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Latest income

£7.2m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£2.6m

Accounts grants total

£1.6m

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

Education/training (17 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (7 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (7 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (6 grantees)
Disability (6 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (5 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (4 grantees)
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (2 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (2 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (11 grantees)
Northern Ireland (10 grantees)
Scotland (10 grantees)
Throughout England (6 grantees)
Ireland (4 grantees)
Chile (1 grantee)
Cardiff (1 grantee)
Austria (1 grantee)
Faroe Islands (1 grantee)
Brazil (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2023 → 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	FY2023	FY2025
new	City of York Council	—	£170k
new	Liverpool John Moore’s	—	£133k
new	Stockport BC	—	£127k
new	OXFORD DIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL WORK INCORPORATED	—	£127k
new	SAFELIVES	—	£88k
new	RAND EUROPE UK LIMITED	—	£40k
new	ACTION FOR CHILDREN	—	£25k
new	Alma Economics	—	£24k
up	University of Oxford	£86k	£436k
up	IFF Research	£16k	£154k
up	THE ANNA FREUD CENTRE	£75k	£120k
down	Wirral BC	£219k	£88k
up	Cordis Bright	£51k	£76k
down	Coram	£143k	£67k
up	Behavioural Insight	£15k	£35k
down	THE FATHERHOOD INSTITUTE	£148k	£25k
not listed	BARNARDO'S	£347k	—
not listed	Havant and South Downs College	£261k	—
not listed	NHS Cambs and Peterborough	£219k	—
not listed	KCL	£219k	—
not listed	LB Sutton	£208k	—
not listed	University of Central Lancashire	£208k	—
not listed	College of Policing	£200k	—
not listed	Birkenhead Sixth Form College	£196k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
University of Oxford	FY2025	£436k	Health Assessment measure
University of Oxford	FY2025	£172k	Social Workers in Schools
City of York Council	FY2025	£170k	Changemakers
IFF Research	FY2025	£154k	Bounce Back 4 Kids
University of Oxford	FY2025	£145k	Multi Agency Safeguarding
CEI Global UK	FY2025	£135k	Foster and Adoptive Carers
Liverpool John Moore’s	FY2025	£133k	Mentoring and Befriending
Stockport BC	FY2025	£127k	Changemakers
LB Merton	FY2025	£127k	Changemakers
PACT: Parents and Children Together	FY2025	£127k	Bounce Back 4 Kids
Liverpool John Moore’s	FY2025	£125k	Parenting 11-19
Anna Freud Centre	FY2025	£120k	Reducing Parental Conflict
Anna Freud Centre	FY2025	£107k	Parenting Interventions
Safelives	FY2025	£88k	Restart
Wirral BC	FY2025	£88k	Changemakers
Cordis Bright	FY2025	£76k	Changemakers Evaluation
Coram	FY2025	£67k	FGC Service Design
University of Sussex	FY2025	£48k	Core Outcome Measures
RAND Europe	FY2025	£40k	For Baby’s Sake
Behavioural Insight	FY2025	£35k	Fathers for Change
CEI Global UK	FY2025	£30k	Evidence Review on Kinship Care
The Fatherhood Institute	FY2025	£25k	Fathers 4 Change
Action for Children	FY2025	£25k	Breaking the Cycle
Alma Economics	FY2025	£24k	Economic Benefits
Alma Economics	FY2025	£23k	Kinship Financial Allowances
NIESR	FY2025	£22k	Supervising DSLs
National Children’s Bureau	FY2025	£21k	Reunification interventions
