Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 263960
Benefact Trust: grants and who they fund
Benefact Trust published 2,942 grants to organisations from 31 Oct 2023 to 18 May 2026, worth £49.9m in total. The typical (median) grant was £4,300, and South West was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
The objects of ATL are to promote the Christian Religion, to contribute to the funds of any charitable institutions, associations, funds or objects and to carry out any charitable purpose.
Charitable objects (governing document):
1. To promote the Christian religion. 2. To contribute to the funds of any charitable institutions associations funds or objects and to carry out any charitable purpose.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 31 Oct 2023 to 18 May 2026. Smallest £500, largest £1.6m, average £17k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 73 | 2% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 1,505 | 51% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 493 | 17% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 603 | 20% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 164 | 6% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 97 | 3% |
| £250,000 or more | 7 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 650 | £9.2m |
| 2025 | 1,370 | £26.1m |
| 2024 | 894 | £13.5m |
| 2023 | 28 | £1m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Building Grants | 1,645 | £3,000 |
| Community Impact Grants | 1,020 | £9,750 |
| Methodist Grants | 74 | £14k |
| Cathedral Block Grants | 70 | £16k |
| Diocesan Block Grants | 57 | £76k |
| Roof Alarms | 32 | £2,309 |
| Crisis Response | 17 | £125k |
| Methodist Connexion | 13 | £150k |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cathedrals' Workshop Fellowship | 2 | £2.1m | 4 Mar 2025 |
| The Methodist Church in Great Britain | 10 | £1.7m | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Archbishops' Council | 1 | £1.5m | 18 Jan 2024 |
| The Salvation Army UK | 1 | £1.1m | 11 Sept 2025 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres | 4 | £558k | 7 May 2026 |
| The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church | 2 | £501k | 18 Sept 2025 |
| British Red Cross | 3 | £450k | 7 May 2026 |
| The Representative Body of the Church in Wales | 2 | £415k | 5 Mar 2026 |
| Christian Aid | 2 | £275k | 11 Sept 2025 |
| The Representative Body of the Church of Ireland | 2 | £260k | 18 Sept 2025 |
| The Diocese of London | 1 | £231k | 18 Sept 2025 |
| Resurgo Trust | 1 | £200k | 11 Sept 2025 |
| Growing Hope (National) | 1 | £200k | 8 Apr 2025 |
| The Methodist Church in Ireland | 2 | £200k | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Waverley Abbey Trust | 1 | £200k | 4 Mar 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| South West | 379 |
| South East | 369 |
| North West | 312 |
| London | 281 |
| East of England | 281 |
| West Midlands | 227 |
| East Midlands | 201 |
| Scotland | 200 |
| Northern Ireland | 134 |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 131 |
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Source: grants data published by Benefact 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: 2,942 grants to organisations awarded 31 Oct 2023 to 18 May 2026 (from the most recent records published). 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 Benefact 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 Benefact Trust.