THE COTTON INDUSTRY WAR MEMORIAL TRUST — grant history

Registered charity 242721 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£440k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£240k

Accounts grants total

£264k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: To apply for the convalescent scheme, applicants must download or request an application form from the Secretary and return it via their sponsor (employer, trade union, or association) for processing. For scholarships, applicants must contact Leeds University or the University of Glasgow directly.

Summarised from cottonindustrywarmemorialtrust.org.uk · cottonindustrywarmemorialtrust.org.uk/apply-now/ on 13/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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

Education/training (6 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (4 grantees)
Amateur Sport (4 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (3 grantees)
Disability (3 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (3 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (2 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Recreation (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
Scotland (2 grantees)
Lancashire (2 grantees)
Stockport (2 grantees)
Cumbria (1 grantee)
Manchester City (1 grantee)
Northern Ireland (1 grantee)
Rochdale (1 grantee)
Salford City (1 grantee)
St Helens (1 grantee)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Foodbanks in Lancashire and South Yorkshire	FY2025	£38k
Huddersfield Centre of Excellence	FY2025	£31k	provision of education and training of cotton industry employees
Seashell Trust	FY2025	£30k	extending the school premises
Bibby Farm Trust Bolton	FY2025	£20k
DePaul UK	FY2025	£15k
Orchid	FY2025	£11k	providing cancer awareness workshops in three former cotton textile towns in the North West of England
The Stepping Stone Project Rochdale	FY2025	£10k
Blesma the limbless Veterans Trust	FY2025	£10k	work with ex service personnel
Bendrigg Trust	FY2025	£10k
Francis House Hospice	FY2025	£10k
Textile Conservation Foundation	FY2025	£10k	Bursary’s awarded to students
Veterans into Logistics	FY2025	£10k	former Armed Forces personnel retraining
Salford Foundation Trust	FY2025	£10k
The Hive Huddersfield	FY2025	£8k
Little Hiccups Leeds	FY2025	£8k
RASC/RCT	FY2025	£5k	work with vulnerable young people and families
Chrysalis Holidays Trust	FY2025	£5k	work with vulnerable young people and families
Textile Conservation Foundation	FY2023	£670k	Bursaries awarded to students
Leeds University	FY2023	£670k	Bursaries awarded to students
Veterans into Logistics	FY2023	£610k	former Armed Forces personnel retraining
Blesma the limbless Veterans Trust	FY2023	£610k	towards their work with ex service personnel
Francis House Hospice	FY2023	£610k	work with vulnerable young people and families
DePaul UK	FY2023	£210k	general grant
Textile Biennial event	FY2023	£87k	workshops held in the Blackburn area
Orchid	FY2023	£66k	providing cancer awareness workshops in two former cotton textile towns in the Northwest of England
Seashell Trust	FY2023	£30k	extending the school premises
Stanley Grange	FY2023	£20k	contribution towards refurbishment
Huddersfield Centre of Excellence	FY2023	£20k	provision of education and training of cotton industry employees
Foodbanks in Lancashire and South Yorkshire	FY2023	£14k	during the year
Accrington Stanley Community Trust	FY2023	£10k	general grant
Aspire	FY2023	£9k	workshops in the Huddersfield area
Derby Toc H	FY2023	£8k	general grant
Leeds Hospital Charity	FY2023	£5k	work with vulnerable young people and families
Chrysalis Holidays	FY2023	£5k	work with vulnerable young people and families
Leeds Weekend Care	FY2023	£5k	work with vulnerable young people and families
Little Hiccups Trust	FY2023	£5k	work with vulnerable young people and families

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 240263 vs reference 263693 (8.9% 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.