THE AIM FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£449k

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£912k

Accounts grants total

£588k

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: 17 of 21 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (81%), and 13 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: 187.

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: We do not accept unsolicited applications. We identify and build relationships with organisations whose work aligns with our priorities.

Summarised from www.theaimfoundation.org.uk · www.theaimfoundation.org.uk/what-we-fund · www.theaimfoundation.org.uk/our-current-grants on 15/08/2026. 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 (38 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (22 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (15 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (15 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (13 grantees)
Disability (12 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (10 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (5 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (4 grantees)
Animals (4 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (29 grantees)
Scotland (18 grantees)
Northern Ireland (14 grantees)
Suffolk (5 grantees)
Throughout England (4 grantees)
Worcestershire (3 grantees)
Sierra Leone (3 grantees)
Kenya (3 grantees)
Burma (3 grantees)
Congo (Democratic Republic) (2 grantees)

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	BABYZONE	—	£120k
new	Alström Syndrome UK	—	£113k
new	River Action	—	£90k
new	Hot or Cool Institute gGmbH	—	£80k
new	Flete Field Lab	—	£34k
new	THE COUNTRY TRUST	—	£30k
new	WILD YOUNG PARENTS	—	£30k
new	Children & Young People’s MH Coalition	—	£20k
up	HOME-START UK	£35k	£123k
up	BEAVER TRUST	£30k	£120k
up	Felix London	£1k	£5k
up	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	£1k	£2k
not listed	ALSTROM SYNDROME UK	£113k	—
not listed	Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC)	£60k	—
not listed	WILD YOUNG PARENTS PROJECT	£60k	—
not listed	PLACE2BE	£50k	—
not listed	Hot or Cool Institute	£35k	—
not listed	YOUTHSCAPE	£35k	—
not listed	Nutritank	£35k	—
not listed	INSTITUTE OF HEALTH VISITING	£30k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Home-Start UK	FY2025	£123k	Early Childhood
Babyzone	FY2025	£120k	Early Childhood
Beaver Trust	FY2025	£120k	UK Rivers
Alström Syndrome UK	FY2025	£113k	Early Years
River Action	FY2025	£90k	UK Rivers
Hot or Cool Institute gGmbH	FY2025	£80k	Sustainable Wellbeing
Parent Infant Foundation	FY2025	£40k	Early Years
Anna Freud	FY2025	£35k	Children & Young People’s Mental Health
Flete Field Lab	FY2025	£34k	UK Rivers
The Country Trust	FY2025	£30k	Early Childhood
Wild Young Parents	FY2025	£30k	Early Years
Impetus	FY2025	£30k	Children & Young People’s Mental Health
The Children's Society	FY2025	£30k	Children & Young People’s Mental Health
Children & Young People’s MH Coalition	FY2025	£20k	Children & Young People’s Mental Health
The Felix Project	FY2025	£5k	Family Fund & Others
Sinfield Nature Conservation Trust	FY2025	£3k	Family Fund & Others
Bumblebee Children's Charity	FY2025	£3k	Family Fund & Others
TransActual CIC	FY2025	£2k	Family Fund & Others
Good Law Project	FY2025	£2k	Family Fund & Others
Environmental Funders Network	FY2025	£2k	Family Fund & Others
Friends of St Nicholas Field (St Nicks)	FY2025	£1k	Family Fund & Others
Alstrom Syndrome UK	FY2024	£113k	Multi-year grant payment
Children & Young People's Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC)	FY2024	£60k	Core costs
Wild Young Parents Project	FY2024	£60k	Development of WILD and the Young Parents Network
Place2Be	FY2024	£50k	Multi-year grant payment
Parent Infant Foundation	FY2024	£40k	Multi-year grant payment
Home-Start UK	FY2024	£35k	Multi-year grant payment
Hot or Cool Institute	FY2024	£35k	Production of short films for Happy Planet Index
Anna Freud	FY2024	£35k	Multi-year grant payment
Youthscape	FY2024	£35k	Multi-year grant payment
Nutritank	FY2024	£35k	Multi-year grant payment
Beaver Trust	FY2024	£30k	Multi-year grant payment
Institute of Health Visiting	FY2024	£30k	Multi-year grant payment
The Children's Society	FY2024	£30k	Multi-year grant payment
Youth Access	FY2024	£30k	Multi-year grant payment
Institute of Health Visiting (IHV)	FY2024	£30k	Mental team work
Impetus	FY2024	£30k	Multi-year grant payment
MAC-UK	FY2024	£30k	Multi-year grant payment
Young Minds	FY2024	£30k	Policy work
Synchronicity Earth	FY2024	£25k	Multi-year grant payment
Island Careers Partnership (ICP)	FY2024	£9k	Activities of a part time administrator
Suffolk Community Foundation	FY2024	£3k	Family Fund
The Felix Project	FY2024	£1k	Family Fund
Snape School Parent and Staff Association	FY2024	£1k	Family Fund
Environmental Funders Network	FY2024	£1k	Increase funding for environmental causes
Friends of Bealings School	FY2024	£1k	Family Fund
Atlantic Salmon Trust	FY2024	£1k	Family Fund
The Rivers Trust	FY2024	£1k	Family Fund
Alstrom Syndrome UK	FY2023	£340k	Early Years (Sylvia Adams Trust)
