The Launan Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trust supports independent publishers worldwide through grants for specific projects and infrastructure, and it also promotes great black playwrights, so independent publishing and black playwriting theatre are the clearest fits.
- No grant range is stated, so a realistic request size cannot be read from it; its annual giving of £3,300,000 is the total, not a typical grant size.
- No application process is published, so a short enquiry to the contact shown, asking about process and timing, is the sensible first step.
- Grants are made at the trustees' discretion, and nothing published says how competitive funding is or when decisions are made.
- The annual report describes its support for publishing and theatre organisations as intended to help them eventually support themselves, so a request should show how the work builds lasting capacity.
Overview
The Launan Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1070813).
The Launan Charitable Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales that supports independent publishers worldwide. It supports a not-for-profit independent publishing subsidiary and also promotes great black playwrights, past, present and future. Its grants are made at the trustees' discretion, and the trust is reserving up to £3,000,000 for both KPI and BoP.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 5 April 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust supports independent publishers worldwide through grants for specific projects and/or infrastructure. It also supports a not-for-profit independent publishing subsidiary, whose approach is to open submissions to unsolicited material, open review to passionate readers, share profits with authors and select extraordinary submissions. A further strand promotes great black playwrights, past, present and future. The report describes support for the publishing and theatre organisations as intended to help them reach a point where they can support themselves without further dependence on the trust. Its grants are made at the trustees’ discretion.
Themes
- Independent publishing
- Black playwrights
Geographic Focus
Worldwide.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Keep Publishing Independent£3,000,000year to 5 April 2025
- Bard of Pittsburgh Theatre Company Ltd£300,000year to 5 April 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 5 April 2021 | £79 | £8,000 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2021 |
| year to 5 April 2022 | £26,028 | £18,684 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2022 |
| year to 5 April 2023 | £15,000 | £13,500 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2023 |
| year to 5 April 2024 | £20,005 | £8,250 | — | Accounts for year to 5 April 2024 |
| year to 5 April 2025 | £10,943,810 | £3,388,228 | £3,300,000 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 5 April 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
Other sources
- launancharitabletrust.org · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 5 April 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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Contact
- enquiries@launan.orgsource
- 6 Broadlands Close, London, N6 4AFsource
- launancharitabletrust.org
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Contact
- enquiries@launan.orgsource
- 6 Broadlands Close, London, N6 4AFsource
- launancharitabletrust.org