THE KIRBY LAING FOUNDATION — grant history

Registered charity 264299 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£2.0m

Grants listed (FY2024)

Listed grants total

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Accounts grants total

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extracted from its FY2024 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.

Summarised from www.laingfamilytrusts.org.uk · www.laingfamilytrusts.org.uk/what-we-fund/ · www.laingfamilytrusts.org.uk/what-we-fund/exclusions/ 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)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (23 grantees)
Religious Activities (15 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (13 grantees)
Disability (11 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (10 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (8 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (7 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (7 grantees)
Overseas Aid/famine Relief (6 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (25 grantees)
Scotland (13 grantees)
Northern Ireland (9 grantees)
Throughout England (6 grantees)
India (6 grantees)
Nepal (6 grantees)
United States (4 grantees)
Kenya (4 grantees)
Isle Of Man (4 grantees)
Tanzania (3 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
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)
The Stroke Association	FY2022	£60k	Senior Lectureship Programme (last of 5 grants)
Northamptonshire	FY2022	£60k	Health & Medical Welfare
Bible Reading Fellowship	FY2022	£55k	Church Lead for Anno Chaplaincy (1st of 3 grants)
Birmingham Royal Ballet	FY2022	£50k	Establishment
Priscilla Bacon Norfolk Hospice Care	FY2022	£50k	Construction of a new hospice
Christian Youth Enterprises Sailing Centre	FY2022	£50k	Project Delta - New changing and staff accommodation facilities
The Sick Children's Trust	FY2022	£40k	Health & Medical Welfare
BRACE	FY2022	£30k	Health & Medical Welfare (2 grants)
University of Gloucestershire	FY2022	£30k	Postgraduate Scholarships (last of 5 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
Westminster Abbey Trust	FY2022	£25k	Disabled Access Ramp
Princes Trust	FY2022	£25k	Get into Health Core Programme of a Junior Company (1st of 3 grants)
Peterborough Cathedral	FY2022	£25k	Sustainability Projects - Shop Refurbishment (last of 3 grants)
Hamlin Fistula UK	FY2022	£20k	Overseas Development
Dementia UK	FY2022	£20k	Health & Medical Welfare
The Faraday Institute	FY2022	£20k	Religion
National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain	FY2022	£20k	Culture and the environment
National Railway Museum	FY2022	£20k	Culture and the environment
Bletchley Park Trust	FY2022	£20k	STEM Education
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain	FY2022	£19k	Culture and the environment
London Philharmonic Orchestra	FY2022	£15k	Culture and the environment
British Red Cross UK/International	FY2022	£15k	Overseas Development
Hatfield House Chamber Music Festival	FY2022	£10k	Culture and the environment
Pragya UK	FY2022	£10k	Overseas Development
Aston University	FY2022	£10k	STEM Education
78 Derngate Northampton Trust	FY2022	£10k	Culture and the environment
National Opera Studio	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
Royal Northern College of Music	FY2022	£10k	Culture and the environment
The Brunel Museum	FY2022	£10k	Culture and the environment
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Development Trust	FY2022	£10k	Culture and the environment
British Heart Foundation	FY2022	£10k	Health & Medical Welfare
Gurkha Welfare Trust	FY2022	£10k	Overseas Development
Renewable World	FY2022	£10k	Overseas Development
World Vision UK	FY2022	£10k	Overseas Development
Association of English Cathedrals	FY2022	£10k	Religion
Oriel College	FY2022	£10k	Centre for the Study of the Bible in the Humanities
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)
Coress	FY2022	£5k	Health & Medical Welfare
Welsh National Opera	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
Nepal Fellowship	FY2022	£5k	Overseas Development (2 grants)
Arts 4 Dementia	FY2022	£5k	Social Welfare
TB Alert	FY2022	£5k	Overseas Development
Wallace Collection	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
John Laing Charitable Trust	FY2022	£5k	Social Welfare
Music For My Mind	FY2022	£5k	Social Welfare
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
Academy of Ancient Music	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
Glyndebourne Arts Trust	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment (2 grants)
Garsington Opera	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
SAT-7 Trust Ltd	FY2022	£5k	Women's Programming (last of 5 grants)
Scripture Union	FY2022	£5k	Religion
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle	FY2022	£5k	Religion
St Laurence Church, Cafford	FY2022	£5k	Religion
English National Opera	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
Dorset Opera	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
Boston Festival	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
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
Child Rescue Nepal	FY2022	£5k	Overseas Development
Bath Festival Orchestra	FY2022	£5k	Culture and the environment
Hospice UK	FY2022	£2k	Health & Medical Welfare

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 (no individually listed grants). 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.