The National Academy for Social Prescribing

Registered charity 1191145 · since 2020socialprescribingacademy.org.uk·London, Manchester·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£715k

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

£15,000 to £245k

Grant range

From the annual report's grant list

From the named grants only. A further £152k went in grants the report doesn't itemise.

£83,441

Typical grant (median)

5 published grants

Key takeaways

The annual report shows typical grants of between £15,000 and £245,000, with a median of about £83,500 among the five named grants to organisations, but a further £152,000 went in grants the report does not itemise, so £245,000 is not a ceiling.
The only programme limit stated is up to £7,000 for the Power of Music Fund, which supports grassroots organisations running music projects for people living with dementia, so a project of that kind is the clearest fit.
No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so the contact shown there is the place to start.
No geographic focus is stated, and the grants shown are mainly in Manchester and London, so an organisation elsewhere should not assume it is ruled out and should ask first.
How competitive the funder is, and whether introductions matter, is not stated, so keep the first request modest and check the fit before writing.

Overview

The National Academy for Social Prescribing is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1191145).

The National Academy for Social Prescribing was established as a charity by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to champion social prescribing in the UK and across the world. Its purpose is to help people live the best life they can through social prescribing, and its objects are to advance the study and practice of social prescribing for the public benefit. Through its Power of Music Fund, it supports grassroots organisations delivering music projects for people living with dementia, and it has given 70 small grants of up to £7,000 across three years.

What they fund

Priority Areas

NASP champions social prescribing and supports and connects people, communities and organisations so more people can enjoy better health and wellbeing. Its funding work aims to drive investment into social prescribing and local organisations delivering community projects. Through the Power of Music Fund, it supports grassroots organisations providing music activities for people living with dementia, while building evidence for music’s lasting place in dementia care. Its approach is collaborative: it works with partners across different sectors, and grant-making partners agree governance, project-management and risk-mitigation arrangements, with grant strands signed off at Board level.

Themes

Social prescribing
Music and dementia

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Manchester and London.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where its grants have gone

London
Manchester

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The National Academy for Social Prescribing.

The Mercers Charitable FoundationNo public processGave £3.7M Rothschild FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £8.3M Derwent LondonFixed deadlinesGave £150k The Hampstead Wells and Campden TrustFixed deadlinesGave £539k The John King Brain Tumour FoundationNo public processGave £467k Hallmark FoundationRollingGave £120k The Fusion21 FoundationInvitation onlyGave £1.1M The Carlton Hayes Mental Health CharityRollingGave £210k Charity of Sir Richard WhittingtonNo public processGave £5.3M We Love MCR CharityFixed deadlinesGave £236k

Grants

5 published grants analysed · median £83,441

How much do they typically give?

Share of 5 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size

£10k–£25k20%

£25k–£50k0%

£50k–£100k40%

£100k–£250k40%

Median £83,441 (year to 31 March 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Manchester Camerata - Power of Music
£243,500year to 31 March 2025
Age UK - Power of Music
£158,000year to 31 March 2025
Social Finance
£83,441year to 31 March 2025
University College London
£62,670year to 31 March 2025
Reaching People
£15,000year to 31 March 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£152k).

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£3,410,657	£3,322,757	£468,000	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£3,159,464	£3,014,057	£230,000	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£3,897,979	£3,372,410	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£2,731,968	£2,536,295	£52,500	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£3,137,353	£2,831,764	£714,611	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£468k grants

YE 2022

£230k grants

YE 2024

£52,500 grants

YE 2025

£715k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for that year.

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.