The Truants Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Truants Foundation does not run an open grant round; it passes money raised through its events on to a set group of charity partners, and no application process is published, so an unsolicited request is unlikely to be routine.
- Its stated themes are children's charities and children in need, so an organisation working in those areas is the clearest fit, though neither the annual report nor its website sets out a rule excluding others.
- The annual report shows £761,139 in annual giving but gives no grant range, so do not assume a particular amount, and the funds are split at the end of each activity year among the named partners.
- Since no process is published, the sensible first step is to use the contact it shows for getting in touch to ask whether it accepts approaches and when it considers them.
- Neither the annual report nor its website says how competitive it is or whether relationships matter.
Overview
The Truants Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1191441).
The Truants Foundation was created after many years of fundraising by The Truants and The Heavy Metal Truants through cycling rides, golf days, auctions and dinners. It exists to relieve people in need because of ill health, poverty or financial hardship, and to preserve life and promote health and welfare in any part of the world through financial assistance. It raises money through events and channels donations through charity partners, with annual giving of £761,139 shown in the annual report. Funds are split equally among three UK-based children's charities, and international donations raised with Heavy Metal Truants go to an additional beneficiary.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Foundation’s stated objectives are to relieve children in need because of ill health, poverty or financial hardship and to promote the health and welfare of people worldwide through financial assistance. It raises money through cycle rides, dinner events, online auctions, a golf day and a race day, then channels donations through charity partners. It supports three UK-based children’s charities across its activities and an additional beneficiary for international donations raised with Heavy Metal Truants. It distributes funds equally among the three UK-based charities.
Themes
- Children’s charities
- Children in need
Geographic Focus
UK; any part of the world.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to The Truants Foundation.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Nordoff Robbins£198,118year to 30 September 2025
- NSPCC Childline£188,118year to 30 September 2025
- Teenage Cancer Trust£188,118year to 30 September 2025
- Save The Children£186,785year to 30 September 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 September 2021 | £211,692 | £14,341 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2021 |
| year to 30 September 2022 | £547,919 | £554,923 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2022 |
| year to 30 September 2023 | £674,543 | £628,727 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2023 |
| year to 30 September 2024 | £370,223 | £289,903 | — | Accounts for year to 30 September 2024 |
| year to 30 September 2025 | £597,108 | £846,581 | £761,139 | Accounts for year to 30 September 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 30 September 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— 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
Other sources
- thetruants.co.uk
- thetruants.co.uk/charities · read on 30 October 2026
- thetruants.co.uk/truants-foundation · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 September 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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Contact
- Matrix Studios, 91 Peterborough Road, LONDON, SW6 3BUsource
- thetruants.co.uk