THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION — grant history
Latest income
£1.6m
Grants listed (FY2025)
45
Listed grants total
£1.2m
Accounts grants total
£1.2m
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: The Beatrice Laing Trust is closed to new applications until further notice. Applicants must read individual Trust guidelines and contact the Trusts before submitting if in any doubt. The Trusts do not accept unsolicited applications for the Beatrice Laing Trust.
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What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Nepal
- India
- Throughout England
- Bangladesh
- Zimbabwe
- Kenya
- Tanzania
What changed: FY2023 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2023 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | King's College London | — | £200k |
| new | THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN | — | £100k |
| new | NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO | — | £75k |
| new | THE DOMBOSHAWA TRUST | — | £55k |
| new | THE OLD VIC THEATRE TRUST 2000 | — | £50k |
| new | Project Equinox | — | £50k |
| new | YOUTHSCAPE | — | £40k |
| new | THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY | — | £25k |
| up | Art Fund | £10k | £50k |
| down | The Leprosy Mission | £257k | £25k |
| down | GARSINGTON OPERA LIMITED | £225k | £10k |
| not listed | HOSPICE UK | £590k | — |
| not listed | EXETER CATHEDRAL | £250k | — |
| not listed | The Auckland Project | £135k | — |
| not listed | THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | £125k | — |
| not listed | LICC LIMITED | £100k | — |
| not listed | SAT-7 UK TRUST LIMITED | £100k | — |
| not listed | BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET | £50k | — |
| not listed | THE CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION | £45k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's College London | FY2025 | £200k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge | FY2025 | £105k | Religion |
| National Youth Theatre of Great Britain | FY2025 | £100k | The Arts |
| National Opera Studio | FY2025 | £75k | The Arts |
| Bible Reading Fellowship | FY2025 | £55k | Religion |
| Domboshawa Trust | FY2025 | £55k | Religion |
| Art Fund | FY2025 | £50k | The Arts |
| The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 | FY2025 | £50k | The Arts |
| Project Equinox | FY2025 | £50k | Social Welfare & Community |
| Youthscape | FY2025 | £40k | Religion |
| Royal Horticultural Society | FY2025 | £25k | Education & Training |
| The Leprosy Mission | FY2025 | £25k | Overseas Development |
| Cure Parkinson's Trust | FY2025 | £20k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Hamlin Fistula UK | FY2025 | £20k | Overseas Development |
| National Space Centre | FY2025 | £20k | Education & Training |
| Dictune Trust | FY2025 | £15k | Social Welfare & Community |
| Dementia UK | FY2025 | £15k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Royal Ballet and Opera | FY2025 | £15k | The Arts |
| Aston University | FY2025 | £15k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| IMPACT Foundation | FY2025 | £15k | Overseas Development |
| A Rocha Trust | FY2025 | £13k | Religion |
| Garsington Opera | FY2025 | £10k | The Arts |
| St Albans International Organ Festival | FY2025 | £10k | The Arts |
| Royal Academy of Music | FY2025 | £10k | The Arts |
| London Youth Choirs | FY2025 | £10k | The Arts |
| National Academy for Social Prescribing | FY2025 | £10k | Social Welfare & Community |
| Child Rescue Nepal | FY2025 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Challenge Fund | FY2025 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Sinfonia Smith Square | FY2025 | £9k | The Arts |
| English National Opera | FY2025 | £8k | The Arts |
| Salisbury Cathedral | FY2025 | £8k | Education & Training |
| Chance to Shine Foundation Ltd | FY2025 | £8k | Children & Young People |
| Oak Church, Stevenage | FY2025 | £8k | Religion |
| The Anne Robson Trust | FY2025 | £7k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Frank Water | FY2025 | £6k | Overseas Development |
| Brain Research UK | FY2025 | £6k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Renewable World | FY2025 | £5k | Overseas Development |
| Academy of St Martin in the Fields | FY2025 | £5k | The Arts |
| Dorset Opera | FY2025 | £5k | The Arts |
| Carers Worldwide | FY2025 | £5k | Overseas Development |
| The Stroke Association | FY2025 | £5k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Glyndebourne Arts Trust | FY2025 | £5k | The Arts |
| The Royal School of Church Music | FY2025 | £5k | The Arts |
| The Rodolfus Foundation | FY2025 | £5k | The Arts |
| Literature Works | FY2025 | £5k | Social Welfare & Community |
| Hospice UK | FY2023 | £590k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| The Leprosy Mission | FY2023 | £257k | Overseas Development |
| Exeter Cathedral | FY2023 | £250k | Religion |
| Garsington Opera | FY2023 | £225k | The Arts |
| The Auckland Project | FY2023 | £135k | Religion |
| National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Development Foundation | FY2023 | £125k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge | FY2023 | £100k | Religion |
