THE DHL UK FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income
£579k
Grants listed (FY2026)
13 · 6 amount not stated
Listed grants total
£1.2m
Accounts grants total
£1.1m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2026 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.dhlukfoundation.org · www.dhlukfoundation.org/apply-for-match-it/ 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
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England (4 grantees)
  • Throughout England And Wales (3 grantees)
  • Scotland (2 grantees)
  • Kent (1 grantee)
  • Medway (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2026

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2026
newSpear—£200k
newEducation & Employability—£149k
newThe Talent Foundry—£100k
newGET FURTHER LTD—£100k
newCatch22—£98k
newLift Schools—£89k
newResearch and Impact—£38k
upThink Forward£120k£200k
downHelping Hands Scheme£96k£46k
downOther: Trustee donations£5k£900
not listedSTREET LEAGUE£293k—
not listedTEACH FIRST£250k—
not listedCITY YEAR UK£135k—
not listedOutward Bound Trust£133k—
not listedTHE BOOKMARK EDUCATIONAL TRUST LTD£100k—
not listedDIFFERENCE£100k—
not listedCoram Beanstalk£7k—
not listedOther: International disasters£5k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
SpearFY2026£200kStrategic Funding
Think ForwardFY2026£200kStrategic Funding
Education & EmployabilityFY2026£149kEngagement programmes
Match it!FY2026£103kEngagement programmes
The Talent FoundryFY2026£100kGoTeach Programme
Get FurtherFY2026£100kStrategic Funding
Place2BeFY2026£100kStrategic Funding
Catch22FY2026£98kGoTeach Programme
Lift SchoolsFY2026£89kGoTeach Programme
Helping Hands SchemeFY2026£46kHelping Hands
Research and ImpactFY2026£38kResearch and Impact
Go TeachFY2026£3kGoTeach Programme
Other: Trustee donationsFY2026£900Other
Street LeagueFY2026amount not statedStrategic Funding (Partnership concluded Dec 2025, new agreement May 2026)
Outward Bound TrustFY2026amount not statedStrategic Funding (Partnership ended Oct 2025)
City Year UKFY2026amount not statedStrategic Funding (Partnership ended Aug 2025)
Teach FirstFY2026amount not statedStrategic Funding (Partnership ended Oct 2025)
BookmarkFY2026amount not statedStrategic Funding (Partnership ended April 2026)
The DifferenceFY2026amount not statedStrategic Funding (Partnership ended Dec 2025)
Street LeagueFY2024£293kEmployability programme and academies
Teach FirstFY2024£250kRecruitment and training of teachers
City Year UKFY2024£135kVolunteer mentors and CMI qualifications
Outward Bound TrustFY2024£133kBursary support for outdoor learning and employability
Think ForwardFY2024£120kLong-term coaching and 'Making Strides' programme
Match it!FY2024£108kEmployee fundraising matching
BookmarkFY2024£100kReading support for primary school children
Place2BeFY2024£100kChildren's mental health support in schools
The DifferenceFY2024£100kSupport for specialist senior school leaders
Helping Hands SchemeFY2024£96kBenevolent grants to DHL employees
Coram BeanstalkFY2024£7kOther grant
Other: International disastersFY2024£5kOther grant
Other: Trustee donationsFY2024£5kOther grant
Go TeachFY2024£4kEmployee engagement activities
Street LeagueFY2023£336kEducation & Employability
Teach FirstFY2023£250kEducation & Employability
City Year UKFY2023£185kEducation & Employability
Think ForwardFY2023£170kEducation & Employability
Helping Hands SchemeFY2023£135kEngagement
Outward Bound TrustFY2023£126kEducation & Employability
Match it!FY2023£106kEngagement
The DifferenceFY2023£100kEducation & Employability
Place2BeFY2023£100kEducation & Employability
Coram BeanstalkFY2023£40kEducation & Employability
Other: Trustee donationsFY2023£8kEducation & Employability
Go TeachFY2023£6kEducation & Employability
Other: International disastersFY2023£5kEducation & Employability
Street LeagueFY2022£326kEducation & Employability
Teach FirstFY2022£250kEducation & Employability
City Year UKFY2022£135kEducation & Employability
Outward Bound TrustFY2022£132kEducation & Employability
Think ForwardFY2022£120kEducation & Employability
Match it!FY2022£105kEngagement
The DifferenceFY2022£100kEducation & Employability
Place2BeFY2022£100kEducation & Employability
Helping Hands SchemeFY2022£89kEngagement
Coram BeanstalkFY2022£75kEducation & Employability
Other: International disastersFY2022£15kEducation & Employability
Other: Trustee donationsFY2022£8kEducation & Employability
Go TeachFY2022£2kEducation & Employability

6 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

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 1225505 vs reference 1077372 (13.7% 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 or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].