MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND — grant history

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Latest income
£244k
Grants listed (FY2025)
104
Listed grants total
£630k
Accounts grants total
£336k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

FY2022: all 96 listed grants are unverified reads (£2.7m in total) and are excluded from totals and counts (the grant list adds up to far more (or far less) than this charity’s own reported spending and income for the year, so the list is set aside for checking (often a misread; sometimes multi-year awards or a register figure that is itself wrong); the amount is not printed in the accounts text).

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.mbmf.org.uk on 17/08/2026. 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 (39 grantees)
  • Scotland (19 grantees)
  • Throughout London (14 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (14 grantees)
  • Throughout England (13 grantees)
  • Somerset (6 grantees)
  • United States (6 grantees)
  • Germany (5 grantees)
  • Dorset (5 grantees)
  • Devon (4 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC—£45k
newCheltenham Playhouse—£15k
newTHE ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC—£8k
newMANCHESTER COLLECTIVE—£6k
newScolar Fine Art—£5k
newRoyal Welsh College of Music & Drama—£5k
newPapatango—£5k
newTHE ORSEIS TRUST LIMITED—£5k
upTHE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE£5k£30k
upCONCERTS IN THE WEST£10k£20k
upLONDON HANDEL SOCIETY LIMITED£8k£15k
downContinuo£60k£10k
downThe BRIT School£15k£5k
downROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE£10k£5k
upRiva Theatre£2k£5k
upRabble£3k£5k
not listedFACE FRONT INCLUSIVE THEATRE LIMITED£20k—
not listedCitizens of the World Choir£20k—
not listedENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET£15k—
not listedJERMYN STREET THEATRE£15k—
not listedTHE CHOIR WITH NO NAME£10k—
not listedINK£10k—
not listedStrike a light£10k—
not listedThe Royal Society of Literature£5k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Royal Academy of MusicFY2025£45k
National TheatreFY2025£30k
Concerts in the WestFY2025£20k
London Handel Society LimitedFY2025£15k
Cheltenham PlayhouseFY2025£15k
New English Ballet TheatreFY2025£15k
ContinuoFY2025£10k
Academy of Ancient MusicFY2025£8k
London Philharmonic OrchestraFY2025£8k
Manchester CollectiveFY2025£6k
The Chicken Shed Theatre TrustFY2025£5k
The BRIT SchoolFY2025£5k
The Arts FoundationFY2025£5k
Tara TheatreFY2025£5k
St Martin in the FieldsFY2025£5k
Southwark PlayhouseFY2025£5k
Studio Wayne McGregorFY2025£5k
Scolar Fine ArtFY2025£5k
RoundhouseFY2025£5k
Royal Welsh College of Music & DramaFY2025£5k
Royal Northern College of MusicFY2025£5k
Royal Court TheatreFY2025£5k
Royal Academy of DanceFY2025£5k
Riva TheatreFY2025£5k
RabbleFY2025£5k
PunchdrunkFY2025£5k
Poetry in AldeburghFY2025£5k
Prison Radio AssociationFY2025£5k
Peggy Ramsay FoundationFY2025£5k
PapatangoFY2025£5k
Orseis TrustFY2025£5k
Opera Holland ParkFY2025£5k
OPERA21FY2025£5k
OedipaFY2025£5k
National Youth TheatreFY2025£5k
National Youth BalletFY2025£5k
Music MastersFY2025£5k
Music for YouthFY2025£5k
MountviewFY2025£5k
Manchester BaroqueFY2025£5k
London Musical Theatre OrchestraFY2025£5k
Liberty ChoirFY2025£5k
Liberata CollectiveFY2025£5k
Leeds Leider+FY2025£5k
Impossible ProducingFY2025£5k
IKON GalleryFY2025£5k
Hofesh ShechterFY2025£5k
Hampstead TheatreFY2025£5k
Half MoonFY2025£5k
Hackney ShowroomFY2025£5k
Guildhall SchoolFY2025£5k
Give a BookFY2025£5k
GabrieliFY2025£5k
Fuel TheatreFY2025£5k
Freelancers Make Theatre WorkFY2025£5k
FigureFY2025£5k
English Touring OperaFY2025£5k
English National OperaFY2025£5k
English National Ballet SchoolFY2025£5k
Dorchester ArtsFY2025£5k
Dash ArtsFY2025£5k
Dancers Career DevelopmentFY2025£5k
Dance EastFY2025£5k
Corbridge Chamber Music FestivalFY2025£5k
City Music FoundationFY2025£5k
Chineke!FY2025£5k
ChickenshedFY2025£5k
The Yard TheatreFY2025£5k
The Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass TrustFY2025£5k
The Royal Lyceum Theatre CompanyFY2025£5k
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic SocietyFY2025£5k
The Roundhouse TrustFY2025£5k
The Purcell SchoolFY2025£5k
The New English Ballet TheatreFY2025£5k
The National Theatre of WalesFY2025£5k
The London International Festival of TheatreFY2025£5k
The English ConcertFY2025£5k
Cambridge Handel Opera CompanyFY2025£5k
Cathedral Music TrustFY2025£5k
Buxton Arts FestivalFY2025£5k
Britten Pears ArtsFY2025£5k
Beating TimeFY2025£5k
ArcangeloFY2025£5k
Acosta Dance FoundationFY2025£5k
Kiln TheatreFY2025£5k
Irrational TheatreFY2025£5k
Whiddon Autumn FestivalFY2025£5k
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre TrustFY2025£5k
Wilton’s Music HallFY2025£5k
Wexford Festival OperaFY2025£5k
Wells Theatre FestivalFY2025£5k
Wiltshire Music Centre TrustFY2025£5k
Walk to the HorizonFY2025£5k
Young VicFY2025£5k
Two Moors FestivalFY2025£5k
Tring ParkFY2025£5k
Tinnitus UKFY2025£5k
Theatre Royal Stratford EastFY2025£5k
Theatre Royal BathFY2025£5k
The Oxford School of DramaFY2025£5k
Beaminster FestivalFY2025£3k
Coram Shakespeare Schools FoundationFY2025£3k
Waterperry Opera FestivalFY2025£2k
Little Angel TheatreFY2025£1k
ContinuoFY2024£60k
Cambridge Handel Opera CompanyFY2024£30k
The New English Ballet TheatreFY2024£20k
Face Front Inclusive TheatreFY2024£20k
Citizens of the World ChoirFY2024£20k
English National BalletFY2024£15k
The BRIT SchoolFY2024£15k
Tinnitus UKFY2024£15k
Jermyn Street TheatreFY2024£15k
The Choir with No NameFY2024£10k
The English ConcertFY2024£10k
Royal Academy of DanceFY2024£10k
INKFY2024£10k
Concerts in the WestFY2024£10k
The Yard TheatreFY2024£10k
National Youth BalletFY2024£10k
Strike a lightFY2024£10k
FigureFY2024£10k
London Handel Society LimitedFY2024£8k
The National Theatre of WalesFY2024£8k
London Philharmonic OrchestraFY2024£8k
The Royal Society of LiteratureFY2024£5k
Chineke!FY2024£5k
Corbridge Chamber Music FestivalFY2024£5k
Dance EastFY2024£5k
Dancers Career DevelopmentFY2024£5k
Designer Makers CIOFY2024£5k
English Touring OperaFY2024£5k
Fuel TheatreFY2024£5k
Fuse TheatreFY2024£5k
GabrieliFY2024£5k
Give a BookFY2024£5k
Guildhall SchoolFY2024£5k
Hackney ShowroomFY2024£5k
Hampstead TheatreFY2024£5k
HGO TrustFY2024£5k
Hofesh ShechterFY2024£5k
IKON GalleryFY2024£5k
Impossible ProducingFY2024£5k
Leeds Leider+FY2024£5k
Liberata CollectiveFY2024£5k
Little Angel TheatreFY2024£5k
London Musical Theatre OrchestraFY2024£5k
Makani CICFY2024£5k
Manchester BaroqueFY2024£5k
MountviewFY2024£5k
Music for YouthFY2024£5k
Music MastersFY2024£5k
National TheatreFY2024£5k
National Youth TheatreFY2024£5k
New English Ballet TheatreFY2024£5k
Northern Opera GroupFY2024£5k
OedipaFY2024£5k
OPERA21FY2024£5k
Opera Holland ParkFY2024£5k
Outside Edge Theatre CompanyFY2024£5k
Prison Radio AssociationFY2024£5k
PunchdrunkFY2024£5k
Royal Court TheatreFY2024£5k
Royal Opera HouseFY2024£5k
Sadlers WellsFY2024£5k
Scherzo EnsembleFY2024£5k
Studio Wayne McGregorFY2024£5k
Soldiers Arts Academy CICFY2024£5k
Southwark PlayhouseFY2024£5k
St Martin in the FieldsFY2024£5k
Tara TheatreFY2024£5k
The Alina Cojocaru FoundationFY2024£5k
The Arts FoundationFY2024£5k
The Chicken Shed Theatre TrustFY2024£5k
The London International Festival of TheatreFY2024£5k
The Marian ConsortFY2024£5k
The Roundhouse TrustFY2024£5k
The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic SocietyFY2024£5k
The Royal Lyceum Theatre CompanyFY2024£5k
The Society of British Theatre DesignersFY2024£5k
The Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass TrustFY2024£5k
The Oxford School of DramaFY2024£5k
Theatre Artists FundFY2024£5k
Theatre Royal BathFY2024£5k
Theatre Royal Stratford EastFY2024£5k
Two Moors FestivalFY2024£5k
Walk to the HorizonFY2024£5k
Wilton’s Music HallFY2024£5k
Wiltshire Music Centre TrustFY2024£5k
Wells Theatre FestivalFY2024£5k
Wexford Festival OperaFY2024£5k
Whiddon Autumn FestivalFY2024£5k
Young Classical Artists TrustFY2024£5k
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre TrustFY2024£5k
An Tobar & Mull TheatreFY2024£5k
Beaminster FestivalFY2024£5k
Beating TimeFY2024£5k
Birmingham OperaFY2024£5k
Boury AcademyFY2024£5k
Brixton Chamber OrchestraFY2024£5k
Buxton Opera HouseFY2024£5k
Cambridge Summer MusicFY2024£5k
City Music FoundationFY2024£5k
Coram Shakespeare Schools FoundationFY2024£5k
Dorchester Community Plays AssociationFY2024£5k
Diverse AbilitiesFY2024£5k
English National OperaFY2024£5k
English Symphony OrchestraFY2024£5k
English Touring TheatreFY2024£5k
Royal Academy of Music as fiscal sponsor for James GarnerFY2024£5k
Royal College of MusicFY2024£5k
Royal Central School of Speech & DramaFY2024£5k
Royal Northern College of MusicFY2024£5k
The Blake Society as fiscal sponsor for Mark BowlerFY2024£5k
The Purcell SchoolFY2024£4k
RabbleFY2024£3k
Bampton Classical OperaFY2024£3k
Peggy Ramsay FoundationFY2024£3k
Freelancers Make Theatre WorkFY2024£3k
Poetry in AldeburghFY2024£3k
The Old VicFY2024£2k
Irrational TheatreFY2024£2k
Riva TheatreFY2024£2k
Fulham FestFY2023£30k
The Wonderful CollectiveFY2023£30k
The Old VicFY2023£30k
Theatre Artists FundFY2023£30k
Royal College of MusicFY2023£15k
Royal Central School of Speech & DramaFY2023£15k
Guildhall SchoolFY2023£15k
Royal Academy of DanceFY2023£13k
PunchdrunkFY2023£13k
Northern BalletFY2023£10k
London Handel Society LimitedFY2023£10k
Coram Shakespeare Schools FoundationFY2023£10k
National TheatreFY2023£10k
INKFY2023£10k
Liberty ChoirFY2023£10k
Menagerie TheatreFY2023£10k
Royal Opera HouseFY2023£10k
The Barbican Centre TrustFY2023£8k
Wells Theatre FestivalFY2023£6k
Beating TimeFY2023£5k
Two Moors FestivalFY2023£5k
The Royal Society of LiteratureFY2023£5k
The English ConcertFY2023£5k
The Choir with No NameFY2023£5k
The Alina Cojocaru FoundationFY2023£5k
Strike a lightFY2023£5k
Soldiers Arts Academy CICFY2023£5k
Sadlers WellsFY2023£5k
Royal Northern College of MusicFY2023£5k
Regional Screen ScotlandFY2023£5k
Regal Theatre MineheadFY2023£5k
Persona ArtsFY2023£5k
NTDFY2023£5k
Northern Opera GroupFY2023£5k
National Youth TheatreFY2023£5k
National Youth BalletFY2023£5k
Music for YouthFY2023£5k
MountviewFY2023£5k
Makani CICFY2023£5k
Little Angel TheatreFY2023£5k
Leeds Leider+FY2023£5k
JMK TrustFY2023£5k
Jermyn Street TheatreFY2023£5k
HGO TrustFY2023£5k
Hampstead TheatreFY2023£5k
Freedom from TortureFY2023£5k
Figment ArtsFY2023£5k
Face Front Inclusive TheatreFY2023£5k
English Symphony OrchestraFY2023£5k
Emma & PJFY2023£5k
Designer Makers CIOFY2023£5k
Corbridge Chamber Music FestivalFY2023£5k
Clean BreakFY2023£5k
Chineke!FY2023£5k
Cambridge Summer MusicFY2023£5k
Buxton Arts FestivalFY2023£5k
Brixton Chamber OrchestraFY2023£5k
Boury AcademyFY2023£5k
The Yard TheatreFY2023£5k
Bampton Classical OperaFY2023£5k
An Tobar & Mull TheatreFY2023£5k
Citizens of the World ChoirFY2023£4k
Beaminster FestivalFY2023£3k
Birmingham OperaFY2023£3k
Dorchester Community Plays AssociationFY2023£3k
Drama ExpressFY2023£3k
The Marian ConsortFY2023£3k
The Blake Society as fiscal sponsor for Mark BowlerFY2023£2k
Scherzo EnsembleFY2023£2k
Royal Academy of Music as fiscal sponsor for James GarnerFY2023£2k
The Society of British Theatre DesignersFY2023£2k
FigureFY2023£1k
Music MastersFY2023amount not stated
Manchester BaroqueFY2023amount not stated
City Music Foundation as fiscal sponsor for Hexad CollectiveFY2023amount not stated
New English Ballet TheatreFY2023amount not stated
Sound and MusicFY2023amount not stated
Outside Edge Theatre CompanyFY2023amount not stated
SWAP’raFY2023amount not stated
Kensington Chamber OrchestraFY2023amount not stated
Buxton Opera HouseFY2023amount not stated
Tara ArtsFY2023amount not stated
RabbleFY2023amount not stated
Hofesh ShechterFY2023amount not stated
Hackney Showroom/New Future Collective LtdFY2023amount not stated
Rehearsal OrchestraFY2023amount not stated
Good Chance TheatreFY2023amount not stated
Gasington OperaFY2023amount not stated
Freelancers Make Theatre WorkFY2023amount not stated
Bethany Cooper ProductionsFY2023amount not stated
English Touring TheatreFY2023amount not stated
The Walk (Little Amal)FY2023amount not stated
Diverse AbilitiesFY2023amount not stated
Dexter FlandersFY2023amount not stated
Athena Jane ChurchillFY2023amount not stated
Dancers Career DevelopmentFY2023amount not stated
Wexford Festival OperaFY2023amount not stated
Concerts in the WestFY2023amount not stated
CompliciteFY2023amount not stated
Shining Stars LondonFY2023amount not stated
Royal Academy of MusicFY2022Unverified read£830k
Northern BalletFY2022Unverified read£610k
Concerts in the WestFY2022Unverified read£150k
Menagerie Theatre CompanyFY2022Unverified read£82k
City Music FoundationFY2022Unverified read£60k
Fulham FestFY2022Unverified read£60k
Park TheatreFY2022Unverified read£45k
CompliciteFY2022Unverified read£45k
Kensington Chamber OrchestraFY2022Unverified read£30k
The Wonderful CollectiveFY2022Unverified read£30k
Rehearsal OrchestraFY2022Unverified read£30k
Regional Screen ScotlandFY2022Unverified read£30k
Scene/ChangeFY2022Unverified read£25k
Athena Jane ChurchillFY2022Unverified read£25k
Buxton Arts Festival LimitedFY2022Unverified read£23k
London Handel Society LimitedFY2022Unverified read£20k
James Cousins CompanyFY2022Unverified read£20k
Good Chance TheatreFY2022Unverified read£20k
Hackney Showroom/New Future Collective LtdFY2022Unverified read£20k
SWAP'raFY2022Unverified read£20k
Shining Stars LondonFY2022Unverified read£20k
Academy of Ancient MusicFY2022Unverified read£18k
The Handel HouseFY2022Unverified read£16k
The English ConcertFY2022Unverified read£15k
Clapton Common Boys CommonFY2022Unverified read£15k
The Quay Theatre at SudburyFY2022Unverified read£15k
Royal Central School of Speech & DramaFY2022Unverified read£15k
