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THE BRITISH COUNCIL — grant history

Registered charity 209131 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1010.4m
Grants listed (FY2025)
10
Listed grants total
£62.4m
Accounts grants total
£60.9m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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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 (2 grantees)
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (2 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
  • Education/training (1 grantee)
  • Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)
  • Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (2 grantees)
  • Austria (1 grantee)
  • British Virgin Islands (1 grantee)
  • Belgium (1 grantee)
  • Bermuda (1 grantee)
  • Bolivia (1 grantee)
  • Barbados (1 grantee)
  • Burma (1 grantee)
  • Canada (1 grantee)
  • Australia (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
UniversitiesFY2025£27.2mEncouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
Other bodiesFY2025£13.9mDeveloping a wider knowledge of the English language / Encouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
Charities, NGOs and social enterprisesFY2025£10.1mEncouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
Arts bodiesFY2025£6.6mEncouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
Grants to individualsFY2025£1.9mDeveloping a wider knowledge of the English language / Encouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
Environmental groupsFY2025£1.1mEncouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
CollegesFY2025£723kEncouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education
National and international government bodiesFY2025£499kEncouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
SchoolsFY2025£205kDeveloping a wider knowledge of the English language / Encouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
Local government bodiesFY2025£82kEncouraging educational co-operation and promoting the advancement of education / Encouraging cultural, scientific and technological co-operation
Global Partners GovernanceFY2024£7.2mNot specified in individual listing
International National Trusts OrganisationFY2024£1.9mNot specified in individual listing
Smoking Dogs FilmsFY2024£1.9mNot specified in individual listing
We Are Unlimited ArtsFY2024£1.9mNot specified in individual listing

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 62390000 vs reference 60944000 (2.4% 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.