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THE PENCHANT FOUNDATION — grant history

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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
Where grantees operate
  • Cambridgeshire (4 grantees)
  • Scotland (4 grantees)
  • Throughout England And Wales (4 grantees)
  • Throughout England (3 grantees)
  • São Tomé And Principe (2 grantees)
  • Senegal (2 grantees)
  • Peterborough City (2 grantees)
  • Cambodia (2 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (2 grantees)
  • Kenya (2 grantees)

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newBritten Pears Arts—£40k
newCambridge Arts Theatre—£25k
newSwandro-Orkney—£15k
newFAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL—£15k
newBIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL—£10k
newTee Valley YMCA—£10k
newCIWF—£5k
newTeam Dominica—£4k
upArthur Rank Hospice Charity£20k£40k
upTHE BARONETS TRUST£50£31k
upUniversity of Cambridge (Library)£10k£15k
upUniversity of Cambridge (Library Visiting Scholar)£10k£15k
upVic’s in the community£2k£12k
upUK MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION£2k£10k
upTHE CLOCK TOWER SANCTUARY£5k£10k
downTHE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE CAMBRIDGESHIRE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE£15k£5k
not listedFauna & Flora Intemational£10k—
not listedBntten Pears Arts£3k—
not listedCambndge Arts Theatre£975—

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
Swandro-OrkneyFY2025£15k
Fauna & Flora InternationalFY2025£15k
RSPBFY2025£15k
University of Cambridge (Library)FY2025£15k
University of Cambridge (Library Visiting Scholar)FY2025£15k
Vic’s in the communityFY2025£12k
UK Men's Sheds AssociationFY2025£10k
Clock Tower SanctuaryFY2025£10k
Birdlife InternationalFY2025£10k
Tee Valley YMCAFY2025£10k
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & NorthamptonshireFY2025£5k
CIWFFY2025£5k
Feeding FamiliesFY2025£5k
Young CarersFY2025£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
Makhad TrustFY2025£2k
J Dallaway (Individual)FY2025£2k
Ora ChoirFY2025£2k
University of Cambridge (Kettle's Yard)FY2025£2k
Centre33FY2025£1k
Cambridge and District CABFY2025£975
Waterlife Recovery TrustFY2025£900
University of Cambridge Fitzwilliam MuseumFY2025£816
Table Talk FoundationFY2025£250
Centre33FY2024£25k
Arthur Rank Hospice CharityFY2024£20k
Waterlife Recovery TrustFY2024£15k
J Dallaway (Individual)FY2024£15k
RSPBFY2024£15k
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & NorthamptonshireFY2024£15k
University of Cambridge (Kettle's Yard)FY2024£12k
Fauna & Flora IntemationalFY2024£10k
University of Cambridge (Library Visiting Scholar)FY2024£10k
University of Cambridge (Library)FY2024£10k
Makhad TrustFY2024£5k
Clock Tower SanctuaryFY2024£5k
Young CarersFY2024£4k
Feeding FamiliesFY2024£4k
Bntten Pears ArtsFY2024£3k
University of Cambridge Fitzwilliam MuseumFY2024£2k
Vic's in the communityFY2024£2k
UK Men's Sheds AssociationFY2024£2k
Order of St EtheldredaFY2024£1k
Cambndge Arts TheatreFY2024£975
University of Cambridge (Archeology)FY2024£900
Fanny BasaFY2024£816
Wolvercote PrimaryFY2024£250
Baronets TrustFY2024£50
Centre33FY2023£25k
Arthur Rank Hospice CharityFY2023£21k
Cambridge Citizens Advice (CAB)FY2023£20k
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & NorthamptonshireFY2023£15k
Birdlife InternationalFY2023£15k
Grant to individual to support studiesFY2023£15k
University of Cambridge (University Library)FY2023£14k
British Trust for OrnithologyFY2023£10k
Fauna & Flora IntlFY2023£10k
RSPBFY2023£10k
Matthew Bate (Ukraine Blake & Bull)FY2023£8k
Cambridgeshire Community FoundationFY2023£6k
Kingfishers bridgeFY2023£5k
Makhad TrustFY2023£5k
Feeding FamiliesFY2023£4k
Clock Tower SanctuaryFY2023£3k
Britten Pears ArtsFY2023£3k
University of Cambridge (Kettle's Yard)FY2023£2k
UK Men's Sheds AssociationFY2023£2k
VICS in the CommunityFY2023£2k
Fitzwilliam MuseumFY2023£1k
Order of St EtheldredaFY2023£1k
Resurgo TrustFY2023£1k
Smart WorksFY2023£1k
Cambridge Arts TheatreFY2023£975
University of Cambridge (Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology)FY2023£900
Oxford University (Bodleian Library)FY2023£500
Viva TheatreFY2023£250
Fanny BaraFY2023£240
Baronets TrustFY2023£50
Cambridge Arts TheatreFY2022£68k
Clock Tower SanctuaryFY2022£50k
Cambridge Citizens Advice (CAB)FY2022£20k
Grant to individual to support studiesFY2022£20k
Birdlife InternationalFY2022£20k
Grant to individual to support studiesFY2022£15k
Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & NorthamptonshireFY2022£15k
Arthur Rank Hospice CharityFY2022£10k
British Trust for OrnithologyFY2022£10k
RSPBFY2022£10k
University of Cambridge (Library)FY2022£10k
Feeding FamiliesFY2022£10k
New Orford Town TrustFY2022£5k
Cam Valley ForumFY2022£5k
Open TrustFY2022£5k
Fauna & Flora IntlFY2022£3k
University of Cambridge (Kettle's Yard)FY2022£3k
Britten Pears ArtsFY2022£3k
Fitzwilliam MuseumFY2022£3k
UK Men's Sheds AssociationFY2022£3k
Makhad TrustFY2022£2k
VICS in the CommunityFY2022£2k
FNL HonresfieldFY2022£1k
Centre33FY2022£1k
Resurgo TrustFY2022£1k
Smart WorksFY2022£1k
Cambridge Literary FestivalFY2022£975
New Orford Town Trust (legal advice)FY2022£0

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.