TOWER HILL TRUST — grant history
Latest income
£297k
Grants listed (FY2025)
19
Listed grants total
£163k
Accounts grants total
£206k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
What this funder supports
Causes funded
- Education/training
- Economic/community Development/employment
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- General Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Amateur Sport
- Disability
- Accommodation/housing
Where grantees operate
- Tower Hamlets
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Throughout London
- Throughout England
- Hackney
- Newham
- City Of London
- Northern Ireland
- Redbridge
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of London School for Girls | FY2025 | £49k | funded four bursaries for eligible pupils' resident in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to attend the City of London School for Girls. |
| All Hallows by the Tower | FY2025 | £15k | was given in 2023 towards the green roof to north aisle. |
| Poplar HARCA | FY2025 | £15k | towards improving the quality, accessibility, and climate resilience of green spaces across housing estate land at Navenby Walk, delivering climate-resilient landscaping interventions and ecological enhancements, and extending priority habitats from the Cemetery Park and Fairfoot Wood into the neighbouring Lincoln Estate. |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | FY2025 | £10k | Large grant in 2023 as match funding to the Mayor’s Rewild London Fund grant towards the replacement of failed floating raft islands at the western end of the Wapping Canal with high quality Biomatrix rafts, to enhance 240 metres of canal. |
| Trees for Cities | FY2025 | £10k | to support a community tree planting and greening project in Stepney Green Park and Belgrave Open Space, Tower Hamlets. |
| The Felix Project | FY2025 | £10k | for the Poplar Depot operating costs and the distribution of an estimated 3,650 meals to Tower Hamlets residents. |
| Bromley By Bow Centre | FY2025 | £10k | to refurbish and maintain the Peace Garden, using funds for planting, materials, installation and gardener costs, to provide a vibrant, secure and welcoming space for visitors. |
| Aldgate Community Gardening Club | FY2025 | £7k | was given in 2023 to create a new open community garden space at Haydon Gardens, develop and extend the Sky-Garden, further improve the GC Entrance Flower Garden, Portsoken Centre Pond Garden and Walkway boxes and planters. |
| Bow Foodbank | FY2025 | £6k | to purchase emergency food for distribution to people in need in Tower Hamlets. |
| 9th Stepney Scouts | FY2025 | £6k | to purchase a Power Craft and associated equipment, to offer Power Boat qualifications as part of the Scouting Association’s Skills for Life project, also to provide safety cover for other activities being offered by the scout group. |
| Tower Hamlets Youth League United | FY2025 | £5k | to run a Summer Activity Camp providing sessions of football and badminton activities for up to 50 young Tower Hamlets residents aged 7-16 years. |
| ELMV Shadwell Basin Project | FY2025 | £5k | as a contribution towards a 4-week outdoor and adventure summer project for 70 young people aged 9-18 years during the summer holidays, to take part in kayaking, climbing, high ropes course, canoeing, stand-up paddle boarding, improvising raft building, sailing and mountain biking. |
| George Green’s Almshouses | FY2025 | £3k | to fund further garden improvements at Sarah Perry House, to include new plants and trees, related equipment, and gardener’s hours. |
| Clarion Futures | FY2025 | £3k | was given in 2024 to support the enhancement of Roman Road Adventure Playground by funding new outdoor play structures and indoor creative activities. |
| Artburst | FY2025 | £3k | was given in 2024 to provide 5 days of a free holiday playscheme during the Easter holidays, for children aged 5-8 years who live in Bow East and Bow West, dealing with increased anxiety, low confidence, or social challenges, all issues exacerbated by the cost of living crisis. |
| Providence Row Housing Association | FY2025 | £2k | towards the purchase of nectar rich, native perennial plants and shrubs for the re-planting of flower beds on Tower Hill Terrace, improving the biodiversity and public amenity of the site. |
| E1 Community Gardeners | FY2025 | £2k | to support biodiversity enhancements to James Gair Memorial Garden, Tarling Estate and Hermitage Wildlife Corridor, Kennet Street. |
| Artsadmin | FY2025 | £2k | to create a small garden that supports biodiversity and encourages people to collectively engage with and care for the space, on the southern-side of Mallon Gardens, Toynbee Hall. |
| Spitalfields City Farm | FY2025 | £1k | Small grant in 2024 to maintain, improve, expand and survey four wildlife ponds, with the support of the London Amphibian & Reptile Group (LARG), to improve habitats for wildlife, in particular the resident Great Crested Newt population. |
| Crisis | FY2024 | £15k | Towards the refurbishment and fit-out of a new Skylight London centre in Tower Hamlets. |
| All Hallows by the Tower Church | FY2024 | £15k | Towards the repair and preservation of the historic Grade 1 listed church building, specifically towards a green roof project on the north aisle roof project, to aid rainwater attenuation and enhance the biodiversity of the local area. |
| Tower Hamlets Youth League | FY2024 | £10k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | FY2024 | £10k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Oxford House in Bethnal Green | FY2024 | £9k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| St Katharines Trust | FY2024 | £9k | To revive a very popular twice-weekly football practice for two mixed-gendered teams aged 5-8 and 9-11. |
| Shadwell Community Project | FY2024 | £7k | To pay for urgent works to the adventure playground equipment, which included demolishing the large two-story structure at the back of the playground and building of a new firepit area in partnership with Build Up. |
