The Nutritional Wellbeing Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. Don't spend time on an approach; the similar funders below support the same kind of work.
Key takeaways
- Your work fits if you are a not-for-profit organisation working on nutrition in the UK, particularly on school food, young people, or nutrition in health settings, and your aim is to change the systems and conditions around food rather than ask individuals to choose better.
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited applications.
- The route is a short introductory note, sent only if your work closely matches its focus, and it should be treated as an enquiry, not a formal application, since trustees and staff identify organisations themselves.
- The annual report shows £582,679 paid, and two listed grants were £160,000 and £120,000 over three years, but no grant range is stated, so size any request to the project rather than to these figures.
- Do not approach it for individuals, overseas work, standalone research, general advice-giving, or activity outside its current priorities.
Overview
The Nutritional Wellbeing Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1203987).
The Nutritional Wellbeing Foundation exists to improve public health through better nutrition. It grew out of The AIM Foundation's long-standing interest in nutrition and health. Its main focus is young people and secondary schools, and it is also exploring nutrition in primary care and wider health systems. It paid £582,679 in the year reported in its annual report.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The foundation supports not-for-profit organisations working to improve public health through better nutrition, especially work that changes the systems, policies, practices and services shaping what people eat. Its main focus is young people and secondary schools: it supports work on school food and food environments, young people’s voice, food knowledge, confidence and skills, policy and standards, and useful shared learning. It is also exploring nutrition in primary care and wider health systems, including professional practice, service improvement and access to nutrition support. It favours practical, evidence-informed work and real-world learning, and connects organisations so their efforts can build on, challenge and strengthen one another rather than work in isolation. It focuses on changing wider conditions around food, not placing responsibility on individuals to make better choices. It supports organisations, not individuals.
Themes
- Nutrition in secondary schools
- Nutrition in health settings
Geographic Focus
Priority: The UK.
What they don't fund
- Does not usually fund general advice-giving
- Does not usually fund standalone research
- Does not usually fund overseas work
- Does not usually fund activity outside its current priorities
- Does not fund individuals
How to apply
The foundation does not accept unsolicited funding applications. Organisations working in nutrition in the UK whose work closely matches its focus may send a short introductory note; this is an enquiry, not a formal application.
Who can apply:
- Not-for-profit organisations
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The foundation is interested in practical work, real-world learning and ideas that can shift the wider conditions shaping what people eat.
- The foundation supports organisations whose efforts can build on, challenge and strengthen one another.
- Trustees and staff identify organisations that closely match the foundation’s strategic focus.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
Similar funders
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2 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 August 2024 | £7,725,083 | £7,425,623 | £120,000 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2024 |
| year to 31 August 2025 | £11,851,774 | £11,204,805 | £582,679 | Accounts for year to 31 August 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 August 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 August 2025: grants paid out in the year.
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
- nutritionalwellbeingfoundation.org.uk/how-and-what-we-fund · read on 23 October 2026
- nutritionalwellbeingfoundation.org.uk · read on 23 October 2026
- nutritionalwellbeingfoundation.org.uk/about-us · read on 23 October 2026
- nutritionalwellbeingfoundation.org.uk/grant-partners · read on 23 October 2026
- nutritionalwellbeingfoundation.org.uk/contact · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 August 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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