Oxford Measured	FY2025	£18k	Outcomes Framework
CEI Global UK	FY2025	£15k	Parenting Systematic Review
Alma Economics	FY2025	£12k	Evaluation Guidance Review
Behavioural Insight	FY2025	£11k	Breaking the Cycle
Oxford Brookes	FY2025	£5k	Audience Research Practice Guides
University College London	FY2025	£4k	For Baby’s Sake
Anna Freud Centre	FY2025	£0	Displaced Children
Cardiff University	FY2025	£0	Advocacy Services
Verian	FY2025	£0	WeMatter
Victim Support	FY2025	£0	WeMatter
Tavistock Institute	FY2025	£0	Cost benefit analysis
Cordis Bright	FY2025	£0	Restart
CEI Global UK	FY2025	£0	SeMore Evaluation
The For Baby’s Sake Trust	FY2025	£-115k	For Baby’s Sake
Barnardo's	FY2023	£347k	CSA
Havant and South Downs College	FY2023	£261k	Sign of Potential
CEI Global UK	FY2023	£244k	School Based Project
NHS Cambs and Peterborough	FY2023	£219k	Partnership for Change
Wirral BC	FY2023	£219k	Sign of Potential
KCL	FY2023	£219k	Partnership for Change
LB Sutton	FY2023	£208k	Sign of Potential
University of Central Lancashire	FY2023	£208k	Education Project
College of Policing	FY2023	£200k	Let's Connect
Birkenhead Sixth Form College	FY2023	£196k	LGBTQ+
Hartlepool BC	FY2023	£183k	Sign of Potential
Ecorys	FY2023	£180k	Social Workers in Schools
Newcastle CC	FY2023	£174k	Sign of Potential
KCL	FY2023	£174k	Sign of Potential
Wirral BC	FY2023	£174k	Kitbag
Centre for Homelessness Impact	FY2023	£171k	Pine Progression
LB Merton	FY2023	£170k	Social Workers in Schools
The RTK Ltd	FY2023	£170k	Talk About Domestic Abuse
LB Southwark	FY2023	£169k	Education Project
University of Cambridge	FY2023	£169k	Sign of Potential
NIESR	FY2023	£168k	Spark Grant
KCL	FY2023	£168k	Spark Grant
Wolverhampton BC	FY2023	£168k	Education Project
LB Lambeth	FY2023	£148k	Kitbag
The Fatherhood Institute	FY2023	£148k	Kitbag
Coram	FY2023	£143k	Education Project
LB Merton	FY2023	£143k	Kitbag
Together for Children	FY2023	£143k	Social Workers in Schools
Coram	FY2023	£141k	Education Project
CEI Global UK	FY2023	£137k	Rapid Review
Cardiff University	FY2023	£136k	Sign of Potential
CSA Centre	FY2023	£136k	Administrative Data project
Catch Up	FY2023	£134k	Pine Progression
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust	FY2023	£123k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Hillingdon	FY2023	£123k	Social Workers in Schools
MeeToo	FY2023	£86k	Education Project
Institute for Employment Studies	FY2023	£86k	FDAC
University of Oxford	FY2023	£86k	Sign of Potential
Oxford Brookes University	FY2023	£85k	Spark Grant
LB Croydon	FY2023	£85k	Spark Grant
Blue Cabin	FY2023	£76k	Education Project
University College London	FY2023	£75k	Kitbag
LB Southwark	FY2023	£75k	Sign of Potential
Anna Freud Centre	FY2023	£75k	Prevent/Protect/Repair/Lighthouse
Coram	FY2023	£65k	Creative Life Story
LB Tower Hamlets	FY2023	£60k	Social Workers in Schools
University of Durham	FY2023	£60k	Sign of Potential
Brighton & Hove CC	FY2023	£60k	Social Workers in Schools
Hertfordshire CC	FY2023	£60k	My View
Leeds Beckett University	FY2023	£60k	Talk About Domestic Abuse
University of Glasgow	FY2023	£60k	Social Workers in Schools
Economic and Social Research Council	FY2023	£56k	Education Project
University of Sussex	FY2023	£55k	Sign of Potential
Ipsos MORI	FY2023	£55k	Social Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social Research	FY2023	£55k	Social Workers in Schools
