THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£361k
Grants listed (FY2025)
16
Listed grants total
£68k
Accounts grants total
£295k
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
- Deadlines: For the upcoming meeting, the window will run from: 10am, Monday 31st August 2026 to 5pm, Friday 9th October 2026. Only applications received during this window of time will be considered.
- What they don’t fund: Following a significant increase in applications from outside the NCF’s core theatre interests, the Trustees have taken the decision to restrict new applications from groups working solely in music, dance or opera to those who are engaged somehow with the work of Noël Coward
Credited as a funder by
- THE GATE THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED
- EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE COMPANY
- THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, COVENT GARDEN
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Throughout England
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Bedford
- Northamptonshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Camden
- Central Bedfordshire
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Lincoln Centre Theatre, New York | — | £10k |
| new | The Drama League | — | £6k |
| new | Cape Cod Theatre Project | — | £6k |
| new | Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia | — | £6k |
| new | World Trade Performing Arts Centre, New York | — | £5k |
| new | Sadler’s Wells, London | — | £5k |
| new | Nottingham Playhouse | — | £4k |
| new | THE LONDON MUSICAL THEATRE ORCHESTRA | — | £4k |
| not listed | Rhinebeck Writers Retreat | £9k | — |
| not listed | NEW ADVENTURES CHARITY | £5k | — |
| not listed | Headlong | £5k | — |
| not listed | Mountview | £5k | — |
| not listed | Storyhouse | £4k | — |
| not listed | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | £3k | — |
| not listed | The Lowry | £3k | — |
| not listed | The BRIT School | £2k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Centre Theatre, New York | FY2025 | £10k | High School Open Stages programme and recognition of NCF patron Andre Bishop’s retirement |
| The Drama League | FY2025 | £6k | cross-Atlantic Directing Fellowship in partnership with Rose Theatre, Kingston |
| Cape Cod Theatre Project | FY2025 | £6k | Artist-in-Residence programme |
| Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia | FY2025 | £6k | student understudies program |
| World Trade Performing Arts Centre, New York | FY2025 | £5k | theatre internship programme with Borough of Manhattan Community College |
| Sadler’s Wells, London | FY2025 | £5k | work with disabled dancers |
| Nottingham Playhouse | FY2025 | £4k | Amplify scheme for Midland-based theatre artists |
| London Musical Theatre Orchestra | FY2025 | £4k | 2025 Rising Stars showcase event |
| Northern Stage, Newcastle | FY2025 | £3k | Young Directors project |
| Tinderbox Theatre, Belfast | FY2025 | £3k | Incubate artists development scheme |
| GhostLight Arts Initiative, Detroit | FY2025 | £3k | Young Artists Workshops |
| Tara Theatre, London | FY2025 | £3k | Youth Theatre work with South Asian creatives |
| Welsh National Opera | FY2025 | £3k | Associate Artists training programme |
| Wilton’s Music Hall, London | FY2025 | £3k | subsidised tickets for local youth groups |
| Tron Theatre, Glasgow | FY2025 | £3k | Takeover, a technical training scheme for disadvantaged young people |
| Langley Hall Arts & Educational Trust, Berkshire | FY2025 | £1k | purchase of musical instruments for their students |
| Rhinebeck Writers Retreat | FY2024 | £9k | New musical theatre writing |
| New Adventures Charity | FY2024 | £5k | Cygnet School for emerging dancers |
| Headlong | FY2024 | £5k | Emerging Writers Programme |
| Mountview | FY2024 | £5k | Emergency Fund to help acting students |
| Storyhouse | FY2024 | £4k | Young Company |
| Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester | FY2024 | £3k | Youth Theatre Summer School |
| The Lowry | FY2024 | £3k | Youth outreach work |
| The BRIT School | FY2024 | £2k | Support students audition skills for drama school and beyond |
| The Old Fire Station | FY2024 | £2k | OFFBEAT Festival of new work |
| National Dance Company of Wales | FY2024 | £2k | Work with young male dancers |
| Red Bull Theater | FY2023 | £7k | Student Matinee program |
| Separate Doors | FY2023 | £6k | Directing Tomorrow’s Theatre project with learning disabled actors |
| Lincoln Center Theater | FY2023 | £5k | Open Stages project with High School students |
| The Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation | FY2023 | £4k | Coward Fellow working as Assistant Director on Arizona Theatre Company’s production of PRIVATE LIVES |
| British Youth Music Theatre | FY2023 | £4k | New Music Theatre Award |
| Royal Shakespeare Company | FY2023 | £3k | Next Generation Direct’s work with underrepresented young theatre makers |
| Signature Theatre | FY2023 | £3k | subsidised tickets for LETTER FROM MAX by Sarah Ruhl |
| Southwark Playhouse | FY2023 | £3k | Young Ensemble |
| Fuel Theatre | FY2023 | £3k | subsidised tickets to Rachel Ofori’s play FLIP! |
| RADA | FY2023 | £2k | Youth Company work with 16-20 years olds |
| Hope Mill Theatre | FY2023 | £2k | Bridges to Creative Futures |
| Complicité | FY2023 | £2k | Mudlarks young deviser’s project |
| The Roundhouse | FY2023 | £1k | Resident Artists program |
| Mousetrap Theatre Projects | FY2022 | £5k | Summer Stage project for young people with SEN |
| New Adventure in Motion Pictures | FY2022 | £5k | Cygnet School residence for young dancers from underrepresented groups |
| Cape Cod Theatre Project | FY2022 | £5k | Artist-in-residence program for emerging playwrights |
| Lincoln Centre | FY2022 | £5k | Open Stages work with high school students |
| Red Bull Theatre | FY2022 | £5k | Short New Play Festival |
| Royal Northern College of Music | FY2022 | £4k | young singers program |
| The Royal Court | FY2022 | £4k | Participation playwriting scheme |
| Atlantic Theatre Company | FY2022 | £4k | education work with young people |
| Traverse Theatre | FY2022 | £3k | Breakfast Plays project |
| National Student Drama Festival | FY2022 | £3k | 2022 Festival |
| The Mono Box | FY2022 | £2k | Afrofuturism Tales radio project for writers new to audio drama |
| English Touring Theatre | FY2022 | £2k | Production Manager trainee scheme |
| Manchester Royal Exchange Youth Theatre | FY2022 | £2k | |
| Gate Theatre | FY2022 | £1k | Young Associates program |