THE NATIONAL MANUSCRIPTS CONSERVATION TRUST — grant history
Latest income
£228k
Grants listed (FY2025)
22
Listed grants total
£172k
Accounts grants total
£174k
listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- How to apply: Applications must be submitted using our form, which you can download here . The applications are then considered by Trustees at their meetings in late June and late November and applicants are notified of the result as soon after the meeting as possible.
- Deadlines: We have two grant deadlines each year, April 1st and October 1st - you can find out how to apply and can download application forms from this website.
- What they don’t fund: we do not give grant for equipment or standalone digitisation projects.
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What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Throughout England And Wales
- Gloucestershire
- Hammersmith And Fulham
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Shropshire
- Staffordshire
- Camden
- Wolverhampton
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES | — | £21k |
| new | GLAMORGAN ARCHIVES | — | £20k |
| new | WILTSHIRE & SWINDON HISTORY CENTRE | — | £15k |
| new | WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE | — | £14k |
| new | JOHN RYLANDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | — | £9k |
| new | SENATE HOUSE LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON | — | £9k |
| new | EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY HERITAGE COLLECTIONS | — | £9k |
| new | EAST LONDON MOSQUE ARCHIVES | — | £8k |
| up | GWENT ARCHIVES | £7k | £23k |
| not listed | SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON | £18k | — |
| not listed | STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY ARCHIVES | £16k | — |
| not listed | NORTH EAST WALES ARCHIVES, FLINTSHIRE | £14k | — |
| not listed | CUMBRIA ARCHIVES, CARLISLE | £11k | — |
| not listed | ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS, LONDON | £10k | — |
| not listed | TOWNEND FARMHOUSE, WINDERMERE, NATIONAL TRUST | £10k | — |
| not listed | GLADSTONE’S LIBRARY, HAWARDEN | £9k | — |
| not listed | KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD | £7k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| GWENT ARCHIVES | FY2025 | £23k | Saving Steeltown: Conserving the records of the Ebbw Vale Steelworks |
| HAMPSHIRE ARCHIVES | FY2025 | £21k | Winchester Cathedral medieval rolls conservation project |
| GLAMORGAN ARCHIVES | FY2025 | £20k | Preserving the Cardiff Castle collection, Phase 3 |
| WILTSHIRE & SWINDON HISTORY CENTRE | FY2025 | £15k | A View Across Time: Conserving the Arundell Manorial Court Rolls, 1331-1799 |
| WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE | FY2025 | £14k | Ordinary Voices Revealed: conserving the working papers of the Consistory Court of the Archdeaconry of Chichester, 1554-1851 |
| JOHN RYLANDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | FY2025 | £9k | Conservation treatment and re-housing of the ‘Papyrus’ Rylands Greek 53: The Odyssey |
| SENATE HOUSE LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON | FY2025 | £9k | The conservation of the ‘Wonderful Magical’ scrapbook, 1450-1850 |
| EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY HERITAGE COLLECTIONS | FY2025 | £9k | Preserving the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Director’s letters |
| EAST LONDON MOSQUE ARCHIVES | FY2025 | £8k | Conserving a unique record of British Muslim history |
| BROMLEY HISTORIC COLLECTIONS | FY2025 | £7k | The conservation of 18th- and 19th-century Overseers’ Rate Books |
| BRITISH JESUIT ARCHIVES | FY2025 | £7k | Completing the restoration of Anglia for future generations: conservation of volumes III, V-VII |
| USHAW HISTORIC HOUSE, CHAPELS AND GARDENS, DURHAM | FY2025 | £6k | Ushaw Library Manuscripts (1500-1890): conservation and access |
| GLAMIS CASTLE ARCHIVES | FY2025 | £5k | The conservation of five volumes from the Strathmore Papers Collection, 1666 to 20th century |
| ABER VALLEY HERITAGE MUSEUM, SENGHENYDD | FY2025 | £4k | Conservation of inquest maps and drawings and preservation of memorial napkins |
| HAWKSHEAD GRAMMAR SCHOOL MUSEUM | FY2025 | £4k | The conservation of the school’s Letter Patent from 1585 |
