LAKE DISTRICT FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£796k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£104k

Accounts grants total

£543k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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

Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (2 grantees)
Recreation (2 grantees)
Education/training (2 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Amateur Sport (1 grantee)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Animals (1 grantee)
Disability (1 grantee)
Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Cumbria (2 grantees)
Lancashire (1 grantee)
Norfolk (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.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Booking.com	—	£25k
down	Lake District National Park Authority	£104k	£40k
not listed	European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) grants paid	£663k	—
not listed	ULVERSTON, FORD PARK COMMUNITY GROUP	£663k	—
not listed	Other Grants < £2,000	£663k	—
not listed	Cumbria Woodlands	£542k	—
not listed	Mire Head View	£542k	—
not listed	Northumberland Wildlife Red Squirrels	£15k	—
not listed	SENS	£15k	—
not listed	Greystone Land Hedge	£2k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Lake District National Park Authority	FY2025	£40k	Fix the Fells project
Lake District National Park Authority	FY2025	£39k	Sponsor the Lake District Fund
Booking.com	FY2025	£25k	Grant fund for accommodation providers to reduce environmental impact
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) grants paid	FY2024	£663k
Ulverston Ford Park Community Group	FY2024	£663k
Other Grants < £2,000	FY2024	£663k
Cumbria Woodlands	FY2024	£542k	Low Carbon Lake District Grant Scheme
Mire Head View	FY2024	£542k
Lake District National Park Authority	FY2024	£104k	Fix the Fells project and Sponsor the Lake District Fund
Northumberland Wildlife Red Squirrels	FY2024	£15k
SENS	FY2024	£15k
Greystone Land Hedge	FY2024	£2k
Spring to Sea	FY2024	£2k
Freshwater Biological Society	FY2024	£2k
Cumbria Rivers	FY2024	£45
ERDF Low Carbon grants paid	FY2023	£392k	Low Carbon Lake District Fund
Lake District National Park Authority	FY2023	£70k	Signpost and bridge sponsorships
Other Grants < £2,000	FY2023	£6k	Various small grants
Cumbria Rivers	FY2023	£5k	Real Hedge Fund / General grant
Cumbria Woodlands	FY2023	£5k	Lakes Distillery Fund / Woodland Futures
Spring to Sea	FY2023	£5k	Lakes Distillery Fund - tackle micro plastic pollution
SENS	FY2023	£3k	General grant
Greystone Land Hedge	FY2023	£3k	Real Hedge Fund
Ulverston Ford Park Community Group	FY2023	£3k	Real Hedge Fund - add hedgerows
Mire Head View	FY2023	£2k	Real Hedge Fund
Red Squirrels	FY2022	£156k	Red Squirrel Conservation (includes Westmorland, Solway, West Lakes, Brampton, Penrith, Copeland, Northumberland, Grasmere, Wildlife)
Lake District National Park Authority	FY2022	£91k	Core partner funding / Looking after the Lake District campaign
Fix the Fells	FY2022	£60k	Fix the Fells project
Common Land	FY2022	£10k	Keswick to Threlkeld project
Farm	FY2022	£2k	Low Borrowbridge
Ullswater Catchment	FY2022	£2k	Red Squirrel Conservation
Other Grants	FY2022	£2k	General
Westmorland Red Squirrels	FY2022	£1k	Red Squirrel Conservation
Brampton District Red Squirrels	FY2022	£1k	Red Squirrel Conservation
West Lakes Red Squirrels	FY2022	£1k	Red Squirrel Conservation
Penrith Red Squirrels	FY2022	£1k	Red Squirrel Conservation
Solway Red Squirrels	FY2022	£1k	Red Squirrel Conservation
Copeland Red Squirrels	FY2022	£1k	Red Squirrel Conservation
Northumberland Red Squirrels	FY2022	£1k	Red Squirrel Conservation

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 103992 vs reference 543042 (80.9% 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.