WELLCOME TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£589.5m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£2k

Accounts grants total

£1k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 64 of 67 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (96%), and 0 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 26,050.

Credited as a funder by

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

SOMERS TOWN COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE LIMITED “The Wellcome Trust has supported the school with many initiatives over several years; as well as playing an important ro”
JENNER VACCINE FOUNDATION “In recent years these have included the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council UK, the European Commission, the Ga”
THE GUST “GUST secured funding from the Wellcome Trust and National Lottery Heritage Fund to commission a new, innovative producti”
VOYAGE “A new Wellcome Trust-funded study, led by the University of Bristol in partnership with Voyage.”
RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE FOUNDATION “Other financial supporter Wellcome Trust”
THERAPY DOGS NATIONWIDE “Therapy Dogs Nationwide joined Wellcome Trust at their offices in London on October 2018 for a popular and interactive s”
HEALTHY BRAINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE UK “Founded with the support of the WHO, World Bank, UNICEF, and the Wellcome Trust.”
CATALYST SCIENCE DISCOVERY CENTRE AND MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED “In the last few years, Catalyst has undergone some major developments thanks to funding from the Wellcome Trust – Inspir”

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (4 grantees)
Education/training (3 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (2 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
Scotland (2 grantees)
Bangladesh (1 grantee)
Benin (1 grantee)
Botswana (1 grantee)
Brazil (1 grantee)
Cambodia (1 grantee)
Burkina Faso (1 grantee)
Cameroon (1 grantee)
Belgium (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.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE	—	£128
new	The Health Data Research Service	—	£100
new	ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES	—	£27
new	University of Manchester	—	£23
new	University of Exeter	—	£21
new	THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED	—	£19
new	University of Liverpool	—	£16
new	Science for Africa Foundation, Kenya	—	£15
down	University of Oxford	£125.6m	£239
down	University College London	£70.5m	£80
down	University of Cambridge	£43.2m	£56
down	Boston University, USA	£21.7m	£45
down	King’s College London	£50.9m	£37
down	Imperial College London	£15.7m	£31
down	University of Edinburgh	£39.2m	£28
down	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	£13.9m	£27
not listed	European Bioinformatics Institute	£48.5m	—
not listed	Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, India	£47.5m	—
not listed	Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization, Thailand	£46.1m	—
not listed	UK BIOBANK LIMITED	£30.1m	—
not listed	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	£21.3m	—
not listed	University of Bristol	£17.0m	—
not listed	University of Sheffield	£15.0m	—
not listed	Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany	£13.3m	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
University of Oxford	FY2025	£239	Wellcome Leap
University of Oxford	FY2025	£191	Discovery Research
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£128	Wellcome Leap
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£120	Discovery Research
The Health Data Research Service	FY2025	£100	Wellcome Leap
The Health Data Research Service	FY2025	£100	Discovery Research
The Health Data Research Service	FY2025	£100	Wellcome Leap
University College London	FY2025	£80	Wellcome Leap
University College London	FY2025	£76	Discovery Research
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£56	Wellcome Leap
Boston University, USA	FY2025	£45	Infectious Disease
Boston University, USA	FY2025	£45	Wellcome Leap
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£44	Discovery Research
King’s College London	FY2025	£37	Wellcome Leap
Imperial College London	FY2025	£31	Wellcome Leap
University of Edinburgh	FY2025	£28	Wellcome Leap
Academy of Medical Sciences	FY2025	£27	Wellcome Leap
Academy of Medical Sciences	FY2025	£27	Discovery Research
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£27	Wellcome Leap
University of Manchester	FY2025	£23	Wellcome Leap
University of Manchester	FY2025	£22	Discovery Research
King’s College London	FY2025	£22	Discovery Research
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£22	Discovery Research
Imperial College London	FY2025	£21	Discovery Research
University of Exeter	FY2025	£21	Wellcome Leap
University of Exeter	FY2025	£21	Discovery Research
University of Oxford	FY2025	£20	Infectious Disease
University of Dundee	FY2025	£20	Wellcome Leap
World Health Organization, Switzerland	FY2025	£19	Wellcome Leap
The Francis Crick Institute	FY2025	£19	Wellcome Leap
The Francis Crick Institute	FY2025	£19	Discovery Research
