Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 1078969
Charles Hayward Foundation: grants and who they fund
Charles Hayward Foundation published 397 grants to organisations from 26 Oct 2023 to 23 Dec 2025, worth £6.3m in total. The typical (median) grant was £18k.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
Makes grants to registered charities
Charitable objects (governing document):
To or for the benefit of such exclusively charitable purposes at such time, in such manner and in such proportions as the Trustees may from time to time in their discretion determine.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Guernsey
- Jersey
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 26 Oct 2023 to 23 Dec 2025. Smallest £2,000, largest £35k, average £16k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 52 | 13% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 69 | 17% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 276 | 70% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 166 | £2.7m |
| 2024 | 185 | £2.9m |
| 2023 | 46 | £714k |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Main Grant, Social & Criminal Justice | 215 | £25k |
| Small Grants, Older People | 53 | £5,000 |
| Small Grant, Older People | 52 | £5,000 |
| Main Grant, Overseas | 34 | £15k |
| Small Grants, Social & Criminal Justice | 14 | £10k |
| Small Grants,Older People | 10 | £5,000 |
| Small Grants,Social & Criminal Justice | 7 | £6,800 |
| Small Grant, Social & Criminal Justice | 7 | £10k |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Advice Somerset | 2 | £50k | 26 Sept 2024 |
| Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) | 2 | £50k | 24 Oct 2024 |
| Streets of Growth | 2 | £50k | 23 Dec 2024 |
| Preston North End Community and Education Trust (PNECET) | 2 | £50k | 28 Oct 2025 |
| Aurora New Dawn | 2 | £50k | 22 Aug 2025 |
| Sexual Assault & Abuse Support Service, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (SAASSBMK) | 2 | £50k | 22 Aug 2025 |
| Rising Sun Domestic Violence Project | 2 | £50k | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Teens and Toddlers Trading as Power2 Ltd | 2 | £50k | 22 Aug 2025 |
| Think Forward (UK) | 2 | £50k | 22 Aug 2025 |
| Off the Fence | 2 | £50k | 26 Nov 2025 |
| We are Survivors | 2 | £50k | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Women in Prison | 2 | £50k | 26 Nov 2025 |
| Nelson Trust | 2 | £50k | 24 Apr 2025 |
| Yellow Door (Solent) | 2 | £50k | 24 Apr 2025 |
| One Small Thing | 2 | £50k | 25 Mar 2025 |
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Source: grants data published by Charles Hayward Foundation 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: 397 grants to organisations awarded 26 Oct 2023 to 23 Dec 2025. 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 Charles Hayward Foundation, 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 Charles Hayward Foundation.