Anna Freud Centre	FY2023	£55k	Lighthouse
Cordis Bright	FY2023	£51k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Ealing	FY2023	£47k	Sign of Potential
Salford CC	FY2023	£47k	Sign of Potential
CEI Global UK	FY2023	£40k	Staying Close
Whole Education Ltd	FY2023	£38k	Social Workers in Schools
KCL	FY2023	£38k	Education Project
Newcastle CC	FY2023	£38k	Education Project
Kinship	FY2023	£37k	Domestic Abuse Rapid Review
Nottinghamshire CC	FY2023	£37k	Domestic Abuse Rapid Review
Youth in Mind	FY2023	£37k	Social Workers in Schools
CEI Global UK	FY2023	£36k	Staying Close
University of Greeenwich	FY2023	£35k	Talk About Domestic Abuse
Manchester CC	FY2023	£35k	Social Workers in Schools
Hull City CC	FY2023	£35k	Evaluation of ISAFE
Gateshead CC	FY2023	£31k	Education Project
Essex CC	FY2023	£28k	Education Project
LB Croydon	FY2023	£27k	Kitbag
QA Research	FY2023	£27k	Kitbag
Swindon BC	FY2023	£26k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Haringey	FY2023	£26k	Social Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social Research	FY2023	£23k	Social Workers in Schools
Virtual Class Ltd	FY2023	£23k	Social Workers in Schools
Ipsos MORI	FY2023	£23k	Social Workers in Schools
Coram	FY2023	£23k	Social Workers in Schools
Cumbria CC	FY2023	£22k	Education Project
GMCA	FY2023	£21k	My View
Birmingham University	FY2023	£21k	Education Project
Coram	FY2023	£21k	Rapid Review
Tameside	FY2023	£20k	Talk About Domestic Abuse
LB Harrow	FY2023	£20k	Talk About Domestic Abuse
Somerset CC	FY2023	£20k	Education Project
LB Hackney	FY2023	£20k	Education Project
Cumbria CC	FY2023	£20k	Kinship Care
Anna Freud Centre	FY2023	£19k	Pine Progression
Bath & NE Somerset CC	FY2023	£19k	Lighthouse
Kingston University	FY2023	£18k	Higher Education
Wolverhampton University	FY2023	£18k	Sign of Potential
NIESR	FY2023	£18k	Higher Education
IFF Research	FY2023	£16k	Sign of Potential
Meditation Now	FY2023	£16k	Sign of Potential
University of Oxford	FY2023	£16k	Kitbag
Behavioural Insight	FY2023	£15k	School Based Project
Walsall BC	FY2023	£14k	Talk About Domestic Abuse
National Centre for Social Research	FY2023	£14k	CAMHS Intervention
KCL	FY2023	£14k	CAMHS Intervention
Gateshead CC	FY2023	£13k	School Based Project
The Manchester Met	FY2023	£13k	Sign of Potential
LB Lewisham	FY2023	£13k	Social Workers in Schools
Family Action	FY2023	£13k	Social Workers in Schools
Achieving for Children	FY2023	£13k	Education Project
British Refugee Council	FY2023	£10k	Spark Grant
McPin	FY2023	£7k	Kitbag
IFF Research	FY2023	£7k	School Based Project
University of Oxford	FY2023	£7k	Social Workers in Schools
Staffordshire CC	FY2023	£7k	Sign of Potential
LB Hammersmith & Fulham	FY2023	£7k	Sign of Potential
Cardiff University	FY2023	£6k	Sign of Potential
Devon CC	FY2023	£5k	School Based Project
Blackburn with Darwen Council	FY2023	£5k	Creative Life Story
Barnardo's	FY2023	£2k	Let's Connect
University of Oxford	FY2023	£2k	Education Project
National Centre for Social Research	FY2023	£2k	Sign of Potential
Ipsos MORI	FY2023	£2k	Education Project
The Mighty Creative	FY2023	£0	Social Workers in Schools
LB Lewisham	FY2023	£0	Talk About Domestic Abuse
LB Lewisham	FY2022	£611k	Education Project
Coram	FY2022	£580k	Social Workers in Schools
Coram	FY2022	£554k	Education Project
LB Southwark	FY2022	£507k	Education Project
LB Lewisham	FY2022	£487k	Social Workers in Schools
