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THE MICHAEL BISHOP FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£2.8m
Grants listed (FY2025)
53
Listed grants total
£34.2m
Accounts grants total
£4.0m

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 (17 grantees)
  • Scotland (9 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (8 grantees)
  • Oxfordshire (6 grantees)
  • Throughout England (6 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (4 grantees)
  • Uganda (4 grantees)
  • Pakistan (3 grantees)
  • Syria (3 grantees)
  • Kenya (3 grantees)

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2023FY2025
newSPORT 4 LIFE UK—£4.1m
newTHE OLD BAKEHOUSE, CHADLINGTON—£1.2m
newTHE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION—£1.2m
newTHRIVE-NORTHOX—£1.2m
newTHE ASSIST FUND—£1.2m
newSHANNON TRUST—£1.2m
newRFDS of Australia Friends in the UK—£1.2m
newOXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION—£1.2m
upTHE MILL HILL SCHOOL FOUNDATION£142k£2.8m
upPIMLICO OPERA£50k£1.2m
upALFORD HOUSE£50k£500k
upTHE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY£50k£203k
downTHE MARGARET THATCHER SCHOLARSHIP TRUST£113k£50k
not listedThe Glendonbrook Foundation£693k—
not listedEnglish Heritage£250k—
not listedBIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET£165k—
not listedAlzheimers Research UK£140k—
not listedTHE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST£125k—
not listedGovernor Phillip International Scholarship Trust£94k—
not listedBaker Dearing Trust£75k—
not listedExeter Northcott Theatre£75k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Sport 4 Life UKFY2025£4.1m
Mill Hill School FoundationFY2025£2.8m
The Old Bakehouse, ChadlingtonFY2025£1.2m
Royal National Lifeboat institutionFY2025£1.2m
Thrive NorthoxFY2025£1.2m
The Assist FundFY2025£1.2m
Pimlico OperaFY2025£1.2m
Shannon TrustFY2025£1.2m
RFDS of Australia Friends in the UKFY2025£1.2m
Oxfordshire Community FoundationFY2025£1.2m
St Peter's BrightonFY2025£1.1m
The Acosta Dance Foundation LtdFY2025£1.1m
Shipton-Under-Wychwood Wild Garden and WoodsFY2025£1.1m
Unseen (UK)FY2025£1.1m
The Vipingo Village FundFY2025£1.1m
The Young Lives FoundationFY2025£1.1m
Young Lives vs Cancer (Clic Sargent)FY2025£1.1m
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra TrustFY2025£1.1m
Passage 2000FY2025£1.1m
St John's AmbulanceFY2025£1.1m
Peter Tatchell FoundationFY2025£1.1m
Seashell TrustFY2025£1.1m
iris Prize Outreach Ltd.FY2025£600k
Stockdales Of Sale, Altrincham And District LtdFY2025£509k
Alford HouseFY2025£500k
Buxton International FestivalFY2025£500k
Wychwood CoE Primary Schoot PTAFY2025£286k
The Chipping Norton Theatre LimitedFY2025£268k
Shelter, National Campaign For Homeless People LimitedFY2025£264k
Watford Sheltered Workshop LtdFY2025£230k
The British Red Cross SocietyFY2025£203k
Dr Martin Clark Young Organ Scholars TrustFY2025£184k
Jessie's FundFY2025£162k
Milton's Cottage Trust (CIO)FY2025£150k
Key4Life ClOFY2025£150k
One25 LimitedFY2025£100k
Henshaws Society For Blind PeopleFY2025£90k
D’Oyly CarteFY2025£90k
Galop UKFY2025£80k
Act 4 AfricaFY2025£75k
Margaret Thatcher Scholarship TrustFY2025£50k
My Life My ChoiceFY2025£50k
The Engtish Heritage TrustFY2025£25k
Alzheimer's Research UKFY2025£15k
EscapeLineFY2025£10k
Back to Ours Arts LimitedFY2025£10k
ORA ChoirFY2025£10k
BeyondAutismFY2025£10k
Horatio’s GardenFY2025£10k
CrisisFY2025£10k
Governor Phillip ScholarshipFY2025£3k
Murray Parish TrustFY2025£2k
Maa Shanti LtdFY2025£2k
The Glendonbrook FoundationFY2023£693kgeneral purposes
English HeritageFY2023£250krenovation work of four projects
Birmingham Royal BalletFY2023£165kgeneral purposes
Mill Hill School FoundationFY2023£142kScholarship scheme
Alzheimers Research UKFY2023£140kgeneral funds
The Royal Collection TrustFY2023£125krestoration of property at Holyrood House
Margaret Thatcher Scholarship TrustFY2023£113keducation at Somerville College, Oxford
Governor Phillip International Scholarship TrustFY2023£94kpostgraduate scholarships
Margaret Thatcher Scholarship TrustFY2023£75keducation at Somerville College, Oxford (part of 5 year commitment)
Baker Dearing TrustFY2023£75kcreation of University Technical Colleges
Exeter Northcott TheatreFY2023£75kgeneral purposes
The Royal Collection TrustFY2023£75kCassiano dal Pozzo Catalogue Project
