Linbury Trust grants
Linbury Trust is a national family foundation that gave around £8.1m in grants to organisations in its latest year, supporting arts, environment, and disadvantaged and older people.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Linbury Trust is a national family foundation (charity number 287077) supporting culture and the arts, the environment, and work that helps people experiencing disadvantage, including homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers, and older people experiencing isolation or complex health needs. It rarely supports building or capital projects, or arts activity that is performance only, and it does not accept unsolicited enquiries or applications. In its latest year it gave around £8.1m in grants to organisations.
What they fund
It funds culture and the arts (including dance, museums and heritage), the environment and climate, and work supporting people experiencing disadvantage such as homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers, and older people experiencing isolation or complex health needs.
Who and where
It supports other charities and voluntary bodies, including work with elderly people, across England and Wales; it does not accept unsolicited enquiries or applications, instead identifying organisations to fund itself.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Linbury 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.
What they say they're looking for
“We also support work that improves the choices of people experiencing disadvantage and inequality, including homelessness, and refugees and asylum seekers.”
Source: linburytrust.org.uk — Linbury Trust →
“We fund work and projects that helps older people to live well, especially those experiencing isolation and complex health needs.”
Source: linburytrust.org.uk — Linbury Trust →
“Our focus is public engagement with culture, including arts, dance, museums, and heritage, especially when this has benefits such as improved wellbeing and life opportunity.”
Source: linburytrust.org.uk — Linbury Trust →
“We help projects that support the environment and climate, and connect people with nature”
Source: linburytrust.org.uk — Linbury Trust →
What they say they won't fund
“We rarely support substantive building or capital projects, or arts activity that is performance only.”
Source: linburytrust.org.uk — Linbury Trust →
How they say to apply
“The Linbury Trust does not accept unsolicited enquires or applications.”
Source: linburytrust.org.uk — Linbury Trust →
What a typical grant looks like
| Grants published openly | 198 |
|---|---|
| Most recent published grant | 2026 |
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
For the benefit of such one or more charitable purposes or charitable institutions at such time or times in such manner and in such proportions as the trustees may from time to time in their discretion determine.
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
What does Linbury Trust fund?
It funds public engagement with culture, including arts, dance, museums and heritage, especially where this brings benefits such as improved wellbeing and life opportunity; environment and climate projects that connect people with nature; work that improves the choices of people experiencing disadvantage and inequality, including homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers; and work that helps older people live well, especially those experiencing isolation and complex health needs.
What won't Linbury Trust fund?
It rarely supports substantive building or capital projects, or arts activity that is performance only.
Who does Linbury Trust help?
Its funding supports other charities and voluntary bodies, including work benefiting elderly people, and people experiencing disadvantage such as homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers.
How do I apply to Linbury Trust?
Linbury Trust does not accept unsolicited enquiries or applications; organisations are identified through the Trust's own partnership and research. See its website, www.linburytrust.org.uk, and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 287077) for further information.
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