Grant-making trust or foundation · Registered charity 1119845
National Churches Trust: grants and who they fund
National Churches Trust published 312 grants to organisations from 31 Oct 2023 to 7 Nov 2024, worth £2.6m in total. The typical (median) grant was £5,000, and North West was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
The Charity's objects are to promote the conservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches in the United Kingdom and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments, organs, bells in such churches; and to promote the building, enlargement and development of churches in the United Kingdom.
Charitable objects (governing document):
4.1 to promote the conservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep, beautification and reconstruction of churches in the United Kingdom and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments, organs, bells and chattels in such churches, and of the churchyard belonging to any of such churches; 4.2 to promote the building, enlargement and development of churches in the United Kingdom; 4.3 to promote the capacity of churches in the United Kingdom to provide public benefit, including through the provision of advice, assistance, education, training and other support; …
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
- Ireland
- Scotland
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 31 Oct 2023 to 7 Nov 2024. Smallest £500, largest £100k, average £8,423.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 7 | 2% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 114 | 37% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 100 | 32% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 86 | 28% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 4 | 1% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 1 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 249 | £2.1m |
| 2023 | 63 | £495k |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 71 | £3,500 |
| Large | 46 | £10k |
| Cherish | 43 | £7,000 |
| Medium | 41 | £4,500 |
| Small Grants Programme | 32 | £3,757 |
| Medium (Wolfson) | 30 | £5,000 |
| Large (Wolfson) | 26 | £7,271 |
| Last Chance Churches | 18 | £16k |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dowlais: St Illtyd | 1 | £100k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Rhiwbina: Bethesda Cardiff | 1 | £50k | 30 Apr 2024 |
| Minera: St Mary | 1 | £50k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Risca: St Mary the Virgin | 1 | £50k | 7 Mar 2024 |
| Llanelli: St Elli | 1 | £50k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Alkrington: St Thomas More | 2 | £49k | 4 Jul 2024 |
| Stoke-by-Nayland: St Mary | 1 | £45k | 4 Jul 2024 |
| Edinburgh, Portobello: St Mark | 1 | £45k | 14 Mar 2024 |
| Bexhill: St Barnabas | 1 | £43k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Cardiff: Trinity Centre | 1 | £41k | 4 Jul 2024 |
| Truro: Come-to-Good Quaker Meeting House | 1 | £35k | 31 Oct 2024 |
| Lytham St Annes, Ansdell: The Well Baptist Church | 4 | £31k | 4 Jul 2024 |
| Leeds, Chapeltown: Holy Rosary | 2 | £30k | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Darlington: St Cuthbert | 1 | £30k | 9 Nov 2023 |
| Aberdare: Bryn Sion Baptist Fellowship | 1 | £30k | 9 Nov 2023 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| North West | 49 |
| South West | 40 |
| East of England | 34 |
| Scotland | 31 |
| South East | 30 |
| Yorkshire | 28 |
| East Midlands | 24 |
| Wales | 20 |
| Northern Ireland | 20 |
| West Midlands | 16 |
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Source: grants data published by National Churches 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: 312 grants to organisations awarded 31 Oct 2023 to 7 Nov 2024. 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 National Churches 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 National Churches Trust.