THE ANCHOR SOCIETY CIO — grant history

Registered charity 1167933 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£483k

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

£61k

Accounts grants total

£172k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Deadlines: Application deadlines for 2026 are: 19th March for an April decision 25th June for a July/August decision 1st October for a November decision 17 December for a January 2027
What they don’t fund: Unfortunately, we can’t help with: general living expenses, debts or outstanding bills, moving or travel expenses, holidays or respite breaks, insurance costs, funeral costs, clothing, crockery and kitchen utensils, cleaning.

Summarised from www.anchorsociety.org.uk · www.anchorsociety.org.uk/grant-giving · www.anchorsociety.org.uk/emergency-grants on 14/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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 (5 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (4 grantees)
Disability (3 grantees)
Amateur Sport (2 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (2 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Bristol City (5 grantees)
North Somerset (2 grantees)
South Gloucestershire (2 grantees)
Bath And North East Somerset (1 grantee)
Gloucestershire (1 grantee)
Somerset (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Bristol Music Trust	FY2024	£25k	Bristol Beacon support
Age UK Bristol – Fuel poverty	FY2024	£15k	Fuel poverty support
Bristol After Stroke	FY2024	£10k	Not specified in grantee list, but listed under charitable activities
Alive Activities	FY2024	£5k	BME Elders Project support
Quartet Community Foundation – Advice Centres	FY2024	£5k	Advice services
Southmead Development Trust	FY2024	£500	Greenway Hub for Older People
St Georges, Bristol	FY2024	£0	Concerts (Note: Text says 'agreed to fund... for a further year', table shows 0 for 2024, likely paid in prior year or commitment. However, table explicitly lists 0. I will include as stated in table).
St Werburgh’s Community Association	FY2024	£0	Festive Friends event (Note: Table shows 0. Text mentions support. I will include as stated in table).
University of the West of England Robotics – grant refund	FY2024	£0	Grant refund
Southmead Development Trust	FY2023	£19k	Grants to institutions
Bristol Music Trust	FY2023	£7k	Grants to institutions
Age UK Bristol – various projects	FY2023	£5k	Grants to institutions
Alive Activities	FY2023	£5k	Grants to institutions
Bristol After Stroke	FY2023	£5k	Grants to institutions
St Georges, Bristol	FY2023	£5k	Grants to institutions
St Werburgh’s Community Association	FY2023	£500	Grants to institutions
The Anchor Society Ltd – Intergenerational Project	FY2023	£0	Grants to institutions (refund)
University of the West of England Robotics	FY2023	£0	Grants to institutions (refund)

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 60500 vs reference 172485 (64.9% 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.