paralympic AssociationFY2024£26k
The Movement For Non-Mobile Children (Whizz-Kidz)FY2024£26k
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenFY2024£26k
Lia's WingsFY2024£25k
Glasgow Children's Hospital CharityFY2024£25k
National Deaf Children's SocietyFY2024£24k
Dove House HospiceFY2024£24k
Royal Society For The Protection Of BirdsFY2024£23k
Bags for StrifeFY2024£22k
United Kingdom for UNHCRFY2024£20k
Macmillan Cancer Support Jersey [Registered in Jersey]FY2024£20k
Yorkshire Wildlife Park FoundationFY2024£20k
The Prince's TrustFY2024£20k
The Scout AssociationFY2024£20k
RefugeFY2024£20k
Hospice UKFY2024£20k
The Majestic Charitable FoundationFY2024£19k
Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable TrustFY2024£18k
Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance TrustFY2024£17k
The Wave ProjectFY2024£16k
Yorkshire Air Ambulance LimitedFY2024£16k
Disasters Emergency CommitteeFY2024£16k
Fareshare UKFY2024£15k
ShelterFY2024£15k
Consenation InternationalFY2024£14k
ANDYSMANCLUBFY2024£14k
MIND (National Association for Mental Health)FY2024£14k
North Lancashire Downs Syndrome Family And Carers GroupFY2024£13k
The Boathouse Youth LimitedFY2024£13k
Growing Well LimitedFY2024£13k
Heartbeat North West Cardiac CareFY2024£12k
The Lake District Calvert TrustFY2024£12k
Derian House Children's HospiceFY2024£12k
Leeds CaresFY2024£12k
Prevent Breast CancerFY2024£12k
Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue TeamFY2024£12k
Cancer Help (Preston) LtdFY2024£12k
St Catherine'S Hospice (Lancashire) LtdFY2024£12k
The Children'S Adventure Farm TrustFY2024£12k
The Children's Hospital CharityFY2024£11k
Norfolk And Waveney MindFY2024£11k
CLIC Sargent Cancer Care for ChildrenFY2024£11k
Greenfingers CharityFY2024£11k
St Mary'S Hospice LimitedFY2024£10k
Heart HeroesFY2024£10k
Blue CrossFY2024£10k
JIGSAW (The National Centre for Youth Mental Health) [Registered in Ireland]FY2024£9k
Poundland FoundationFY2024£9k
Youth Cancer Trust (UK) LimitedFY2024£9k
Crisis UKFY2024£9k
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital CharityFY2024£8k
HoneyRose FoundationFY2024£8k
The St Peter and St James Charitable TrustFY2024£8k
North West Anglia Hospitals CharityFY2024£8k
Helen & Douglas HouseFY2024£8k
Iikley and District Good NeighboursFY2024£8k
Dandelion TimeFY2024£8k
BBC Children in NeedFY2024£8k
Dementia AdventureFY2024£8k
Turning Tides HomelessnessFY2024£8k
Barons Court Project LtdFY2024£7k
Eden Valley HospiceFY2024£7k
Queen Victoria NHS Foundations Trust Charitable FundFY2024£7k
The Brain CharityFY2024£7k
BEN Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent FundFY2024£6k
Lewis-Manning Hospice CareFY2024£6k
Target Ovarian CancerFY2024£6k
St John'S HospiceFY2024£6k
Friends Of PicuFY2024£6k
Outdoor Access Trust For ScotlandFY2024£6k
Central Lancashire Age ConcemFY2024£6k
Spring-Dorset NHS CharityFY2024£5k
East Anglia's Children's HospicesFY2024£5k
Signpost Stockport For CarersFY2024£5k
North Yorkshire Hospice CareFY2024£5k
Jersey Children's Charity [Registered in Jersey]FY2024£5k
Aspens CharitiesFY2024£5k
The Adnams Community TrustFY2024£5k
SpadeworkFY2024£4k
FatFace FoundationFY2024£4k
The Trussell TrustFY2024£3k
Hendy FoundationFY2024£3k
Isle of PlayFY2024£3k
Action Against HungerFY2024£2k
Save the Children FundFY2024£2k
Aston Villa FoundationFY2024£2k
Marie CurieFY2024£1k
Action AidFY2024£1k
The JD FoundationFY2024£1k
Walking With The WoundedFY2024£875
Teenage Cancer TrustFY2024£835
The Ramblers’ AssociationFY2024£635
CLIC Sargent Cancer Care for ChildrenFY2024£55
