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Latest income
£5.7m
Grants listed (FY2025)
38
Listed grants total
£4.9m
Accounts grants total
£7.8m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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What this funder supports

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Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (29 grantees)
  • Scotland (13 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (10 grantees)
  • Throughout London (8 grantees)
  • Throughout England (6 grantees)
  • Italy (4 grantees)
  • South Africa (4 grantees)
  • Norfolk (3 grantees)
  • Malta (3 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (3 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → 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.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN FOUNDATION—£340k
newTHE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION—£71k
newTRINITY COMMUNITY ARTS—£70k
newAmna (formerly Refugee Trauma Initiative)—£70k
newENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA—£70k
newAmber Trust—£64k
newTHE WILLIAM MORRIS GALLERY TRUST—£60k
newTHE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS—£60k
upBRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL£70k£170k
not listedRambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance£1.5m—
not listedTHE HOLBURNE MUSEUM£220k—
not listedLinbury Prize 2023£217k—
not listedUniversity of Winchester£70k—
not listedROYAL ACADEMY OF DANCE£60k—
not listedTHE HOUSE OF ST BARNABAS£55k—
not listedThe Food Museum£50k—
not listedDDmix (Diversity Dance Mix)£50k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
National GalleryFY2025£2.3mTowards the redevelopment of the Sainsbury Wing.
Royal Opera House Covent Garden FoundationFY2025£340kA one-off grant to improve the energy efficiency of their heating system and to help prepare for a forthcoming district heating network.
Refugee CouncilFY2025£170kCore running costs for the London Destitution Service, helping refugees and asylum seekers facing significant stress and hardship.
Theatres TrustFY2025£128kTo increase the budget available for their grants programme.
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2025£120kTowards core funding.
King Charles lll Charitable FundFY2025£100kSupport for the Coronation Food Project.
National Brain AppealFY2025£71kTowards the arts and nature-led activity work improving wellbeing of people living with dementia.
Trinity Community ArtsFY2025£70kTowards a three-year arts-based programme in Bristol, supporting 3,000 people per year.
GingerbreadFY2025£70kTowards the core costs providing advice / guidance to single parents.
Chiswick House and Gardens TrustFY2025£70kTo continue and expand the horticulture and gardening participation programme.
Amna (formerly Refugee Trauma Initiative)FY2025£70kTowards expanding their support for refugee children.
English National OperaFY2025£70kTowards Breathe Programme, supporting people with Long Covid and respiratory conditions, using singing to improve wellbeing.
Amber TrustFY2025£64kTowards their work using music / arts to support children, and their families living with Batten’s disease / childhood dementia.
William Morris Gallery TrustFY2025£60kTowards a new public programme focussed on people under-represented in the Museum.
CrisisFY2025£60kTowards the Critical Time Intervention programme, for people facing homelessness on release from prison.
Connection at St Martin in the FieldsFY2025£60kTo employ a second staff member, supporting their migration advice work.
Playground TheatreFY2025£59kTowards the theatre-led community outreach programme.
Smith School of Enterprise and the EnvironmentFY2025£59kScholarships on their MSc for Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment.
Zoological Society LondonFY2025£58kTowards their pioneering programme to restore seagrass across the Thames Estuary.
Local SolutionsFY2025£55kTowards core costs of their work supporting young people living in disadvantage.
World Heart Beat Music AcademyFY2025£55kSupporting the community-focused music education programme.
Green Light TrustFY2025£51kTowards core costs.
Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentFY2025£50kFor their locally focused music-led school and community programme.
Gainsborough's HouseFY2025£50kTowards an arts-led learning programme.
Roundhouse TrustFY2025£50kTowards their youth focused work, supporting pathways into the creative industries.
Country TrustFY2025£50kCore funding towards its IT function and impact measurement.
Square Food FoundationFY2025£50kTo run the How to be a Chef programme.
The Sainsbury ArchiveFY2025£50kTowards operating costs.
Claremont ProjectFY2025£50kThird payment of a four-year grant towards Dance-based activity for older people.
Suffolk ArtlinkFY2025£50kA grant to support core funding.
Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in ExileFY2025£50kCore funding of the Baobab centre, providing mental health support to refugees.
Quentin Blake Centre for IllustrationFY2025£50kTowards community participation and engagement programme.
Paraorchestra & FriendsFY2025£50kTo support their artistic and community-focused programme led by disabled musicians and performers.
Old Diorama Arts CentreFY2025£50kTo expand their arts-led work with homeless community, including the One Roof Festival, led by artists with experience of homelessness.