Whole Education Ltd	FY2022	£469k	School Based Project
Staffordshire CC	FY2022	£463k	Creative Mentoring
National Centre for Social Research	FY2022	£461k	Social Workers in Schools
Ecorys	FY2022	£447k	Social Workers in Schools
Brighton & Hove CC	FY2022	£426k	My View
Manchester Metropolitan University	FY2022	£426k	Social Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social Research	FY2022	£416k	Social Workers in Schools
University of Durham	FY2022	£403k	Kitbag
University of Oxford	FY2022	£390k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Sutton	FY2022	£387k	Social Workers in Schools
Cardiff University	FY2022	£365k	Social Worker Decision Making
University of Oxford	FY2022	£364k	Education Project
National Centre for Social Research	FY2022	£357k	Education Project
Gateshead CC	FY2022	£354k	Social Workers in Schools
Wolverhampton BC	FY2022	£341k	Social Workers in Schools
Devon CC	FY2022	£339k	Education Project
Newcastle CC	FY2022	£319k	Education Project
University of Birmingham	FY2022	£313k	Higher Education Rees Centre
LB Tower Hamlets	FY2022	£313k	Education Project
National Inst. for Econ. & Soc. Research	FY2022	£307k	Social Workers in Schools
National Inst. for Econ. & Soc. Research	FY2022	£306k	Education Project
Wolverhampton University	FY2022	£286k	Social Workers in Schools
Rand	FY2022	£270k	Social Workers in Schools
University of Sussex	FY2022	£260k	Social Workers in Schools
Walsall BC	FY2022	£245k	Kitbag
Cardiff University	FY2022	£239k	Schwarz rounds
British Refugee Council	FY2022	£211k	Social Workers in Schools
University of Oxford	FY2022	£200k	Education Project
Hull City CC	FY2022	£198k	Sign of Potential
Nottinghamshire CC	FY2022	£196k	Social Workers in Schools
NIESR	FY2022	£195k	Education Project
LB Croydon	FY2022	£188k	Social Workers in Schools
NIESR	FY2022	£187k	Social Workers in Schools
Newcastle CC	FY2022	£178k	Social Workers in Schools
Oxford Brookes University	FY2022	£176k	Education Project
University of Sussex	FY2022	£174k	Education Project
LB Hammersmith & Fulham	FY2022	£171k	Education Project
LB Ealing	FY2022	£168k	Prevent/Protect/Repair
Anna Freud Centre	FY2022	£162k	Prevent/Protect/Repair/Lighthouse
Ipsos MORI	FY2022	£148k	Social Workers in Schools
Nottingham Trent University	FY2022	£144k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Hackney	FY2022	£142k	Education Project
Wirral BC	FY2022	£142k	Social Workers in Schools
National Centre for Social Research	FY2022	£139k	Spark Grant
LB Haringey	FY2022	£132k	Social Workers in Schools
Virtual Class Ltd	FY2022	£130k	Back to School - COVD-19
Kingston University	FY2022	£129k	Education Project
Refugee Council	FY2022	£125k	Social Workers in Schools
NHS Cambs and Peterborough	FY2022	£121k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Croydon	FY2022	£120k	Education Project
Anna Freud Centre	FY2022	£117k	Lighthouse Parenting
University of Portsmouth	FY2022	£112k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Hackney	FY2022	£110k	Social Workers in Schools
Blackburn with Darwen Council	FY2022	£108k	Creative Life Story
The Manchester Met	FY2022	£103k	LGBTQ+ Young People in Residential Care
Kings College London	FY2022	£102k	Spark Grant
LB Hillingdon	FY2022	£100k	Education Project
CSA Centre	FY2022	£99k	Social Workers in Schools
Kings College London	FY2022	£99k	Social Workers in Schools
