Phillipps Charitable Trust

Phillipps Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1132834).

Phillipps Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and it aims to provide funds to bodies whose work promotes the alleviation or avoidance of poverty. It describes itself as a relatively small trust, with annual giving of £619,150 and typical grants of £5 to 15k per charity. Its giving falls mainly in education and training, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation and housing, and environment, conservation and heritage.

Priority Areas

The trust makes a small number of grants to charities whose work fits its objectives. Its stated areas include poverty relief, education and training, accommodation and housing, and environmental projects, including work addressing climate change. Within education, it has particular interest in projects that widen access to the job market or help people set up their own businesses. It focuses on projects that enable or leverage future development and can help people or charities become self-supporting; it also values clear self-funding plans, community-based projects and clear, measurable objectives. The trust focuses predominantly in the UK and typically approaches charities, though in exceptional circumstances it may respond to approaches.

Themes

• Poverty relief
• Education and training
• Housing and homelessness
• Climate change
• Employment and enterprise

Geographic Focus

The World. Priority: UK.

Charities are asked to check that their aims are consistent with the trust's objectives before making contact; the trust typically approaches charities rather than vice versa.

What the charity says:

• The trust focuses on projects with clear plans to become self-funding, a community basis and clear, measurable objectives.
• Projects that enable future development and help people or charities become self-supporting are a particular focus.