The River Farm Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The River Farm Foundation's stated remit is broad, with its main fields being education, community development, and health and welfare, so a request in one of those areas fits its published purpose best.
- Most of its typical grants fall between £8,000 and £440,000, and the median is about £22,500, so a modest request sits comfortably within what it usually gives, though its largest grant was £1,250,000, so that band is not a ceiling.
- The annual report says trustees decide grants after carefully reviewing applications, and no application process is published, so a short written enquiry before a full application is a sensible first step.
- No deadlines are given, and nothing says how competitive funding is, so plan on the basis of an open, discretionary decision.
- Its focus is given as national, and no exclusions are stated, so no group is ruled out on the information available.
Overview
The River Farm Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1113109).
The River Farm Foundation is a charity registered in England and Wales whose principal purpose is general-purpose giving. It gives primarily, though not exclusively, in education, community development, and health and welfare. Grants are made at the discretion of its trustees, and its annual giving was £2,269,305 according to its annual report.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 5 April 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 describes its principal charitable purpose as general-purpose giving, primarily, though not exclusively, in education, community development, and health and welfare. Its organisational grants span those stated fields and also include a grant categorised as environment and heritage. The latest grant list includes a college and charitable organisations, with recipient purposes ranging from education and community development to health and welfare. Trustees decide grants after carefully reviewing applications received, and the register says grants are made at their discretion. Its stated remit is broad rather than confined to a single beneficiary or one narrow cause.
Themes
- Education
- Community development
- Health and welfare
Geographic Focus
National.
How to apply
The trustees decide on grants after carefully reviewing the applications received.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 10 grants in year to 5 April 2025 by size
Median £28,655 (year to 5 April 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- St Edmund Hall, Oxford · Education£1,250,000year to 5 April 2025
- Busoga Trust · Community development£440,000year to 5 April 2025
- Pharos Foundation · Education£400,000year to 5 April 2025
- Renaissance Foundation · Health and welfare£50,000year to 5 April 2025
- Centrepoint Soho · Health and welfare£34,650year to 5 April 2025
- Helen and Douglas House · Health and welfare£22,660year to 5 April 2025
- NSPCC · Health and welfare£22,660year to 5 April 2025
- Shelter · Health and welfare£21,340year to 5 April 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 5 April 2021 | £762,991 | £1,188,713 | £728,400 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2021 |
| year to 5 April 2022 | £2,430,882 | £1,976,393 | £1,950,826 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2022 |
| year to 5 April 2023 | £778,542 | £277,387 | £242,550 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2023 |
| year to 5 April 2024 | £578,381 | £615,713 | £537,604 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2024 |
| year to 5 April 2025 | £2,310,141 | £2,346,062 | £2,269,305 | Accounts for year to 5 April 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 5 April 2021; year to 5 April 2022; year to 5 April 2023; year to 5 April 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 5 April 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 5 April 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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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission