THE PENNIES FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 1122489 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£11.5m
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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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

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
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (78 grantees)
  • Education/training (66 grantees)
  • Disability (47 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (38 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (26 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (17 grantees)
  • Accommodation/housing (13 grantees)
  • Amateur Sport (13 grantees)
  • Recreation (13 grantees)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (12 grantees)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (72 grantees)
  • Scotland (55 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (45 grantees)
  • Throughout England (18 grantees)
  • Ireland (10 grantees)
  • Guernsey (10 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (9 grantees)
  • Jersey (9 grantees)
  • Bangladesh (7 grantees)
  • Kenya (7 grantees)

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
Birmingham Children's Hospital CharityFY2024£51k
The Alder Hey Children's CharityFY2024£51k
Wallace & Gromit's Children's FoundationFY2024£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
Hospice UKFY2024£20k
RefugeFY2024£20k
The Scout AssociationFY2024£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
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

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.