THE KENTOWN WIZARD FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£1.2m
Grants listed (FY2025)
12
Listed grants total
£4.1m
Accounts grants total
£3.8m
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The Kentown Wizard Foundation does not accept unsolicited enquiries or applications. We find grantees through our own research and collaborations within the charitable sector.
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What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Cambodia
- Congo
- Darlington
- Cheshire West & Chester
- Durham
- Flintshire
- Derbyshire
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | KENTOWN SUPPORT | — | £1.7m |
| new | Dreams Come True | — | £868k |
| new | Support to Children’s Charities in Malawi | — | £582k |
| new | FeetFirst Worldwide (Malawi) | — | £79k |
| new | WHIZZ-KIDZ | — | £50k |
| new | Selfa | — | £28k |
| new | DERBYSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND LTD | — | £3k |
| up | MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION UK | £161k | £520k |
| up | THE BRITISH WHEELCHAIR SPORTS FOUNDATION LIMITED | £42k | £135k |
| not listed | STICK 'N' STEP | £244k | — |
| not listed | MEDICINEMA | £200k | — |
| not listed | Malawi Burns (UK) Trust | £180k | — |
| not listed | FEET FIRST WORLDWIDE | £75k | — |
| not listed | Brian House Children’s Hospice | £30k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentown Support | FY2025 | £1.7m | Payments made to charities associated with the Kentown Support Children’s Palliative Care Programme. |
| Dreams Come True | FY2025 | £868k | 5-year grant to support a programme of dream delivery across Blackpool and the Northwest. |
| Support to Children’s Charities in Malawi | FY2025 | £582k | Payments made to Operation Smile, FeetFirst and Malawi Burns Trust to improve lives of children in Malawi. |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation UK | FY2025 | £520k | Grant to deliver Disneyland Paris wishes to 200 children and their families. |
| React | FY2025 | £150k | Grant to acquire four new caravans for family respite holidays. |
| Wheelpower | FY2025 | £135k | Three-year grant to fund the National Junior Games. |
| FeetFirst Worldwide (Malawi) | FY2025 | £79k | One-year grant to fund four surgical visits to Malawi. |
| Whizz Kidz | FY2025 | £50k | One-year grant to expand its successful children’s wheelchair loan scheme. |
| Selfa | FY2025 | £28k | Two-year grant to help fund the Selfa Rebound Clubs. |
| Whizz Kidz | FY2025 | £20k | One-year grant to fund community-based collaborative projects. |
| Wheelpower | FY2025 | £5k | One-year grant to pilot a children’s ‘Learn-To-Ski’ experience. |
| Sight Support Derbyshire | FY2025 | £3k | Grant to enable the charity to fund both a summer activity day and a two-day residential activity camp. |
| Stick 'n' Step | FY2024 | £244k | Establish a new early intervention programme for children with cerebral palsy. |
| MediCinema | FY2024 | £200k | Facilitate the creation of a cinema facility at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. |
| Malawi Burns (UK) Trust | FY2024 | £180k | Cover the cost of training and support for staff to increase care for children suffering from burn injuries. |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation UK | FY2024 | £161k | Fund backlog of Disneyland Paris wishes and the first 'Group Wish'. |
| React | FY2024 | £105k | Purchase three static caravans for holiday destinations for seriously ill children and their families. |
| Feet First Worldwide | FY2024 | £75k | Undertake four clinical visits to Malawi to improve orthopaedic and trauma services. |
| Wheelpower | FY2024 | £42k | Support The National Junior Games at Stoke Mandeville Stadium. |
| Brian House Children’s Hospice | FY2024 | £30k | Funding three of their annual fundraising events. |
| Dreams Come True | FY2023 | £6.2m | Support for seriously ill children and focus on more deprived regions of the UK |
| Make A Wish Foundation (UK) | FY2023 | £872k | Disneyland Paris wishes and 'Disney Magic' experience in central UK |
| Whizz-kidz | FY2023 | £345k | Wheelchairs for children under 10 and loan scheme |
| Operation Smile | FY2023 | £100k | Emergency funding for Cleft Free Malawi following Cyclone Freddie |
| Wheel power | FY2023 | £39k | 2022 and 2023 'National Junior Games' sports event |
| SEIFA | FY2023 | £26k | Weekly 'Rebound Therapy Club' |
| Brian House Children's Hospice | FY2023 | £20k | Support for local children's hospice fundraising events |
| Malawi Burns (UK) Trust | FY2023 | £20k | Improvements to Burns Unit in Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre |
| Over the Well | FY2022 | £7.0m | Residential activity camps |
| Make A Wish Foundation (UK) | FY2022 | £6.8m | A Disney Wish 2021 event |
| Rainbow Trust Children's Charity | FY2022 | £6.6m | Operating costs of a new Care Team in Liverpool |
| Together for Short Lives | FY2022 | £6.3m | Kentown Children's Palliative Care Programme pilot |
| Malawi Burns (UK) Trust | FY2022 | £691k | Training and support for the Burns Unit in Blantyre, Malawi |
| React | FY2022 | £675k | Specialist equipment |
| Cerebral Palsy Scotland | FY2022 | £649k | Four outreach modules to benefit 40 children with cerebral palsy |
| Brien House Children's Hospice | FY2022 | £630k | Sponsor various fundraising events |
| SELFA | FY2022 | £614k | Residential caravan site fees |
| The bessie May Trust | FY2022 | £600k | Ongoing nursing care |
| Sight Support I3erbyshire | FY2022 | £69k | Children and Young People's programme |
| The Chronicle Sunshine Fund | FY2022 | £65k | Specialist equipment for 24 children with complex needs |
| Kids Cancer Charity | FY2022 | £7k | Previously donated caravan |