| THE ROYAL SOCIETY | FY2025 | £3k | The conservation of the Patent granted to Robert Rigg FRS, organic chemist, by George IV, in 1827 |
| KRESEN KERNOW | FY2025 | £3k | Mr Trevail’s Landmarks |
| WILTSHIRE & SWINDON HISTORY CENTRE IN COLLABORATION WITH NEW FOLKESTONE SOCIETY | FY2025 | £2k | Conservation and digitisation of Abraham Walter’s Book of Maps of East Kent 1699 |
| BATH UNIVERSITY, ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH COLLECTIONS | FY2025 | £2k | Sir Isaac Pitman’s Letter Book (1833-1838) |
| ST EDMUNDSBURY CATHEDRAL, BURY ST EDMUNDS | FY2025 | £2k | The Bury Psalter, c.1405-1410: conserving and displaying a town’s manuscript heritage |
| CONWY ARCHIVES SERVICE | FY2025 | £1k | Conserving the Llanrwst petition |
| CANNON HALL MUSEUM, BARNSLEY MUSEUMS | FY2025 | £550 | The conservation of a Special Pardon from King Charles II |
| SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON | FY2024 | £18k | Conservation of the collection of Wiltshire material of J E Jackson |
| STOKE-ON-TRENT CITY ARCHIVES | FY2024 | £16k | Majolica Mania Conservation Project: Art and design work for Majolica ceramics pieces, c1850-c1910 |
| NORTH EAST WALES ARCHIVES, FLINTSHIRE | FY2024 | £14k | The Glyn Valley Tramway waybill book |
| CUMBRIA ARCHIVES, CARLISLE | FY2024 | £11k | Conserving the Thomas Mawson design archive for gardens at Curwen Woods, Burton-in-Kendal |
| ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS, LONDON | FY2024 | £10k | Conserving the Story of Sculpture |
| TOWNEND FARMHOUSE, WINDERMERE, NATIONAL TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | The conservation of seven volumes of the Townend Bound Archive, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries |
| GLADSTONE’S LIBRARY, HAWARDEN | FY2024 | £9k | The conservation of 30 bundles of letters linked to the Gladstone family’s role in enslavement in the Caribbean, 1817-1881 |
| KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD | FY2024 | £7k | The conservation of John Keble sermons, c.1818-1864 |
| CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE (The Denys Eyre Bower Bequest), EDENBRIDGE, KENT | FY2024 | £7k | Conservation of High Street House parchments, 17th century |
| GWENT ARCHIVES | FY2024 | £7k | Labour’s ‘Welsh Terrier’: preserving the papers of Paul Flynn, MP |
| CONWAY HALL ETHICAL SOCIETY | FY2024 | £6k | Insights into three Victorian radicals |
| THE WORDSWORTH TRUST, GRASMERE | FY2024 | £6k | Re-housing the Dove Cottage Manuscripts |
| ARCHIVES: WIGAN AND LEIGH (Wigan Council, Greater Manchester) | FY2024 | £5k | The Towneley Manuscripts |
| THE SALTERS’ COMPANY, LONDON | FY2024 | £4k | Salters’ Company Archives: Noteworthy property records and an intriguing legal copy book, late 1500s to 1840s |
| CARMARTHENSHIRE ARCHIVES | FY2024 | £3k | The conservation of the Llansawel parish vestry book, 1821-1875 |
| CHARTERHOUSE, LONDON; CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL, GODALMING; AND THE LONDON ARCHIVES, LONDON | FY2024 | £2k | Preserving our Legacy: the conservation of the 1611 Letters Patent for the foundation of Sutton’s Hospital in Charterhouse |
| SIR JOSEPH BANKS SOCIETY, HORNCASTLE, LINCOLNSHIRE | FY2024 | £980 | The conservation of a letter written by Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) in 1773 |
| WEST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE | FY2023 | £22k | Ordinary Voices Revealed: conserving the working papers of the Consistory Court of the Archdeaconry of Chichester |
| KNOLE HOUSE (NATIONAL TRUST) | FY2023 | £21k | The conservation of Sackville patents of nobility and pedigrees |
| WORCESTER ARCHIVES AND ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE | FY2023 | £18k | The conservation of Worcestershire wills 1617-1623 |
| CARMARTHENSHIRE ARCHIVES | FY2023 | £16k | Connecting London with New York |
| BATH RECORD OFFICE | FY2023 | £15k | Conserving the papers of James Thomas Irvine, architect and antiquarian |
| GLAMORGAN ARCHIVES | FY2023 | £14k | The conservation of the William Burges designs for Cardiff Castle, phase II |
| CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY | FY2023 | £11k | The Conservation of MS Add. 5963: a guardbook of Medieval manuscript fragments. |