RefuaidFY2025£50kSupporting their programme to help refugees get professional qualifications reaccredited in the UK with loan funding.
Wigmore Hall TrustFY2025£50kTo run the Music for Life programme, using music to support people living with dementia.
Create ArtsFY2025£50kTo expand arts-led community work and capacity in the North-West.
Live Music NowFY2025£50kTowards the Music in Care Programme, using music to support wellbeing of older people with long-term neurological conditions.
National GalleryFY2024£2.3mTowards the NG200 programme, redeveloping the Sainsbury Wing for modern audiences.
Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary DanceFY2024£1.5mLoan forgiven in the year converted to a grant.
The Holburne MuseumFY2024£220kTowards the Endowment.
Linbury Prize 2023FY2024£217kTowards the Linbury Prize 2023.
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2024£170kTowards core support to help underpin their strategic development.
Theatres TrustFY2024£106kSmall grants programme.
King Charles lll Charitable FundFY2024£100kTowards Coronation Food Project.
Refugee CouncilFY2024£70kTo support their London Destitution Service.
University of WinchesterFY2024£70kTowards the development of the First Stars Scholars programme.
RefuaidFY2024£70kTowards Refuaid’s programme of loans that helps refugees reaccredit qualifications in the UK.
Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in ExileFY2024£60kTowards core funding of the Baobab centre.
Chiswick House and Gardens TrustFY2024£60kTowards Horticulture and gardening participation programme.
CrisisFY2024£60kTowards Critical Time Intervention, a programme supporting people facing homelessness when leaving prison.
Royal Academy of DanceFY2024£60kTowards the purchase of the Dancing Times archive, related staff costs, and using the archive in the Royal Academy of Dance’s education and outreach programmes.
Green Light TrustFY2024£59kTowards staffing costs to support impact and evaluation.
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2024£58kTo run a learning network for successful grantees.
Smith School of Enterprise and the EnvironmentFY2024£57kTowards Scholarships on their MSc for Sustainability, Enterprise, and the Environment.
Local SolutionsFY2024£55kTowards the running costs of a second hub, principally staff costs, in Toxteth, Liverpool.
House of St BarnabasFY2024£55kLoan written off and converted to a grant.
The Food MuseumFY2024£50kA grant focused on energy efficiency towards a new solar array and battery storage
DDmix (Diversity Dance Mix)FY2024£50kTo expand the DDmix programme to schools across the UK.
Clement James CentreFY2024£50kTo support the Employment Programme.
Cardboard CitizensFY2024£50kHighlighting homelessness through their performance, education and advocacy programme.
Royal College of MusicFY2024£50kA grant for energy efficiency work towards LED light replacement.
St Michael's Hospice - BasingstokeFY2024£50kTowards the work of St Michael’s Hospice, and the Forthcoming Community Services Project.
Outside InFY2024£50kTowards work supporting disabled artists.
McNicol Ballet CollectiveFY2024£50kTowards core funding.
The Paraorchestra & FriendsFY2024£50kTo support their artistic and community-focused programme led by disabled musicians and performers.
The Sainsbury ArchiveFY2024£50kTowards operating costs.
Roundhouse TrustFY2024£50kTowards their youth focused work.
Wildscreen TrustFY2024£50kTowards the future of an archive which is one of the most comprehensive visual records of wildlife from across the world.
British Red CrossFY2024£50kTowards Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories appeal.
Orchestra of the Age of EnlightenmentFY2024£50kTowards the outreach and engagement programme.
Only A Pavement AwayFY2024£50kTowards the hospitality-based employment readiness programme, working with homeless people.
Live Music NowFY2024£50kTowards the Music in Care Programme, using music to support quality of life for people in care homes.
Hope for the YoungFY2024£50kTowards core costs of their work with young refugees.
GingerbreadFY2024£50kTo build on the success of the telephone helpline for single parent families.
ClaremontFY2024£50kA grant focused on energy efficiency towards a roof replacement and insulation
Crawley Open HouseFY2024£50kA grant focused on efficiency towards installation of new solar panels.
Northern BalletFY2024£50kTowards the Children’s Ballet programme.
National Opera StudioFY2024£49kA grant for energy efficiency work towards LED light replacement.
Northern BalletFY2024£49kA grant for energy efficiency work towards LED light replacement.
Octagon TheatreFY2024£49kA grant for energy efficiency work towards LED light replacement.
