Drukpa Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trust's giving is closely tied to a school project in Ladakh, so a request fits best if it relates to educational facilities, school education or poverty relief, as its themes do.
- Its annual report gives total awards of £228,830, but no grant range is stated, so the size of a realistic request is not clear and a small, specific ask is the safest starting point.
- No application process is publicly published, so contact the trust first to ask whether it accepts approaches before preparing a full application.
- Its reported grants work closely with the school's management, which suggests that a relationship with the trust may matter more than an open application route.
Overview
Drukpa Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1178756).
Drukpa Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to advance public education about and through the Drukpa branch of Himalayan Buddhism, to advance education primarily for children, and to relieve poverty, sickness and distress. It was founded at the start of a school project in Ladakh, which it raises funds for and oversees through design and construction. It also raises funds to support the cost of education for disadvantaged children attending that school. Its annual report records £228,830 awarded in its latest reported year.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The trust's objects cover public education about and through the philosophy, tradition and practice of the Drukpa branch of Himalayan Buddhism, and education in literacy, numeracy and other core school subjects. They include funding educational facilities and processes in Himalayan countries and elsewhere, and relieving poverty, sickness and distress around the world. Its reported grants support school construction, educational resources and a landscape programme for a school project in Ladakh, India; it works closely with the school's management on those grants. A page about the school describes the trust's role as capital fundraising and project management for design and construction. The trust's work therefore joins educational provision with wider educational and poverty-relief objects.
Themes
- Buddhist education
- School education
- Educational facilities
- Poverty relief
Geographic Focus
Priority: Ladakh; United Kingdom; around the world.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- International
- Ladakh
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £161,441 | £105,297 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £157,603 | £55,551 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £141,368 | £150,217 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £171,870 | £208,263 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £158,530 | £281,847 | £228,830 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
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
- dwls.org/about/our-supporters · read on 25 October 2026; a page about the charity on another site
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
Sources last checked on 25 October 2026.
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Contact
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission