Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Work that fits the Trust's themes of education, social care, health and welfare, disaster relief, poverty alleviation, local community development, and sustainability, environment and technology is the starting point.
- The Trust considers causes related to Arup's skills and business activities that match Arup's values of socially useful work and benefit to society at large.
- About 8 in 10 of its grants to organisations fall between £1,000 and £29,500, with a median of £2,000, so a modest request in that range suits it best, though its largest grant was £250,000.
- The annual report shows grants mainly in England and Australia, but no geographic focus is stated, so do not assume your area is excluded.
- No application process is published, so use the contact shown for getting in touch, expect the Trust to weigh your organisation's size and structure against the donation, and allow time, since requests undergo a stringent review and recipients are considered annually.
Overview
Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1038737).
The Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust, registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, exists to benefit and further such charitable purposes as its Trustee sees fit, by making donations to charitable organisations and for charitable purposes. It considers donations in particular under education; social care, health and welfare; disaster relief and poverty alleviation; local community development; and sustainability, environment and technology. Its annual giving was £727,975, although the register does not confirm that scale.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 March 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Trust makes donations to charitable organisations and for charitable purposes, aiming to disburse all monies received to organisations working in line with its objectives. It considers, in particular, education; social care, health and welfare; disaster relief and poverty alleviation; local community development; and sustainability, environment and technology. It considers causes and charities operating in areas related to Arup's skills and business activities where these align with Arup's values of socially useful work and benefit to society at large. In choosing recipients, the Trustee has regard to the recipient organisation's size and structure in relation to donation size to maximise impact and effectiveness. Donation requests undergo a stringent review, and recipients are considered annually and reviewed regularly.
Themes
- Education
- Social care
- Health and welfare
- Disaster relief
- Poverty alleviation
- Local community development
- Sustainability, environment and technology
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in England and Australia.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The Trustee considers causes and charities related to Arup's skills and business activities where they align with Arup's values of socially useful work and benefit to society at large.
- The Trustee weighs the recipient organisation's size and structure against the donation to maximise impact and effectiveness.
- Multi-year donations may be committed where appropriate, depending on the charitable purpose and the organisation's previous experience.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
- Australia
- England
Similar funders
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 41 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size
Median £2,000 (year to 31 March 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- The Ove Arup Foundation£250,000year to 31 March 2025
- Médecins sans Frontières (UK)£110,000year to 31 March 2025
- Disaster Emergency Committee£100,000year to 31 March 2025
- Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR)£60,000year to 31 March 2025
- The Smith Family£29,453year to 31 March 2025
- Engineers Without Borders Australia£28,961year to 31 March 2025
- Plan International Australia Overseas Aid Fund£25,631year to 31 March 2025
- Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong£15,770year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £616,217 | £594,785 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £1,324,774 | £1,338,166 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £1,004,605 | £957,267 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £1,027,655 | £1,054,916 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £718,918 | £728,606 | £727,975 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— 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
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- CoSecTeam@arup.comsource
- ARUP, 8 FITZROY STREET, LONDON, W1T 4BJsource
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Contact
- CoSecTeam@arup.comsource
- ARUP, 8 FITZROY STREET, LONDON, W1T 4BJsource