Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 255230
The Grocers' Charity: grants and who they fund
The Grocers' Charity published 428 grants to organisations from 20 Oct 2023 to 31 Jul 2025, worth £2.7m in total. The typical (median) grant was £5,000.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
The Grocers' Charity is the charitable arm of the Grocers' Company, a City of London Livery Company. The Charity is a grant-awarding body to UK registered charities working in designated areas of need that encompasses education, the Church, the relief of poverty, support for the arts, heritage, young people, medicine, environment and those with disabilities.
Charitable objects (governing document):
For some charitable purpose or purposes being a qualified charity to the intent that such charitable purpose or purposes shall be advanced in such manner by the Trustees as shall be prescribed in such deed or in any rules or regulations made thereunder
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 20 Oct 2023 to 31 Jul 2025. Smallest £100, largest £300k, average £6,286.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 38 | 9% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 159 | 37% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 200 | 47% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 26 | 6% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 2 | 0% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 2 | 0% |
| £250,000 or more | 1 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | £632k |
| 2024 | 215 | £1.5m |
| 2023 | 89 | £597k |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oundle School | 3 | £650k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| Samaritans (The) | 1 | £77k | 20 Jun 2024 |
| Escapeline | 2 | £53k | 31 Jul 2025 |
| 3 Pillars Project | 1 | £48k | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Mossbourne Community Academy | 1 | £43k | 20 Oct 2023 |
| Mossbourne Charitable Trust CIO | 4 | £43k | 12 Dec 2024 |
| Central London Samaritans | 1 | £39k | 27 Apr 2024 |
| The Elms (Colwall) Limited | 3 | £32k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| Imperial College London (Jubilee) | 2 | £30k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| City & Guilds of London Art School | 4 | £25k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| City of London School for Girls | 2 | £22k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| The Guildhall School of Music and Drama | 3 | £21k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| St Paul's Cathedral School | 2 | £21k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| University College London (Jubilee) | 2 | £21k | 30 Oct 2024 |
| VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) | 2 | £20k | 30 Oct 2024 |
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Source: grants data published by The Grocers' Charity 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: 428 grants to organisations awarded 20 Oct 2023 to 31 Jul 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 The Grocers' Charity, 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 Grocers' Charity.