THE RAINFORD TRUST — grant history

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Latest income
£313k
Grants listed (FY2024)
76
Listed grants total
£265k
Accounts grants total
£262k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2024 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

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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
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (55 grantees)
  • Scotland (28 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (22 grantees)
  • St Helens (15 grantees)
  • Liverpool City (12 grantees)
  • Throughout England (10 grantees)
  • Kenya (10 grantees)
  • Wirral (9 grantees)
  • India (8 grantees)
  • Uganda (7 grantees)

What changed: FY2023 → FY2024

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2024
newSHELTERBOX TRUST—£10k
newWhiston Willis Primary Academy—£10k
newBEEN THERE—£9k
newWomen and Children First—£5k
newSpinal Muscular Atrophy—£5k
newThe John Fawcett Foundation—£5k
newTOM'S TRUST—£5k
newHalton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action - Food Pantry—£5k
downMEDEQUIP4KIDS£2k£1k
not listedDEC Pakistan Floods Appeal£10k—
not listedDEC Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal£10k—
not listedDEC Ukraine Appeal£10k—
not listedWHIZZ-KIDZ£7k—
not listedUNITED WORLD SCHOOLS£5k—
not listedRainbow Hub NW Ltd£5k—
not listedTHE DANIEL FOX FOUNDATION£5k—
not listedThe Brain & Spine Foundation£5k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
World of GlassFY2024£75kHumanities
Clonter Opera TheatreFY2024£16kEducational
The ShelterBox TrustFY2024£10kWelfare
Whiston Willis Primary AcademyFY2024£10kWelfare
Been ThereFY2024£9kWelfare
Women and Children FirstFY2024£5kWelfare
C&A Pilkington Trust Fund (South Africa)FY2024£5kWelfare
Spinal Muscular AtrophyFY2024£5kWelfare
The John Fawcett FoundationFY2024£5kWelfare
Tom’s TrustFY2024£5kWelfare
Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action - Food PantryFY2024£5kWelfare
Healing Little HeartsFY2024£5kWelfare
Pump Aid MalawiFY2024£5kWelfare
Professors Without BordersFY2024£5kWelfare
The National Association for Children of AlcoholicsFY2024£5kWelfare
Amie ReidFY2024£4kEducational
Marine Conservation SocietyFY2024£4kEnvironmental
Frank Water Projects (India)FY2024£3kWelfare
Age InternationalFY2024£3kWelfare
Hope and Homes for ChildrenFY2024£3kWelfare
Melanoma FocusFY2024£3kWelfare
The Brain Tumour CharityFY2024£3kWelfare
Raising Futures KenyaFY2024£3kWelfare
Village Water (Mozambique)FY2024£3kWelfare
Clothing Solutions (for Disabled People)FY2024£3kWelfare
St Helens Borough Council (Abi Lambe)FY2024£2kEducational
Sand Dams WorldwideFY2024£2kWelfare
Ormskirk Street PastorsFY2024£2kWelfare
Re-cycle Bikes to AfricaFY2024£2kWelfare
Leukaemia UKFY2024£2kMedical
Children’s Adventure Farm TrustFY2024£2kWelfare
The Hope Centre St HelensFY2024£2kWelfare
The Friends of H.O.P.EFY2024£2kWelfare
Tall Ships Youth TrustFY2024£2kWelfare
St Helens Open Arts CompetitionFY2024£2kHumanities
Contact Registered CharityFY2024£2kWelfare
