THE DIXON FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£1.5m

Grants listed (FY2025)

14 · 8 amount not stated

Listed grants total

£139k

Accounts grants total

£109k

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

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 8 of 22 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (36%), and 5 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 28.

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: We do not accept unsolicited requests for funding. Instead, we work with trusted partners to identify initiatives that seek funding. If you strongly believe your work aligns with one of our current challenges and we are not yet in contact, drop us a short message in our contact form to introduce yourself and your work.
Deadlines: Successful proposals are put before the Board of Trustees each quarter for consideration.

Summarised from www.thedixonfoundation.org.uk · www.thedixonfoundation.org.uk/apply/ on 16/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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 (11 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (8 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (7 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (4 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (3 grantees)
Disability (3 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
Amateur Sport (2 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (6 grantees)
Scotland (5 grantees)
Northern Ireland (3 grantees)
Ethiopia (3 grantees)
Kenya (3 grantees)
Nigeria (3 grantees)
Australia (3 grantees)
Brazil (3 grantees)
Devon (3 grantees)
Colombia (3 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Coral Maker	—	£15k
new	Keep It Wild – Beer Mill (Devon Environment Foundation)	—	£10k
new	Lush Spring Prize (Ethical Consumer Research Association Ltd)	—	£10k
new	Ethical Consumer Research Association Ltd	—	£10k
new	Devon Environment Foundation	—	£10k
new	Julie's Bicycle	—	£10k
new	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	—	£5k
up	Re-Action Collective	£12k	£30k
down	Aqoustics	£10k	£4k
not listed	Ocean Conservation Trust Limited	£15k	—
not listed	DEVON WILDLIFE TRUST	£10k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Re-Action Collective	FY2025	£30k	Community-led seagrass and kelp habitat restoration
Coral Maker	FY2025	£15k	Young people-led environmental initiatives
Wild Tiverton CIC	FY2025	£10k	Young people-led environmental initiatives
The Restart Project	FY2025	£10k	Funding one of the Prize’s categories in supporting global community-led regenerative land projects.
Keep It Wild – Beer Mill (Devon Environment Foundation)	FY2025	£10k	Preserve the habitats and wildness of a 112-acre nature haven in Devon.
Lush Spring Prize (Ethical Consumer Research Association Ltd)	FY2025	£10k	Funding one of the Prize’s categories in supporting global community-led regenerative land projects.
Ethical Consumer Research Association Ltd	FY2025	£10k	To support the ongoing work to build and scale the marine acoustic data through further platform development.
Devon Environment Foundation	FY2025	£10k	Preserve the habitats and wildness of a 112-acre nature haven in Devon.
Julie's Bicycle	FY2025	£10k	Network to support shared learning, collaboration and inspire further green grant funding.
Environmental Funders Network	FY2025	£5k	Providing training and support to communities in Africa in waste management and electrical repair.
Environmental Funders Network	FY2025	£5k	Network to support shared learning, collaboration and inspire further green grant funding.
More Trees BANES	FY2025	£5k	Regenerative land use and nature recovery research, Devon
Aqoustics	FY2025	£4k	To support the ongoing work to build and scale the marine acoustic data through further platform development.
Aqoustics	FY2025	£4k	To support the ongoing work to build and scale the marine acoustic data through further platform development.
Flete Field Lab	FY2025	amount not stated	Regenerative land use and nature recovery research, Devon
Moonjelly Foundation	FY2025	amount not stated	Support indigenous knowledge sharing for more impactful coastline restoration methods in Pacific Islands.
Flete Field Lab CIC	FY2025	amount not stated	Note: Listed in text as 'Flete Field Lab', Note 8 lists 'Flete Field Lab CIC' with £0 in 2025 column (likely typo in source or split, but text says 10 grants totaling £109,425. Note 8 total is 109,425. The sum of listed amounts in Note 8 is 109,425. Wait, let's re-sum Note 8: 4425+10000+5000+10000+30000+15000+10000+10000+5000+10000 = 109,425. The list in Note 8 has 10 items. The text lists 10 partners. 'Flete Field Lab' in text corresponds to 'Flete Field Lab CIC' in Note 8? No, Note 8 lists 'Flete Field Lab CIC' but the amount column for 2025 is empty/zero for that specific line in the visual representation provided in the prompt's text block? Let's look closely at Note 8 text block. Note 8 lists: Aqoustics 4,425; The Restart Project 10,000; More Trees BANES 5,000; Wild Tiverton CIC 10,000; Re-Action Collective 30,000; Coral Maker 15,000; Julie's Bicycle 10,000; Devon Environment Foundation 10,000; Environmental Funders Network 5,000; Ethical Consumer Research Association Ltd 10,000. That is 10 items. The text page 3 lists: Moonjelly Foundation, Lush Spring Prize (Ethical Consumer...), Flete Field Lab, The Visionaries, Seawilding, Young Wilders CIC, Environmental Funders Network, Keep It Wild – Beer Mill (Devon Environment Foundation), Waste Aid, Aqoustics. There is a discrepancy between the text list and Note 8 list. Note 8 is the financial note. I must extract from the financial note or the text if amounts are there. The prompt says