Uttlesford Food BankFY2024£40
Macmillan Cancer SupportFY2023£1.2m
The Royal Marsden Cancer CharityFY2023£1.1m
Special Olympics GBFY2023£1.1m
The Children's Hospital CharityFY2023£1.1m
Wallace & Gromit's Children's FoundationFY2023£1.1m
Poundland FoundationFY2023£682k
BarretstownFY2023£225k
Learning FoundationFY2023£211k
Alzheimer's SocietyFY2023£191k
Dementia UKFY2023£171k
Cancer Research UKFY2023£147k
Moto in the CommunityFY2023£135k
MIND (National Association for Mental Health)FY2023£110k
British Heart FoundationFY2023£91k
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer CaringFY2023£86k
Teens Unite Fighting CancerFY2023£73k
Together for Short LivesFY2023£73k
YHA England & WalesFY2023£73k
The JD FoundationFY2023£73k
Royal Society of Wildlife TrustsFY2023£73k
The Trussell TrustFY2023£72k
NHS Charities TogetherFY2023£72k
Target Ovarian CancerFY2023£72k
The Guide Dogs for the Blind AssociationFY2023£72k
Wolverhampton Wanderers FoundationFY2023£72k
Birmingham Children's Hospital CharityFY2023£67k
My Canine CompanionFY2023£65k
Choose Love (Prism the Gift Fund)FY2023£61k
Rays of SunshineFY2023£60k
Northern Ireland HospiceFY2023£54k
Age UKFY2023£52k
Mental Health FoundationFY2023£51k
Cure LeukaemiaFY2023£51k
Prostate Cancer UKFY2023£50k
Young Lives vs CancerFY2023£42k
ShelterFY2023£42k
The Prince's TrustFY2023£42k
Uttlesford Food BankFY2023£42k
The Brain Tumour CharityFY2023£42k
Home-Start UKFY2023£40k
Blue CrossFY2023£39k
BMC Access and Conservation TrustFY2023£34k
Glasgow Children's Hospital CharityFY2023£33k
Papyrus Prevention of Young SuicideFY2023£31k
North West Air Ambulance CharityFY2023£29k
The Alder Hey Children's CharityFY2023£28k
Scottish Mountain RescueFY2023£28k
Young EpilepsyFY2023£28k
The National TrustFY2023£28k
United Kingdom for UNHCRFY2023£28k
Macmillan Cancer Support JerseyFY2023£22k
ANDYSMANCLUBFY2023£16k
Bags for StrifeFY2023£15k
OneSight EssilorLuxottica FoundationFY2023£15k
Disasters Emergency CommitteeFY2023£15k
Leeds CaresFY2023£15k
Heartbeat North West Cardiac CareFY2023£15k
Prevent Breast CancerFY2023£14k
Dove House HospiceFY2023£13k
Action AidFY2023£13k
Association of Air AmbulancesFY2023£13k
Children On The EdgeFY2023£12k
Hendy FoundationFY2023£12k
Action Against HungerFY2023£11k
Conservation InternationalFY2023£9k
HoneyRose FoundationFY2023£9k
Ikley and District Good NeighboursFY2023£8k
BBC Children in NeedFY2023£8k
Twycross Zoo - East Midland Zoological Society LtdFY2023£7k
The Adnams Community TrustFY2023£7k
Save the Children FundFY2023£7k
Yorkshire Wildlife Park FoundationFY2023£7k
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenFY2023£7k
BEN Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent FundFY2023£7k
Jersey Children's CharityFY2023£7k
Dementia AdventureFY2023£6k
North Yorkshire Hospice CareFY2023£5k
FatFace FoundationFY2023£5k
Aston Villa FoundationFY2023£5k
The Childhood TrustFY2023£5k
SpadeworkFY2023£5k
The Ramblers! AssociationFY2023£5k
Walking With The WoundedFY2023£5k
Isle of PlayFY2023£4k
Kent Wildlife TrustFY2023£4k
British Paralympic AssociationFY2023£3k
Spread a SmileFY2023£1k
Teenage Cancer TrustFY2023£1k
The Screwfix FoundationFY2023£1k
Wilderness Foundation UKFY2023£1k
The English Heritage TrustFY2023£1k
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS CharityFY2023£1k
Crisis UKFY2023£341
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital CharityFY2023£4
Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines CharityFY2023£4
National Deaf Children's SocietyFY2023£3