Aspire Fundraising LimitedFY2024£2kWelfare
The Living Paintings TrustFY2024£2kWelfare
The Brain CharityFY2024£2kWelfare
St Helens District Group of Advanced MotoristsFY2024£2kWelfare
Momo’s CaféFY2024£2kWelfare
Frozen LightFY2024£2kHumanities
Prisoners Advice ServiceFY2024£1kWelfare
Corpus Christi PSFAFY2024£1kWelfare
Criminon UKFY2024£1kWelfare
Domestic Abuse WA12 C.L.CFY2024£1kWelfare
Douglas Bader FoundationFY2024£1kWelfare
East Liverpool RDAFY2024£1kWelfare
Edith Cavell Fund for NursesFY2024£1kWelfare
Friends of Rivington Primary School PTAFY2024£1kWelfare
Home-Start Cymru for FamiliesFY2024£1kWelfare
Housing for the HomelessFY2024£1kWelfare
Zambia Orphans AidFY2024£1kWelfare
Young EnterpriseFY2024£1kWelfare
Wings for WarriorsFY2024£1kWelfare
The OHMI TrustFY2024£1kWelfare
The Neuromuscular CentreFY2024£1kWelfare
The Disabled Sailors AssociationFY2024£1kWelfare
The Bloom AppealFY2024£1kWelfare
St Helens Pensioners Bowling AssociationFY2024£1kWelfare
SHINEFY2024£1kWelfare
SANEFY2024£1kWelfare
Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s CharityFY2024£1kWelfare
REACTFY2024£1kWelfare
PhysioNet Foundation CIOFY2024£1kWelfare
PEEK Possibilities for Each and Every Child LtdFY2024£1kWelfare
Omega, the National Association for End of Life CareFY2024£1kWelfare
North West Air AmbulanceFY2024£1kWelfare
Newton-le-Willows Sea CadetsFY2024£1kWelfare
Multiple Sclerosis SocietyFY2024£1kWelfare
MedEquip4KidsFY2024£1kWelfare
LUPUS UKFY2024£1kWelfare
Leukaemia and Myeloma Research UK.FY2024£1kWelfare
KINDFY2024£1kWelfare
Sam’s DiamondsFY2024£500Welfare
Appleton Fields AssociationFY2024£441Environmental
World of GlassFY2023£150k
Clonter Opera TheatreFY2023£16k
DEC Pakistan Floods AppealFY2023£10k
DEC Turkey/Syria Earthquake AppealFY2023£10k
DEC Ukraine AppealFY2023£10k
Whizz-KidzFY2023£7k
United World SchoolsFY2023£5k
Rainbow HUB NW LtdFY2023£5k
The Daniel Fox FoundationFY2023£5k
The Brain & Spine FoundationFY2023£5k
The Park Farm A. C.Y.P. Community CentreFY2023£5k
Pipal TreeFY2023£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
Water-HarvestFY2023£3k
Moorland School (Aime Reid)FY2023£3k
Hope CentreFY2023£3k
Walk the PlankFY2023£3k
MedEquip4KidsFY2023£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
Multiple Sclerosis Therapy CentreFY2023£2k
PCC Christ Church EcclestonFY2023£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
The BluecoatFY2023£1k
Team OasisFY2023£1k
St Luke's Healthcare for Clergy WellbeingFY2023£1k
St Lukes Community CentreFY2023£1k
St Helens Pensioners Bowling AssociationFY2023£1k
Self Injury SupportFY2023£1k
Richard Dimbleby Cancer FundFY2023£1k
Read for GoodFY2023£1k
PCC St James with St Matthews Church Eccleston ParkFY2023£1k
Once Upon a SmileFY2023£1k
New Life NyambeneFY2023£1k
MAD-AidFY2023£1k
Listening BooksFY2023£1k
Interact Shoke SupportFY2023£1k
Hope for ChildrenFY2023£1k
Haydock NAWCFY2023£1k
Happy Days Children's CharityFY2023£1k
Halton & St Helens VCAFY2023£1k
Girls Friendly Society in England and WalesFY2023£1k
Cystic Fibrosis CareFY2023£1k
CELLS Project CIOFY2023£1k
British Angling AssociationFY2023£1k
