The McBain Family Foundation
At a glance
Overview
The McBain Family Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1178329).
The McBain Family Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that makes grants to relieve poverty or promote education anywhere in the world. Its objects also allow the trustees to apply funds to other charitable purposes they select. In the most recent period it made grants totalling £235,667 in accordance with those objects.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 January 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 foundation makes grants to relieve poverty and promote education anywhere in the world. Its objects also allow the trustees to apply funds to other charitable purposes that they select, in their discretion. Its report says grants were made in accordance with those objects. This leaves a broad remit: poverty relief and education are the express fields, while other charitable purposes remain trustee-selected rather than defined as particular sectors. The grant list gives recipients but no stated purposes for individual awards, so it does not establish further funding priorities. Its terms do not identify a narrower geographical focus than worldwide.
Themes
- Poverty relief
- Education
Geographic Focus
Anywhere in the world.
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
- International
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 5 grants in year to 31 January 2025 by size
Median £15,000 (year to 31 January 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Mansfield College£170,667year to 31 January 2025
- Stars Appeal£30,000year to 31 January 2025
- Pickups for Peace£15,000year to 31 January 2025
- Chatham House£10,000year to 31 January 2025
- Samaritans£10,000year to 31 January 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 January 2021 | £812,918 | £52,090 | £47,791 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2021 |
| year to 31 January 2022 | £539,701 | £1,426,884 | £1,420,075 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2022 |
| year to 31 January 2023 | £1,203,978 | £481,064 | £474,294 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2023 |
| year to 31 January 2024 | £137,941 | £45,434 | — | Accounts for year to 31 January 2024 |
| year to 31 January 2025 | £829,686 | £249,882 | £235,667 | Accounts for year to 31 January 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 1 of the 4 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 31 January 2021; year to 31 January 2022; year to 31 January 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 January 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 January 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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- Irwin Mitchell Llp, Thomas Eggar House, Friary Lane, CHICHESTER, PO19 1UFsource