| Felix Project | FY2024 | £7k | A contribution towards running costs for the charity's food distribution service in Poplar, for organisations working with people in food poverty. |
| St Peters Community Welfare Projects | FY2024 | £7k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Aldgate Community Gardening Club | FY2024 | £7k | To expand communal gardening activities into a newly secured public space, adjacent to the Estate (Hayden Gardens), and to enable the Club to expand activities at existing gardening areas at Sky Garden, the Portsoken Community Centre Garden and the community garden entrance flower area. |
| Spitalfields City Farm | FY2024 | £7k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| SPLASH | FY2024 | £6k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Trees for Cities | FY2024 | £6k | Towards tree planting in Tower Hamlets, and to develop a 'Strategic Tree Planting Guide' for the borough. |
| Spitalfields City Farm | FY2024 | £6k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| TH Youth Sports Foundation | FY2024 | £6k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Assemble CIC | FY2024 | £6k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| CleanUpUK | FY2024 | £5k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Bethnal Green Nature Reserve | FY2024 | £5k | To purchase and install a rain cover and modular seating/storage unit in the central glade of the reserve, for recreational and educational purposes. |
| Queen Victoria Seaman’s Rest (QVSR) | FY2024 | £5k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Society Links | FY2024 | £5k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| City of London Girls School | FY2024 | £4k | Bursary. The amount awarded is an adjustment to account for the increase in tuition fees between the date of agreement and the date of the instalment, in line with the original agreement terms. |
| Mayflower Primary School | FY2024 | £4k | To improve the school garden, benefitting both wildlife and the pupils and staff at school. |
| Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre | FY2024 | £4k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Spitalfields City Farm (for TB School) | FY2024 | £3k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Neighbours In Poplar | FY2024 | £3k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| SPLASH | FY2024 | £3k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Spitalfields Crypt Trust | FY2024 | £3k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Women's Environmental Network | FY2024 | £3k | Not explicitly stated in the list, but listed under Main Grants awarded. |
| Positive East | FY2024 | £1k | To improve the biodiversity of a community garden attached to the centre. The garden is a hub for people living with HIV in Tower Hamlets. |
| Trees for Cities | FY2022 | £12k | was awarded to support the initiative across Tower Hamlets, which included support to set up a new community food growing hub on Limborough Estate. |
| Limehouse Town Hall Consortium Trust | FY2022 | £9k | was awarded to expand access to the gardens at Limehouse Townhall for residents and users of the building. |
| CleanupUK | FY2022 | £8k | to support the work of the Beautiful Boroughs Project across Tower Hamlets. |
| Spitalfields Crypt Trust | FY2022 | £8k | to support a gardening and horticulture training project in Shoreditch, for people who have experienced homelessness and in recovery from addictions. |
| ELMV Shadwell Basin Project | FY2022 | £8k | to support the purchase of a fleet of Stand Up Paddle Boards (SUPs)and associated equipment for use by young people attending Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre. |
| SSAFA | FY2022 | £8k | to support the emergency fund for veterans in Tower Hamlets, specifically, veterans at the Queen Victoria Seamans Rest Hostel. |
| Projects | FY2022 | £6k | to support Project, providing a safe and secure environment where at least 40 vulnerable local women aged 50+ could take part in gardening activities and access other support. |
| Lower Regents Coalition | FY2022 | £6k | to re-start bi-monthly canal clean-up events over one year on the Lower Regents Canal, following a difficult period when clean-up events had to be suspended. The events would benefit up to 750 volunteers, including 4 events for schools and younger children. |
| Butterfly Conservation | FY2022 | £6k | to support working to inspire people to discover butterflies and moths, and connect with nature and their local green spaces. |
| Weavers Adventure Playground | FY2022 | £6k | towards the running costs of an open-access Adventure Playground in Weavers Fields. |
| Setpoint London East | FY2022 | £5k | to subsidise hands-on science workshops for primary schools in the west of Tower Hamlets. |
| Vallance Community Sports Association | FY2022 | £5k | to support youth worker salaries for weekly youth clubs for young people from the Weavers Fields area. |
| Oxford House in Bethnal Green | FY2022 | £4k | was awarded to support 12 free creative community gardening and craft workshops throughout summer 2021, for people aged 55+ who had felt most isolated by the pandemic. |
| Society Links | FY2022 | £3k | to support part-year running costs of the Girls Group youth project in Wapping. |
| City of London School for Girls | FY2022 | £2k | to support the repair and restoration of the school pond and the area around it. |
| Mile End Old Town Residents Association | FY2022 | £2k | to support the creation of wildflower meadow and woodland area including bird and bat boxes, native hedging and bulbs, within the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Lichfield Road. |
| E1 Community Gardeners | FY2022 | £2k | to support the purchase of equipment and resources and insurance costs for volunteers for this new community garden network. |
| Wilder Communities | FY2022 | £1k | to support planting on two areas of lawn adjacent to Alfred Street. |
| Tarling West Residents Association | FY2022 | £900 | to support the creation of improved biodiversity on Tarling West Estate. |
| ACME Studios | FY2022 | £160 | to support the creation of a new rooftop wild garden. |