Bright ParkFY2023£1k
The Foundation Years TrustFY2023£1k
The Friends of Lyme & Wood Country ParkFY2023£1k
The Bobby Colleran TrustFY2023£1k
The Barn Owl TrustFY2023£1k
The Turning Point TrustFY2023£1k
The Tea Leaf TrustFY2023£1k
Clonter OperaFY2022£16kEducational
The World of GlassFY2022£10kWelfare
Disasters Emergency Committee —UKRAINE APPEALFY2022£10kWelfare
Group B Strep SupportFY2022£5kWelfare
Katie Piper FoundationFY2022£5kWelfare
MERUFY2022£5kWelfare
Pancreatic CancerFY2022£5kWelfare
Prevent to ProtectFY2022£5kWelfare
Prisoners AbroadFY2022£5kWelfare
SENSE InternationalFY2022£5kWelfare
The Macular SocietyFY2022£5kWelfare
Katie Piper FoundationFY2022£5kWelfare
The Engineering DevelopmentFY2022£5kEducational
Become CharityFY2022£5kWelfare
CdrA Pilkington Trust Fund (for South Africa)FY2022£5kWelfare
St Helens MindFY2022£3kWelfare
GingerbreadFY2022£3kWelfare
Home Start St HelensFY2022£3kWelfare
Impact Foundation INDIAFY2022£3kWelfare
Zoe's Place Baby HospiceFY2022£3kWelfare
Street ChildFY2022£3kWelfare
Inter CareFY2022£3kWelfare
St Helens Street PastorsFY2022£3kWelfare
Amie RaidFY2022£3kEducational
Gamble Memorial Hall (St Marks PCC)FY2022£3kWelfare
APEX Charitable TrustFY2022£2kWelfare
Deafness Resource CentreFY2022£2kWelfare
Active Hope WarringtonFY2022£2kWelfare
St Helens Youth Brass BandFY2022£2kWelfare
Wirral Youth ZoneFY2022£2kWelfare
Clair's Parents Meeting Parents ADHDFY2022£2kWelfare
Community Impact InitiativeFY2022£2kWelfare
Newlife the Charity for Disabled ChildrenFY2022£2kWelfare
BLISSFY2022£2kWelfare
Tools for Self RelianceFY2022£2kWelfare
Mobility TrustFY2022£2kWelfare
Educate for LifeFY2022£2kEducational
The HOPE Centre St HelensFY2022£2kWelfare
Tuberous Sclerosis AssociationFY2022£2kWelfare
The Alkoptonuria SocietyFY2022£2kWelfare
EMMS InternationalFY2022£2kWelfare
Sanitation FirstFY2022£2kWelfare
Triple C LiverpoolFY2022£2kWelfare
Rainford North End Bowling ClubFY2022£2kWelfare
Momo's CafeFY2022£2kWelfare
Chapter (West Cheshire) LtdFY2022£2kWelfare
Happy Days Children's CharityFY2022£2kWelfare
Crownway Community CentreFY2022£2kWelfare
Awards for Young MusiciansFY2022£2kWelfare
Support Through the CourtsFY2022£2kWelfare
KIND LiverpoolFY2022£1kWelfare
Bethany Community OutreachFY2022£1kWelfare
CompaidFY2022£1kWelfare
Epilepsy ActionFY2022£1kWelfare
Friends of KipkelionFY2022£1kWelfare
Linking Environment and FarmingFY2022£1kWelfare
National Kidney FederationFY2022£1kWelfare
Parkinsons UKFY2022£1kWelfare
SHINEFY2022£1kWelfare
Spinal Injuries AssociationFY2022£1kWelfare
West Lancashire Women's RefugeFY2022£1kWelfare
West Coast CRASH Wheelchair RugbyFY2022£1kWelfare
World Villages for ChildrenFY2022£1kWelfare
Young Lives V CancerFY2022£1kWelfare
DEKI LtdFY2022£1kWelfare
Marine in the CommunityFY2022£1kWelfare
Altogether NowFY2022£1kWelfare
The Haemophilia SocietyFY2022£1kWelfare
PERTH Community CentreFY2022£1kWelfare
School-Home Support Service (UK)FY2022£1kEducational

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 265064 vs reference 262123 (1.1% 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.