Flete Field Lab CIC	FY2025	amount not stated	Note: The text lists 'Flete Field Lab' but Note 8 does not list it with an amount. However, the total in Note 8 is 109,425. The sum of the 10 items in Note 8 is 109,425. This implies 'Flete Field Lab' might be included in one of the other names or the text list is illustrative. Actually, looking at Note 8 again, there are 10 lines. The text has 10 partners. 'Moonjelly Foundation' is in the text but NOT in Note 8. 'Waste Aid' is in the text but NOT in Note 8. 'The Visionaries' is in the text but NOT in Note 8. 'Seawilding' is in the text but NOT in Note 8. 'Young Wilders CIC' is in the text but NOT in Note 8. 'Flete Field Lab' is in the text but NOT in Note 8. 'Lush Spring Prize' is in the text but 'Ethical Consumer' is in Note 8. 'Keep It Wild' is in text, 'Devon Environment' is in Note 8. 'Aqoustics' is in both. 'Re-Action' is in both. 'Coral Maker' is in both. 'Julie's Bicycle' is in both. 'The Restart Project' is in both. 'More Trees BANES' is in Note 8 but not text. 'Wild Tiverton' is in Note 8 but not text. This is a significant discrepancy. The prompt asks to extract grants MADE BY this charity. Note 8 is the formal accounting note for 'Grants payable'. The text is the Trustees' Report. Usually, the Note is the authoritative source for amounts. However, the text explicitly lists 10 grants totaling £109,425. Note 8 also totals £109,425. The names differ. I will prioritize the names and amounts from Note 8 as they are in the financial statements section, but I must check if the text provides amounts. The text does NOT provide individual amounts, only the total. Therefore, I cannot extract amounts for the text-only grantees. I will extract the grantees from Note 8 which have amounts. But wait, if I only extract Note 8 grantees, I miss Moonjelly, Waste Aid, etc. If I extract text grantees, I have no amounts. The rule says
Waste Aid	FY2025	amount not stated	Providing training and support to communities in Africa in waste management and electrical repair.
Young Wilders CIC	FY2025	amount not stated	Young people-led environmental initiatives
Seawilding	FY2025	amount not stated	Community-led seagrass and kelp habitat restoration
The Visionaries	FY2025	amount not stated	Young people-led environmental initiatives
Wild Tiverton CIC	FY2024	£15k
Ocean Conservation Trust	FY2024	£15k
Re-Action Collective	FY2024	£12k
Devon Wildlife Trust	FY2024	£10k
The Restart Project	FY2024	£10k
Aqoustics	FY2024	£10k
More Trees BANES	FY2024	£5k
Julie's Bicycle	FY2024	amount not stated
Coral Maker	FY2024	amount not stated
The Kelp Conservation Initiative CIC	FY2024	amount not stated
Waste Aid	FY2024	amount not stated
Ocean Conservation Trust	FY2023	£50k
Waste Aid	FY2023	£25k
Coral Maker	FY2023	£12k
More Trees BANES	FY2023	£10k
Gaia Foundation	FY2023	£10k
The Kelp Conservation Initiative CIC	FY2023	£10k
Argyll and Bute Council	FY2023	£10k
Re-Action Collective	FY2023	£10k
Julie's Bicycle	FY2023	£7k
Creatures United	FY2023	£5k
Devon Wildlife Trust	FY2023	£4k
Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Ltd	FY2023	£2k
Football For Future	FY2023	£1k
Monmouthshire County Council	FY2023	£100
Riverside Valley Park Exeter	FY2023	amount not stated
The Exeter Chiefs Foundation	FY2023	amount not stated
Viridor Waste Management	FY2023	amount not stated
Proper Job	FY2023	amount not stated
Acting for Others	FY2023	amount not stated
Peter Jones Foundation	FY2023	amount not stated
Secondwave	FY2023	amount not stated
Creatures United	FY2022	£56k
Albion in the Community	FY2022	£40k
Save The Children	FY2022	£30k
Little Sloth	FY2022	£20k
Viridor Credits Environmental Company	FY2022	£15k
Secondwave	FY2022	£15k
Riverside Valley Park Exeter	FY2022	£15k
Climate Science	FY2022	£10k
Waste Aid	FY2022	£10k
Grow Yourself CIC	FY2022	£10k
Crowd Funder (Seaton)	FY2022	£10k
Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Ltd	FY2022	£10k
Football For Future	FY2022	£10k
Monmouthshire County Council	FY2022	£10k
Acting for Others	FY2022	£8k
Proper Job	FY2022	£6k
The Exeter Chiefs Foundation	FY2022	£6k
Peter Jones Foundation	FY2022	£6k
Argyll and Bute Council	FY2022	£5k
Gaia Foundation	FY2022	£2k
More Trees BANES	FY2022	£1k
Viridor Waste Management	FY2022	£138
Julie's Bicycle	FY2022	£100
Secondwave	FY2021	£56k
Albion in the Community	FY2021	£50k
Climate Science	FY2021	£40k
Little Sloth	FY2021	£15k
Waste Aid	FY2021	£10k
Save The Children	FY2021	£10k
Grow Yourself CIC	FY2021	£6k
Crowd Funder (Seaton)	FY2021	£5k
Viridor Credits Environmental Company	FY2021	£2k

19 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

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 138850 vs reference 109425 (26.9% 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 or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].