THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£754k
Grants listed (FY2025)
15
Listed grants total
£2.4m
Accounts grants total
£408k

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: 15 of 15 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (100%), and 0 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: 637.

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.mccarthystonefoundation.org · mccarthystonefoundation.org/our-grant-programmes/ · mccarthystonefoundation.org/our-grant-programmes 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
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (10 grantees)
  • East Sussex (4 grantees)
  • Gateshead (3 grantees)
  • Kent (3 grantees)
  • Throughout England (3 grantees)
  • Oxfordshire (2 grantees)
  • Leeds City (2 grantees)
  • Staffordshire (2 grantees)
  • Hertfordshire (2 grantees)
  • Bury (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
newFriends for Life—£186k
newBETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA FOR SANDWELL—£186k
newHAVENS HAPPY CLUBS—£186k
newFriends of Windmill Gardens, Lambeth, London—£186k
newWEST NORFOLK BEFRIENDING—£186k
newREACH FAMILY PROJECT—£186k
newDEEP ROOTS TALL TREES—£186k
newThe Community Forget Me Not Choir—£186k
not listedCommunity Grants£387k—
not listedOther£86k—
not listedChristmas Connections£41k—
not listedWinter Warmer Grants£29k—
not listedDementia Action Week£812—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Friends for LifeFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Better Understanding of Dementia for SandwellFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Havens Happy ClubsFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Friends of Windmill Gardens, Lambeth, LondonFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
West Norfolk, BefriendingFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Reach Family ProjectFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Deep Roots Tall TreesFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
The Community Forget Me Not ChoirFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Dance Network AssociationFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Conversation Works CICFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Ballers AcademyFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Dementia CaringFY2025£186kCommunity Grants
Teams and Bensham Community CareFY2025£38kChristmas Connection Grants
Upper Norwood Association for Community Care (UNACC)FY2025£38kChristmas Connection Grants
Gateshead 50+FY2025£38kChristmas Connection Grants
Community GrantsFY2024£387kGrants to institutions
OtherFY2024£86kGrants to institutions
Christmas ConnectionsFY2024£41kGrants to institutions
Winter Warmer GrantsFY2024£29kGrants to institutions
Dementia Action WeekFY2024£812Grants to institutions
Small Acts of KindnessFY2023£8kCommunity Grants
Place at my TableFY2023£8kCommunity Grants
InCommon FoundationFY2023£8kCommunity Grants
Cumbernauld Action on Care of the ElderlyFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Sporting Memories FoundationFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Wag and CompanyFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Reach Family ProjectFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
OmegaFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Age UK ReadingFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Sharewear Clothing SchemeFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
GoldiesFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Touch TrustFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
CarawayFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Age Concern Barnstaple and North DevonFY2023£7kDementia Action Week
Mid Suffolk Voluntary Organisation ForumFY2023£6kDementia Action Week
Independent ArtsFY2023£6kCommunity Grants
Community Link Café, Low BenthamFY2023£6kCommunity Grants
The Together ProjectFY2023£6kCommunity Grants
Time To Talk BefriendingFY2023£6kCommunity Grants
4ALL – Building Community in West DulwichFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Connecting Communities BerkshireFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Ryedale Carers SupportFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Brighton and Hove LGBT SwitchboardFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
b:friendFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Brighter TogetherFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Care Home VolunteersFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Sydenham GardenFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Intergenerational Music MakingFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
LGBT HeroFY2023£5kCommunity Grants
Crossgates and District Good NeighboursFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
The Link Visiting SchemeFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
Equal ArtsFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
The Archway FoundationFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
New Friends for YouFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
Biddulph Youth and Community ZoneFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
The Living Memory AssociationFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
The Creativity Centre Educational TrustFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
Otley Action for Older PeopleFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
Moorlands Voluntary and Community TransportFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
Community Voluntary Action Ledbury & DistrictFY2023£4kCommunity Grants
Truth Be ToldFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
Fishbourne CompanionsFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
Our Community KitchenFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
Rocksolid DundeeFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
Wilderness TrustFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
Sgt Pepper's Friendship ClubFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
Old MoatiesFY2023£3kCommunity Grants
Dinas Wellbeing HubFY2023£2kCommunity Grants
Autumn community awardsFY2022£93kAutumn community awards
Spring community awardsFY2022£63kSpring community awards
UkraineFY2022£25kUkraine
British Red CrossFY2022£25kUkraine Crisis Grant
Christmas connectionsFY2022£13kChristmas connections
Dementia Action WeekFY2022£10kDementia Action Week
Small community grantsFY2022£8kSmall community grants
Intergenerational Music MakingFY2022£5kIntergenerational Music Making
Winter Support Bags for Older PeopleFY2022£5kWinter Support Bags for Older People
Small Acts of KindnessFY2022£5kSmall Acts of Kindness
OmegaFY2022£5kVolunteer Recruitment for Befriending
Wag and CompanyFY2022£5kVolunteer Recruitment and Training
Shabbat WalkFY2022£5kIntergenerational Activities
Equal ArtsFY2022£5kIntergenerational Programme
Biddulph YCZFY2022£5kIntergenerational Programme
Hands of HopeFY2022£5kIntergenerational Regeneration Project
The VideoboxFY2022£5kSocial Eating Project
The Parish TrustFY2022£5kCommunity Choir and Lunch Club Project
Forest of HeartsFY2022£5kCommunity Garden and Green Space Project
Manchester CaresFY2022£5kCore Costs
Wetherby in Support of the ElderlyFY2022£5kDementia Memory Café
Medway Volunteer CentreFY2022£5kCore Costs – Befriending Programme
Time to Talk BefriendingFY2022£5kBefriending
New Dementia CafésFY2022£5kNew Dementia Cafés
CarawayFY2022£5kCaraway
BefriendingFY2022£5kBefriending
Intergenerational Music HubFY2022£5kIntergenerational Music Hub
InCommon FoundationFY2022£5kConnect Programme Core Costs
Canterbury Volunteer CentreFY2022£5kCore Costs
The Together ProjectFY2022£5kRental of new facility to support older people
Bedford Players TrustFY2022£5kCare Home Visits
LGBT HeroFY2022£5kLGBT Support Group for Older People
Wag and CompanyFY2022£5kVolunteer Recruitment and Training
Place at My TableFY2022£5kCore Costs
Black Country Wellbeing CentreFY2022£5kFeel Good Fridays Lunch Club
Bilston Peoples CentreFY2022£5kCore Costs
Mid Suffolk Voluntary OrganisationFY2022£5kWeekly Lunch Club
Mustard Tree FoundationFY2022£5kBefriending
Archway FoundationFY2022£5kCore Costs – Befriending Programme
Greener PeeblesFY2022£4kCommunity Garden Project
Skerton Community AssociationFY2022£4kCore Costs
GorfennaFY2022£3kDementia Activity Project
OtherFY2022£3kOther
Journey EnterprisesFY2022£3kIntergenerational Programme
Our Community KitchenFY2022£3kCommunity Kitchen Project
Age Concern BenthamFY2022£3kCore Costs

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 2351151 vs reference 407908 (476.4% 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.