THE ERNEST COOK TRUST — grant history

Registered charity 1146629 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£6.3m

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

£227k

Accounts grants total

£2.1m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: The Trust is currently accepting applications for the Communities Grant via a specific application link. Other grants are offered in rounds with windows announced on their website and socials.
Deadlines: The next round for the Outdoor Essentials Grant is anticipated in January 2027. The next application window for the Outdoor Learning Leader Grant is anticipated October 2026.

Summarised from www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk · ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/ 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

Education/training (4 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (4 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (3 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Animals (1 grantee)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England (2 grantees)
Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
Italy (1 grantee)
Northern Ireland (1 grantee)
Scotland (1 grantee)
United States (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
The Aurora Trust	FY2024	£99k	Match-funding for the third round of the Outdoor Essentials Grant funding in 2023/2024
Ufton Court Educational Trust	FY2024	£53k	Outdoor Week of Learning
LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming)	FY2024	£15k	Access to Farms Grant towards the dissemination of the Industry Code of Practice (ICOP) (Platinum Jubilee Award)
Small Woods Association	FY2024	£15k	National Coppice Apprentices (Platinum Jubilee Award)
Dry Stone Walling Association	FY2024	£15k	Dry Stone Walling Apprentice (Platinum Jubilee Award)
National Hedgelaying Society	FY2024	£15k	Training Events & Accreditation Scheme with LANTRA (Platinum Jubilee Award)
QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust)	FY2024	£15k	Master Thatcher Apprentice (Platinum Jubilee Award)
The Ufton Court Educational Trust	FY2023	£53k	Outdoor Week of Learning

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 226500 vs reference 2096000 (89.2% 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.