St Michael’s HospiceFY2024£47kA grant towards a range of energy efficiency retrofit work
Dulwich Picture GalleryFY2024£45kA grant focused on energy efficiency towards a ground source heat pump.
Old Fire StationFY2024£19kA grant for energy efficiency work towards new heating controls.
Connection at St MartinFY2024£6kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Soane MuseumFY2024£5kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Macular SocietyFY2024£5kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
House of St BarnabasFY2024£5kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Horatio’s GardenFY2024£5kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Royal College of ArtFY2024£5kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Chiswick HouseFY2024£5kA grant focused on energy efficiency, to remove an oil-fired boiler and replace with new electric radiators.
Ballet CymruFY2024£4kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
School of Artisan FoodFY2024£4kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Anvil ArtsFY2024£3kA one-off grant towards costs for an energy audit.
Royal Opera House Covent Garden FoundationFY2023£1.0mTowards the operating costs of the Linbury Theatre and post-COVID Recovery work. The second payment of a £2m grant.
The Holburne MuseumFY2023£200kTowards endowment fundraising. Second payment of a five-year £1m grant.
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2023£170kCore support for strategic development, final payment of a three-year £510k grant.
Garsington Opera – WormsleyFY2023£150kTowards the capital costs and the outreach costs for a community practice room.
Young MindsFY2023£100kTowards supporting young people whose mental health has been impacted by the pandemic. Final payments of a two-year grant.
RefuAid / Prism the Gift FundFY2023£100kTo support Refuaid’s programme of loans to refugees seeking to reaccredit their qualifications in the UK. First payment of a three-year £220k grant.
Birmingham Royal BalletFY2023£80kTo establish a new ‘Junior Company’ for Birmingham Royal Ballet. First payment of a three-year £140k grant.
Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary DanceFY2023£75kTrustees agreed a one-off grant towards the capital redevelopment of the Weston Studio at Rambert School.
Refugee CouncilFY2023£70kTo support their London Destitution Service, helping refuges and asylum seekers living in extreme poverty and at risk of homelessness. Second payment of a three-year £210k grant.
The Paraorchestra & FriendsFY2023£70kTo support their artistic and community-focused programme led by disabled musicians and performers. First payment of a three-year £170k grant.
Baobab Centre for Young Survivors in ExileFY2023£70kCore funding of the Baobab centre to support young refugees. First payment of a three-year £180k project.
Woodmeadow TrustFY2023£70kTo cover the full cost of the first year and staff costs in years two and three to enable WMT to create 10 further Woodmeadows. First payment of a three-year £150k grant.
University of WinchesterFY2023£70kTowards the First Stars Scholars programme which supports educational attainment of young people in care. Third payment of a four-year £300k grant.
British School at RomeFY2023£66kTo support two six-month residential scholarships in year one and then one scholarship in years two and three. First payment of a three-year £127k grant.
The Passage, VictoriaFY2023£60kOne-off grant towards the costs of the building redevelopment project.
Chiswick House and Gardens TrustFY2023£60kHorticulture and gardening participation programme. Second payment of a three-year £180k grant.
Macular Disease SocietyFY2023£60kTo employ a new dedicated member of staff who will develop and expand the Society’s existing digital channels, as well as piloting new work on social media. First payment of a three-year £120k project.
Felix ProjectFY2023£60kTowards running costs of Felix's kitchen. First payment of a three-year £120k grant.
Northern BalletFY2023£60kTowards the Children’s Ballet programme, first payment of a three-year £150k grant.
CrisisFY2023£60kTo support a programme working with people in prison, to break the cycle between offending and homelessness. Second and final payment of a two-year £120k grant.
In Place of WarFY2023£55kTowards costs of Youth worker and Chief Operating Officer at the Rise Above Development in Cape Town. First payment of a three-year £140k grant.
Anvil Arts BasingstokeFY2023£55kTo support the salary costs for an experienced fundraiser over the next three years and a feasibility project to look at income generation, both to assist with the future resilience of the Anvil Arts Trust. First payment of a three-year £125k grant.
The Conservation CollectiveFY2023£50kTowards the core costs of the Collective, supporting environment networks across the world. First payment of a three-year £120k grant.
Courtauld Institute of ArtFY2023£50kTowards costs of a new Commercial Director; second payment of a £100,000 grant.
ArtsadminFY2023£50kTowards the cost of replacing their boiler, to improve efficiency and reduce energy costs; one-off grant.
Barts HeritageFY2023£50kTo support restoration & public access work, first payment of a three-year £100k grant.