Sound and MusicFY2022Unverified read£13k
Ante TerminumFY2022Unverified read£12k
Wayward ProductionsFY2022Unverified read£12k
Young and InspiredFY2022Unverified read£12k
Wells Theatre FestivalFY2022Unverified read£11k
Citizens of the World ChoirFY2022Unverified read£11k
The Old Vic Theatre TrustFY2022Unverified read£10k
British Tinnitus AssociationFY2022Unverified read£10k
Chineke!FY2022Unverified read£10k
Clean BreakFY2022Unverified read£10k
ComarFY2022Unverified read£10k
Continuo FoundationFY2022Unverified read£10k
Figment ArtsFY2022Unverified read£10k
Liberty ChoirFY2022Unverified read£10k
London Music FundFY2022Unverified read£10k
Makani CICFY2022Unverified read£10k
National TheatreFY2022Unverified read£10k
New English Ballet TheatreFY2022Unverified read£10k
Northern Opera GroupFY2022Unverified read£10k
NTD Orchestra of EarthFY2022Unverified read£10k
Tara ArtsFY2022Unverified read£10k
The Choir With No NameFY2022Unverified read£10k
The YardFY2022Unverified read£10k
Drama ExpressFY2022Unverified read£8k
The Soldiers Arts AcademyFY2022Unverified read£7k
Bethany Cooper ProductionsFY2022Unverified read£5k
Two Moors FestivalFY2022Unverified read£5k
balletLORENTFY2022Unverified read£5k
Parable DanceFY2022Unverified read£5k
Autism BedfordshireFY2022Unverified read£5k
Coram Shakespeare Schools FoundationFY2022Unverified read£5k
The Arts FoundationFY2022Unverified read£5k
Corbridge Chamber Music FestivalFY2022Unverified read£5k
JMK TrustFY2022Unverified read£5k
Alnwick PlayhouseFY2022Unverified read£5k
RabbleFY2022Unverified read£5k
English Touring OperaFY2022Unverified read£5k
Guildhall School of Music and DramaFY2022Unverified read£5k
InterAct Stroke SupportFY2022Unverified read£5k
The Walk (Little Amal)FY2022Unverified read£5k
Royal College of MusicFY2022Unverified read£5k
Royal Northern College of MusicFY2022Unverified read£5k
Sadler's Wells - TrapLordFY2022Unverified read£5k
Diverse AbilitiesFY2022Unverified read£5k
Soldiers Arts AcademyFY2022Unverified read£5k
Somerset House TrustFY2022Unverified read£5k
Dash ArtsFY2022Unverified read£5k
South East DanceFY2022Unverified read£5k
Hofesh ShechterFY2022Unverified read£5k
Squint Theatre CompanyFY2022Unverified read£5k
CreateFY2022Unverified read£5k
Wexford Festival OperaFY2022Unverified read£5k
Garage Art GroupFY2022Unverified read£5k
Freedom from TortureFY2022Unverified read£4k
Persona ArtsFY2022Unverified read£3k
Freelancers Make Theatre WorkFY2022Unverified read£3k
Dexter FlandersFY2022Unverified read£3k
Spectra EnsembleFY2022Unverified read£3k
Theatre Artists FundFY2022Unverified read£3k
Becket PageantFY2022Unverified read£2k
National Youth BalletFY2022Unverified read£2k
INKFY2022Unverified read£2k
Peggy Ramsay/Channel 4 Playwrights AwardsFY2022Unverified read£1k
Garsington OperaFY2022Unverified read£1k
Fertile Ground Dance CompanyFY2022Unverified read£750
Emma & PJFY2022Unverified read−£3k
The Royal Society of LiteratureFY2022Unverified read−£5k
English Symphony OrchestraFY2022Unverified read−£5k
Bampton OperaFY2022Unverified read−£10k

28 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

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 629644 vs reference 336300 (87.2% 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 or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the filed accounts. They stay in the list and the CSV (read_status column) but are left out of the totals, counts and recipient tallies this site computes.