PETER SOWERBY FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£1.4m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£1.4m

Accounts grants total

£1.7m

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 does not accept unsolicited applications for grants. Instead, it actively solicits applications from charities, community groups and registered healthcare providers for projects which meet the trustees’ priorities.

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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 (32 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (25 grantees)
Disability (17 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (13 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (13 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (5 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (5 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (4 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (24 grantees)
Scotland (18 grantees)
Northern Ireland (16 grantees)
Throughout England (6 grantees)
North Yorkshire (5 grantees)
Jersey (3 grantees)
City Of York (3 grantees)
Ireland (3 grantees)
Spain (3 grantees)
Throughout London (3 grantees)

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	Guy’s and St Thomas's Charity	—	£162k
new	ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA	—	£90k
new	Shift	—	£50k
new	THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY	—	£33k
new	BEYONDAUTISM	—	£32k
new	Culture Squared CIC (Bradford Literature Festival)	—	£29k
new	JUNCTION CDC LIMITED	—	£25k
new	BARTS CHARITY	—	£25k
down	University of Leeds, Wild Ingleborough	£74k	£32k
down	Thrive	£55k	£28k
up	Encephalitis International	£13k	£25k
down	THE NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA LTD	£50k	£25k
down	Fairshot	£25k	£13k
not listed	Culture Squared CIC	£115k	—
not listed	AESOP	£75k	—
not listed	AUTISTICA	£75k	—
not listed	THAMES VALLEY AIR AMBULANCE	£58k	—
not listed	MENTAL HEALTH INNOVATIONS	£50k	—
not listed	Save Rosedale Church	£25k	—
not listed	FROZEN LIGHT	£23k	—
not listed	Spare Tyre Theatre	£18k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Two Ridings Community Foundation	FY2025	£165k	to support organisations in North and East Yorkshire to provide vital support in rural communities.
Kings College	FY2025	£163k	for continued support for the Peter Sowerby Chair in Philosophy and Medicine.
Guy’s and St Thomas's Charity	FY2025	£162k	for the implementation of a scalable remote wound monitoring hub as an exemplar project for the benefits of remote monitoring.
English National Opera	FY2025	£90k	for developing a sustainable national programme for chronic respiratory patients with breathlessness.
Stroke Association	FY2025	£74k	to launch a Stroke Data Science Catalyst (SDSC).
Outreach EMR	FY2025	£64k	to support the development of electronic medical records in the developing world.
Shift	FY2025	£50k	to combat the heartbreaking isolation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and empower those with MS to proactively take control of their condition.
Tommy's	FY2025	£46k	to transform the availability and quality of miscarriage care across the UK.
The Royal Horticultural Society	FY2025	£33k	for a collaboration with the National Health Service and Leeds Teaching Hospitals on a transformative project to establish a Community Wellbeing Hub at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds.
University of Leeds, Wild Ingleborough	FY2025	£32k	funding to restore an upland landscape in the UK whilst researching and documenting the benefits for people, nature and climate.
Beyond Autism	FY2025	£32k	to fund the new post of BeyondAutism Fast Responder Development Manager.
Culture Squared CIC (Bradford Literature Festival)	FY2025	£29k	as a core grant to support the organisation to continue to embed Bradford Literary Festival within the local community.
Thrive	FY2025	£28k	to support its Gardening for Health initiative.
Encephalitis International	FY2025	£25k
National Youth Jazz Orchestra	FY2025	£25k
Junction CDC Limited	FY2025	£25k
Barts Charity	FY2025	£25k	to improve primary care diagnosis, treatment and support for people with severe mental illness living with chronic primary pain.
Bethlem Gallery (Maudsley Charity)	FY2025	£25k
The Mental Health and Resilience Foundation	FY2025	£25k
The Compassionate Friends	FY2025	£25k
Northeast Opera	FY2025	£25k
Booth Centre	FY2025	£24k
The Craven Arts Charitable Trust	FY2025	£24k
Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust	FY2025	£19k
Eaton Parochial Church Council	FY2025	£15k
Shine	FY2025	£15k
Nordoff Robbins Yorkshire	FY2025	£13k
Words Matter	FY2025	£13k
Thackery Museum of Medicine	FY2025	£13k
Place2be	FY2025	£13k
HENRY	FY2025	£13k
Fairshot	FY2025	£13k
British Thyroid Foundation	FY2025	£13k
Butterfly Conservation	FY2025	£12k
Leeds Intemational Pianoforte Competition	FY2025	£12k
Open Country	FY2025	£12k
Mind in Harrogate district	FY2025	£12k
Child Brain Injury Trust	FY2025	£12k
Royal National Lifeboat Institution	FY2025	£11k
Grow	FY2025	£11k
PAYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide	FY2025	£11k
Two Ridings Community Foundation	FY2024	£165k	to support organisations in North and East Yorkshire to provide vital support in rural communities.
Kings College	FY2024	£159k	continued support for the Peter Sowerby Chair in Philosophy and Medicine.