DDmix (Diversity Dance Mix)FY2023£50kTo expand the DDmix programme to schools across the UK. Second payment of a three-year £150k grant.
Reading Repertory TheatreFY2023£50kTowards the Theatre ‘Engage Reborn’ outreach programme. Second and final payment of a two-year £100k grant.
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Birmingham City UniversityFY2023£50kTowards the Conservatoire’s community focused programme of engagement. First payment of a three-year £130k grant.
The Sainsbury ArchiveFY2023£50kTowards operating costs, third payment of a five-year £250k grant.
Roundhouse TrustFY2023£50kTowards their youth focused work. First payment of a four-year £200k grant.
Royal Drawing SchoolFY2023£50kTo help the school expand its digital provision; second and final payment of a two-year £100k grant.
National TrustFY2023£50kSupporting restoration and public access to the South Downs through the Changing Chalk Project. First payment of a four-year £125k grant.
Wildscreen TrustFY2023£50kTowards the archive development, one of the most comprehensive visual records of wildlife from across the world. First payment of a two-year £100k grant.
Britten Pears ArtsFY2023£50kTo support older people in rural Suffolk living with dementia and Parkinson’s through arts activity. First payment of a three-year £120k project.
Claremont ProjectFY2023£50kDance activity for older people. Second payment of a four-year £150k project.
Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeFY2023£50kUsing museum collections to support older people living with dementia, across Cambridgeshire. Second and final payment of a two-year £100k project.
Orchestra Of The SwanFY2023£50kTo support the Orchestra’s working in care homes and community settings to help older people to live well. First payment of a two-year £75k project.
St Michael's Hospice – BasingstokeFY2023£50kTowards the Hospice’s Community Services Project which provides in-home end-oflife care. Second payment of a three-year £162k project.
Cardboard CitizensFY2023£50kTo support the programme of arts engagement and their work with people living in homelessness. Third payment of a three-year £200k project.
Clement James CentreFY2023£50kTo support the Employment Programme. Second payment of a three-year £150k grant.
GingerbreadFY2023£50kTo build on the success of the telephone helpline. Third and final payment of a three-year £150k grant.
Hope for the YoungFY2023£50kTowards core costs supporting educational attainment of young refugees. Second payment of a three-year £150k grant.
House of St Barnabas-in-SohoFY2023£50kTowards the employment readiness programme and work with homeless people; final payment of a three-year £150k grant.
Mental Health InnovationsFY2023£50kTowards the costs of SHOUT service. Second payment of a three-year £150k grant.
Royal Opera House Covent Garden FoundationFY2022£1.0mTowards the operating costs of the Linbury Theatre and post-COVID Recovery work. The first payment of a £2m grant.
University of Oxford - Ashmolean MuseumFY2022£313kFinal payment of a £5m grant towards the Museum's endowment fund.
Art Fund - National Art Collections FundFY2022£250kTowards the acquisition of Prospect Cottage.
Holburne Museum of ArtFY2022£200kThe first payment of £1m grant towards the endowment programme.
Ashden Climate SolutionsFY2022£170kTowards core support to help underpin their strategic development. First payment of a £510,000 grant.
Stowe House Preservation TrustFY2022£125kTowards the conservation and restoration of the State Dining Room, Temple Room and Servery at Stowe House. Final payment of a £250,000 grant.
Royal Academy of DanceFY2022£125kTowards the landmark project to relocate the Royal Academy of Dance to a significantly larger site; second payment of £250,000 grant.
Rambert Dance CompanyFY2022£100kSupporting the Company to develop and embed greater digital delivery in their ballet productions in 2021 and 2022.
Royal West of England AcademyFY2022£100kTowards the planned refurbishment of the two principal galleries.
Cardboard CitizensFY2022£100kTowards their programme of outreach and engagement working with, and raising awareness of, homeless people. First payment of a £200,000 grant.
Theatres TrustFY2022£100kTowards the small grants programme.
Gainsborough's HouseFY2022£100kTowards the major redevelopment ‘Reviving an Artist’s Birthplace’.
Government House, AntiguaFY2022£91kTowards the restoration of the Government House, final payment of a £185,000 grant.
Smith School of Enterprise and the EnvironmentFY2022£88kTowards two scholarships in the new MSc, Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment.
University of WinchesterFY2022£80kTowards the First Stars Scholars programme, which works with young people in care and supporting educational attainment. The second payment of a four year £300,000 grant.
Local SolutionsFY2022£75kFor their work supporting young people at risk of criminal exploitation. The second payment of a £150,000 grant.
