The Boparan Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1129992 · since 2009theboparancharitabletrust.com·United Kingdom·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£605k

Annual giving, year to 29 December 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

The Trust's work fits if your project directly helps children and young people aged 18 or younger, living in the United Kingdom, who are disadvantaged through disability, life-limiting conditions or extreme poverty.
Requests for adults, or for children living outside the United Kingdom, fall outside its criteria, and it does not fund many common items, including holidays and short breaks, travel, accommodation, private school fees, laptops and tablets, and home adaptations.
The annual report gives one total of £605,354 awarded but no grant range, so the size of an individual grant is unknown, and the request should be tied to a specific item, piece of equipment or therapy.
Applications need the parent or legal guardian's signature, a professional's written confirmation of the child's condition, an independent quote and a breakdown of the household's finances, and a supporting advocate may complete the form.
Its published information does not say how competitive the Trust is, when it decides or whether relationships matter, so plan around the stated criteria alone.

Overview

The Boparan Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1129992).

The Boparan Charitable Trust exists to help children and young people up to the age of 18 who are disadvantaged through poverty, disability or terminal illness. It was set up to aid children and young people across the UK who are disadvantaged through disabilities, life-limiting conditions or extreme poverty. Its annual report records £605,354 awarded in total.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Trust supports children and young people aged 18 or younger who live in the UK and are disadvantaged through disability, life-limiting conditions or extreme poverty. It works directly with families, providing financial grants for key items, specialist equipment and therapies. Its help includes essential household items for families in poverty. The Trust emphasises listening to families whose needs are overlooked or unmet by health and social systems. It aims to reach as many young people as possible, and applications are assessed against the criteria before being put before the trustees’ decision panel.

Themes

Disabilities
Life-limiting conditions
Extreme poverty
Specialist equipment
Therapies
Household necessities

Geographic Focus

United Kingdom.

What they don't fund

Applicants must reside within the United Kingdom
Applicants must be aged 18 or younger
Donations to other charities
Funeral Services
Service or Autism Dogs
Trampolines / Trampettes
Garden / Home adaptations / renovations
Holidays & Short Breaks
Legal Costs
Warrantees
Carpets & Flooring
Garden Equipment / Sheds & Fencing
Reimbursements of Funds Already Paid Out
Repayment of Loans
Tribunal Costs / Cost of preparing for tribunal or legal actions
Assessment or therapies already completed or in the process of being taken
Administration or Salary Costs
Travelling Costs
Accommodation Costs
Safe Spaces
Toys, Computer Consoles
PC’s, Laptops, Tablets (Including iPad)
TVs, DVD Players
Hot Tubs
Sofas / Settees
Lease or Purchase of Car
Alterative Therapy
ABA Therapy
Room Hire
Private School Fees
Non-Medical Body & Face Enhancements
Double / Bunk Beds

How to apply

For child-specific requests, a supporting advocate may complete the application, but the parent or legal guardian must sign it; required supporting documents must be added to complete the application.

What to send:

Completed Trust application form.
Written confirmation of child’s condition by a professional independent body e.g. Medical Consultant or Social Worker.
Independent quote.
A breakdown of the household’s financial situation.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Trust assesses each application against its criteria before the trustees’ decision panel considers it.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 29 December 2021	£153,281	£585,761	—	Accounts for year to 29 December 2021
year to 29 December 2022	£594,044	£490,734	£434,817	Accounts for year to 29 December 2022
year to 29 December 2023	£872,362	£789,884	—	Accounts for year to 29 December 2023
year to 29 December 2024	£1,517,438	£904,906	—	Accounts for year to 29 December 2024
year to 29 December 2025	£1,628,975	£1,032,696	£605,354	Accounts for year to 29 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2022

£435k grants

YE 2025

£605k awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 29 December 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 29 December 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

— 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.