| London Institute for Contemporary Christianity | FY2023 | £100k | Religion |
| SAT-7 Trust Ltd | FY2023 | £100k | Religion |
| Bible Reading Fellowship | FY2023 | £53k | Religion |
| Birmingham Royal Ballet | FY2023 | £50k | The Arts |
| Charities Aid Foundation | FY2023 | £45k | Miscellaneous |
| BRACE | FY2023 | £30k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| David Laing Foundation | FY2023 | £30k | Environment & Heritage |
| Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership | FY2023 | £26k | Religion |
| Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust | FY2023 | £25k | Children & Young People |
| Cathedral Isle of Man | FY2023 | £25k | Religion |
| Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre | FY2023 | £25k | Children & Young People |
| Princes Trust | FY2023 | £25k | Education & Training |
| Loughborough Bell Foundry Trust | FY2023 | £20k | Environment & Heritage |
| Plan International UK | FY2023 | £20k | Overseas Development |
| Interserve Great Britain & Ireland | FY2023 | £20k | Overseas Development |
| St Paul's Cathedral Foundation | FY2023 | £20k | Religion |
| Chichester Cathedral Restoration & Development Trust | FY2023 | £20k | Religion |
| Royal & Derngate Northamptonshire | FY2023 | £19k | The Arts |
| IMPACT Foundation | FY2023 | £15k | Overseas Development |
| British Red Cross UK/International | FY2023 | £15k | Overseas Development |
| St Albans International Organ Festival | FY2023 | £12k | The Arts |
| The King's Foundation | FY2023 | £11k | Education & Training |
| Gurkha Welfare Trust | FY2023 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Royal Northern College of Music | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Royal College of Music | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Opera Holland Park Friends | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Help Musicians UK | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Creative Oundle | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Awards for Young Musicians | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Art Fund | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Redhills | FY2023 | £10k | Social Welfare |
| Wallace Collection | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| World Vision UK | FY2023 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Welsh National Opera | FY2023 | £10k | The Arts |
| Mines Advisory Group | FY2023 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust | FY2023 | £10k | Education & Training |
| Association of British Neurologists | FY2023 | £10k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| British Heart Foundation | FY2023 | £10k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| University of Aberdeen | FY2023 | £10k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Dhaka Ahsania Mission UK | FY2023 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Southbank Sinfonia | FY2023 | £9k | The Arts |
| Oak Church, Stevenage | FY2023 | £8k | Religion |
| Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability | FY2023 | £8k | Religion |
| Chance to Shine | FY2023 | £8k | Children & Young People |
| Salisbury Cathedral Trust | FY2023 | £8k | Education & Training |
| Frank Water | FY2023 | £6k | Overseas Development |
| Brain Research UK | FY2023 | £6k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Carers Worldwide | FY2023 | £6k | Overseas Development |
| Dorset Opera | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| Motor Neurone Disease Association | FY2023 | £5k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| International Nepal Fellowship | FY2023 | £5k | Overseas Development |
| LAMB Health Care Foundation | FY2023 | £5k | Overseas Development |
| United Purpose | FY2023 | £5k | Overseas Development |
| Bristol International Student Centre | FY2023 | £5k | Religion |
| Lichfield Cathedral | FY2023 | £5k | Religion |
| The Royal School of Church Music | FY2023 | £5k | Religion |
| John Laing Charitable Trust | FY2023 | £5k | Social Welfare |
| Literature Works | FY2023 | £5k | Social Welfare |
| Academy of Ancient Music | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| Buxton Festival | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| London Symphony Orchestra | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| National Youth Jazz Orchestra | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| Nevill Holt Opera | FY2023 | £5k | The Arts |
| Coventry Cathedral Development Trust | FY2022 | £1.0m | Diamond Jubilee Endowment Fund (Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge) Core Costs (1st of 3 grants) |
| Wildlife Trusts Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire | FY2022 | £283k | Culture and the environment |
| London Institute for Contemporary Christianity | FY2022 | £250k | Equipping the 'Emerging Generations' (1st of 3 grants) |
| The Leprosy Mission | FY2022 | £233k | Overseas Development (2 grants) |
| Tall Ships Youth Trust | FY2022 | £110k | Engineering / Promoting careers in engineering |
| Leicester Cathedral | FY2022 | £100k | Leicester Cathedral Revealed - Learning & Engagement |
| Rose Castle Foundation | FY2022 | £100k | Religion |
| Youthscape | FY2022 | £70k | Centre for Innovation in Youth Ministry (last of 3 grants) |
| Northamptonshire | FY2022 | £60k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| The Stroke Association | FY2022 | £60k | Senior Lectureship Programme (last of 5 grants) |
| Bible Reading Fellowship | FY2022 | £55k | Church Lead for Anno Chaplaincy (1st of 3 grants) |
| Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre | FY2022 | £50k | Project Delta - New changing and staff accommodation facilities |
| Birmingham Royal Ballet | FY2022 | £50k | Establishment |
| Priscilla Bacon Norfolk Hospice Care | FY2022 | £50k | Construction of a new hospice |
| The Sick Children's Trust | FY2022 | £40k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| University of Gloucestershire | FY2022 | £30k | Postgraduate Scholarships (last of 5 grants) |
| BRACE | FY2022 | £30k | Health & Medical Welfare (2 grants) |
| IMPACT Foundation | FY2022 | £25k | to end Unemployment for Nepalis (Fostering Opportunities Disabilities) Project, Nepal (made up of 2 grants) (part of 5 grants) |
| Charities Aid Foundation | FY2022 | £25k | Miscellaneous |
| Peterborough Cathedral | FY2022 | £25k | Sustainability Projects - Shop Refurbishment (last of 3 grants) |
| Princes Trust | FY2022 | £25k | Get into Health Core Programme of a Junior Company (1st of 3 grants) |
| Westminster Abbey Trust | FY2022 | £25k | Disabled Access Ramp |
| National Railway Museum | FY2022 | £20k | Culture and the environment |
| Dementia UK | FY2022 | £20k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Bletchley Park Trust | FY2022 | £20k | STEM Education |
| Hamlin Fistula UK | FY2022 | £20k | Overseas Development |
| The Faraday Institute | FY2022 | £20k | Religion |
| National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain | FY2022 | £20k | Culture and the environment |
| National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain | FY2022 | £19k | Culture and the environment |
| British Red Cross UK/International | FY2022 | £15k | Overseas Development |
| London Philharmonic Orchestra | FY2022 | £15k | Culture and the environment |
| Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| Association of English Cathedrals | FY2022 | £10k | Religion |
| Oriel College | FY2022 | £10k | Centre for the Study of the Bible in the Humanities |
| British Heart Foundation | FY2022 | £10k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| 78 Derngate Northampton Trust | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| Gurkha Welfare Trust | FY2022 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| World Vision UK | FY2022 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Pragya UK | FY2022 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Renewable World | FY2022 | £10k | Overseas Development |
| Aston University | FY2022 | £10k | STEM Education |
| Royal Northern College of Music | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| The Brunel Museum | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| National Opera Studio | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Development Trust | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| National Youth Jazz Orchestra | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| Royal College of Music | FY2022 | £10k | Culture and the environment |
| Southbank Sinfonia | FY2022 | £9k | Culture and the environment |
| Stevenage Pioneer Youth Trust | FY2022 | £8k | Religion |
| Restoration of Appearance and Function Trust | FY2022 | £5k | Breast Reconstruction Project (last of 4 grants) |
| Scripture Union | FY2022 | £5k | Religion |
| SAT-7 Trust Ltd | FY2022 | £5k | Women's Programming (last of 5 grants) |
| Dorset Opera | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Boston Festival | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Bath Festival Orchestra | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Academy of Ancient Music | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| TB Alert | FY2022 | £5k | Overseas Development |
| Nepal Fellowship | FY2022 | £5k | Overseas Development (2 grants) |
| Child Rescue Nepal | FY2022 | £5k | Overseas Development |
| Carers Association | FY2022 | £5k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Muscular Dystrophy UK | FY2022 | £5k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Motor Neurone Disease Association | FY2022 | £5k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Fight for Sight | FY2022 | £5k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Coress | FY2022 | £5k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Welsh National Opera | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Wallace Collection | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| London Symphony Orchestra | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Historic England Foundation | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Music For My Mind | FY2022 | £5k | Social Welfare |
| John Laing Charitable Trust | FY2022 | £5k | Social Welfare |
| Glyndebourne Arts Trust | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment (2 grants) |
