THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST — grant history

Registered charity 801682 · filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£520k

Grants listed (FY2023)

102

Listed grants total

£1.6m

Accounts grants total

£1.2m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2023 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Deadlines: There are no fixed deadlines. We have a rolling programme of grant giving, with applications in all three fields considered at every meeting; your application can accordingly be submitted at any time once you are able to give us all the required information.

Summarised from willcharitabletrust.org.uk · willcharitabletrust.org.uk/eligibility.htm · willcharitabletrust.org.uk/howtoapply.htm 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

Disability (34 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (24 grantees)
Education/training (16 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (11 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (9 grantees)
Recreation (8 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (7 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (7 grantees)
Amateur Sport (5 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (5 grantees)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (18 grantees)
Scotland (12 grantees)
Northern Ireland (8 grantees)
Hampshire (5 grantees)
Dorset (5 grantees)
Throughout England (4 grantees)
Wiltshire (4 grantees)
Somerset (3 grantees)
Derbyshire (3 grantees)
East Sussex (3 grantees)

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
L’Arche	FY2023	£150k	Exceptional Grants
St Ann's Hospice	FY2023	£100k	Exceptional Grants
Martlets Hospice Ltd	FY2023	£91k	Exceptional Grants
Ayrshire Cancer Support	FY2023	£50k	Exceptional Grants
Axminster and Lyme Cancer Support	FY2023	£30k	Cancer Care
Outward	FY2023	£30k	Learning Disability
Camphill School Aberdeen	FY2023	£30k	Learning Disability
Bradbury Fields	FY2023	£30k	Blind Care
Bucks Vision	FY2023	£25k	Blind Care
Blythe Hospice Care	FY2023	£25k	Cancer Care
get2gether	FY2023	£24k	Learning Disability
WMUK	FY2023	£22k	Cancer Care
Ouseburn Farm	FY2023	£20k	Learning Disability
Martha Trust	FY2023	£20k	Learning Disability
Northern Ireland Blind Golf Association	FY2023	£20k	Blind Care
Pathfinder Dogs	FY2023	£20k	Blind Care
Bury Soc for Blind & Partially Sighted People	FY2023	£20k	Blind Care
Big C Cancer Appeal Ltd	FY2023	£20k	Cancer Care
Autism Unlimited	FY2023	£20k	Learning Disability
Amy and Friends	FY2023	£20k	Blind Care
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust	FY2023	£20k	Cancer Care
Reach Learning Disability	FY2023	£20k	Learning Disability
Linkage Community Trust	FY2023	£20k	Learning Disability
Abby's Heroes	FY2023	£20k	Cancer Care
Diverse Abilities	FY2023	£18k	Learning Disability
Jubilee House	FY2023	£18k	Learning Disability
Rowan Humberstone	FY2023	£16k	Learning Disability
MySight York	FY2023	£15k	Blind Care
Children Cancer & Leukamoa Grp	FY2023	£15k	Cancer Care
Upmo (Upward Mobility)	FY2023	£15k	Learning Disability
HAHAV (Aberystwyth Hospice at Home Volunteers)	FY2023	£15k	Cancer Care
Rotherham Cancer Centre	FY2023	£15k	Cancer Care
Vision of Adventure	FY2023	£15k	Blind Care
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation	FY2023	£15k	Cancer Care
Northdale Horticulture	FY2023	£15k	Learning Disability
Target Ovarian Cancer	FY2023	£15k	Cancer Care
Young Lives vs Cancer	FY2023	£15k	Cancer Care
Cancer United	FY2023	£15k	Cancer Care
L’Arche	FY2023	£15k	Learning Disability
Lincoln and Lindsey Blind Society	FY2023	£15k	Blind Care
UCARE	FY2023	£14k	Cancer Care
Stanley Grange	FY2023	£10k	Exceptional Grants
Compass Disability Services	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
ECHO	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Garvald Edinburgh	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Genesis Orwell Mencap	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Meath Epilespy	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Minstead Trust	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Options for Life	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Options for Supported Living	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
People in Action	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Stanley Grange Community Association	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
the people hive	FY2023	£10k	Learning Disability
Goalball UK	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
IMPACT UK	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Macular Society	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Metro Blind Sport	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
MoorVision	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Royal National College for the Blind (RNC)	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
seescape	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Sight Support West of England	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Southend in Sight	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
St John of Jerusalem	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Vision North Somerset	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Wakefield District Sight Aid	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Wirral Society of Blind and Partially Sighted	FY2023	£10k	Blind Care
Ashgate Hospicecare	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Cancer Care	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Cancer Support UK	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Cavendish Cancer Care	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Cyclists Fighting Cancer	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Eden-Rose Coppice Trust	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Fight Bladder Cancer	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Lewis Foundation	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Lippy People	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Momentum	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Mullberry Centre	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
PASIC	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Paul's Cancer Support	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Theodora Children’s Charity	FY2023	£10k	Cancer Care
Orchid Cancer Appeal	FY2023	£9k	Cancer Care
Walthew House	FY2023	£9k	Blind Care
Autism Hampshire	FY2023	£9k	Learning Disability
CHECT (Childhood Eye Cancer Trust)	FY2023	£8k	Cancer Care
4Sight Vision Support	FY2023	£7k	Blind Care
Sightline Vision (North West)	FY2023	£7k	Blind Care
Tackle Prostate Cancer	FY2023	£7k	Cancer Care
Longfield Community Hospice	FY2023	£7k	Cancer Care
Cancer Wise	FY2023	£7k	Cancer Care
Autism At Kingswood	FY2023	£7k	Learning Disability
Vision & Hearing Support	FY2023	£7k	Blind Care
Northumberland Country Blind Association	FY2023	£7k	Blind Care
Living Paintings	FY2023	£7k	Blind Care
Southend Mencap	FY2023	£7k	Learning Disability
Fight Against Blindness	FY2023	£6k	Blind Care
Angel Eyes NI	FY2023	£6k	Blind Care
Nystagmus Network	FY2023	£6k	Blind Care
Braintrust	FY2023	£6k	Cancer Care
Anthony Nolan	FY2023	£6k	Cancer Care
World Cancer Research Fund	FY2023	£5k	Cancer Care
The Joshua Tree	FY2023	£5k	Cancer Care
Yeleni Therapy and Suppor	FY2023	£5k	Cancer Care

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 1647500 vs reference 1204500 (36.8% 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.