The Plastow Family Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trust exists to relieve children and young people in need or distress, and its one listed theme is children in need, so work aimed at that group is the clearest fit.
- Its typical grants fall between £500 and £1,500, with a median of £1,000, and about 8 in 10 of its 12 grants to organisations fall in that band, so a modest request in that range suits it best; its largest recorded grant was £500,000, so the band is not a ceiling.
- It accepts applications on a rolling basis through its website.
- The information available does not say how competitive it is or whether existing relationships matter, so a short, clear approach showing how the work reaches children in need is a sensible start, and work not aimed at children and young people falls outside its stated purpose.
Overview
The Plastow Family Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1112993).
The Plastow Family Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1112993), set up to relieve children and young persons in need or distress in any part of the world and to further other purposes exclusively charitable under the law of England and Wales. Its annual giving was £512,500 in the most recent year reported. It makes grants and donations to institutions, foundations, trusts, individuals and undertakings, with the trustees deciding the timing and manner.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 29 December 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 trust’s objects are to relieve children and young people in need or distress, including material, physical, mental or emotional need, anywhere in the world. It may also further other purposes that are charitable under the law of England and Wales. It makes grants and donations to institutions, foundations, trusts, individuals and undertakings, with trustees deciding the timing and manner. Its recorded institutional grants include a school and organisations identified as medical research, children’s health, family support, hospice, mental health and helpline charities.
Themes
- Children in need
Geographic Focus
Worldwide.
How to apply
Submit an application through https://funding.ludlowtrust.com.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 12 grants in year to 29 December 2025 by size
Median £1,250 (year to 29 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Culford School£500,000year to 29 December 2025
- Action Medical Research for Children£1,500year to 29 December 2025
- Alzheimer’s Research UK£1,500year to 29 December 2025
- Home-Start Winchester & District£1,500year to 29 December 2025
- Motor Neurone Disease Association£1,500year to 29 December 2025
- Sanata Charitable Trust£1,500year to 29 December 2025
- Children with Cancer UK£1,000year to 29 December 2025
- Jessie’s Fund£1,000year to 29 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 29 December 2021 | £5,995 | £3,899 | — | Accounts for year to 29 December 2021 |
| year to 29 December 2022 | £15,075 | £21,180 | — | Accounts for year to 29 December 2022 |
| year to 29 December 2023 | £13,302 | £18,785 | — | Accounts for year to 29 December 2023 |
| year to 29 December 2024 | £19,699 | £19,372 | — | Accounts for year to 29 December 2024 |
| year to 29 December 2025 | £565,151 | £523,603 | £512,500 | Accounts for year to 29 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 29 December 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 29 December 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 31 October 2026.
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Applying to The Plastow Family Charitable Trust?
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Contact
- 0117 313 8200source
- charitabletrusts@ludlowtrust.comsource
- Ludlow Trust Co Ltd, 1st Floor, Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane, BRISTOL, BS2 0JJsource
- funding.ludlowtrust.com
Applying to The Plastow Family Charitable Trust?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 0117 313 8200source
- charitabletrusts@ludlowtrust.comsource
- Ludlow Trust Co Ltd, 1st Floor, Tower Wharf, Cheese Lane, BRISTOL, BS2 0JJsource
- funding.ludlowtrust.com