| Arts 4 Dementia | FY2022 | £5k | Social Welfare |
| Garsington Opera | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| St Laurence Church, Cafford | FY2022 | £5k | Religion |
| St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle | FY2022 | £5k | Religion |
| English National Opera | FY2022 | £5k | Culture and the environment |
| Hospice UK | FY2022 | £2k | Health & Medical Welfare |
| Cicely Saunders International | FY2021 | £1.8m | Endowment of a Chair In Palliative Care |
| National Youth Theatre of Great Britain | FY2021 | £400k | A production House for Young people —Building Redevelopment project (last instalment of 4) |
| The Leprosy Mission | FY2021 | £237k | FOUND Project, Nepal(lst year of 3) |
| St Albans Cathedral Trust | FY2021 | £150k | Cathedral Precinct- landscaping |
| Exeter Cathedral | FY2021 | £105k | Chapter House Project |
| The Duke of Edinburgh's Award | FY2021 | £100k | Inspiring Futures/Living Legacy Fund |
| SAT-7 Trust Ltd | FY2021 | £100k | Women's Programming (4th of 5 grants) |
| English Heritage | FY2021 | £78k | Furness Abbey Development Project |
| Age UK | FY2021 | £75k | Disconnected Mind Clinical Research Phase 4 (last of 3 grants) |
| Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge | FY2021 | £65k | Director's Salary |
| Urban Saints | FY2021 | £50k | Planting of Groups in North London |
| EMMS International | FY2021 | £50k | Sunita Project ('Every Girl Matters' ), Nepal |
| Northamptonshire Association of Youth Clubs | FY2021 | £50k | Prince's Foundation for Building Community |
| Fight for Sight | FY2021 | £50k | |
| Art Fund | FY2021 | £50k | Respond & Reimagine Grants Programme |
| Silverstone Heritage Ltd | FY2021 | £50k | Tall Ships Youth Trust |
| Project Equinox | FY2021 | £45k | Heterons and Medical Students Accommodation |
| The Stroke Association | FY2021 | £40k | Senior Lectureship Programme (4th of 5 grants) |
| The Reculver Trust | FY2021 | £40k | Office Refurbishment |
| University of Gloucestershire | FY2021 | £30k | Postgraduate Scholarships (4th of 5 grants) |
| Dictune Trust (2) | FY2021 | £30k | |
| The Duke of Edinburgh's Award | FY2021 | £25k | The Duke of Edinburgh's Award |
| Langham Partnership | FY2021 | £25k | Development of warehouse /office complex in Carlisle |
| Oriel College | FY2021 | £25k | Centre for the Study of the Bible in the Humanities |
| Cranfield University | FY2021 | £25k | International Students House |
| Birmingham Royal Ballet | FY2021 | £25k | Refurbishment of The Nutcracker production |
| Cure Parkinson's Trust | FY2021 | £20k | |
| Centre for the Study of Christianity & Culture | FY2021 | £20k | |
| Plymouth Marine Laboratory | FY2021 | £20k | |
| Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability | FY2021 | £20k | |
| Royal College of Music | FY2021 | £18k | |
| BRACE | FY2021 | £15k | |
| IMPACT Foundation | FY2021 | £15k | |
| St Albans International Organ Festival | FY2021 | £10k | |
| The Leeds International Pianoforte Competition | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Royal Academy of Dramatic Art | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Gurkha Welfare Trust | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Evangelical Alliance | FY2021 | £10k | |
| National Youth Jazz Orchestra | FY2021 | £10k | |
| National Portrait Gallery | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Creative Oundle | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Welsh National Opera | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Association of British Neurologists | FY2021 | £10k | |
| British Heart Foundation | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Renewable World | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Restoration of Appearance and Function Trust | FY2021 | £10k | Breast Reconstruction project (3rd of 4 grants) |
| Dhaka Ahsania Mission UK | FY2021 | £10k | |
| The Common Room | FY2021 | £10k | |
| The Church of the Good Shepherd, Tadworth | FY2021 | £9k | |
| Princes Trust | FY2021 | £8k | Silverstone Heritage Ltd |
| Southbank Sinfonia | FY2021 | £8k | |
| Stevenage Pioneer Youth Trust | FY2021 | £8k | |
| Muscular Dystrophy UK | FY2021 | £7k | |
| Arts 4 Dementia | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Basingstoke and Alton Cardiac Rehabilitation Charity | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Royal Academy | FY2021 | £5k | |
| SoundCafe Leicester | FY2021 | £5k | |
| St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield | FY2021 | £5k | |
| The Griffin institute | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Coress | FY2021 | £5k | |
| International Nepal Fellowship | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Glyndebourne Arts Trust | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Garsington Opera | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Dorset Opera | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Bradford Cathedral | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Dementia UK | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Boston Festival | FY2021 | £5k | |
| Time to Talk Befriending | FY2021 | £5k | |
| World Vision UK | FY2021 | £5k |