The UK grant funders directory for charities
A free, growing directory of real, currently active UK grant funders for charities — who they fund, how much they give, and when to apply. Every entry is built from Charity Commission, Companies House and 360Giving open data, then checked, cited and kept up to date. Browse funders by cause, then let CharityIQ's free Grant Finder match your charity to the grants you're eligible to win.
Barnabas Fund
Barnabas Fund, which trades as Barnabas Aid, is a UK Christian charity that raises money to support persecuted and suffering Christians overseas.…
Brain Research UK
Brain Research UK funds medical research into neurological conditions across three priority areas: brain tumours, acquired brain and spinal cord injury, and…
Corra Foundation
Corra Foundation is an independent Scottish funder that supports charities and community groups working with people and communities across Scotland. It runs…
Cumberland Council
Cumberland Council funds community, voluntary and social-enterprise projects in its area — the former Carlisle, Allerdale and Copeland districts of Cumbria —…
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the UK's largest independent funders, making around 200 grants a year across three aims: our…
Focus Foundation
Focus Foundation is a UK grant-maker (charity no. 1194519) backing grassroots charities that support disadvantaged children and young people, or mental health,…
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a large family-founded UK grant-maker that funds charities across many causes — welfare, youth, community, environment, education,…
Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority (GLA), led by the Mayor of London, funds organisations working across London — from grassroots community projects to…
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation is an independent health foundation with an endowment worth nearly £1 billion. It does not run open…
Historic Houses Foundation
The Country Houses Foundation — known as the Historic Houses Foundation from 2019 until June 2026 — gives grants to repair and…
Moondance Foundation
The Moondance Foundation is a Cardiff-based grant-maker that funds charities and not-for-profits working mainly in Wales. It gives grants from £500 upwards…
National Institute for Health and Care Research
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to pay for…
National Lottery Awards for All
National Lottery Awards for All is one of the UK's most accessible small grants programmes, run by The National Lottery Community Fund.…
Norfolk Community Foundation
Norfolk Community Foundation is a local grant-maker that manages a large number of funds on behalf of donors and distributes grants to…
North West Lung Centre
The North West Lung Centre (charity 1090320) funds research into lung disease in North West England. It supports clinical-academic fellowships, research posts…
One Community Foundation
One Community Foundation is the community foundation for Kirklees in West Yorkshire. It gives grants — mostly between about £300 and £10,000…
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is one of the UK's largest independent grant-makers, funding work in the arts, education and learning, migration and…
Quartet Community Foundation
Quartet Community Foundation is the main independent grant-maker for the West of England — Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset…
Rosetrees Trust
Rosetrees Trust is a medical-research funder. It backs early-stage and translational research at UK universities, hospitals and research institutions, from Seedcorn awards…
Souter Charitable Trust
The Souter Charitable Trust gives grants to UK registered charities that relieve human suffering in the UK and overseas, with a particular…
Start Network
Start Network is a global network of more than 140 humanitarian NGOs. It moves fast money to members responding to crises, mainly…
The AB Charitable Trust
The AB Charitable Trust funds small to medium UK charities working on human rights, access to justice, penal reform, and migrants and…
The Access to Justice Foundation
"The Access to Justice Foundation increases funding for free legal advice across the UK. It gives grants — often multi-year, flexible, core-cost…
The Albert Hunt Trust
The Albert Hunt Trust gives grants to UK registered charities for hospice care, homelessness support and health and wellbeing. Grants run from…
The Allen Lane Foundation
The Allen Lane Foundation is a small UK grant-making trust that deliberately funds causes it sees as unpopular — groups facing marginalisation…
The Barnes Fund
The Barnes Fund gives grants to organisations and individuals that help people in Barnes, south-west London (broadly SW13). It supports those on…
The Barrow Cadbury Trust
The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent social justice funder focused on racial, gender, criminal and economic justice. It sees itself as…
The British Asian Trust
The British Asian Trust is a UK-registered charity that tackles poverty and hardship in South Asia. It does not run open grant…
The Charis Trust
The Charis Trust is a private family charitable trust, registered as a charity in 2011, that supports the advancement of the Christian…
The Charles Hayward Foundation
The Charles Hayward Foundation gives grants to UK registered charities. Two programmes are open now: Social & Criminal Justice (grants of £15,000–£25,000…
The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (UK)
CIFF is one of the world's largest philanthropic foundations, working to improve the lives of children. It funds partners in climate action,…
The Fore
The Fore gives unrestricted grants of up to £45,000, over one to three years, to small UK charities and social purpose organisations…
The Hadley Trust
"The Hadley Trust is a family grant-making charity (no. 1064823) that funds UK charities helping disadvantaged people, with a strong interest in…
The Jane Hodge Foundation
"The Jane Hodge Foundation (charity 216053, trading as the Hodge Foundation) is a Cardiff-based grant-maker. It funds UK registered or exempt charities…
The London Mathematical Society
The London Mathematical Society (charity no. 252660) awards grants to support mathematics and mathematicians. It backs research conferences, visits, collaborations, early-career researchers…
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the UK's largest dedicated funder of heritage, distributing National Lottery money to projects that look after…
The Swire Charitable Trust
The Swire Charitable Trust is an independent UK funder that supports registered charities across three programmes: Opportunity (improving life chances), Nature (UK…
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
"The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation — now renamed the Forte Charitable Foundation — gives grants to small and medium-sized organisations working in the…
The Waterloo Foundation
The Waterloo Foundation is an independent, Cardiff-based grant-maker that funds work in Wales and internationally. It runs four main programmes — World…
Theatres Trust
The Theatres Trust helps not-for-profit theatres across the UK improve and repair their buildings. Through schemes such as the Small Grants Programme…
United Jewish Israel Appeal (UJIA)
"UJIA (United Jewish Israel Appeal) is a UK Jewish charity that connects young British Jews with Israel through education, Israel trips and…
Frequently asked questions
A free, browsable directory of real, currently active UK grant funders — who they fund, typical award sizes, and when to apply. Every entry is checked and cited.
We review and refresh entries regularly so deadlines and programmes stay current, and each funder page links back to the funder’s own source so you can verify it.
We focus on active UK grant-makers relevant to small and medium charities — from national trusts and foundations to National Lottery programmes and local community funders.
Yes — the directory is completely free. If you want grants matched to your charity automatically, try the free Grant Finder; for AI-drafted applications, see pricing.
Each funder page links to the funder’s own application route. CharityIQ helps you find the right funders and — on a paid plan — draft applications with every claim cited to your charity’s data.