THE SAMWORTH FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£3.2m
Grants listed (FY2026)
59
Listed grants total
£3.8m
Accounts grants total
£3.5m
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2026 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- What they fund: Our focus is to give people the resources needed to take action on the issues which benefit the planet and protect human rights.
- How to apply: We don’t operate an open fund so please don’t spend valuable time writing to us for funding because we are unable to respond to requests.
- Deadlines: Meetings for applications usually take place in March and September.
Credited as a funder by
- THE 10:10 FOUNDATION
- THE GREEN ALLIANCE TRUST
- ANTI-TRAFFICKING AND LABOUR EXPLOITATION UNIT (ATLEU) LIMITED
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Education/training
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Accommodation/housing
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Belgium
- Ghana
- Leicestershire
- Rutland
- Ireland
- Leicester City
- Germany
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Baca Charity | FY2026 | £360k | Core grant |
| Hope for Justice | FY2026 | £184k | Core grant |
| University of Leicester | FY2026 | £165k | Exceptional grant |
| Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts | FY2026 | £130k | Core grant |
| The Soil Association | FY2026 | £125k | Core grant |
| Abi Billinghurst & Associates (Abianda) | FY2026 | £120k | Core grant |
| AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children | FY2026 | £101k | Core grant |
| Nature Friendly Farming Network | FY2026 | £100k | Core grant |
| Helen Bamber Foundation | FY2026 | £100k | Core grant |
| The Green Alliance Trust | FY2026 | £95k | Core grant |
| Real Farming Trust | FY2026 | £95k | Core grant |
| Unseen (UK) | FY2026 | £89k | Core grant |
| The Snowdrop Project | FY2026 | £85k | Core grant |
| Financial Investigations for Non-Profit Design | FY2026 | £79k | Core grant |
| Anti Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit (ATLEU) | FY2026 | £75k | Core grant |
| Global Canopy | FY2026 | £75k | Core grant |
| The Fairtrade Foundation | FY2026 | £75k | Core grant |
| Wildlife and Countryside Link | FY2026 | £70k | Core grant |
| Labour Climate and Environment Forum | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| Conservative Environment Network | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| ClientEarth | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| Anti-Slavery International | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| Peers for the Planet | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| Justice and Care | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| CHEM Trust | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| Medical Justice Network Limited | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| ECPAT UK | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming | FY2026 | £60k | Core grant |
| Transplant Links | FY2026 | £55k | Donation |
| Linking Environment and Farming | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| New Futures Project | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Trade Justice Movement | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Pesticide Action Network UK | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Food, Farming and Countryside Commission | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Bakhita Centre for Research for Slavery, Safety and Social Justice | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Hope at Home | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Local Storytelling Exchange | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Allerton Research & Educational Trust | FY2026 | £50k | Core grant |
| Voice of Domestic Workers | FY2026 | £45k | Core grant |
| Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in Exile | FY2026 | £45k | Core grant |
| Directory of Social Change | FY2026 | £41k | Funder Plus |
| Sustainable Soils Alliance | FY2026 | £40k | Core grant |
| Human Trafficking Foundation | FY2026 | £40k | Core grant |
| Centre for Social Justice Foundation | FY2026 | £40k | Donation |
| Rebuild East Midlands | FY2026 | £40k | Core grant |
| The Woodland Trust | FY2026 | £30k | Donation |
| Our Food Trust | FY2026 | £30k | Core grant |
| Environmental Funders Network | FY2026 | £30k | Core grant |
| Médecins Sans Frontières (UK) | FY2026 | £30k | Exceptional grant |
| Belvoir Education & Sports Trust | FY2026 | £29k | Donation |
| Ian and Clare Mattioli Charitable Trust | FY2026 | £25k | Exceptional grant |
| Royal Academy of Music | FY2026 | £25k | Donation |
| Education for All Morocco | FY2026 | £15k | Donation |
| Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust | FY2026 | £15k | Donation |
| Dogs for Autism | FY2026 | £15k | Donation |
| Archelon | FY2026 | £15k | Donation |
| Sands (via The Big Give) | FY2026 | £10k | Donation |
| Home-Start Corby | FY2026 | £10k | Exceptional grant |
| The Cranfield Trust | FY2026 | £7k | Funder Plus |