The Cordwainers Educational and Training Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trust's stated themes are education and training and footwear education, and its reported grants reach learners through educational institutions and programmes, so work that supports students through a college or training provider is the closest fit.
- Its annual giving is £50,000 and its geographic focus is given as Hackney, so a modest, locally rooted request is the realistic size and place to start.
- No application process is published, so the first step is to use the contact shown to ask whether the trust would consider your work before writing a full proposal.
- Neither a grant range nor deadlines are given, and nothing indicates how competitive awards are, so ask about these directly rather than assume.
- Organisations whose work sits outside education and training are unlikely to match the trust's reported grants.
Overview
The Cordwainers Educational and Training Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1050213).
The Cordwainers Educational and Training Charitable Trust exists to promote education and training, including accommodation for people undertaking vocational and educational training and the creation of scholarships, bursaries and prizes. The trustees have concluded that the charity should now be predominantly grant-giving, supporting education and training. Grants totalling £50,000 were made to three educational institutions, with a further £10,000 to UAL and £2,000 to the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 July 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 promotes education and training through grants and awards, and its objects also include accommodation for people undertaking vocational and educational training. Its reported grants support students studying footwear design or shoemaking through scholarships, bursaries and prizes for excellence. It also supports a university-run student welfare and enrichment programme and a hardship fund that can help a wider student population. Its educational support includes awards focused on footwear students and institutional provision serving a broader student population. The support reaches learners through their educational institutions and programmes.
Themes
- Education and training
- Footwear education
Geographic Focus
Hackney.
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.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 July 2021 | £666,116 | £634,022 | £55,000 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2021 |
| year to 31 July 2022 | £837,318 | £715,653 | £55,000 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2022 |
| year to 31 July 2023 | £905,892 | £782,039 | £50,000 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2023 |
| year to 31 July 2024 | £978,084 | £819,314 | £50,000 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2024 |
| year to 31 July 2025 | £12,094,156 | £757,529 | £50,000 | Accounts for year to 31 July 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 July 2021; year to 31 July 2022; year to 31 July 2023; year to 31 July 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 July 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
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 July 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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- 020 7929 1121source
- charity@cordwainers.orgsource
- The Cordwainers Company, Saddlers' House, Gutter Lane, London, EC2V 6BRsource
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Contact
- 020 7929 1121source
- charity@cordwainers.orgsource
- The Cordwainers Company, Saddlers' House, Gutter Lane, London, EC2V 6BRsource