The Traidcraft Foundation
Key takeaways
- The Foundation's stated focus is fighting poverty through trade, and its reported pilot backed small-scale agriculture in Meru and Kitui counties of Kenya, so a project close to those themes and places is the clearest fit.
- The annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range, so it does not show a realistic request size; keep any approach modest and ask the Foundation what it would consider.
- The annual report publishes no application process, so the contact shown is the way in: send a short enquiry before writing a full proposal.
- Nothing published says how long a decision takes or how competitive the Foundation is, so ask about timing at the same time.
- No exclusions or eligibility rules are stated, so no group should rule itself out on the basis of this profile.
Overview
The Traidcraft Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 294953).
The Traidcraft Foundation exists to keep all parts of the Traidcraft family focused on its founding principles, vision and mission, and to support the Board of Traidcraft Exchange in activities for poor producers in the developing world. Its mission is to fight poverty through trade. Its reported participatory grant-making pilot, launched with the Kenya Community Development Foundation, supported six community-based organisations in small-scale agriculture in Meru and Kitui counties of Kenya, across poultry farming, onion farming and bee keeping.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report 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’s mission is to fight poverty through trade, pioneering, practising and promoting approaches to trade that help poor people in developing countries transform their lives. It supports the work of a linked development partner for poor producers in the developing world and encourages the wider Traidcraft group to uphold its founding principles. Its reported participatory grant-making pilot supported community-based organisations working in small-scale agriculture. The work covered poultry farming, onion farming and bee keeping, with progress monitored, challenges addressed and funds disbursed to the organisations.
Themes
- Poverty through trade
Geographic Focus
Priority: Meru; Kitui.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Kitui
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £3,825,000 | £3,336,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £4,244,000 | £3,542,000 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £3,223,652 | £4,354,330 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £3,377,803 | £3,922,184 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £3,474,812 | £3,506,584 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
— No grants figure for those years.
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
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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Contact
- Traidcraft Exchange, Turners Building, 7-15 Pink Lane, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 5DWsource
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- Traidcraft Exchange, Turners Building, 7-15 Pink Lane, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 5DWsource