THE OVO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£1.2m
Grants listed (FY2025)
31
Listed grants total
£1.5m
Accounts grants total
£1.7m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 19 of 31 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (61%), and 2 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 98.

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 (11 grantees)
  • Bristol City (6 grantees)
  • Throughout England (5 grantees)
  • Scotland (4 grantees)
  • Kenya (2 grantees)
  • Throughout London (2 grantees)
  • Gloucestershire (1 grantee)
  • Ealing (1 grantee)
  • Cameroon (1 grantee)
  • Kensington And Chelsea (1 grantee)

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newTHE GREEN ALLIANCE TRUST—£102k
newTHE BLAGRAVE TRUST—£100k
newYouth Environmental Services (via Eden Project)—£100k
newNEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION—£99k
newYOUTH MOVES—£38k
newThe Big Give—£37k
newEngineering UK—£31k
newTHE AVON CENTRE LIMITED—£29k
upAPPS FOR GOOD£25k£148k
downEATS Rosyth£115k£30k
downGlasgow Eco Trust£25k£13k
not listedCULTIVATE LONDON LTD£30k—
not listedLAWRENCE WESTON COMMUNITY FARM£25k—
not listedHeart of BS13 Ltd£25k—
not listedTHE BENJAMIN FOUNDATION£25k—
not listedWoodlands Community Development£25k—
not listedECOACTIVE£13k—
not listedENERGY 4 IMPACT£13k—
not listedEarthwatch Europe£8k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Students Organising for Sustainability UKFY2025£155k
Apps for GoodFY2025£148k
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2025£121k
Energy SparksFY2025£121k
Green AllianceFY2025£102k
Blagrave TrustFY2025£100k
Youth Environmental Services (via Eden Project)FY2025£100k
New Economics FoundationFY2025£99k
Bristol Tree CraftFY2025£60k
Youth MovesFY2025£38k
The Big GiveFY2025£37k
Engineering UKFY2025£31k
Kentish Town City FarmFY2025£30k
Hammersmith Community Gardens AssociationFY2025£30k
The Children's WoodFY2025£30k
Ambition Lawrence WestonFY2025£30k
Students Organising for Sustainability UK Shadow Curriculum and Assessment ReviewFY2025£30k
Pulp FictionFY2025£30k
Lockleaze Neighbourhood TrustFY2025£30k
Kingswood TrustFY2025£30k
We are GrowFY2025£30k
EATS RosythFY2025£30k
Urban RootsFY2025£30k
The Avon CentreFY2025£29k
Another WayFY2025£25k
Play Wild!FY2025£13k
Glasgow Eco TrustFY2025£13k
Kelvingrove Woodcraft FolkFY2025£8k
Governors for SchoolsFY2025£5k
Environmental Funders NetworkFY2025£3k
IVARFY2025£1k
Bristol Tree CraftFY2024£116k
Energy SparksFY2024£115k
EATS RosythFY2024£115k
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2024£115k
Students Organising for Sustainability UKFY2024£114k
Ambition Lawrence WestonFY2024£44k
Students Organising for Sustainability UK Shadow Curriculum and Assessment ReviewFY2024£32k
Cultivate LondonFY2024£30k
Pulp FictionFY2024£25k
Lockleaze Neighbourhood TrustFY2024£25k
Lawrence Weston Community FarmFY2024£25k
Kingswood TrustFY2024£25k
Kentish Town City FarmFY2024£25k
Heart of BS13FY2024£25k
Hammersmith Community Gardens AssociationFY2024£25k
Glasgow Eco TrustFY2024£25k
The Benjamin FoundationFY2024£25k
The Children's WoodFY2024£25k
Apps for GoodFY2024£25k
Urban RootsFY2024£25k
We are GrowFY2024£25k
Woodlands Community DevelopmentFY2024£25k
Play Wild!FY2024£13k
ecoACTIVEFY2024£13k
Energy 4 ImpactFY2024£13k
Earthwatch EuropeFY2024£8k
Energy SparksFY2023£142k
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2023£112k
Students Organising for Sustainability UKFY2023£110k
The Benjamin FoundationFY2023£105k
Energy 4 ImpactFY2023£102k
Apps for GoodFY2023£88k
Earthwatch EuropeFY2023£64k
Action for ConservationFY2023£44k
Rock TrustFY2023£29k
Redcatch Community GardenFY2023£25k
Lawrence Weston Community FarmFY2023£25k
Heart of BS13FY2023£25k
Hammersmith Community Gardens AssociationFY2023£25k
Spitalfields City FarmFY2023£25k
Square Food FoundationFY2023£25k
ecoACTIVEFY2023£25k
The Children's WoodFY2023£25k
Cultivate LondonFY2023£25k
Urban RootsFY2023£25k
SiMY Community DevelopmentFY2023£25k
Woodlands Community DevelopmentFY2023£25k
Energy 4 ImpactFY2022£195kProject Jua
Energy SparksFY2022£170kClimate Changers
1625 Independent PeopleFY2022£106kFuture Builders programme support
Earthwatch EuropeFY2022£90kClimate Changers (Tiny Forests)
Rock TrustFY2022£83kFuture Builders programme support
Roundabout LimitedFY2022£76kFuture Builders programme support
The Benjamin FoundationFY2022£60kFuture Builders programme support
Action for ConservationFY2022£55kClimate Changers (WildED programme)
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2022£28kClimate Changers (Let's Go Zero campaign)
Students Organising for Sustainability UKFY2022£28kClimate Changers
Apps for GoodFY2022£20kClimate Changers
End Youth HomelessnessFY2022£15kFuture Builders exit support/staff costs
Other grantsFY2022£14kUnspecified
Energy 4 ImpactFY2021£203kProject Jua
Energy SparksFY2021£114kEnergy Sparks
Earthwatch EuropeFY2021£101kTiny Forests
Independent PeopleFY2021£73kThe Benjamin Foundation
Rock TrustFY2021£71kThe Wildlife Trusts
Action for ConservationFY2021£55kWildEd
YoungMindsFY2021£48kOVO Gives Back
The Institute for Employment StudiesFY2021£37kWhen I Grow Up (M&E)
Roundabout LimitedFY2021£36kGreenspace Scotland
End Youth HomelessnessFY2021£21kFuture Builders
IES and The Sutton TrustFY2021£18kWhen I Grow Up (M&E)
Other grantsFY2021£11kVarious
FareShareFY2021£8kOVO Gives Back
Doorstep LibraryFY2021£3kWhen I Grow Up

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 1534958 vs reference 1675758 (8.4% 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.