THE SPECTRIS FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 1195233 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£2.4m
Grants listed (FY2024)
11
Listed grants total
£1.3m
Accounts grants total
£814k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2024 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 (6 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (2 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (2 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (5 grantees)
  • Scotland (3 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (2 grantees)
  • Ghana (2 grantees)
  • Japan (2 grantees)
  • Nigeria (2 grantees)
  • Brazil (2 grantees)
  • Botswana (2 grantees)
  • Germany (2 grantees)
  • China (2 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
TechnovationFY2024£200kGlobal tech education non-for-profit teaching young women how to code
Lightyear FoundationFY2024£195kBreak down barriers to learning for disabled and neurodivergent children in STEM education
Apps for GoodFY2024£180kCore costs for free tech innovation courses
World Association of Girl Guides and Girl ScoutsFY2024£150kSTEM education resources for girls in Nepal and Sri Lanka
Various employee nominated charities (including Wolo Foundation)FY2024£120kLocal communities and charitable projects nominated by Spectris plc staff
ENTHUSE Charitable TrustFY2024£100kContinued Professional Development (CPD) program
SAE FoundationFY2024£100kA World In Motion project
Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW- also known as STEM Cymru)FY2024£100kCore costs for main projects in primary and secondary schools across Wales
MotivezFY2024£90kSustainable London project
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)FY2024£74kChemistry for Science Teachers professional development courses
India Stem FoundationFY2024£28kContinuing support of science and technology teaching at the Bharat English School and College
TechnovationFY2023£200kUnrestricted multi-year grant for global tech education non-profit.
Lightyear FoundationFY2023£195kUnrestricted multi-year grant for Special Educational Needs and Disability in STEM.
Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW – previously called STEM Cymru)FY2023£100kUnrestricted multi-year grant to support core running costs and charitable objectives.
The African Gifted FoundationFY2023£100kUnrestricted multi-year grant to support educational costs of students at African Science Academy (ASA) in Ghana.
Various charities (Employee Nominated Grants)FY2023£91k23 small grants ranging from £1,000 to £5,000 to local communities and charitable projects nominated by Spectris plc staff.
Apps for GoodFY2023£50kOne-year unrestricted grant for STEM education to vulnerable sections of society.
SAE FoundationFY2023£50kUnrestricted one-year grant to support the 'A World In Motion' project.
India Stem FoundationFY2023£28kMulti-year grant for continuing support of teaching of science and technology in a school located in Pune, India.
ENTHUSE Charitable TrustFY2022£100kSupport five new STEM learning partnerships across the UK
CompTia SparkFY2022£86kSupport TechGirlz project in the United States (converted from USD $100,000)
TechnovationFY2022£67kSupport core costs for global tech education non-profit (converted from USD $75,000)
Royal Society of ChemistryFY2022£65kSupport Chemistry for Science Teachers project in the UK
Engineering Education Scheme Wales (STEMCymru)FY2022£50kSupport match funding appeal and Sustainable Farming Project
India Stem FoundationFY2022£31kSupport teaching of science and technology in a school in Pune, India
The African Gifted FoundationFY2022£20kSupport educational costs of students at African Science Academy in Ghana
SAE FoundationFY2022£10kSupport project 'A World In Motion' for STEM education in Pennsylvania, US
Expedition STEMFY2022£9kRun pilot project in the UK for STEM curriculum

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 1337000 vs reference 814000 (64.3% 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.