THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£235k
Grants listed (FY2025)
7
Listed grants total
£251k
Accounts grants total
£224k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The Foundation runs a yearly African writing scholarship scheme, see our MMF Writing Scholarships page , which aims to give writers of both fiction and non-fiction the financial freedom to complete an English-language book. Details of the scheme and how to apply for it can be found in the relevant section of this website.
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Northern Ireland
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Somerset
- Bristol City
- Wiltshire
- Dorset
- Oxfordshire
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Funding for film in Massai | — | £54k |
| up | LINCOLN COLLEGE OXFORD | £50k | £75k |
| down | C Hurst & Co. Publishers | £20k | £4k |
| down | THE ROYAL AFRICAN SOCIETY | £8k | £3k |
| not listed | Charitable grants to individuals | £102k | — |
| not listed | Casava Republic | £0 | — |
| not listed | Rights & Advocacy KT School | £0 | — |
| not listed | James Murua (Individual) | £0 | — |
| not listed | FRANK LONGFORD CHARITABLE TRUST | £0 | — |
| not listed | FRIENDS OF GUYS MARSH PRISON | £0 | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scholarships awarded | FY2025 | £79k | UK grants awarded |
| Lincoln College | FY2025 | £75k | UK grants awarded |
| Funding for film in Massai | FY2025 | £54k | Overseas grants awarded |
| African Writers Trust | FY2025 | £24k | Overseas grants awarded |
| University of East Anglia | FY2025 | £13k | UK grants awarded |
| C Hurst & Co. Publishers | FY2025 | £4k | UK grants awarded |
| Royal African Society | FY2025 | £3k | Overseas grants awarded |
| Charitable grants to individuals | FY2024 | £102k | Scholarships/Individual grants |
| Scholarships awarded | FY2024 | £81k | Scholarships |
| Lincoln College | FY2024 | £50k | Grant |
| University of East Anglia | FY2024 | £24k | Grant |
| C Hurst & Co. Publishers | FY2024 | £20k | Grant |
| The Royal African Society | FY2024 | £8k | Grant |
| African Writers Trust | FY2024 | £0 | Grant |
| Casava Republic | FY2024 | £0 | Grant |
| Rights & Advocacy KT School | FY2024 | £0 | Grant |
| James Murua (Individual) | FY2024 | £0 | Grant |
| The Longford Trust | FY2024 | £0 | Grant |
| Friends of Guy’s Marsh Prison | FY2024 | £0 | Grant |
| Scholarships awarded | FY2023 | £95k | Overseas grants awarded |
| The Royal African Society | FY2023 | £25k | UK grants awarded |
| Casava Republic | FY2023 | £20k | Overseas grants awarded |
| Friends of Guy’s Marsh Prison | FY2023 | £14k | UK grants awarded |
| The Longford Trust | FY2023 | £10k | UK grants awarded |
| Rights & Advocacy KT School | FY2023 | £10k | Overseas grants awarded |
| African Writers Trust | FY2023 | £3k | Overseas grants awarded |
| James Murua | FY2023 | £1k | Overseas grants awarded |
| Ethale Bocks | FY2023 | £0 | Overseas grants awarded |
| Overseas individuals | FY2022 | £72k | |
| Overseas grants awarded | FY2022 | £71k | |
| University of East Anglia (Exempt Charity) | FY2022 | £25k | |
| The Royal African Society (Registered No. 1062764) | FY2022 | £25k | |
| Friends of Guy's Marsh Prison (Registered No. 1168102) | FY2022 | £14k | |
| Lincoln Oxford College (Registered No. 1139261) | FY2022 | £10k | |
| The Longford Trust (Registered No. 1164701) | FY2022 | £10k | |
| Platform Presents —(Community interest company 10898238) | FY2022 | £7k | |
| Whitehaven Community Trust (Registered No. 1060245) | FY2022 | £5k | |
| South Oxford Family Room —(Not Registered) | FY2022 | £5k | |
| UBA Sierra Leone (irrecoverable grant) | FY2022 | £4k | |
| Ethale Bocks | FY2022 | £2k |