Mental Health InnovationsFY2022£75kTowards the core costs of the SHOUT service, which supports people facing a mental health crisis. First payment of a £150,000 grant.
Refugee CouncilFY2022£70kTo support their London Destitution Service, which works with refugees and asylum seekers living in poverty and homelessness. First payment of a £210,000 grant.
Tate BritainFY2022£70kTowards a fixed-term position of assistant curator, in connection with the re-display of Tate Britain’s permanent collection.
St Michael's Hospice – BasingstokeFY2022£62kTowards the work of St Michael’s Hospice, and the forthcoming Community Services Project, supporting older people with end-of-life care. First payment of a £162,000 grant.
CrisisFY2022£60kTowards a programme designed to support people coming out of prison, and preventing subsequent homelessness. First payment of a £120,000 grant.
Chiswick House and Gardens TrustFY2022£60kTowards the horticulture and gardening participation programme, working with local people experiencing disadvantage, First payment of a £180,000 grant.
Innovation for Agriculture (IfA)FY2022£60kTowards the enhancement of IfA’s communications capability, final payment of a £180,000 grant.
Linbury Prize 2021FY2022£57kTowards the Linbury Prize in 2021
Museum of East Anglian LifeFY2022£52kTowards the Museum’s outreach programme.
Royal Drawing SchoolFY2022£50kTo support the expansion of the School’s digital work, enabling them to reach a wider range of students.
DDmix (Diversity Dance Mix)FY2022£50kTowards the DDmix programme to schools across the UK. The first payment of a £150,000 grant over three years.
Chineke! FoundationFY2022£50kTo cover core costs as well as the annual summer residency for young people. The second payment of a three year £150,000 grant.
RefuAid / Prism the Gift FundFY2022£50kSupporting RefuAid’s micro-loans programme, which helps refugees to get their qualifications accredited in the UK. Final payment of a £150,000 grant.
Green Light TrustFY2022£50kTo expand their work beyond Suffolk, into Essex and Norfolk and to support their wellbeing programmes, and work with diverse communities.
Dementia UKFY2022£50kTowards the helpline, which came under substantive pressure during the pandemic. Final payment of a £100,000 grant.
Young MindsFY2022£50kTowards supporting young people whose mental health has been impacted by the pandemic.
Motor Neurone Disease Association - NorthamptonFY2022£50kTowards the AMBRoSIA research project into better diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease. Final payment of a £200,000 grant.
Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeFY2022£50kTowards the Ageing Well project, improving the wellbeing of isolated and vulnerable older through engagement with museum collections. First payment of a £100,000 grant.
Orchestra Of The SwanFY2022£50kTo expand the programme of activity for sufferers of dementia. Final payment of a £100,000 grant.
World Heart Beat Music AcademyFY2022£50kTowards funding gap for capital programme / COVID cost increases.
Westminster AbbeyFY2022£50kTowards support the work of the learning and outreach team.
Refugee CouncilFY2022£50kTowards the Refugee Emergency Appeal, which does support refugees, including those from Ukraine.
Royal West of England AcademyFY2022£50kTowards structural repairs and COVID-related cost increases.
Clement James CentreFY2022£50kTo support the Centre’s Employment Programme, working with local people experiencing disadvantage, unemployment, and the bespoke pathways back into employment. First payment of a £150,000 grant.
Courtauld Institute of ArtFY2022£50kTowards costs of a new Commercial Director; first payment of a £100,000 grant.
GingerbreadFY2022£50kCore support towards the charity’s telephone helpline which provides advice and guidance to single parents in financial difficulty. Second payment of a £150,000 grant.
Hope for the YoungFY2022£50kCore costs towards their work supporting young refuges; first payment of a £150,000 grant.
House of St Barnabas-in-SohoFY2022£50kTowards the work with homeless people, supporting access to accommodation and employment. Final payment of a £150,000 grant.
Grange FestivalFY2022£50kTowards costs for additional cameras, digital infrastructure and editing equipment to improve post-COVID resilience.
Sir John Soane's Museum SocietyFY2022£50kA one-off grant of £50,000 to fully restore Soane’s drawing office.
The Sainsbury ArchiveFY2022£50kTowards core operating costs; second payment of a five year £250k grant.
Reading Repertory TheatreFY2022£50kEngage Reborn and outreach programme.
World Heart Beat Music AcademyFY2022£50kTowards the capital redevelopment of education spaces of the new WHBMA building at Embassy Gardens.

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