Jisc

Registered charity 1149740 · since 2012jisc.ac.uk·England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£125k
Annual giving, year to 31 July 2025
From filed accounts
£62,000
Typical grant (median)
1 published grants

Key takeaways

  • Jisc's published information on grants is thin: its annual report shows £125,000 paid in its most recent year, but no grant range or geographic focus is stated, so it is hard to judge a realistic size of request.
  • Its grant schedule names one consortium and groups its other grants without naming recipients, so it says little about what kinds of work it funds.
  • No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown for getting in touch and ask whether it accepts approaches and what it would consider.
  • Its stated purpose centres on education, lifelong learning, research and digital technologies, so a project in those areas is worth testing with it, though its published information does not show that a grant would follow.
  • Nothing published rules any organisation out, and the thin information is not a reason to hold back.

Overview

Jisc is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1149740).

Jisc is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1149740), with objects in the advancement of education, lifelong learning and research for the public benefit. It champions the use of digital technologies in UK education and research and provides online services and training to education, learning and research communities. It paid £125,000 in grants in its most recent year, according to its annual report. Its registered area of operation covers England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Jisc describes itself as a not-for-profit membership organisation delivering value to its members and customers, and its website presents its work in digital, data and technology solutions for education and research. Its published grant schedule records a grant to a consortium and groups other paid grants without naming their recipients; the extracted schedule supplies no purposes. The available evidence therefore identifies a consortium and unspecified other recipients, but does not establish a wider field of grant-making, the kinds of organisation generally eligible, or an application route.

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.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

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Grants

1 published grants analysed · median £62,000

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

  • Shibboleth Consortium
    £62,000year to 31 July 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£63,000).

Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 July 2021£195,818,000£197,468,000£74,000Accounts for year to 31 July 2021
year to 31 July 2022£129,510,000£139,833,000£134,000Accounts for year to 31 July 2022
year to 31 July 2023£145,924,000£148,355,000—Accounts for year to 31 July 2023
year to 31 July 2024£148,658,000£133,199,000—Accounts for year to 31 July 2024
year to 31 July 2025£150,710,000£165,264,000£125,000Accounts for year to 31 July 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021
£74,000 grants
YE 2022
£134k grants
YE 2025
£125k paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.

  • Grants paid, year to 31 July 2021; year to 31 July 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
  • Grants paid, year to 31 July 2025: grants paid out in the year.

— No grants figure for those years.

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

Other sources

  • Annual report (year to 31 July 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.

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