THE ROYAL COUNTRYSIDE FUND — grant history

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Latest income

£4.1m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£656k

Accounts grants total

£655k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 24 of 30 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (80%), and 23 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 126.

Credited as a funder by

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

NEW MILLS AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE “The Royal Countryside Fund is supporting our minibus shopping service and transport to medical appointments, helping sec”
BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND OXFORDSHIRE WILDLIFE TRUST “The Jordans Farm Partnership is a partnership between Jordans, The Wildlife Trusts, the Prince's Countryside Fund and LE”

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

General Charitable Purposes (11 grantees)
Education/training (9 grantees)
Disability (8 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (8 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (7 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (7 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (7 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (5 grantees)
Amateur Sport (4 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (4 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Cumbria (7 grantees)
Suffolk (3 grantees)
Derbyshire (2 grantees)
Shropshire (2 grantees)
Gateshead (2 grantees)
Powys (2 grantees)
Lancashire (2 grantees)
Dorset (1 grantee)
Conwy (1 grantee)
Gwynedd (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.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	North Highland Initiative	—	£41k
new	ANOTHER WAY	—	£30k
new	CRFM CIC	—	£30k
new	WATCHTREE NATURE RESERVE LIMITED	—	£30k
new	GRIZEDALE ARTS	—	£30k
new	The Nurture Project CIC	—	£30k
new	West Lakeland Farmer Led Nature Recovery CIC	—	£30k
new	VistaVeg Ltd	—	£30k
not listed	Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services Ltd (UTASS)	£25k	—
not listed	Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust	£25k	—
not listed	Boleskine Community Care	£25k	—
not listed	St John the Baptist Parochial Church Council, Meshaw	£25k	—
not listed	Comunn Eachdraidh Nis	£25k	—
not listed	CHOPWELL REGENERATION CIO	£25k	—
not listed	NEW MILLS AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE	£25k	—
not listed	The Courthouse Kesh Limited	£25k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
North Highland Initiative	FY2025	£41k
Another Way	FY2025	£30k
CRFM CIC	FY2025	£30k
Watchtree Nature Reserve Ltd	FY2025	£30k
Grizedale Arts	FY2025	£30k
The Nurture Project CIC	FY2025	£30k
West Lakeland Farmer Led Nature Recovery CIC	FY2025	£30k
VistaVeg Ltd	FY2025	£30k
Rural Design Centre Limited	FY2025	£30k
Barton & Pooley Bridge Community Fund	FY2025	£30k
Alston Moor Partnership Ltd	FY2025	£29k
Upper Onny Farmers CIC	FY2025	£25k
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre	FY2025	£23k
Grange Over Sands Community Foodshare	FY2025	£22k
Orton Fells Farm Cluster CIC	FY2025	£22k
UTASS	FY2025	£20k
Dartmoor Hill Farm Project	FY2025	£20k
The Farmer Network Ltd	FY2025	£20k
Exmoor Hill Farming Network	FY2025	£20k
The Farming Life Centre	FY2025	£20k
Herefordshire Rural Hub	FY2025	£20k
Farm Cornwall	FY2025	£20k
Lesbury Community Shop Ltd	FY2025	£19k
Rural Support	FY2025	£15k
RSABI	FY2025	£15k
Orton Fells Farm Cluster CIC	FY2025	£14k
Fishguard Young Farmers Club T/A The Pembrokeshire Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs	FY2025	£10k
Bothel Village Hall	FY2025	£6k
Skelton Toppin Memorial Hall	FY2025	£3k
Skelton Toppin Memorial Hall	FY2025	£3k
Herefordshire Rural Hub	FY2024	£25k	Strategic grant to farm support group
Dartmoor Hill Farm Project	FY2024	£25k	Strategic grant to farm support group
Exmoor Hill Farming Network	FY2024	£25k	Strategic grant to farm support group
Farm Cornwall	FY2024	£25k	Strategic grant to farm support group
The Farmer Network Ltd	FY2024	£25k	Strategic grant to farm support group
The Farming Life Centre	FY2024	£25k	Strategic grant to farm support group
Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services Ltd (UTASS)	FY2024	£25k	Strategic grant to farm support group
Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Boleskine Community Care	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
St John the Baptist Parochial Church Council, Meshaw	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Comunn Eachdraidh Nis	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Chopwell Regeneration CIO	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
New Mills and District Volunteer Centre	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
The Courthouse Kesh Limited	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
North Arran Community Benefit Society Ltd	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
Rural Health Partnership	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
Knoydart Farm CIC	FY2024	£25k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
Third Sector Hebrides	FY2024	£24k	Rural community grant (Awarded 2022/23, paid in 2023/24)
Shopper-Aide Ltd	FY2024	£23k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
Blackhall Mill Community Association	FY2024	£23k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
North Norfolk Community Transport	FY2024	£20k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Hoo Peninsula Cares (wHoo Cares)	FY2024	£18k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Wingfield Barns Community Interest Company	FY2024	£16k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Rural Support	FY2024	£15k	Strategic grant to farm support group
RSABI	FY2024	£15k	Strategic grant to farm support group
Tir Dewi	FY2024	£15k	Strategic grant to farm support group
Hour Community	FY2024	£14k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Countryside Learning Scotland	FY2024	£13k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
BCW Training Ltd	FY2024	£12k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
The Blackmore Vale Charity	FY2024	£12k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
The Blackmore Vale Charity, The Vale Pantry	FY2024	£10k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Broadwoodkelly Village Hall	FY2024	£9k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
Lincolnshire Rural Support Network	FY2024	£5k	Small grant to farm support group
The Lightwave Community CIO	FY2024	£5k	Small grant to farm support group
The Farmer Network in Lancashire	FY2024	£5k	Small grant to farm support group
Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy	FY2024	£5k	Small grant to farm support group
Derbyshire Rural Chaplaincy	FY2024	£5k	Small grant to farm support group
YANA (You Are Not Alone)	FY2024	£5k	Small grant to farm support group
Cockfield Village Group	FY2024	£5k	Rural community grant (Autumn 2023)
Positive Community Action	FY2024	£3k	Rural community grant (Spring 2023)
Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Service	FY2023	£30k	Grant funding activities
Herefordshire Rural Hub	FY2023	£30k	Grant funding activities
Dartmoor Hill Farm Project	FY2023	£30k	Grant funding activities
Exmoor Hill Farming Network	FY2023	£30k	Grant funding activities
The Farmer Network Ltd	FY2023	£30k	Grant funding activities
The Farming Life Centre	FY2023	£30k	Grant funding activities
Farm Cornwall	FY2023	£30k	Grant funding activities
Farming Help Partnership	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
Kilmory Community Fund	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
Burnturk and Kettlehill Community Trust	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
Carloway Community Association	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
South West Mull and Iona Development	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
Trossachs Community Trust	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
Wattlesborough Village Hall	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
Field Nurse	FY2023	£25k	Grant funding activities
South Kerrier Alliance Community Interest Company	FY2023	£24k	Grant funding activities
Bampton Valley Community Pub Limited	FY2023	£23k	Grant funding activities
Colintraive & Glendaruel Development Trust	FY2023	£23k	Grant funding activities
Black Mountains College	FY2023	£22k	Grant funding activities
Berwickshire Swap SCIO	FY2023	£21k	Grant funding activities
Zero Carbon Llanidloes	FY2023	£21k	Grant funding activities
Helmsdale & District Development Trust	FY2023	£20k	Grant funding activities
The Murton Trust	FY2023	£20k	Grant funding activities
Rural Support	FY2023	£15k	Grant funding activities
Millbrook Skatepark Project	FY2023	£15k	Grant funding activities
RSABI	FY2023	£15k	Grant funding activities
The Fishers Arms Horncliffe Community Pub	FY2023	£14k	Grant funding activities
Transition North Ronaldsay	FY2023	£14k	Grant funding activities
Erne East Community Partnership Ltd	FY2023	£13k	Grant funding activities
Stoke Ferry Community Enterprise Limited	FY2023	£12k	Grant funding activities
