THE JAMES & SHIRLEY SHERWOOD FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£372k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£237k

Accounts grants total

£339k

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science (3 grantees)
Education/training (3 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
Kensington And Chelsea (1 grantee)
South Africa (1 grantee)
Surrey (1 grantee)

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.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Oxford University - for Oxford Botanic Garden	—	£25k
new	Ashmolean Museum	—	£25k
new	UK FRIENDS OF CAPE TOWN OPERA	—	£20k
new	Friends of the Arderne Gardens	—	£20k
new	ASSOCIATION OF BOTANICAL ARTISTS	—	£15k
new	DAK International Network Ltd	—	£10k
up	Oxford Philharmonic Trust	£20k	£30k
not listed	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	£25k	—
not listed	Oxford Botanic Garden	£25k	—
not listed	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	£25k	—
not listed	Royal Horticultural Society - Picture Department	£25k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
RBG Kew	FY2025	£30k	Not specified in table, but listed under grants to institutions
Oxford Philharmonic Trust	FY2025	£30k	Not specified in table
Oxford University - for Oxford Botanic Garden	FY2025	£25k	Not specified in table
The Natural History Museum	FY2025	£25k	Not specified in table
Ashmolean Museum	FY2025	£25k	Not specified in table
UK Friends of Cape Town Opera	FY2025	£20k	Not specified in table
Friends of the Arderne Gardens	FY2025	£20k	Not specified in table
American Society of Botanical Artists	FY2025	£19k	Not specified in table
Chelsea Physic Garden Company	FY2025	£18k	Not specified in table
Association of Botanical Artists	FY2025	£15k	Not specified in table
DAK International Network Ltd	FY2025	£10k	Not specified in table
RBG Kew	FY2024	£30k	Provide details
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	FY2024	£25k	Provide details
Chelsea Physic Garden Company	FY2024	£25k	Provide details
Oxford Botanic Garden	FY2024	£25k	Provide details
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	FY2024	£25k	Provide details
Royal Horticultural Society - Picture Department	FY2024	£25k	Provide details
The Natural History Museum	FY2024	£25k	Provide details
American Society of Botanical Artists	FY2024	£20k	Provide details
Oxford Philharmonic Trust	FY2024	£20k	Provide details
RBG Kew	FY2023	£30k	Support of Science
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford	FY2023	£25k	Support of Science
Chelsea Physic Garden Company	FY2023	£25k	Support of Science
Oxford Botanic Garden	FY2023	£25k	Support of Science
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh	FY2023	£25k	Support of Science
Royal Horticultural Society - Picture Department	FY2023	£25k	Support of Science
The Natural History Museum	FY2023	£25k	Support of Science
American Society of Botanical Artists	FY2023	£20k	Support of Science
Oxford Philharmonic Trust	FY2023	£20k	Support of the Arts

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 237481 vs reference 338731 (29.9% 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 and want a correction, contact us.