Culture Squared CIC	FY2024	£115k	a core grant to support the organisation to continue to embed Bradford Literature Festival within the local community.
Tommy's	FY2024	£90k	support to transform the availability and quality of miscarriage care across the UK.
Outreach EMR	FY2024	£80k	further funding to support the development of electronic medical records in the developing world.
AESOP	FY2024	£75k	a core grant to grow the Aesop Institute as a valued source of expertise, networking, training and support services for arts enterprises aiming to change lives demonstrably.
Autistica	FY2024	£75k	supporting the charity in developing key projects linked to its 2030 goals.
Stroke Association	FY2024	£74k	to launch a Stroke Data Science Catalyst (SDSC).
University of Leeds, Wild Ingleborough	FY2024	£74k	to demonstrate the benefits of landscape-scale restoration for people, nature and climate.
Thames Valley Air Ambulance	FY2024	£58k	to explore the benefit of using virtual reality (VR) in a pre-hospital setting and pioneering a new standardised training programme across the air ambulance and pre-hospital sector.
Thrive	FY2024	£55k	to support its Gardening for Health initiative.
Mental Health Innovations	FY2024	£50k	funding to support the development of technology to support mental health.
National Youth Jazz Orchestra	FY2024	£50k	a core grant to build NYJO’s profile through a package of organisational development projects to support and enhance its ambitious programme of frontline charitable activity.
Fairshot	FY2024	£25k
Save Rosedale Church	FY2024	£25k
Frozen Light	FY2024	£23k
Words Matter	FY2024	£22k
Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust	FY2024	£19k
Spare Tyre Theatre	FY2024	£18k
Wilberforce Trust	FY2024	£17k
RAF Benevolent Fund	FY2024	£15k
Encephalitis Society	FY2024	£13k
Arts Derbyshire	FY2024	£13k
The Bureau	FY2024	£12k
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation	FY2024	£12k
Dementia UK	FY2024	£12k
Leeds Hospital Charity	FY2024	£12k
Community Care	FY2024	£11k
PAYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide	FY2024	£11k
Outreach EMR	FY2023	£230k	further funding to support the development of electronic medical records in the developing world
AESOP	FY2023	£150k	a core grant to grow the Aesop Institute as a valued source of expertise, networking, training and support services for arts enterprises aiming to change lives demonstrably
National Youth Jazz Orchestra	FY2023	£150k	a core grant to build NYJO’s profile through a package of organisational development projects to support and enhance its ambitious programme of frontline charitable activity
Autistica	FY2023	£150k	a core grant to support the charity in developing key projects linked to its 2030 goals
National Youth Choirs of Great Britain	FY2023	£150k	a core grant to support its programme of charitable activity
Mental Health Innovations	FY2023	£75k	funding to support the development of technology to support mental health
Encephalitis Society	FY2023	£25k
Deaf Action	FY2023	£25k
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund	FY2023	£25k
Muslim Hands	FY2023	£25k
Transform	FY2023	£25k
The Bureau	FY2023	£25k
Tyne & Wear Museums	FY2023	£25k
Leeds Hospital Charity	FY2023	£24k
Barbican Centre Trust	FY2023	£20k
Jurassic Coast Fund	FY2023	£19k
GROW	FY2023	£12k
Two Ridings Community Foundation	FY2022	£495k	to support community organisations in Yorkshire through small-scale and micro grants
University of Leeds (Wild Ingleborough)	FY2022	£249k	to demonstrate the benefits of landscape-scale restoration for people, nature and climate, informing policy and driving ambition for UK nature recovery and climate action
Tommy's	FY2022	£245k	to transform miscarriage care across the UK through the development and testing of a new Graded Model of Miscarriage care
Brain and Spine Foundation	FY2022	£100k	towards NeuroLifeNow, an App and web-based research platform that captures the lived experience of people affected by any neurological condition in a unique 'pan-neuro' longitudinal study
Brook Young People	FY2022	£100k	towards an ambitious project to transform the experiences of young people needing help with their sexual health, relationships and wellbeing
Music in Hospitals and Care	FY2022	£100k	to support a new pilot programme focused on using music to promote good mental health and well-being
Prostate Cancer UK	FY2022	£99k	towards a number of high-quality research projects to improve the diagnostic pathway for those with Prostate Cancer
Bethlem Gallery	FY2022	£99k	into a programme of activity to instigate, support and encourage conversations about mental health and ensure that creativity is embedded in mental health care
Culture Squared CIC	FY2022	£82k	to embed diverse cultural programmes through digital delivery within Bradford Literature Festival
Fareshare	FY2022	£73k	to establish a new regional food sourcing lorry in Yorkshire
My Life Films	FY2022	£25k
Speak with IT	FY2022	£25k
London Sinfonietta	FY2022	£25k
Jimmy's Cambridge	FY2022	£25k
Action for Stammering Children	FY2022	£25k
Community Care Connect	FY2022	£25k
Tyne & Wear Archives 8 Museums Development	FY2022	£25k
Musiko Musika	FY2022	£25k
Horatio's Garden	FY2022	£25k
Bloomsbury Football Foundation	FY2022	£25k
Kids inspire	FY2022	£24k
GROW	FY2022	£12k

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 1447836 vs reference 1670250 (13.3% 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.