BENEFACT TRUST LIMITED — grant history

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Latest income

£33.3m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£5.1m

Accounts grants total

£26.7m

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: 5 of 7 grants we extracted from its FY2024 accounts match a published grantee by name (71%), and 4 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: 4,643.

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Benefact Trust accepts unsolicited applications via an online portal for Community Impact, Building, and Methodist Grants. Strategic Partnerships and Crisis Response Grants are by invitation only.

Summarised from benefacttrust.co.uk · benefacttrust.co.uk/grants/ · benefacttrust.co.uk/apply/ on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

Credited as a funder by

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

WESTON ARK “Benefact Trust awarded Weston Ark £4,000 specifically towards refurbishing the toilet facilities at the Hughenden Centre”
GUILDEN SUTTON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CIO “We are very grateful to have received donations and grants from individuals and families within our community, from a lo”
GROWING HOPE MAIDSTONE “We are grateful to Benefact Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation for their generous support.”
GROWING HOPE SOLENT “We are grateful to Benefact Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation for their generous support.”
GROWING HOPE YORK “We are grateful to Benefact Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation for their generous support.”
CHAPEL STREET METHODIST CHURCH PENZANCE “Methodist Church funds (both local and national) have been used but we are extremely grateful to the Benefact Trust for ”
TRANSFORMING CHURCHES AND COMMUNITIES “Benefact Trust Benefact Trust exists to make a positive difference to people's lives by funding, guiding and celebratin”
CRIBS CHARITABLE TRUST “Benefact Trust - for supporting the delivery of our new Mentoring Hubs in local churches”
LLANTHONY SECUNDA PRIORY TRUST “Our website is kindly sponsored by Allchurches Trust Ltd.”
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SANDON WITH BURSTON “Benefact Trust exists to make a positive difference to people's lives by funding, guiding and celebrating the work of ch”
GROWING HOPE REDBRIDGE “We are grateful to Benefact Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation for their generous support.”
BARKING CHURCHES UNITE (BCU) “IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ALDI | AMAZON | ASDA | BARKING & DAGENHAM COUNCIL | BENEFACT TRUST | CADENT | CHABAD LUBAVITCH | COS”
THE RAILWAY MISSION “Railway Mission is supported by the Benefact Trust”
THE MAGDALENE PROJECT “‘‘Giving is at the heart of what we do. Benefact Trust is one of the UK’s largest Christian grant-making trusts. Since w”
ROOTS FOR CHURCHES LIMITED “We would also like to thank The Jerusalem Trust, The Beatrice Laing Trust and The Allchurches Trust for their initial fi”
WOMEN@THEWELL “We are and have been generously supported by a range of trusts and foundations including the Institute of Our Lady of Me”
OPEN HOUSE (CHRISTIAN OUTREACH) TRUST “Massive thanks to The Gavins Foundation , National Lottery Awards For All , The Garfield Weston Foundation , Benefact T”
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WICKFORD AND RUNWELL “We completed Phase 1 of this project in 2023, having raised £20,000 (including grants from Benefact Trust and The Listed”
GROWING HOPE KING'S CROSS “We are grateful to Benefact Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation for their generous support.”
GROWING HOPE BROCKLEY “We are grateful to Benefact Trust and Garfield Weston Foundation for their generous support.”

