The Tufton Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Trust says it makes grants selectively and invites applications from charitable institutions and individuals, so a small charity doing charitable work can reasonably ask.
- Most of its named grants fall between £5,000 and £50,000, with a median of £10,000, so a request in that range fits its recorded giving, though its largest grant was £62,500.
- Its recorded organisational grants have gone to churches and religious bodies, arts and music, hospice and cancer, and aviation and welfare charities, and its grants have mainly been to Hastings, England and Nepal, though no geographic focus is stated, so that pattern is not a rule.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but no address, email or phone number is published for sending one, so you will need to find a contact before applying.
- Grants are selective, so treat an award as uncertain rather than assured.
Overview
The Tufton Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 801479).
The Tufton Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 801479). Its purpose is to benefit any organisation recognised to be exclusively charitable, paying or applying the income of its trust fund to or for the benefit of one or more qualified charities. In its latest annual report it paid £208,000 in giving, and its recorded organisational grants have gone to churches and religious bodies, arts and music organisations, hospice and cancer charities, and aviation and welfare charities.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 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 Trust invites applications from charitable institutions and individuals and says it makes grants selectively. Its stated objective is to benefit organisations recognised as exclusively charitable, and it carries this out through donations to appropriate bodies. Its recorded organisational grants have gone to churches and other religious bodies, arts and music organisations, hospice and cancer charities, aviation and welfare charities, alongside other charitable institutions. The recipient mix shows the kinds of organisations supported, while the grant listings give no stated purpose for individual awards. The Trust describes its approach as making donations to appropriate bodies, with grants made on a selective basis.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Hastings, England and Nepal.
How to apply
The Trust invites applications for grants from charitable institutions and individuals; grants are made on a selective basis.
Who can apply:
- The Trust invites applications for grants from charitable institutions and individuals
The charity does not publish an address, email or phone number to send an application to.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
- Nepal
- Hastings
- England
Similar funders
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 11 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size
Median £10,000 (year to 31 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Holy Trinity, Hastings£62,500year to 31 December 2025
- Church Revitalisation Trust£50,000year to 31 December 2025
- Glyndebourne Productions£15,000year to 31 December 2025
- Mission Aviation Fellowship£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- Off The Fence£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- Revelation Trust£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- The Bob Champion Cancer Trust£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- The Gurkha Welfare Trust£10,000year to 31 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£13,500).
6 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £620,209 | £1,041,528 | £794,125 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £913,929 | £880,818 | £694,642 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £376,319 | £384,066 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £252,404 | £443,036 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £207,980 | £396,067 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | — | — | £208,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 1 of the 2 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2020; year to 31 December 2021: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.
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 31 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 30 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission