THE RAINFORD TRUST — grant history

Registered charity 266157 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£313k
Grants listed (FY2023)
77
Listed grants total
£355k
Accounts grants total
£354k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2023 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.therainfordtrust.org · www.therainfordtrust.org/who-what-we-fund · www.therainfordtrust.org/how-to-apply 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 (32 grantees)
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (20 grantees)
  • Disability (17 grantees)
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (15 grantees)
  • General Charitable Purposes (11 grantees)
  • Economic/community Development/employment (11 grantees)
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science (10 grantees)
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief (7 grantees)
  • Accommodation/housing (5 grantees)
  • Recreation (5 grantees)
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (18 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (7 grantees)
  • Scotland (7 grantees)
  • St Helens (7 grantees)
  • Liverpool City (6 grantees)
  • Wirral (5 grantees)
  • Knowsley (4 grantees)
  • Kenya (4 grantees)
  • Sefton (3 grantees)
  • Halton (2 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
World of GlassFY2023£150k
Clonter Opera TheatreFY2023£16k
DEC Ukraine AppealFY2023£10k
DEC Turkey/Syria Earthquake AppealFY2023£10k
DEC Pakistan Floods AppealFY2023£10k
Whizz-KidzFY2023£7k
United World SchoolsFY2023£5k
Pipal TreeFY2023£5k
Rainbow HUB NW LtdFY2023£5k
The Park Farm A. C.Y.P. Community CentreFY2023£5k
The Brain & Spine FoundationFY2023£5k
The Daniel Fox FoundationFY2023£5k
Newton-le-Willows Family & Community AssociationFY2023£5k
New WaysFY2023£5k
Hopes and Homes for ChildrenFY2023£5k
Headway The Brain Injury AssociationFY2023£5k
C&A Pilkington Trust Fund (South Africa)FY2023£5k
St Marks PCCFY2023£4k
Porridge & Pens GhanaFY2023£4k
CF Dream HolidaysFY2023£3k
Moorland School (Aime Reid)FY2023£3k
Water-HarvestFY2023£3k
Hope CentreFY2023£3k
Walk the PlankFY2023£3k
PCC Christ Church EcclestonFY2023£2k
Bowel Cancer UKFY2023£2k
Bright Sparks School IndiaFY2023£2k
Chance for ChildhoodFY2023£2k
Designability Charity LtdFY2023£2k
East Liverpool Riding for the Disabled AssociationFY2023£2k
Liverpool LighthouseFY2023£2k
MedEquip4KidsFY2023£2k
Multiple Sclerosis Therapy CentreFY2023£2k
Rainford Girl GuidingFY2023£2k
Roll Model Youth and Community Development CICFY2023£2k
Scholarships for Street KidsFY2023£2k
St Helens Open Art CompetitionFY2023£2k
Stick 'n' StepFY2023£2k
The Haydock BandFY2023£2k
Walking with the WoundedFY2023£2k
Wonder ArtsFY2023£2k
Deafblind UKFY2023£2k
Halton & St Helens VCAFY2023£2k
Pain Relief FoundationFY2023£2k
Revitalise Respite HospitalFY2023£2k
Momo's CafeFY2023£2k
Sport 4 LifeFY2023£2k
Make them SmileFY2023£1k
Girls Friendly Society in England and WalesFY2023£1k
Halton & St Helens VCAFY2023£1k
Happy Days Children's CharityFY2023£1k
Haydock NAWCFY2023£1k
Hope for ChildrenFY2023£1k
Interact Shoke SupportFY2023£1k
Listening BooksFY2023£1k
MAD-AidFY2023£1k
New Life NyambeneFY2023£1k
Once Upon a SmileFY2023£1k
PCC St James with St Matthews Church Eccleston ParkFY2023£1k
Read for GoodFY2023£1k
Bright ParkFY2023£1k
Self Injury SupportFY2023£1k
St Helens Pensioners Bowling AssociationFY2023£1k
St Lukes Community CentreFY2023£1k
St Luke's Healthcare for Clergy WellbeingFY2023£1k
Team OasisFY2023£1k
The BluecoatFY2023£1k
The Bobby Colleran TrustFY2023£1k
The Friends of Lyme & Wood Country ParkFY2023£1k
The Foundation Years TrustFY2023£1k
The Tea Leaf TrustFY2023£1k
The Turning Point TrustFY2023£1k
The Barn Owl TrustFY2023£1k
Richard Dimbleby Cancer FundFY2023£1k
British Angling AssociationFY2023£1k
CELLS Project CIOFY2023£1k
Cystic Fibrosis CareFY2023£1k

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 355032 vs reference 354032 (0.3% 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.