| ARGYLL ESTATES, INVERARAY CASTLE | FY2023 | £10k | The conservation of early Tiree rentals, 1828, 1829 and 1846 |
| FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM, CAMBRIDGE | FY2023 | £6k | The conservation of two Islamic manuscripts, MS McClean 198 (1376-77 CE) and MS 262-1949 (mid-16th century) |
| BALLET RAMBERT, LONDON | FY2023 | £5k | The conservation of the Rambert manuscripts collection |
| FREUD MUSEUM, LONDON | FY2023 | £4k | Preserving and Sharing the Sándor Ferenczi Archive (1897-1940) |
| ABERDEEN CITY AND ABERDEENSHIRE ARCHIVES | FY2023 | £3k | The conservation of register of prisoners released from HM General Prison, Perth, 1880-1884. |
| POWYS ARCHIVES | FY2023 | £2k | The conservation of a terrier relating to the Elan Valley 1893-1904 |
| MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY, LONDON | FY2023 | £1k | The conservation of the Old Charge manuscript of British Freemansonry 1718 |
| FRY ART GALLERY, SAFFRON WALDEN | FY2023 | £900 | The conservation of an Edward Bawden scrapbook |
| PORTMEIRION LTD / CLOUGH WILLIAMS ELLIS FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £500 | The conservation of the Mytton and Mermaid Scrapbook |
| BARTS HEALTH TRUST | FY2022 | £20k | Case by Case – St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical and Surgical Case Notes 1826-1924 |
| BRISTOL ARCHIVES | FY2022 | £17k | Bristol’s building plans: a conservation challenge |
| BERKSHIRE RECORD OFFICE | FY2022 | £17k | The conservation of one volume and 21 single-sheet plans from the archive of the Thames Conservancy (part of the Liquid Assets project) |
| SWANSEA MUSEUM | FY2022 | £15k | The conservation of the Cambrian Pottery Archive |
| THE LATYMER FOUNDATION AT HAMMERSMITH | FY2022 | £13k | The conservation of Latymer Foundation Minutes and Accounts Books, 1717-1845 |
| IMPACT HERITAGE, WEST SUSSEX WITH KRESEN KERNOW [CORNWALL ARCHIVES] | FY2022 | £12k | The conservation of 42 manuscript journals of John James Morris |
| GLAMORGAN ARCHIVES | FY2022 | £12k | The conservation of William Burges plans and drawings of Cardiff Castle and other buildings |
| JOHN RYLANDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER | FY2022 | £10k | The conservation of Demotic Papyrus 9, c513BCE |
| OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | FY2022 | £10k | The conservation of the Buckland Archive 1784-1856 |
| DONCASTER ARCHIVES | FY2022 | £10k | The conservation of 20 manor court rolls of the Lordship of Conisborough, 1325-1521 |
| LANARK LIBRARY | FY2022 | £10k | The conservation of the first volume of the Records of the Burgh of Lanark 1488-1576 |
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE ARCHIVES | FY2022 | £9k | The conservation of 600 city building plans from Victorian period |
| GWENT ARCHIVES | FY2022 | £6k | Black Gold: conserving the Risca North Colliery Collection |
| RHONDDA HERITAGE PARK | FY2022 | £4k | The conservation of the Records of Tynewydd Women’s Labour group, 1920-1930. |
| UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL | FY2022 | £3k | The conservation of the Waterhouse Cotton Ledger (LUL MS.138), 1799-1802 |
| HIGHLANDERS' MUSEUM, INVERNESS | FY2022 | £3k | The conservation of two diaries of a serving officer in the 72nd Regiment of Foot/Seaforth Highlanders, 1858 to 1910. |
| DURHAM COUNTY RECORD OFFICE | FY2022 | £3k | The conservation Consett Iron Company Locomotive Registers. |
| BRONTË PARSONAGE MUSEUM, HAWORTH | FY2022 | £3k | The conservation of Brontë manuscripts from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library |
| FRY ART GALLERY, SAFFRON WALDEN | FY2022 | £2k | Conservation of an Eric Ravilious Scrapbook |
| LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL | FY2022 | £1k | The conservation of Lichfield MS 33 Armorial of the Garter, c1580 |
| CHRIST CHURCH, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD | FY2022 | £1k | ‘Laud’s liturgy’ the conservation of a unique Book of Common Prayer |
| GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL | FY2022 | £1k | The conservation of manuscript music pastedowns in-situ within binding of 1472 printed volume |
| FIRING LINE MUSEUM, CARDIFF | FY2022 | £600 | The conservation of the King's Dragoon Guards' recruiting instructions, 1787 |