THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 1188402 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£135k
Grants listed (FY2025)
34
Listed grants total
£313k
Accounts grants total
£251k

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 (7 grantees)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (5 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (5 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (4 grantees)
  • Animals (3 grantees)
  • Disability (3 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (2 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
  • Scotland (3 grantees)
  • Throughout England (2 grantees)
  • Rwanda (2 grantees)
  • São Tomé And Principe (2 grantees)
  • Tanzania (2 grantees)
  • Cambridgeshire (2 grantees)
  • Cambodia (2 grantees)
  • Kenya (2 grantees)
  • Senegal (2 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Britten Pears ArtsFY2025£40k
Arthur Rank Hospice CharityFY2025£40k
Baronets TrustFY2025£31k
Cambridge Arts TheatreFY2025£25k
University of Cambridge (Library Visiting Scholar)FY2025£15k
Fauna & Flora InternationalFY2025£15k
RSPBFY2025£15k
University of Cambridge (Library)FY2025£15k
Swandro-OrkneyFY2025£15k
Vic’s in the communityFY2025£12k
UK Men's Sheds AssociationFY2025£10k
Clock Tower SanctuaryFY2025£10k
Birdlife InternationalFY2025£10k
Tee Valley YMCAFY2025£10k
Young CarersFY2025£5k
CIWFFY2025£5k
Feeding FamiliesFY2025£5k
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & NorthamptonshireFY2025£5k
Wolvercote PrimaryFY2025£5k
Team DominicaFY2025£4k
Fanny BasaFY2025£4k
BritishTrust for OrnithologyFY2025£2k
Order of St EtheldredaFY2025£2k
Orchestra of St.JohnFY2025£2k
University of Cambridge (Archeology)FY2025£2k
University of Cambridge (Kettle's Yard)FY2025£2k
J Dallaway (Individual)FY2025£2k
Makhad TrustFY2025£2k
Ora ChoirFY2025£2k
Centre33FY2025£1k
Cambridge and District CABFY2025£975
Waterlife Recovery TrustFY2025£900
University of Cambridge Fitzwilliam MuseumFY2025£816
Table Talk FoundationFY2025£250

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 313453 vs reference 250820 (25.0% 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.