The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Check first whether your work fits one of the trust's themes: education, welfare, health, mentoring and self-development, Jewish and Israeli charities, or community support.
- The trust favours spreading its giving across many charities rather than a few large projects, and about 8 in 10 of its 73 named grants to organisations fall between £5,000 and £30,000, with a median of about £5,550, so a modest request is the realistic size to ask for.
- The annual report describes grants mainly in England, but no geographic focus is stated, so this should not stop a charity elsewhere from asking.
- No published application process was found, so there is no stated timing or route to follow, and it is not clear how competitive the trust is.
Overview
The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1142857).
The Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust is a registered charity whose purpose is to provide aid and support to a broad spectrum of charities. Its areas of support include education, welfare, health, mentoring and self-development, Jewish and Israeli charities, and the community as a whole. In its most recent reported year it gave over £1.3 million to UK registered charities.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The trust supports a broad spectrum of charities working in education, welfare and health, alongside mentoring and self-development, Jewish and Israeli charities, and the community as a whole. It also seeks to enable Beaverbrooks employees to support their local charities through fundraising and giving their time. The trustees describe a thorough approach to distributing charitable donations rather than concentrating on one or two major projects, favouring many gifts rather than one large gift. The trust's page describes support for charities and communities close to colleagues' hearts, with team donations and payroll giving, and meaningful, long-lasting relationships with charities and local communities. Its reporting records distributions to UK registered charities.
Themes
- Education
- Welfare
- Health
- Mentoring and self-development
- Jewish and Israeli charities
- Community support
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in England.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The trustees favour distributing donations across many charities rather than focusing on one or two major projects.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
Similar funders
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 73 grants in year to 28 February 2026 by size
Median £5,563 (year to 28 February 2026)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Marcia & Andrew Brown Charitable Trust£200,000year to 28 February 2026
- The FED£100,000year to 28 February 2026
- Jewish Leadership Council£50,000year to 28 February 2026
- Mustard Tree£50,000year to 28 February 2026
- United Jewish Israel Appeal£40,000year to 28 February 2026
- The University of Manchester£37,500year to 28 February 2026
- The King's Trust (The Prince's Trust)£31,250year to 28 February 2026
- Community Security Trust£30,000year to 28 February 2026
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£273k).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 28 February 2022 | £443,498 | £1,482,601 | — | Accounts for year to 28 February 2022 |
| year to 28 February 2023 | £802,894 | £2,357,369 | £2,357,215 | Accounts for year to 28 February 2023 |
| year to 29 February 2024 | £2,150,213 | £2,240,806 | — | Accounts for year to 29 February 2024 |
| year to 28 February 2025 | £1,496,933 | £1,408,449 | — | Accounts for year to 28 February 2025 |
| year to 28 February 2026 | £1,285,483 | £1,357,685 | £1,357,448 | Accounts for year to 28 February 2026 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 2 of the 2 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 28 February 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 28 February 2026: 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
Other sources
- beaverbrooks.co.uk/100/enriching-lives · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 28 February 2026)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- beaverbrooks.co.uk/100/enriching-lives
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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Contact
- beaverbrooks.co.uk/100/enriching-lives
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission