THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£217k
Grants listed (FY2025)
6
Listed grants total
£220k
Accounts grants total
£220k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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 (47 grantees)
  • Scotland (34 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (33 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (5 grantees)
  • Wiltshire (4 grantees)
  • Jersey (3 grantees)
  • Guernsey (3 grantees)
  • Kenya (3 grantees)
  • Cyprus (3 grantees)
  • Ireland (2 grantees)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2025
upUniversity of Strathclyde£12k£50k
upRAF Benevolent Fund£10k£50k
upBRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE£10k£50k
upRoyal College of Surgeons£10k£50k
not listedFood Train£5k—
not listedLeuchie House£5k—
not listedMENINGITIS NOW£5k—
not listedOcean Youth Trust Scotland£5k—
not listedPenumbra£5k—
not listedTHE KING'S TRUST£5k—
not listedRonald McDonald House£5k—
not listedRoyal Cotanic Gardens Edinburgh£5k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
University of StrathclydeFY2025£50kTo co-fund a PhD scholarship. This initial scholarship is the first in what is intended to be a series of scholarships, known as the Dr George Weir PhD Scholarships, each of which will support pioneering research in engineering and science. The recipients of the Scholarships are selected by the University.
RAF Benevolent FundFY2025£50kTo support the care given by the Fund to wounded, injured or sick RAF veterans, and their dependents.
British Science AssociationFY2025£50kTo support the Association’s CREST program, which is a program which brings science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) to life for young people aged 3-19 through hands-on activities and exciting projects. The funding was specifically to support the free roll out of this project to all participating schools in Scotland.
Royal College of SurgeonsFY2025£50kTo sponsor five pump-priming research grants to be awarded by the College. The purpose of the grants is provide crucial seed funding to clinicians to enable them to launch a research project, develop preliminary data and to build a case for major national or international support.
Royal Society of EdinburghFY2025£10kTo support the running of RSE’s annual festival of knowledge, Curious.
Royal College of PhysiciansFY2025£10kTo support the College’s study of air quality around primary and secondary schools in Scotland, with the ultimate aim of assessing if air pollution was detrimental to school children.
University of StrathclydeFY2023£12k
Royal College of PhysiciansFY2023£10k
Royal College of SurgeonsFY2023£10k
Royal Society of EdinburghFY2023£10k
British Science AssociationFY2023£10k
RAF Benevolent FundFY2023£10k
Food TrainFY2023£5k
Leuchie HouseFY2023£5k
Meningitis NowFY2023£5k
Ocean Youth Trust ScotlandFY2023£5k
PenumbraFY2023£5k
Prince's TrustFY2023£5k
Ronald McDonald HouseFY2023£5k
Royal Cotanic Gardens EdinburghFY2023£5k
SamaritansFY2023£5k
SAMsFY2023£5k
Scotland's BravestFY2023£5k
Scotland's Charity Air AmbulanceFY2023£5k
Speech and Language UKFY2023£5k
Spinal Injuries AssociationFY2023£5k
Target Ovarian CancerFY2023£5k
Together for Short LivesFY2023£5k
Vics in the CommunityFY2023£5k
Whizz-KidzFY2023£5k
Young Lives v CancerFY2023£5k
Youth Action WiltshireFY2023£5k
Prostate Cancer UKFY2023£5k
British Heart FoundationFY2023£5k
Butterfly TrustFY2023£5k
Beatson Cancer CharityFY2023£5k