National Inst. for Econ. & Soc. Research	FY2022	£97k	Social Workers in Schools
University of Oxford	FY2022	£97k	No Recourse to Public Funds
Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust	FY2022	£95k	PhD Programme
Non-disclosable councils	FY2022	£93k	Social Workers in Schools
Gateshead CC	FY2022	£90k	Education Project
Hertfordshire CC	FY2022	£88k	Spark Grant
University of Cambridge	FY2022	£87k	Systematic Reviews
Affinity	FY2022	£84k	Salaries Recharged
University of Oxford	FY2022	£83k	Sign of Potential
University College London	FY2022	£82k	Domestic Abuse Rapid Review
Babies First	FY2022	£82k	Thriving Babies
CEI Global UK	FY2022	£78k	School Based Project
Coram	FY2022	£77k	Education Project
Kings College London	FY2022	£70k	Social Workers in Schools
CEI Global UK	FY2022	£67k	Systematic Reviews
Family Action	FY2022	£64k	Social Workers in Schools
Hartlepool BC	FY2022	£62k	Social Workers in Schools
QA Research	FY2022	£60k	Social Workers in Schools
Birkenhead Sixth Form College	FY2022	£58k	LGBTQ+
Cardiff University	FY2022	£58k	Sign of Potential
CEI Global UK	FY2022	£56k	Education Project
Somerset CC	FY2022	£54k	Talk About Domestic Abuse
University of Glasgow	FY2022	£53k	Not disclosable
Cardiff University	FY2022	£53k	Sign of Potential
Institute for Employment Studies	FY2022	£48k	Education Project
LB Merton	FY2022	£48k	Social Workers in Schools
Cumbria CC	FY2022	£45k	Education Project
The Mighty Creative	FY2022	£43k	Spark Grant
University of Sussex	FY2022	£41k	Social Workers in Schools
Tameside	FY2022	£40k	Sign of Potential
Essex CC	FY2022	£39k	Education Project
LB Hillingdon	FY2022	£39k	Social Workers in Schools
Leeds Beckett University	FY2022	£37k	Social Workers in Schools
Cumbria CC	FY2022	£35k	Social Workers in Schools
Havant and South Downs College	FY2022	£35k	Sign of Potential
Manchester CC	FY2022	£34k	Social Workers in Schools
Third Space	FY2022	£34k	Partnership for Change
Behavioural Insight	FY2022	£33k	School Based Project
Birmingham University	FY2022	£33k	Education Project
CEI Global UK	FY2022	£32k	Creative Life Story
Kings College London	FY2022	£32k	Education Project
IFF Research	FY2022	£32k	Rapid Review
LB Harrow	FY2022	£31k	Social Workers in Schools
GMCA	FY2022	£30k	Education Project
IFF Research	FY2022	£30k	Creative Mentoring
Blue Cabin	FY2022	£29k	Education Project
Learning Unlimited	FY2022	£28k	Education Project
LB Lambeth	FY2022	£26k	Social Workers in Schools
The RTK Ltd	FY2022	£25k	Sign of Potential
Cardiff University	FY2022	£25k	Spark Grant
Achieving for Children	FY2022	£25k	Tiny Tots College
Salford CC	FY2022	£25k	Watch Me Play
Swindon BC	FY2022	£24k	Care Review Teenagers
LB Sutton	FY2022	£22k	Social Workers in Schools
Ipsos MORI	FY2022	£22k	Social Workers in Schools
LB Merton	FY2022	£18k	Social Workers in Schools
Wirral BC	FY2022	£16k	Lighthouse Parenting
CEI Global UK	FY2022	£14k	Social Workers in Schools
Youth in Mind	FY2022	£11k	Social Workers in Schools
CEI Global UK	FY2022	£8k	No Recourse to Public Funds
Catch Up	FY2022	£7k	NOREAM/Rapid Reviews
Worcestershire Council	FY2022	£5k	Social Workers in Schools
Bath & NE Somerset CC	FY2022	£5k	Lighthouse
University of Wolverhampton	FY2022	£1k	NOREAM

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 2639384 vs reference 1552478 (70.0% 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.