The National TrustFY2022£836k
Disasters Emergency CommitteeFY2022£804k
NHS Charities TogetherFY2022£725k
BBC Children in NeedFY2022£363k
Teens Unite Fighting CancerFY2022£317k
Blue CrossFY2022£206k
Wallace & Gromit's Children's FoundationFY2022£191k
Dementia Adventure TrustFY2022£164k
Together for Short LivesFY2022£159k
Alzheimer's SocietyFY2022£146k
Royal Society of Wildlife TrustsFY2022£133k
The Adnams Community TrustFY2022£126k
Teenage Cancer TrustFY2022£124k
Age UKFY2022£124k
The National Trust for ScotlandFY2022£119k
Scottish Mountain RescueFY2022£105k
Leeds CaresFY2022£93k
Greenfingers CharityFY2022£92k
Veterans Garage LimitedFY2022£84k
Tommy'sFY2022£80k
The Royal British LegionFY2022£80k
Kent Wildlife TrustFY2022£80k
Rays of SunshineFY2022£79k
Poundland FoundationFY2022£77k
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenFY2022£73k
The Save The Children FundFY2022£70k
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's CharityFY2022£68k
Whizz-KidzFY2022£67k
Wilderness Foundation UKFY2022£67k
Grace House North EastFY2022£64k
Glasgow Children's Hospital CharityFY2022£64k
The Children's Hospital CharityFY2022£62k
Twycross Zoo — East Midland Zoological Society LtdFY2022£62k
Macmillan Cancer SupportFY2022£60k
The JD FoundationFY2022£59k
Mental Health FoundationFY2022£57k
Children's Hospices Across ScotlandFY2022£43k
Children On The EdgeFY2022£42k
Hendy FoundationFY2022£40k
Birmingham Children's Hospital CharityFY2022£37k
Special Olympics GBFY2022£33k
Papyrus Prevention of Young SuicideFY2022£32k
The Royal Marsden Cancer CharityFY2022£32k
BEN Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent FundFY2022£29k
Isle of PlayFY2022£28k
BarretstownFY2022£27k
Action Against HungerFY2022£27k
The Alder Hey Children's CharityFY2022£25k
Prostate Cancer UKFY2022£24k
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air AmbulanceFY2022£21k
Fight for Peace InternationalFY2022£21k
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS CharityFY2022£17k
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital CharityFY2022£17k
Spread a SmileFY2022£16k
icandanceFY2022£16k
British Paralympic AssociationFY2022£15k
Shooting Star ChaseFY2022£14k
Macmillan Cancer Support JerseyFY2022£12k
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer CaringFY2022£12k
Royal Marines Association — The Royal Marines CharityFY2022£12k
Barnardo'sFY2022£11k
Jersey Children's CharityFY2022£11k
MIND (National Association for Mental Health)FY2022£9k
Crisis UKFY2022£8k
Action AidFY2022£8k
Clic Sargent Cancer Care for ChildrenFY2022£8k
Northern Ireland HospiceFY2022£7k
The Prince's TrustFY2022£6k
Home-Start UKFY2022£6k
United Kingdom for UNHCRFY2022£6k
CATTs (Cancer Awareness for Teens and Twenties)FY2022£6k
Choose Love (Prism the Gift Fund)FY2022£6k
Make-A-Wish Foundation UKFY2022£6k
The Screwfix FoundationFY2022£6k
My Canine CompanionFY2022£5k
Hospice UKFY2022£5k
Moto in the CommunityFY2022£5k
BloodwiseFY2022£5k
British Heart FoundationFY2022£3k
Conservation InternationalFY2022£2k
The Childhood TrustFY2022£2k
The English Heritage TrustFY2022£1k
Learning FoundationFY2022£1k
Wolverhampton Wanderers FoundationFY2022£233
The Screwfix FoundationFY2021£1.1mGrant to institution
Macmillan Cancer SupportFY2021£725kGrant to institution
The Prince's TrustFY2021£278kGrant to institution
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's CharityFY2021£248kGrant to institution
Age UKFY2021£200kGrant to institution
Other grants less than £5,000FY2021£159kGrant to institution
