Grants made in 2025

Prevention or Relief of Poverty

Spitfire Advice and Support Services LTD £4,000
Karis Neighbour Scheme £2,000
Total £4,000

Advancement of Education

Birmingham Boys and Girls Union £5,000
Stratford Literary Festival £1,000
The Refugee and Migrant Centre £3,000
Total £9,000

Advancement of Religion

No grants within this category.
Note: The Saintbury Trust no longer accepts applications under this heading.

Advancement of Health or the Saving of Lives

The Air Ambulance Service £10,000
The Myriad Centre £2,000
Alzheimers Research UK £10,000
University Hospitals Birmingham £5,000
Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity £15,000
Total £42,000

Advancement of Citizenship or Community Development

The Dorothy Parkes Centre £2,000
Total £2,000

Advancement of Arts, Culture, Heritage or Science

ACE Dance & Music £3,000
Motionhouse £2,000
Birmingham Royal Ballet £4,000
Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra £5,000
Orchestra of the Swan £5,000
Birmingham Hippodrome £6,000
Birmingham Repertory Theatre LTD £5,000
Big Brum Theatre in Education Company Ltd £3,000
Broadway Museum and Art Gallery £3,000
B:Music LTD £10,000
Ikon £5,000
Birmingham Opera Company £5,000
Broadway Arts Festival £1,000
Longborough Festival Opera £2,000
Ex Cathedra £10,000
Fierce Festival £3,000
The Royal Shakespeare Company £10,000
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group £5,000
Elmhurst Ballet School £6,000
Iniva £10,000
Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage £3,000
Compton Verney £5,000
Grand Union Arts £8,000
Warwick Art Centre £5,000
Flatpack £5,000
Total £129,000

Advancement of Heritage or Science

Birmingham Conservation Trust £4,000
Gloucester Civic Trust £2,000
Garden Organic £3,000
Total £9,000

Advancement of Amateur Sport

Sandwell Asian Development Association £2,000
Total £2,000

Advancement of Human Rights, Conflict Resolution or Reconciliation or the Promotion of Religious or Racial Harmony or Equality of Diversity

There were no applications in this category

Advancement of Environmental Protection or Improvement

Warley Woods Community Trust £2,000
The Heart of England Forest £5,000
Birmingham Botanical Gardens £4,000
Norton Hall Children and Family Centre £2,000
ITSA Digital Trust £2,000
Total £15,000

Relief of those in Need by reason of Youth, Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage

Care of the dying

Shipston Home Nursing £3,000
St Richards Hospice Foundation £10,000
The Shakespeare Hospice £5,000
Acorns Childrens Hospice Trust £5,000
Longfield Community Hospice £3,000
Total £26,000


Childhood and youth

Growth Path Services £3,000
Beyond the Horizon Charity £2,000
Jericho £3,000
Birmingham Settlement £5,000
New College Worcester £3,000
Sport 4 Life UK £4,000
Bentley Beginnings £1,000
Missing People Ltd £5,000
Martineau Gardens £2,000
Birmingham Hospice £5,000
Ackers Adventure £3,000
Edward’s Trust £2,000
Home-Start Birmingham Thameside £2,000
Cidermill Theatre Trust £2,000
Resources for Autism £4,000
The Haven Wolverhampton £3,000
Total £49,000


Community

St Pauls Community Development Trust £2,000
Funky Kids £2,000
Total £4,000


Disability and ill-health

Waterloo Community Counselling £3,000
Foundation for Conductive Education (NICE) £6,000
Walsall Society for the Blind £5,000
Queen Alexandra Charity £3,000
Disability Challengers £10,000
The Garage Art Group £2,000
Enham Trust £3,000
Lunch on the Run £2,000
Carrs Lane Counselling LTD £3,000
Central Youth Theatre £2,000
Perdiswell Young People’s Leisure Club £2,000
The Recovery Foundation £4,000
Community Connexions £2,000
Ideal for All £2,000
Acacia Family Support £3,000
Art Therapies UK £3,000
ASPIE £2,000
Worcester Snoezelen £2,000
Better Understanding of Dementia for Sandwell £3,000
Total £62,000


Homelessness

Hope Projects £5,000
St. Anne’s Hostel £4,000
Kairos Women Working Together £4,000
Total £13,000

 

Other charitable purposes

Worcester Street Pastors £2,000
Total £2,000

Advancement of Animal Welfare

The trust is precluded by the terms of the settlement from making grants to animal charities.

Promotion of the Efficiency of the Armed Forces of the Crown or the Efficiency of the Police, Fire and Rescue or Ambulance Services

No grants within this category.

Other purposes that are currently recognised as charitable or are in the spirit of any purposes currently recognised as charitable

No grants within this category.

Total grants awarded 2025: £370,000