Castlemilk Youth ComplexFY2023£5k
Cerebral Palsy ScotlandFY2023£5k
Child Brain Injury TrustFY2023£5k
Crohn's and Colitis UKFY2023£5k
Deafblind ScotlandFY2023£5k
Dean & Cauvin Young People's TrustFY2023£5k
Epilepsy ActionFY2023£5k
Epilepsy ScotlandFY2023£5k
SaneFY2023£3k
Cancer Support ScotlandFY2023£3k
Prospect HospiceFY2023£3k
Boswell Book FestivalFY2023£2k
American MuseumFY2023£2k
University of StrathclydeFY2022£12k
Royal College of SurgeonsFY2022£10k
British Science AssociationFY2022£10k
RAF Benevolent FundFY2022£10k
Royal College of PhysiciansFY2022£10k
Royal Sodety of EdinburghFY2022£10k
Children's Hospices Across ScotlandFY2022£5k
Anthony NolanFY2022£5k
Asthma+ Lung UKFY2022£5k
Back upFY2022£5k
Bipolar UKFY2022£5k
Brain Research UKFY2022£5k
Care for CarersFY2022£5k
Carers ScotlandFY2022£5k
Care for VeteransFY2022£5k
Chest, Heart & Stroke ScotlandFY2022£5k
Children 1stFY2022£5k
Community Central Hall Crookston Community GroupFY2022£5k
Cruse Bereavement Care ScotlandFY2022£5k
DemandFY2022£5k
Douglas Bader FoundationFY2022£5k
Glasgow Women's AidFY2022£5k
Haylie HouseFY2022£5k
Hillho useFY2022£5k
Julia's HouseFY2022£5k
Junction 12FY2022£5k
Kidney Research UKFY2022£5k
Leukaemia UKFY2022£5k
Motor Neurone Disease AssociationFY2022£5k
MyawareFY2022£5k
OrchidFY2022£5k
Pain ConcernFY2022£5k
Pancreadc Cancer UKFY2022£5k
Prospect HospiceFY2022£5k
RevitaliseFY2022£5k
Roche Court Educational TrustFY2022£5k
Royal British Legion industries LtdFY2022£5k
Shelter ScotlandFY2022£5k
SSAFAFY2022£5k
Shoke AssociationFY2022£5k
St Andrew's HospiceFY2022£5k
Teenage Cancer TrustFY2022£5k
Young Enterprise ScotlandFY2022£5k
AberlourFY2022£3k
University of StrathclydeFY2021£20k
Royal Society of EdinburghFY2021£20k
Royal College of SurgeonsFY2021£20k
RAF Benevolent FundFY2021£10k
British Science AssociationFY2021£10k
Royal College of PhysiciansFY2021£10k
National Brain AppealFY2021£8k
Brain Tumour CharityFY2021£5k
Ardgowan HospiceFY2021£5k
BlesmaFY2021£5k
Dream HolidaysFY2021£5k
ErskineFY2021£5k
Glasgow RDAFY2021£5k
InputFY2021£5k
Kidney Kids ScotlandFY2021£5k
Mission to SeafarersFY2021£5k
Right Track ScotlandFY2021£5k
Royal Conservatoire of ScotlandFY2021£5k
Venture TrustFY2021£5k
Youth Action WiltshireFY2021£5k
Euan's GuideFY2021£3k
FoodtrainFY2021£3k
ABF the Soldiers' CharityFY2021£3k
Gt Western Hospital NHS Foundation TrustFY2021£3k
Happy DaysFY2021£3k
Independence at HomeFY2021£3k
Youth Sport TrustFY2021£3k
International Spinal Research TrustFY2021£3k
Kidney Care UKFY2021£3k
Brent Wandsworth and Westminster MindFY2021£3k
Leuchie HouseFY2021£3k
Maggie'sFY2021£3k
MINDFY2021£3k
Breast Cancer HavenFY2021£3k
NASSFY2021£3k
British Forces FoundationFY2021£3k
Whizz-KidsFY2021£3k
Families OutsideFY2021£3k
Project 31FY2021£3k
Prospect HospiceFY2021£3k
PSPFY2021£3k
BibicFY2021£3k
Room SixtyFY2021£3k
BecomeFY2021£3k
Scottish Huntington's AssociationFY2021£3k
Seafarers UKFY2021£3k
Siblings TogetherFY2021£3k
St Andrew's First AidFY2021£3k
St Columba's Hospice CareFY2021£3k
Tall Ships Youth TrustFY2021£3k
TideFY2021£3k
Asthma UKFY2021£3k
Cancer Support UKFY2021£3k
Changing FacesFY2021£3k
CicraFY2021£3k
Cystic Fibrosis TrustFY2021£3k
Dixon CommunityFY2021£3k
Volunteering MattersFY2021£3k
DressabilityFY2021£3k
Epilepsy ScotlandFY2021£3k
Sam's CharityFY2021£2k
Prince's TrustFY2021£1k

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 220000 vs reference 220000 (0.0% 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 or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].