Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 1121739
The Ballinger Charitable Trust: grants and who they fund
The Ballinger Charitable Trust published 339 grants to organisations from 1 Oct 2023 to 18 May 2026, worth £10.5m in total. The typical (median) grant was £30k, and Co. Durham was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
General
Charitable objects (governing document):
Such purposes as shall be exclusively charitable as the Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time think fit.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Durham
- Northumberland
- Middlesbrough
- Redcar And Cleveland
- Darlington
- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 1 Oct 2023 to 18 May 2026. Smallest £210, largest £600k, average £31k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 12 | 4% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 53 | 16% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 14 | 4% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 189 | 56% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 69 | 20% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 1 | 0% |
| £250,000 or more | 1 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | £2.3m |
| 2025 | 159 | £4.9m |
| 2024 | 94 | £2.3m |
| 2023 | 37 | £1.1m |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunderland All Together Consortium CIO | 1 | £600k | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Search CIO | 2 | £136k | 21 Feb 2025 |
| Bullion Community Resource Centre | 2 | £100k | 5 Dec 2025 |
| East Cleveland Youth Housing Trust (ECYHT) | 2 | £100k | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Linskill Centre | 2 | £85k | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Shiremoor Adventure Playground Trust | 2 | £85k | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Big League CIC | 2 | £80k | 10 Oct 2025 |
| Friends Action North East | 2 | £80k | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Blaydon Youth and Community Centre CIO | 2 | £80k | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Hardwick In Partnership | 2 | £80k | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Pelton Fell Community Partnership | 2 | £80k | 27 Mar 2026 |
| Darlington CAP | 2 | £78k | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Advice at Hart CIC | 2 | £75k | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Derwentside Detached Youth Project (Consett Churches) | 2 | £75k | 28 Mar 2025 |
| North Tyneside Carers' Centre (The) | 1 | £75k | 19 Nov 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Co. Durham | 67 |
| Northumberland | 53 |
| Sunderland | 39 |
| Newcastle | 32 |
| South Tyneside | 26 |
| Gateshead | 20 |
| North Tyneside | 19 |
| Redcar & Cleveland | 18 |
| Middlesbrough | 17 |
| Stockton | 17 |
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Source: grants data published by The Ballinger Charitable Trust through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Figures are our own summary of that data: 339 grants to organisations awarded 1 Oct 2023 to 18 May 2026. Stated aims, charity number and areas of operation are from the Charity Commission register.
Licence: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Grants data from The Ballinger Charitable Trust, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to The Ballinger Charitable Trust.