Portaferry Regeneration Limited	FY2023	£12k	Grant funding activities
MHS Heritage and Culture Ltd	FY2023	£11k	Grant funding activities
Rural Coffee Caravan	FY2023	£11k	Grant funding activities
Medbourne Village Hall	FY2023	£10k	Grant funding activities
Lincolnshire Rural Support Network	FY2023	£10k	Grant funding activities
Tir Dewi	FY2023	£10k	Grant funding activities
Kyle & Lochalsh Community	FY2023	£10k	Grant funding activities
The Farmer Network in Lancashire	FY2023	£10k	Grant funding activities
Scottish Crofting Federation	FY2023	£10k	Grant funding activities
Positive Community Action	FY2023	£8k	Grant funding activities
Warwickshire Rural Hub	FY2023	£8k	Grant funding activities
Shropshire Rural Support	FY2023	£7k	Grant funding activities
The Suffolk Lightwave Community CIO	FY2023	£5k	Grant funding activities
Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy	FY2023	£5k	Grant funding activities
Sampford Courtenay Village	FY2023	£3k	Grant funding activities
Yorkshire Rural Support Network	FY2023	£500	Grant funding activities
Pub is The Hub (Wales)	FY2022	£25k	Rural Community Grant
Tir Coed (Cardiganshire, Wales)	FY2022	£25k	Rural Community Grant
Age UK Hereford and Localities (Herefordshire)	FY2022	£25k	Rural Community Grant
Grizedale Arts (Cumbria)	FY2022	£24k	Rural Community Grant
Tees Valley Wildlife Trust (Cleveland)	FY2022	£22k	Rural Community Grant
Rural Health Partnership (Co.Down, Northern Ireland)	FY2022	£18k	Rural Community Grant
Smart Communities Limited (Somerset)	FY2022	£18k	Rural Community Grant
Field Nurse (North Yorkshire)	FY2022	£17k	Rural Community Grant
Ropley Village Shop Community Interest Company (Hampshire)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Ashwick & Oakhill Village Hall & Recreation Ground (Somerset)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Connecting Communities in Berkshire Ltd (Berkshire)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Hollesley Village Hall (Suffolk)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
North Petherwin Mini Badgers and Adult Football Team (Cornwall)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Barsham & Shipmeadow Village Hall (Suffolk)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Scarva and District Cultural Society Ltd (County Down, Northern Ireland)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Northern Fells Rural Community Development Group (Cumbria)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
The Parochial Church Council of Huntspill St. Peter and All Hallows (Somerset)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
The Locks Inn Community Pub (Suffolk)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Bealings Community Hub (Suffolk)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Fishguard YFC and Community Hall (Pembrokeshire, Wales)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
The Llangors Community Shop Limited (Powys, Wales)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Abberton Rural Training [ART] (Essex)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Parracombe Community Trust Ltd (Devon)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Gressenhall Community Enterprise (Norfolk)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Revival North Yorkshire CIC (Yorkshire)	FY2022	£10k	Rural Community Grant
Crackington Village Shop (Cornwall)	FY2022	£9k	Rural Community Grant
Llanfallteg Memorial Playing Field (Carmarthenshire, Wales)	FY2022	£9k	Rural Community Grant
Holy Island of Lindisfarne Community Development Trust (Northumberland)	FY2022	£9k	Rural Community Grant
Raasay Development Trust (Ross-shire, Scotland)	FY2022	£9k	Rural Community Grant
Brigstock Village Hall CIO (Northamptonshire)	FY2022	£9k	Rural Community Grant
Newcastleton and District Community Trust (Liddesdale, Scotland)	FY2022	£8k	Rural Community Grant
Seil Island Community Hall Charity (Argyll & Bute, Scotland)	FY2022	£7k	Rural Community Grant
Kington St Michael Village Shop Ltd (Wiltshire)	FY2022	£7k	Rural Community Grant
Light up Lives CIC (Cumbria)	FY2022	£7k	Rural Community Grant
Engage (East Sussex)	FY2022	£6k	Rural Community Grant
West Radnor Community Haven (Radnorshire, Wales)	FY2022	£6k	Rural Community Grant
Tunstead Village Hall and Recreation Committee (Norfolk)	FY2022	£4k	Rural Community Grant
The Square Shop, Northlew (Devon)	FY2022	£3k	Rural Community Grant

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 656179 vs reference 654933 (0.2% 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 and want a correction, contact us.