The Paul and Sheila Bradshaw Foundation

The Paul and Sheila Bradshaw Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1185701).

The Paul and Sheila Bradshaw Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales that advances charitable purposes for the public benefit. It particularly aims to relieve financial hardship among people affected by poverty, illness or emotional hardship, and to reduce financial hardship for people in full-time education and people suffering chronic illness. Its most recent annual giving was £506,915, according to its annual report.

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 30 September 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 31 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Foundation makes grants to advance charitable purposes, with particular attention to reducing financial hardship for people in full-time education and people suffering chronic illness. It invites applications from individuals and groups, including charities, where the work is legally charitable in England and Wales; groups must have governing documentation available. Its wider objects include relieving hardship caused by poverty, illness or emotional hardship, and provide for grants to individuals in need, charities and other organisations working to prevent or relieve hardship. The recorded organisational grants include a church development project, grants to a hospice and cancer-care organisations, and support for a children's contact centre. Formal monitoring agreements are put in place with partners or agents, based on application criteria, due diligence outcomes and grant size.

Themes

• Hardship in education
• Chronic illness hardship

Geographic Focus

Worldwide.

Individuals and groups may apply where the work is legally charitable in England and Wales; groups must have governing documentation available. Applications should be made in the first instance to 10 Leigh Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8HP, clearly marked for the attention of the trustees.

Who can apply:

• The Foundation invites applications for grants from groups charities where the work is legally charitable in England and Wales.
• For applications from groups governing documentation must be available.

What to send:

• Governing documentation must be available for applications from groups.

What the charity says:

• The Foundation puts formal monitoring agreements in place with each partner or agent, based on the application criteria, due diligence outcomes and grant size.