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Latest income
£1.1m
Grants listed (FY2025)
35
Listed grants total
£1.1m
Accounts grants total
£686k

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

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 (5 grantees)
  • Throughout London (5 grantees)
  • Throughout England (4 grantees)
  • Hampshire (3 grantees)
  • City Of Westminster (2 grantees)
  • Surrey (2 grantees)
  • Scotland (2 grantees)
  • Derbyshire (1 grantee)
  • Brighton And Hove (1 grantee)
  • Kent (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2023 → 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.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2025
newCentre Point—£60k
newTransform Housing—£55k
newDepaul—£54k
newCITY HARVEST—£53k
newHARP—£51k
newTHE SINGLE HOMELESS PROJECT—£50k
newAmbitious Aspire Achieve—£50k
newChickenshed—£45k
upXLP£14k£46k
upST GILES HOSPICE£5k£21k
downPLACE2BE£70k£21k
upStarlight£4k£18k
downOpora£45k£17k
not listedWE ARE BEAMS£70k—
not listedYoung Westminster£50k—
not listedCHERRY TREES£50k—
not listedCRASH£50k—
not listedSHP£49k—
not listedThe Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace£48k—
not listedSt George's Hanover Square Food Voucher Scheme (donation)£37k—
not listedTHE FRIENDLY ALMSHOUSES£36k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Restore the MusicFY2025£64k
Centre PointFY2025£60k
Transform HousingFY2025£55k
DepaulFY2025£54k
City HarvestFY2025£53k
HARPFY2025£51k
Single Homeless ProjectFY2025£50k
Ambitious Aspire AchieveFY2025£50k
XLPFY2025£46k
ChickenshedFY2025£45k
St George PCCFY2025£45k
Sebastian's Action TrustFY2025£40k
The PassageFY2025£40k
Beyond AutismFY2025£39k
Tin Henman FoundationFY2025£37k
London City MissionFY2025£35k
CC Boys ClubFY2025£35k
St Hilda'sFY2025£29k
West London MissionFY2025£27k
Read Kids ReadFY2025£26k
Helen Bamber Foundation GroupFY2025£25k
St Christopher's FelowshipFY2025£23k
St GilesFY2025£21k
Place2beFY2025£21k
St Mungo's BroadwayFY2025£18k
StarlightFY2025£18k
OporaFY2025£17k
Kids NetworkFY2025£16k
Haven HouseFY2025£16k
World Heart BeatFY2025£15k
Baby BasicsFY2025£10k
PassageFY2025£10k
AlportFY2025£9k
Run Kids RunFY2025£6k
London Firebird OrchestraFY2025£5k
Restore the MusicFY2023£103kExtension of grants programme to thousands more young people
Place2beFY2023£70kRefurbishment of 25 Place2Be therapy rooms and Place2Be counsellor offices in London
We are BeamsFY2023£70kNew garden for the disabled children in Kent
Young WestminsterFY2023£50kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
Cherry TreesFY2023£50kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
CRASHFY2023£50kExtension of a house to create dedicated entrance, lounge, utility room, shower room and one-to-one meeting space for six at the Kairos Community Trust
SHPFY2023£49kCome Back Kitchen Project
The Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Hampton Court PalaceFY2023£48kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
OporaFY2023£45kProvision of warm clothes packs to Ukrainians fleeing the crisis
St George's Hanover Square Food Voucher Scheme (donation)FY2023£37kProvision of Christmas boxes of toys to 270 hospitals across the UK via Starlight (Note: Text links Starlight to Christmas boxes, but this line item is distinct. However, looking at the list, Starlight is listed separately below. This item is likely a direct donation to the venue or its food scheme).
The Friendly AlmshousesFY2023£36kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
St Mungo's BroadwayFY2023£31kRenovation of the garden at one of St Mungo's hostels in Lambeth
Tim Henman FoundationFY2023£30kDevelopment of a fully refurbished table tennis room at Meridian High School in Croydon
Sebastian's Action TrustFY2023£29kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
Baby BasicsFY2023£16kProvision of equipment to Ukrainian families
MomentumFY2023£16kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
St Christopher's FellowshipFY2023£15kSupport for three children's homes providing special homes to children who may have experienced adversity
XLPFY2023£14kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
St GilesFY2023£5kNot specified in grant list, but listed under grants payable
St George's Hanover Square (donation)FY2023£5kVenue donation
StarlightFY2023£4kProvision of Christmas boxes of toys to 270 hospitals across the UK
MomentumFY2022£70k
The Friendly Almshouses BrixtonFY2022£67k
St George's Hanover Square Food Voucher Scheme (donation)FY2022£50k
St george's Hanover Square (donation)FY2022£50k
St GilesFY2022£50k
The Choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Hampton Court PalaceFY2022£45k
CRASHFY2022£36k
Young Westminster FoundationFY2022£35k
Beyond AutismFY2022£31k
HaringtonFY2022£30k
St Mungo's BroadwayFY2022£30k
Look AheadFY2022£29k
Sebastlan's Action TrustFY2022£26k
St Christopher's FellowshipFY2022£14k
StarlightFY2022£10k
West London MissionFY2022£4k
(Less) Return of Beyond Autism grant awarded in 2020FY2022£-3k
(Less) Return of The Barons Court Project grant awarded in 2020FY2022£-9k
(Less) Return of Launch It grant awarded in 2020FY2022£-35k
(Less) Return of Shooting Star Children's Hospice grant awarded in 2020FY2022£-50k

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 1108617 vs reference 685860 (61.6% 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.