Archbishop Tenison's School Foundation
Key takeaways
- The Foundation makes targeted funding to schools to help disadvantaged students, so your work fits best if it is school-based and aimed at improving outcomes for disadvantaged children in Greater London, which is the area it states as its focus.
- Its annual report and website publish no application process and no grant range, so contact the Foundation to ask whether a request fits before writing a full proposal, and do not assume a particular amount.
- It describes its approach as relationship-led, seeking suggestions from school staff and engaging selected educational partners over the long term, so an approach built on a conversation with the school is likely to be more useful than a cold application.
- If your work is not based in schools or not in Greater London, it is unlikely to match the focus the Foundation states.
Overview
Archbishop Tenison's School Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 312694).
Archbishop Tenison's School Foundation is a grant-making charity, registered in England and Wales under charity number 312694, committed to improving educational outcomes and opportunities for young people. It traces its origins to a founder who established and funded a public library and free schools for practical, vocational and academic education. Its programmes include the General Income Fund, which meets ad-hoc expenses through small, regular grants to the school. Its main purpose is to provide targeted funding to schools to help overcome disadvantage and improve outcomes and opportunities for students.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Foundation makes targeted funding to schools to help overcome disadvantage and improve outcomes and opportunities for students. It supports projects and services intended to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children, and describes its grants as helping children thrive at school. Its wider educational purpose includes investing in broad education, skills and opportunities for underserved young people. The Foundation aims to develop effective relationships with school staff and seeks their suggestions on how funding can best be used. It also proactively engages selected educational partners, nurturing long-term relationships that may lead to future funding and other support. Its approach is focused on school-based support and educational opportunity.
Themes
- Educational opportunity
- Disadvantaged children
- School education
Geographic Focus
Greater London.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- It develops effective relationships with school staff and seeks their suggestions on how funding can best be used.
- It proactively engages selected educational partners to nurture long-term relationships that may result in future funding and other support.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Greater London
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £25,018 | £48,243 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £26,867 | £49,029 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £28,327 | £45,252 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £22,794 | £422,116 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £216,475 | £351,924 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- tenisons.org/archbishop-tenisons-school-foundation-activities · read on 24 October 2026
- tenisons.org · read on 24 October 2026
- tenisons.org/archbishop-tenisons-school-foundation-history · read on 24 October 2026
- tenisons.org/atsf-governance · read on 24 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 24 October 2026.
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