Hot Or Cool	FY2023	£295k	Sustainable Wellbeing
Nutritank	FY2023	£120k	Nutrition
Parent Infant Foundation (PIF)	FY2023	£120k	Early Years
Culinary Medicine UK	FY2023	£120k	Nutrition
Institute of Health Visiting (iHV)	FY2023	£120k	Nutrition
Anna Freud	FY2023	£105k	Young People
School Food Matters	FY2023	£100k	Nutrition
Place2Be	FY2023	£100k	Young People
Cued Speech UK	FY2023	£100k	Early Years (Sylvia Adams Trust)
Sustain – Children’s Food Campaign	FY2023	£95k	Nutrition
Impetus	FY2023	£90k	Young People
Central Office of Public Interest (COPI)	FY2023	£40k	Environment
Good Faith Foundation	FY2023	£30k	Family Fund
Association for Coastal Ecosystem Services (ACES)	FY2023	£30k	Environment
Blue Ventures	FY2023	£30k	Environment
River Action	FY2023	£30k	Environment
Wild Young Parents Project	FY2023	£30k	Early Years (Sylvia Adams Trust)
Association for Video Interaction Guidance (AVIGuk)	FY2023	£25k	Early Years
Island Careers Partnership (ICP)	FY2023	£15k	Young People
Country Trust	FY2023	£10k	Family Fund
Young Epilepsy	FY2023	£1k	Family Fund
Environmental Funders Network	FY2023	£1k	Environment
Little Village HQ	FY2023	£1k	Family Fund
Atlantic Salmon Trust	FY2023	£1k	Family Fund
Friends of St Nicholas Field (St Nicks)	FY2023	£1k	Family Fund
Campaign Against Living Miserably	FY2023	£1k	Family Fund
British Red Cross	FY2023	£1k	Family Fund
The Silver Line C/O Age UK	FY2023	£1k	Family Fund
Big Give	FY2022	£100k	Environment
Institute of Health Visiting	FY2022	£55k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Nutritank	FY2022	£53k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
School Food Matters	FY2022	£41k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
NNEdPro (Lord Rana Foundation)	FY2022	£41k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Best Beginnings	FY2022	£41k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Wellbeing Economy Alliance	FY2022	£40k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Centre for Mental Health	FY2022	£40k	Young People
Institute of Health Visiting	FY2022	£40k	Early Years
Vitamin D Research Study	FY2022	£38k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Impetus-PEF	FY2022	£35k	Young People
Home Start	FY2022	£35k	Early Years
The Food Foundation	FY2022	£35k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Sustain	FY2022	£35k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Essex Wildlife Trust	FY2022	£34k	Environment
Synchronicity Earth	FY2022	£32k	Environment
Lord Rana Foundation Charitable Trust	FY2022	£30k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation	FY2022	£30k	Environment
Central Office of Public Interest	FY2022	£30k	Environment
Prevention	FY2022	£27k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Youth Access	FY2022	£25k	Young People
Sustainable Well-being	FY2022	£25k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Papyrus	FY2022	£25k	Young People
Youthscape	FY2022	£25k	Young People
MAC-UK	FY2022	£25k	Young People
The Children's Society	FY2022	£25k	Young People
Blue Marine Foundation	FY2022	£25k	Environment
Action for Happiness	FY2022	£25k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Culinary Medicine	FY2022	£25k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
Association of Infant Mental Health	FY2022	£25k	Early Years
Coalition Project (Lord Rana Foundation)	FY2022	£25k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
ERimNN (University of Brighton)	FY2022	£25k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
The Prince's Trust	FY2022	£25k	Young People
Young Minds Trust	FY2022	£22k	Young People
College of Medicine	FY2022	£15k	Nutrition and Wellbeing
International Rescue Committee	FY2022	£5k	Other Support
SIMBA	FY2022	£5k	Other Support
The Outward Bound Trust	FY2022	£3k	Other Support
LGBT York Forum	FY2022	£3k	Other Support
The Christie Charitable Fund	FY2022	£2k	Other Support
Little Village HQ	FY2022	£2k	Other Support
Silver Line	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
Suffolk Community Foundation	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
Horn Development Association	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
New Starts	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
PCC Kempsey	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
Acorn Children's Hospice Trust	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
St Paul's Hostel	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
St Richard's Hospice	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
Inside Out Community Arts and Mental Health	FY2022	£1k	Young People
Home Start Isle of Wight	FY2022	£1k	Early Years
42nd Street	FY2022	£1k	Young People
Charlie Waller Trust	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
Beaver Trust	FY2022	£1k	Environment
Snape School Parent and Staff Association	FY2022	£1k	Environment
Friends of St Nicholas	FY2022	£1k	Environment
British Red Cross	FY2022	£1k	Other Support
Chelmsford Cross	FY2022	£1k	Other Support

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 911794 vs reference 588302 (55.0% 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 and want a correction, contact us.