Grants payable on accrued donations as at the year endFY2021£159kGrant to institution
Cancer Research UKFY2021£148kGrant to institution
Poundland FoundationFY2021£124kGrant to institution
NHS Charities TogetherFY2021£105kGrant to institution
British Heart FoundationFY2021£93kGrant to institution
Wallace & Gromit's Children’s FoundationFY2021£80kGrant to institution
Birmingham Children's Hospital CharityFY2021£80kGrant to institution
Moto in the CommunityFY2021£79kGrant to institution
Mental Health FoundationFY2021£77kGrant to institution
Wilderness Foundation UKFY2021£70kGrant to institution
Special Olympics GBFY2021£67kGrant to institution
The National TrustFY2021£65kGrant to institution
British Paralympic AssociationFY2021£60kGrant to institution
Clic Sargent Cancer Care for ChildrenFY2021£57kGrant to institution
Leeds CaresFY2021£47kGrant to institution
Unicef UKFY2021£45kGrant to institution
BarretstownFY2021£34kGrant to institution
Northern Ireland HospiceFY2021£33kGrant to institution
Make-A-Wish Foundation UKFY2021£32kGrant to institution
Tommy'sFY2021£32kGrant to institution
Whizz-KidzFY2021£32kGrant to institution
Together for Short LivesFY2021£31kGrant to institution
Hospice UKFY2021£31kGrant to institution
Glasgow Children's Hospital CharityFY2021£29kGrant to institution
MIND (National Association for Mental Health)FY2021£24kGrant to institution
Adnams Community TrustFY2021£24kGrant to institution
BEN Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent FundFY2021£21kGrant to institution
Action Against HungerFY2021£20kGrant to institution
The Children's Hospital CharityFY2021£19kGrant to institution
Macmillan Cancer Support JerseyFY2021£17kGrant to institution
Help for HeroesFY2021£16kGrant to institution
Papyrus Prevention of Young SuicideFY2021£16kGrant to institution
Hendy FoundationFY2021£16kGrant to institution
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital CharityFY2021£14kGrant to institution
CATT's (Cancer Awareness for Teens and Twenties)FY2021£12kGrant to institution
Children On The EdgeFY2021£12kGrant to institution
BBC Children in NeedFY2021£11kGrant to institution
The Royal British LegionFY2021£11kGrant to institution
Crisis UKFY2021£9kGrant to institution
Jersey Children’s CharityFY2021£8kGrant to institution
The National Trust for ScotlandFY2021£8kGrant to institution
Grace House North EastFY2021£8kGrant to institution
Shooting Star ChaseFY2021£8kGrant to institution
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS CharityFY2021£7kGrant to institution
Twycross Zoo - East Midland Zoological Society LtdFY2021£7kGrant to institution
Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer CaringFY2021£7kGrant to institution
Bamardo'sFY2021£6kGrant to institution
Veterans Garage LimitedFY2021£6kGrant to institution
Greenfingers CharityFY2021£6kGrant to institution
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ChildrenFY2021£6kGrant to institution
Children's Hospices Across ScotlandFY2021£6kGrant to institution
Wolverhampton Wanderers FoundationFY2021£6kGrant to institution
Isle of PlayFY2021£5kGrant to institution
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air AmbulanceFY2021£5kGrant to institution
Dementia Adventure TrustFY2021£5kGrant to institution
Change Please FoundationFY2021£5kGrant to institution
Dentaid LimitedFY2021£2kGrant to institution
The Royal FoundationFY2021£942Grant to institution

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 9375049 vs reference 9676015 (3.1% 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.