Basil Houghton Memorial Trust grants
Basil Houghton Memorial Trust makes small grants for people with learning disabilities in Shropshire, with grants for groups not normally exceeding £1,500 a year.
Guidance last checked 22 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Basil Houghton Memorial Trust is a small Shropshire trust for people with learning disabilities. Organisations seeking support for groups of people with learning disabilities or difficulties should be located in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin. Grants for groups do not normally exceed £1,500 per group per annum. It also supports individuals: individual beneficiaries must have a learning disability or difficulty and be resident in Shropshire, and may apply for up to £500. It looks to fund services which are not the responsibility of statutory bodies. Trustees meet four times a year, usually in March, June, September and December, and it warns that it can take as long as three months before the outcome of your application will be known.
What they fund
The Charity Commission register records disability as this trust's single funding area, which matches its focus on people with learning disabilities.
Who and where
The register places the trust in the West Midlands. Its own guidance is narrower: Shropshire for individuals, and Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin for organisations supporting groups.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Basil Houghton Memorial Trust says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
Who they say they'll fund
“Individual beneficiaries must have a learning disability/difficulty and be resident in Shropshire”
Source: basilhoughtontrust.org.uk — Home - Basil Houghton Memorial Trust →
“Organisations seeking support for groups of people with learning disabilities/difficulties should be located in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin”
Source: basilhoughtontrust.org.uk — Home - Basil Houghton Memorial Trust →
What they say they won't fund
“services which are not the responsibility of statutory bodies”
Source: basilhoughtontrust.org.uk — Home - Basil Houghton Memorial Trust →
Grant sizes they mention
“Individual applicants may apply for up to £500”
Source: basilhoughtontrust.org.uk — Home - Basil Houghton Memorial Trust →
“grants for groups do not normally exceed £1,500 per group per annum”
Source: basilhoughtontrust.org.uk — Home - Basil Houghton Memorial Trust →
How they say to apply
“The Trustees meet four times a year, usually in March, June, September and December”
Source: basilhoughtontrust.org.uk — How do I apply for a grant? - Basil Houghton Memorial Trust →
“it can take as long as three months before the outcome of your application will be known”
Source: basilhoughtontrust.org.uk — How do I apply for a grant? - Basil Houghton Memorial Trust →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
The trustees shall hold the trust fund and its income upon trust to apply them within the county of shropshire to relieve, educate and support persons with learning disabilities, either individually or collectively, in such ways as the trustees in their absolute discretion shall determine.
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
How much does Basil Houghton Memorial Trust typically give?
Grants for groups do not normally exceed £1,500 per group per annum, and individual applicants may apply for up to £500. Its Charity Commission entry records grants to organisations of £9,440, and £2,100 to individuals, in its most recent published accounts.
What does Basil Houghton Memorial Trust fund?
Work with people with learning disabilities. Its objects are to relieve, educate and support people with learning disabilities within the County of Shropshire, and the Charity Commission register records disability as its funding area. It looks to fund services which are not the responsibility of statutory bodies.
Who can apply to Basil Houghton Memorial Trust?
Organisations seeking support for groups of people with learning disabilities or difficulties should be located in Shropshire or Telford & Wrekin. Individual beneficiaries must have a learning disability or difficulty and be resident in Shropshire.
How do I apply to Basil Houghton Memorial Trust?
Trustees meet four times a year, usually in March, June, September and December. It warns that it can take as long as three months before the outcome of your application will be known, so do not apply expecting a quick answer. Check the funder's own website (www.basilhoughtontrust.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1101947) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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