Broughton HouseFY2023£63krestoration and improvement of the property
International Bomber Command CentreFY2023£50kLincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial
Pimlico OperaFY2023£50kHMP Bronzefield performance
Oxford Philharmonic OrchestraFY2023£50kgeneral purposes
British Red CrossFY2023£50kmobility aids
NSPCCFY2023£50kInCtrl service North West
Alford HouseFY2023£50k7020 project
The Art FundFY2023£50kProspect Cottage project
Australian World OrchestraFY2023£50kperformances
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of MusicFY2023£50kgeneral purpose
Margaret Thatcher Scholarship TrustFY2023£38knew intake of students
Mill Hill SchoolFY2023£25kMcClure Tribute Concert
The Princes TrustFY2022£300kfinal instalment of a five year commitment of £1.5m towards the Trust’s skills hub at a former cold store in Digbeth, Birmingham.
The British Council Benevolent FundFY2022£280ktowards the 2021 UK/Australia season of cultural events in conjunction with the Australian Culture Fund
The Glendonbrook FoundationFY2022£251kfunding for the general purposes of the Australian registered charity established by Lord Glendonbrook.
The English Heritage TrustFY2022£250kbeing the first instalment of a 4 year £1m commitment to support the renovation work of four projects: Dover Castle, Hardwick Old Hall, North Leigh Roman Villa and Brodsworth Hall.
The Royal Collection TrustFY2022£200kof which £125,000 was an instalment of a £1m commitment over a 7 year period to support the restoration of a significant property at Holyrood House to display items of the collection and serve as a Visitor Centre and £75000 being the first instalment of a 2 year commitment of up to £150,000 for the Cassiano dal Pozzo Catalogue Project.
D’Oyly Carte OperaFY2022£178kbeing made up of three separate donations: £83,333.34 being the final instalment of a 3 year £250,000 commitment towards their General Purposes £60,000 a one off commitment to support their London Week at the Hackney Empire. £35,000 the first instalment of a new 2 year commitment for a total of £70,000 as an exceptional grant for general purposes.
Mill Hill School FoundationFY2022£136ksupporting a Scholarship scheme for students who otherwise would not have the opportunity of education at the school.
The Alzheimer's SocietyFY2022£110kbeing the first instalment of a new 3-year commitment for £500,000 for their general funds
Birmingham Royal BalletFY2022£100kfor the general purposes of the organisation.
Governor Phillip International Scholarship TrustFY2022£91ktowards postgraduate scholarships promoting relations between between Australia and the United Kingdom.
Baker Dearing TrustFY2022£75kas part of a 5 year commitment of £500,000 to assist with the creation of University Technical Colleges throughout England and Wales for high quality technical schooling for 14 to 18 year old students.
British Red CrossFY2022£75kEmergency Covid response.
Exeter NorthcottFY2022£75kbeing last installment of a 3 year commitment, ahead of a new £225,000 3 year commitment starting in 2023.
Margaret Thatcher Scholarship TrustFY2022£74kas part of a five year commitment totalling approximately £341,000 to assist promising students to benefit from education at Somerville College, Oxford regardless of their circumstances.
Broughton HouseFY2022£63kan instalment of a £250,000 commitment towards the restoration and improvement of the property.
The Iris PrizeFY2022£50ktowards the LBGT+ Film Festival held in Cardiff each year.
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of MusicFY2022£50kthe final instalment of a £150,000 commitment for the general purpose of the Conservatoire.
The Art FundFY2022£50kthe second of three instalments for the Prospect Cottage project.
Alford HouseFY2022£50kbeing the first instalment of a 2 year commitment towards the 7020 project to refurbish their building in Lambeth
NSPCCFY2022£50kbeing the first instalment of a £250,000 commitment for the InCtrl service North West which is designed to keep children safe online and prevent technology assisted child abuse.
The English National Opera TrustFY2022£50ktowards their production of HMS Pinafore

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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 34242223 vs reference 3991736 (757.8% 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.