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (8 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (6 grantees)
Education/training (6 grantees)
Religious Activities (4 grantees)
Disability (4 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (4 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (3 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (3 grantees)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (3 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (2 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (7 grantees)
Northern Ireland (4 grantees)
Scotland (4 grantees)
Isle Of Man (2 grantees)
Guernsey (2 grantees)
Burma (1 grantee)
Burkina Faso (1 grantee)
Bangladesh (1 grantee)
Cheshire West & Chester (1 grantee)
British Virgin Islands (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → 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.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	THE SALVATION ARMY	—	£1.1m
new	Church of England’s Archbishop's Council	—	£250k
new	Faithworks	—	£224k
new	Church of Ireland	—	£200k
new	East Belfast Mission	—	£196k
new	THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY	—	£150k
new	Médecins Sans Frontiéres	—	£150k
new	Christian Aid	—	£125k
up	CATHEDRALS' WORKSHOP FELLOWSHIP	£509k	£2.1m
not listed	The General Synod of the Church of England	£1.5m	—
not listed	The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC)	£490k	—
not listed	Médecins Sans Frontières and Christian Aid	£408k	—
not listed	Canadian Red Cross and Anglican and Catholic Dioceses of Jasper	£142k	—
not listed	THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX	£50k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Cathedrals’ Workshop Fellowship	FY2025	£2.1m	Multiyear grant awarded across 2024 and 2025 for Benefact Trust Scholars Programme supporting heritage skills.
The Salvation Army	FY2025	£1.1m	Create 54 flexible, supported accommodation units for people who fall outside statutory support.
Church of England’s Archbishop's Council	FY2025	£250k	Locally-led partnership piloting preventative approaches to tackling homelessness.
Faithworks	FY2025	£224k	Locally-led partnership piloting preventative approaches to tackling homelessness.
Church of Ireland	FY2025	£200k	Help parishes and dioceses access sustainable technologies to reduce carbon footprint.
East Belfast Mission	FY2025	£196k	Locally-led partnership piloting preventative approaches to tackling homelessness.
British Red Cross	FY2025	£150k	Following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar.
Médecins Sans Frontiéres	FY2025	£150k	Hepatitis C Test & Treat campaign in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Christian Aid	FY2025	£125k	Relief in Afghanistan following an earthquake.
World Vision	FY2025	£100k	Humanitarian relief in Sudan.
Holy Trinity Hastings	FY2025	£100k	Safeguarding heritage and strengthening the church's role as a vital Community hub.
Kahalia - BREW	FY2025	£100k	Supporting vulnerable people with tailored training, mentorship, and pathways into employment.
Wesley Methodist Church	FY2025	£80k	Making Wesley Church a warmer, more energy-efficient home for creative programmes.
Friends of the Holy Land	FY2025	£75k	Support Christians in Gaza.
The 180 Project	FY2025	£65k	Reducing the risk of reoffending by enabling men to rebuild their lives.
St Andrew's Wallace Green and Lowich Church	FY2025	£48k	Transforming a historic church into a warm, flexible, and inclusive space.
Derby City Mission	FY2025	£34k	Expanding vital homelessness services in Derby.
Withernsea Methodist Church	FY2025	£24k	Enabling energy-saving upgrades to transform this vital community hub.
Made For More NI	FY2025	£12k	Empowering young people across Northern Ireland to navigate mental-health challenges.
The General Synod of the Church of England	FY2024	£1.5m	Demonstrator Churches project to achieve net zero
Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship	FY2024	£509k	Heritage Skills Programme (first year of 2025-2029 partnership)
The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC)	FY2024	£490k	Net zero demonstrator churches
Médecins Sans Frontières and Christian Aid	FY2024	£408k	Crisis Response: Gaza and Lebanon
World Vision	FY2024	£150k	Crisis Response: Sudan
Canadian Red Cross and Anglican and Catholic Dioceses of Jasper	FY2024	£142k	Crisis Response: Jasper wildfires, Canada
Citizens Advice	FY2024	£50k	Crisis Response: UK emergency support helpline
Together Middlesbrough and Cleveland	FY2022	£2.2m	Brighter Lives Grants Programme (mental health)
World Vision	FY2022	£1.0m	Ukraine crisis response
Depaul International	FY2022	£1.0m	Ukraine crisis response
British Red Cross	FY2022	£1.0m	Ukraine crisis response
Depaul UK	FY2022	£500k	Cost of Living Crisis response
Depaul Ireland	FY2022	£500k	Cost of Living Crisis response
Heritage Skills for Christian Buildings Grants	FY2022	£159k	Heritage Skills for Christian Buildings Grants Programme
Linking Lives UK	FY2022	£145k	Transformational Grants Programme
Lightwood Green Methodist	FY2022	£27k	Methodist Grants Programme
The Collegiate Church of St Mary in Warwick	FY2022	£24k	General Grants Programme (building repairs)
Trussell Trust	FY2022	amount not stated	Cost of Living Crisis response
Warm Welcome Campaign	FY2022	amount not stated	Cost of Living Crisis response
Baby Basics	FY2022	amount not stated	Ukraine crisis response (refugees in UK/Ireland)
Church Urban Fund	FY2022	amount not stated	Ukraine crisis response (refugees in UK/Ireland)
Love Your Neighbour	FY2022	amount not stated	Ukraine crisis response (refugees in UK/Ireland)

5 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

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 5143350 vs reference 26700000 (80.7% 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].