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£18	Wellcome Leap
University of Oxford	FY2025	£17	Mental Health
University of Liverpool	FY2025	£16	Wellcome Leap
Science for Africa Foundation, Kenya	FY2025	£15	Wellcome Leap
PATH, USA	FY2025	£14	Wellcome Leap
Science for Africa Foundation, Kenya	FY2025	£14	Discovery Research
University of Birmingham	FY2025	£14	Wellcome Leap
King’s College London	FY2025	£14	Mental Health
University of Birmingham	FY2025	£13	Discovery Research
University of Edinburgh	FY2025	£10	Mental Health
University of Dundee	FY2025	£10	Infectious Disease
PATH, USA	FY2025	£10	Discovery Research
University of Dundee	FY2025	£10	Discovery Research
Imperial College London	FY2025	£9	Infectious Disease
University of Liverpool	FY2025	£8	Infectious Disease
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£8	Infectious Disease
University of Liverpool	FY2025	£8	Discovery Research
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£8	Infectious Disease
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£7	Discovery Research
World Health Organization, Switzerland	FY2025	£6	Infectious Disease
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£5	Infectious Disease
World Health Organization, Switzerland	FY2025	£5	Discovery Research
PATH, USA	FY2025	£5	Climate and Health
World Health Organization, Switzerland	FY2025	£4	Mental Health
University College London	FY2025	£4	Mental Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£3	Climate and Health
University of Edinburgh	FY2025	£3	Climate and Health
University of Glasgow	FY2025	£3	Climate and Health
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£3	Climate and Health
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£2	Climate and Health
University of Cambridge	FY2025	£2	Mental Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	FY2025	£2	Infectious Disease
University of Birmingham	FY2025	£1	Infectious Disease
Science for Africa Foundation, Kenya	FY2025	£1	Infectious Disease
World Health Organization, Switzerland	FY2025	£0	Climate and Health
University College London	FY2025	£0	Infectious Disease
University of Oxford	FY2024	£125.6m	Discovery Research, Infectious Disease, Cross-mission, Mental Health
University College London	FY2024	£70.5m	Discovery Research, Infectious Disease, Cross-mission, Mental Health
King's College London	FY2024	£50.9m	Discovery Research, Cross-mission, Mental Health
European Bioinformatics Institute	FY2024	£48.5m	Discovery Research
Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, India	FY2024	£47.5m	Discovery Research
Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization, Thailand	FY2024	£46.1m	Discovery Research
University of Cambridge	FY2024	£43.2m	Discovery Research, Cross-mission, Mental Health
University of Edinburgh	FY2024	£39.2m	Discovery Research, Cross-mission, Mental Health
UK Biobank Ltd	FY2024	£30.1m	Discovery Research
University of Dundee	FY2024	£29.0m	Discovery Research, Infectious Disease
World Health Organization, Switzerland	FY2024	£26.9m	Infectious Disease, Cross-mission, Mental Health
University of Glasgow	FY2024	£22.3m	Discovery Research
Boston University, USA	FY2024	£21.7m	Infectious Disease
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	FY2024	£21.3m	Discovery Research
University of Bristol	FY2024	£17.0m	Discovery Research, Cross-mission, Mental Health
Imperial College London	FY2024	£15.7m	Discovery Research, Infectious Disease, Cross-mission, Mental Health
University of Sheffield	FY2024	£15.0m	Discovery Research
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	FY2024	£13.9m	Discovery Research, Infectious Disease
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany	FY2024	£13.3m	Cross-mission
University of Cape Town, South Africa	FY2024	£12.2m	Discovery Research, Infectious Disease, Cross-mission
Diamond Light Source Ltd	FY2024	£12.0m	Discovery Research
Wellcome Trust gGmbH, Germany	FY2022	£1325.3m
Wellcome Leap, USA	FY2022	£250.0m
University of Oxford	FY2022	£148.7m
The Francis Crick Institute	FY2022	£142.6m
University College London	FY2022	£109.6m
Grants to other organisations	FY2022	£91.4m
Boston University, USA	FY2022	£60.7m
Science for Africa Foundation (SFA), Kenya	FY2022	£57.8m
Imperial College London	FY2022	£35.2m
University of Cambridge	FY2022	£35.1m
King's College London	FY2022	£25.2m
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	FY2022	£22.2m
University of Edinburgh	FY2022	£22.1m
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Norway	FY2022	£17.2m
University of Liverpool	FY2022	£16.6m
Diamond Light Source Ltd	FY2022	£14.7m
University of Glasgow	FY2022	£14.5m
The Foundation for Scientific and Technological Development in Health, Brazil	FY2022	£14.2m
University of Manchester	FY2022	£14.1m
University of Exeter	FY2022	£13.3m
University of Dundee	FY2022	£11.4m
University of York	FY2022	£10.2m
University of Sheffield	FY2022	£10.2m
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, USA	FY2022	£10.0m

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 2017 vs reference 1407 (43.4% 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.