THE BRITISH COUNCIL — grant history

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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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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

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
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)

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newUniversities—£27.2m
newOther bodies—£13.9m
newCharities, NGOs and social enterprises—£10.1m
newArts bodies—£6.6m
newGrants to individuals—£1.9m
newEnvironmental groups—£1.1m
newColleges—£723k
newNational and international government bodies—£499k
not listedGlobal Partners Governance£7.2m—
not listedSmoking Dogs Films£1.9m—
not listedWE ARE UNLIMITED ARTS£1.9m—
not listedINTERNATIONAL NATIONAL TRUSTS ORGANISATION£1.9m—

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
Smoking Dogs FilmsFY2024£1.9mNot specified in individual listing
We Are Unlimited ArtsFY2024£1.9mNot specified in individual listing
International National Trusts OrganisationFY2024£1.9mNot specified in individual listing
International Links Global LtdFY2022£750k
King’s College LondonFY2022£750k
Lancaster UniversityFY2022£750k
Loughborough UniversityFY2022£750k
Nottingham Trent UniversityFY2022£750k
The University of ManchesterFY2022£750k
Twin Training InternationalFY2022£750k
University of GloucestershireFY2022£750k
University of HullFY2022£750k
University of KentFY2022£750k
University of LeedsFY2022£750k
University of NottinghamFY2022£750k
University of OxfordFY2022£750k
University of SheffieldFY2022£750k
University of SurreyFY2022£750k
University of WarwickFY2022£750k
We Are Unlimited ArtsFY2022£750k
Birmingham City UniversityFY2022£750k
University College LondonFY2022£750k
Cardiff CouncilFY2022£750k
University of BirminghamFY2022£750k
Cardiff UniversityFY2022£750k
University of EdinburghFY2022£750k
Coventry UniversityFY2022£750k
University of ExeterFY2022£750k
Council for Technical Education and Vocational TrainingFY2022£750k
University of GlasgowFY2022£750k
Durham UniversityFY2022£750k
Everything is PossibleFY2022£750k
INASPFY2022£750k

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.