THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S FISHERIES CHARITABLE TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£2.0m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£1.3m

Accounts grants total

£1.3m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Once you have submitted your application form and accompanying documents, you will receive an email acknowledging your application. We may request further information if needed. The application will be formally assessed and if eligible will be submitted to the next Philanthropy and Grants meeting.
Deadlines: We are closed for applications and do not anticipate re-opening for new applications until late November/early December .
What they don’t fund: Applications will not be considered from: Individuals, or organisations applying on their behalf Charities with political associations or purposes

Summarised from www.fishmongers.org.uk · fishmongers.org.uk/fisheries-grants/ · fishmongers.org.uk/grants/ on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

What changed: FY2023 → FY2025

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.

Change	Grantee	FY2023	FY2025
new	Targeted Academic Sponsorship	—	£144k
new	Marine Fisheries Sector Coordination	—	£140k
new	UK River Woods Riparian Restoration	—	£120k
new	Parliamentary Groups	—	£93k
new	Aquaculture Industry Engagement and Research	—	£80k
new	Oceans Transfer and Development	—	£73k
new	Oceans Habitats and Species	—	£71k
new	School Education	—	£60k
up	Discretionary Grants	£27k	£69k
not listed	Marine Fisheries Industry-led Science	£174k	—
not listed	UK River Woods	£158k	—
not listed	Targeted Academic Sponsorships	£145k	—
not listed	National Good Practice	£91k	—
not listed	Shellfish Aquaculture industry support	£70k	—
not listed	Marine Fisheries Co-management	£60k	—
not listed	Marine Fisheries Management	£50k	—
not listed	Oceans — International knowledge exchanges	£49k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Targeted Academic Sponsorship	FY2025	£144k	Academic sponsorship (PhDs, Masters, Internships)
Marine Fisheries Sector Coordination	FY2025	£140k	Sector coordination
UK River Woods Riparian Restoration	FY2025	£120k	Habitat restoration
Parliamentary Groups	FY2025	£93k	Support for APPG secretariat (Mindfully Wired Communications and Consulting)
Aquaculture Industry Engagement and Research	FY2025	£80k	Industry forums and advocacy
Oceans Transfer and Development	FY2025	£73k	Ocean conservation and international visits
Oceans Habitats and Species	FY2025	£71k	Marine conservation
Discretionary Grants	FY2025	£69k	General discretionary grants
School Education	FY2025	£60k	Fish In School Hero Programme and teacher training
Fisheries Innovation	FY2025	£60k	Innovation cluster and partnership with University of Lincoln
Fisheries Welfare and Safety	FY2025	£50k	Welfare and safety initiatives
Discover Seafood Website	FY2025	£49k	Consumer awareness and media campaigns
Fisheries Research Funding	FY2025	£43k	Research projects
Water Quality Coordination	FY2025	£40k	Water quality advocacy and coordination
Farm Clusters for healthy rivers	FY2025	£40k	Agricultural pollution reduction
Seafood Trade education and skills	FY2025	£40k	Trade education
Marine Fisheries Knowledge Exchange	FY2025	£32k	Knowledge exchange
Missing Salmon Alliance	FY2025	£30k	Salmon conservation and international collaboration
Industry Leaders Continuing Professional Development	FY2025	£15k	CPD for industry leaders
Seafood Grimsby and Humber Alliance	FY2025	£15k	Regional seafood alliance support
UK Associates of Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences	FY2025	£10k	Ocean sciences support
Seafood Trade National Coordination (UKSF)	FY2025	£10k	National coordination
Fishing Industry Science	FY2025	£10k	Industry science support
Fisheries Management Plans	FY2025	£10k	Management plans
Oceans International Good Practice	FY2025	£10k	International good practice
Marine Habitats	FY2025	£10k	Marine habitat protection
Fisheries Good Practice National	FY2025	£10k	Good practice initiatives
NHM Simon Birch Fund	FY2025	£4k	Fish research at Natural History Museum
Small Grants (<£5k)	FY2025	£4k	Small grants
Marine Fisheries Industry-led Science	FY2023	£174k	Marine Fisheries Industry-led Science
UK River Woods	FY2023	£158k	Catchment restoration through tree planting
Targeted Academic Sponsorships	FY2023	£145k	Targeted Academic Sponsorships
National Good Practice	FY2023	£91k	National Good Practice
Shellfish Aquaculture industry support	FY2023	£70k	Shellfish Aquaculture industry support
Marine Fisheries Co-management	FY2023	£60k	Marine Fisheries Co-management
Marine Fisheries Management	FY2023	£50k	Marine Fisheries Management
Oceans — International knowledge exchanges	FY2023	£49k	Oceans — International knowledge exchanges
Ocean Projects	FY2023	£42k	Ocean Projects
Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries	FY2023	£40k	Secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries
Missing Salmon Alliance	FY2023	£40k	Missing Salmon Alliance
National Seafood Communications	FY2023	£39k	National Seafood Communications
Aquaculture challenges — water quality	FY2023	£35k	Aquaculture challenges — water quality
Local Authorities	FY2023	£30k	Local Authorities
Welfare and Safety	FY2023	£30k	Welfare and Safety
Discretionary Grants	FY2023	£27k	Discretionary Grants
Leaders in Industry: Continuing Professional Development	FY2023	£17k	Leaders in Industry: Continuing Professional Development
Small Grants (<£4k)	FY2023	£13k	Small Grants (<£4k)
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Maldwin Drummond Award	FY2023	£10k	Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Maldwin Drummond Award
Water Quality	FY2023	£5k	Water Quality
Simon Birch Fund	FY2023	£5k	Simon Birch Fund
Targeted Academic Sponsorships	FY2022	£124k	Grants to individuals (Scholarships)
Salmon Acoustic Tracking Project	FY2022	£122k	Grant to organisation
Seafood Training School at Billingsgate	FY2022	£90k	Grant to organisation
Marine Fisheries Co-management	FY2022	£80k	Grant to organisation
Marine Fisheries Industry-led Science	FY2022	£80k	Grant to organisation
Ocean Projects	FY2022	£80k	Grant to organisation
Discover Seafood Website	FY2022	£50k	Grant to organisation
Missing Salmon Alliance	FY2022	£50k	Grant to organisation
School Education (Fish in School Hero)	FY2022	£50k	Grant to organisation
challenges —water quality	FY2022	£50k	Grant to organisation
Professional Development	FY2022	£50k	Grant to organisation
UK River Woods —Catchment restoration through tree planting	FY2022	£45k	Grant to organisation
Secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries	FY2022	£40k	Grant to organisation
industry support	FY2022	£34k	Grant to organisation
Shellfish Aquaculture	FY2022	£33k	Grant to organisation
Aquaculture	FY2022	£30k	Grant to organisation
Small Grants (<£2k)	FY2022	£27k	Grant to organisations
Marine Fisheries Management	FY2022	£26k	Grant to organisation
Welfare and Safety	FY2022	£22k	Grant to organisation
Financing Catchment	FY2022	£20k	Grant to organisation
Leaders in Industry	FY2022	£19k	Grant to organisation
Local Authority Engagement	FY2022	£15k	Grant to organisation
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences Maldwin Drummond Award	FY2022	£12k	Grant to organisation
Marine Fisheries National Good Practice (Fisheries Policy)	FY2022	£10k	Grant to organisation
Oceans Projects International	FY2022	£10k	Grant to organisation
Human Rights at Sea	FY2022	£8k	Grant to organisation
Fishing News Awards	FY2022	£3k	Grant to organisation

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 1342000 vs reference 1325000 (1.3% 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.