The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation — grant history

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Latest income

£618k

Grants listed (FY2026)

Listed grants total

£1.3m

Accounts grants total

£1.3m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2026 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

Education/training (9 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (6 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (3 grantees)
Disability (3 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (2 grantees)
Recreation (1 grantee)
Religious Activities (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Scotland (6 grantees)
Northern Ireland (5 grantees)
Throughout England And Wales (5 grantees)
Throughout England (3 grantees)
Wandsworth (2 grantees)
Barnet (2 grantees)
Throughout London (2 grantees)
Hertfordshire (1 grantee)
Hackney (1 grantee)
City Of London (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2025 → FY2026

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	FY2025	FY2026
new	Imperial	—	£381k
new	Alcohol Health Alliance	—	£210k
new	The Wallace Collection	—	£80k
new	MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK	—	£40k
new	Grants of less than £5,000	—	£29k
new	CST	—	£25k
new	KisharonLangdon	—	£10k
new	HOLOCAUST EDUCATIONAL TRUST	—	£10k
up	Cancer Research	£6k	£144k
up	UJIA	£5k	£18k
down	Great Ormond Street Hospital	£42k	£13k
not listed	UCL Hospital	£150k	—
not listed	Science Museum	£147k	—
not listed	Natural History Museum	£120k	—
not listed	National Gallery	£116k	—
not listed	NORDOFF-ROBBINS MUSIC THERAPY	£100k	—
not listed	Victoria and Albert Museum	£67k	—
not listed	CHAI-LIFELINE CANCER CARE	£25k	—
not listed	11 grants of less than £5,000	£23k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Imperial	FY2026	£381k	Medical research
Norwood	FY2026	£265k	Medical research
Alcohol Health Alliance	FY2026	£210k	Medical research
Cancer Research	FY2026	£144k	Medical research
The Wallace Collection	FY2026	£80k	Wellbeing
Make a Wish Foundation	FY2026	£40k	Medical research
Grants of less than £5,000	FY2026	£29k	Wellbeing
CST	FY2026	£25k	Wellbeing
UJIA	FY2026	£18k	Wellbeing
Great Ormond Street Hospital	FY2026	£13k	Medical research
Kisharon	FY2026	£10k	Medical research
Holocaust Educational Trust	FY2026	£10k	Wellbeing
Jewish Care	FY2026	£10k	Medical research
The Roundhouse	FY2026	£8k	Wellbeing
Grants of Less than £5,000	FY2026	£8k	Medical research
Heart Cells Foundation	FY2026	£5k	Medical research
Gesher	FY2026	£5k	Wellbeing
The Cayo Foundation	FY2026	£5k	Medical research
Norwood	FY2025	£267k	Medical research
UCL Hospital	FY2025	£150k	Medical research
Science Museum	FY2025	£147k	Wellbeing
Natural History Museum	FY2025	£120k	Wellbeing
National Gallery	FY2025	£116k	Wellbeing
Nordoff Robbins	FY2025	£100k	Wellbeing
Victoria and Albert Museum	FY2025	£67k	Wellbeing
Great Ormond Street Hospital	FY2025	£42k	Medical research
Chai Cancer Care	FY2025	£25k	Medical research
11 grants of less than £5,000	FY2025	£23k	Wellbeing
Prostate Cancer UK	FY2025	£20k	Medical research
Jewish Care	FY2025	£12k	Medical research
4 grants of less than £5,000	FY2025	£11k	Medical research
Cancer Research	FY2025	£6k	Medical research
Chicken Shed	FY2025	£5k	Wellbeing
UJIA	FY2025	£5k	Wellbeing
Youth Aliyah	FY2025	£5k	Wellbeing
National Portrait Gallery	FY2024	£175k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
Tate Gallery	FY2024	£126k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
Historic Royal Palaces	FY2024	£90k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
Chai Cancer Care	FY2024	£25k	Medical research
Wellbeing:- grants to individuals	FY2024	£18k	Wellbeing:- grants to individuals
Jewish Care	FY2024	£16k	Medical research
CST	FY2024	£15k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
The Academy of Medical Science	FY2024	£15k	Medical research
Airlec Air Ambulance	FY2024	£14k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
7 grants of less than £5,000	FY2024	£12k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
Norwood	FY2024	£10k	Medical research
Youth Aliyah	FY2024	£10k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
Roudhouse Trust	FY2024	£10k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
Great Ormond Street Hospital	FY2024	£6k	Medical research
Royal Opera House	FY2024	£6k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
Beit Halochem	FY2024	£5k	Wellbeing:-grants to institutions
1 grant of less than £5,000	FY2024	£3k	Medical research
Cancer Research	FY2023	£432k	Medical research
Alcohol Health Alliance	FY2023	£200k	Medical research
The Wallace Collection	FY2023	£67k	Wellbeing:- grants to institutions
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra	FY2023	£20k	Wellbeing:- grants to institutions
Jewish Care	FY2023	£17k	Medical research
Norwood	FY2023	£11k	Medical research
Great Ormond Street Hospital	FY2023	£10k	Medical research
Anne Frank Trust	FY2023	£6k	Wellbeing:- grants to institutions
Great Ormond Street Hospital	FY2023	£6k	Medical research
Beit Halochem	FY2023	£5k	Wellbeing:- grants to institutions
Great Ormond Street Hospital	FY2022	£1.0m	Medical research
UCL Hospital	FY2022	£150k	Medical research
Natural History Museum	FY2022	£100k	Wellbeing
Royal Academy of Art	FY2022	£50k	Wellbeing
Royal Society of Medicine	FY2022	£45k	Medical research
Nightingale Hammerson	FY2022	£25k	Medical research

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 1264850 vs reference 1264850 (0.0% 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.