THE JAMES WEIR FOUNDATION — grant history
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
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Isle Of Man
- Wiltshire
- Jersey
- Guernsey
- Kenya
- Cyprus
- Ireland
What changed: FY2023 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2023 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| up | University of Strathclyde | £12k | £50k |
| up | RAF Benevolent Fund | £10k | £50k |
| up | BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE | £10k | £50k |
| up | Royal College of Surgeons | £10k | £50k |
| not listed | Food Train | £5k | — |
| not listed | Leuchie House | £5k | — |
| not listed | MENINGITIS NOW | £5k | — |
| not listed | Ocean Youth Trust Scotland | £5k | — |
| not listed | Penumbra | £5k | — |
| not listed | THE KING'S TRUST | £5k | — |
| not listed | Ronald McDonald House | £5k | — |
| not listed | Royal Cotanic Gardens Edinburgh | £5k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Strathclyde | FY2025 | £50k | To 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 Fund | FY2025 | £50k | To support the care given by the Fund to wounded, injured or sick RAF veterans, and their dependents. |
| British Science Association | FY2025 | £50k | To 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 Surgeons | FY2025 | £50k | To 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 Edinburgh | FY2025 | £10k | To support the running of RSE’s annual festival of knowledge, Curious. |
| Royal College of Physicians | FY2025 | £10k | To 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 Strathclyde | FY2023 | £12k | |
| Royal College of Physicians | FY2023 | £10k | |
| Royal College of Surgeons | FY2023 | £10k | |
| Royal Society of Edinburgh | FY2023 | £10k | |
| British Science Association | FY2023 | £10k | |
| RAF Benevolent Fund | FY2023 | £10k | |
| Food Train | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Leuchie House | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Meningitis Now | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Ocean Youth Trust Scotland | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Penumbra | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Prince's Trust | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Ronald McDonald House | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Royal Cotanic Gardens Edinburgh | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Samaritans | FY2023 | £5k | |
| SAMs | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Scotland's Bravest | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Speech and Language UK | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Spinal Injuries Association | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Target Ovarian Cancer | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Together for Short Lives | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Vics in the Community | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Whizz-Kidz | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Young Lives v Cancer | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Youth Action Wiltshire | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Prostate Cancer UK | FY2023 | £5k | |
| British Heart Foundation | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Butterfly Trust | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Beatson Cancer Charity | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Castlemilk Youth Complex | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Cerebral Palsy Scotland | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Child Brain Injury Trust | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Crohn's and Colitis UK | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Deafblind Scotland | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Dean & Cauvin Young People's Trust | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Epilepsy Action | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Epilepsy Scotland | FY2023 | £5k | |
| Sane | FY2023 | £3k | |
| Cancer Support Scotland | FY2023 | £3k | |
| Prospect Hospice | FY2023 | £3k | |
| Boswell Book Festival | FY2023 | £2k | |
| American Museum | FY2023 | £2k | |
| University of Strathclyde | FY2022 | £12k | |
| Royal College of Surgeons | FY2022 | £10k | |
| British Science Association | FY2022 | £10k | |
| RAF Benevolent Fund | FY2022 | £10k | |
| Royal College of Physicians | FY2022 | £10k | |
| Royal Sodety of Edinburgh | FY2022 | £10k | |
| Children's Hospices Across Scotland | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Anthony Nolan | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Asthma+ Lung UK | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Back up | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Bipolar UK | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Brain Research UK | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Care for Carers | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Carers Scotland | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Care for Veterans | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Children 1st | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Community Central Hall Crookston Community Group | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Demand | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Douglas Bader Foundation | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Glasgow Women's Aid | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Haylie House | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Hillho use | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Julia's House | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Junction 12 | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Kidney Research UK | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Leukaemia UK | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Motor Neurone Disease Association | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Myaware | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Orchid | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Pain Concern | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Pancreadc Cancer UK | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Prospect Hospice | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Revitalise | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Roche Court Educational Trust | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Royal British Legion industries Ltd | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Shelter Scotland | FY2022 | £5k | |
| SSAFA | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Shoke Association | FY2022 | £5k | |
| St Andrew's Hospice | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Teenage Cancer Trust | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Young Enterprise Scotland | FY2022 | £5k | |
| Aberlour | FY2022 | £3k | |
| University of Strathclyde | FY2021 | £20k | |
| Royal Society of Edinburgh | FY2021 | £20k | |
| Royal College of Surgeons | FY2021 | £20k | |
| RAF Benevolent Fund | FY2021 | £10k | |
| British Science Association | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Royal College of Physicians | FY2021 | £10k | |
| National Brain Appeal | FY2021 | £8k | |
| Brain Tumour Charity | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Ardgowan Hospice | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Blesma | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Dream Holidays | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Erskine | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Glasgow RDA | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Input | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Kidney Kids Scotland | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Mission to Seafarers | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Right Track Scotland | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Venture Trust | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Youth Action Wiltshire | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Euan's Guide | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Foodtrain | FY2021 | £3k | |
| ABF the Soldiers' Charity | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Gt Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Happy Days | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Independence at Home | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Youth Sport Trust | FY2021 | £3k | |
| International Spinal Research Trust | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Kidney Care UK | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Brent Wandsworth and Westminster Mind | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Leuchie House | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Maggie's | FY2021 | £3k | |
| MIND | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Breast Cancer Haven | FY2021 | £3k | |
| NASS | FY2021 | £3k | |
| British Forces Foundation | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Whizz-Kids | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Families Outside | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Project 31 | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Prospect Hospice | FY2021 | £3k | |
| PSP | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Bibic | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Room Sixty | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Become | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Scottish Huntington's Association | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Seafarers UK | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Siblings Together | FY2021 | £3k | |
| St Andrew's First Aid | FY2021 | £3k | |
| St Columba's Hospice Care | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Tall Ships Youth Trust | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Tide | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Asthma UK | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Cancer Support UK | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Changing Faces | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Cicra | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Cystic Fibrosis Trust | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Dixon Community | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Volunteering Matters | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Dressability | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Epilepsy Scotland | FY2021 | £3k | |
| Sam's Charity | FY2021 | £2k | |
| Prince's Trust | FY2021 | £1k |