Didymus grants
Didymus is a national family foundation giving around £162k to organisations, with grants of up to £10,000 a year over three-year periods and an invitation-only application process.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Didymus is a family foundation that funds arts projects with a focus on social inclusion, removing barriers to access, and widening participation. It provides grants of up to £10,000 per year over three-year periods to registered charities with annual income of £20,000 to £1 million. It is an invite-only funder: charities can register their interest via its website, and a small number are then invited to make a full application.
What they fund
Didymus funds arts projects with a focus on social inclusion, removing barriers to access and widening participation, alongside recreation, poverty relief, economic and community development, human rights and equality, and disability causes.
Who and where
It funds registered charities with income between £20,000 and £1 million, for projects taking place in Greater London or Yorkshire.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Didymus 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.
What they say they're looking for
“Directly delivering arts projects with a focus on social inclusion, removing barriers to access and widening participation”
Source: didymus-charity.org.uk — Funding guidance - Didymus Charity →
What they say they won't fund
“Organisations with income of over £1 million within the past 3 years”
Source: didymus-charity.org.uk — Funding guidance - Didymus Charity →
“Projects taking place outside of Greater London or Yorkshire”
Source: didymus-charity.org.uk — Funding guidance - Didymus Charity →
“Organisations which are not registered charities, or that are overdue in reporting to the Charity Commission”
Source: didymus-charity.org.uk — Funding guidance - Didymus Charity →
Grant sizes they mention
“Didymus provides grants of up to £10,000 per year over 3 years”
Source: didymus-charity.org.uk — Funding guidance - Didymus Charity →
Income limits they mention
“Annual income between £20,000 and £1 million for each of the past 3 years”
Source: didymus-charity.org.uk — Funding guidance - Didymus Charity →
How they say to apply
“Didymus is an invite only funder. We will seek out organisations who align with our priorities, and aim to develop a balanced portfolio. Through our website charities who meet our criteria can let us know about their work, and a small number may be invited to complete a funding application”
Source: didymus-charity.org.uk — Funding guidance - Didymus Charity →
What a typical grant looks like
| Typical (median) grant | £30,000 |
|---|---|
| Middle half of grants | £30,000 – £30,000 |
| Grants published openly | 7 |
| Most recent published grant | 2025 |
Recent grants
- Dance United YorkshireA grant towards continuing 3 groups (Company of Elders, Gradient and Keighley Boys Company), and supporting the ongoing delivery of the Women’s Company and Resi/Dance Youth.£30,000September 2025
- Corali Dance CompanyA grant towards sustaining and developing the Corali Explore dance class from September 2025 – July 2028.£30,000June 2025
- Richard Shephard Music FoundationA grant towards providing weekly music lessons to 500 pupils in rural North Yorkshire schools, and 2 days of engagement activities.£29,301June 2025
- Synergy Theatre ProjectA grant towards delivering three creative projects a year for three years in PRUs.£30,000November 2024
- Purple Patch ArtsA grant towards the salary of the CEO of Purple Patch Arts.£30,000November 2024
- Northern Broadsides Theatre CompanyA grant towards the Life in a Northern Town playwriting project.£30,000November 2024
From grants Didymus publishes openly via 360Giving (the UK open grants-data standard), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
The objects of the CIO are such general charitable purposes for the benefit of the public as the charity trustees from time to time in their discretion think fit
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 Didymus typically give?
It provides grants of up to £10,000 per year over three-year periods. Its 7 most recently recorded grants (latest 2025) were all £30,000.
What does Didymus fund?
It funds arts projects with a focus on social inclusion, removing barriers to access and widening participation in the arts, alongside its wider charitable purposes covering recreation, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic and community development, human rights and equality, and disability.
Who can apply to Didymus?
It funds registered charities with annual income between £20,000 and £1 million for each of the past three years, for projects taking place in Greater London or Yorkshire.
What won't Didymus fund?
It does not fund organisations that are not registered charities or that are overdue in reporting to the Charity Commission, organisations with income over £1 million within the past three years, or projects taking place outside of Greater London or Yorkshire.
How do I apply to Didymus?
Didymus is an invite-only funder. It seeks out organisations that align with its priorities, but charities can use its website to let it know about their work, and a small number may then be invited to complete a full funding application. Its website (www.didymus-charity.org.uk) has full guidance, and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1152432) lists its accounts and trustees.
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Didymus.