Ogilvie Charities grants
Ogilvie Charities runs published funds for individuals, including carers' holidays and education and training for people who have been in care, alongside almshouse housing.
Guidance last checked 22 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Ogilvie Charities provides almshouse and sheltered housing and makes grants, and the published funds we hold guidance for are aimed at individuals rather than organisations. One is an education and training fund, whose criteria include that applicants have spent all or part of their lives in an orphanage and/or care. That fund does not consider applicants seeking less than £500, or help with costs or debts already incurred or existing loans. The other provides funding for holidays for carers, for individuals who care for others to have a break completely away, with typical grants of £300 to £400. That fund excludes anyone in prison and anyone living outside the United Kingdom. Its governing objects also allow it to further the objects of any charity situated in Suffolk, Essex or any London borough. That extends to any charity in England and Wales primarily benefiting people normally resident in those areas, so a charity is worth contacting directly to ask whether its work fits.
What they fund
The register records general charitable purposes and disability. The guidance we hold covers education and training, and holidays for carers.
Who and where
The register records a range of groups across England, Wales and Scotland. Its governing objects give a secondary focus on Suffolk, Essex and London boroughs.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Ogilvie Charities 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
“They have spent all or part of their lives in an orphanage and/or care”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — The Ogilvie Charities Education and Training Fund - Ogilvie Charities →
“Individuals who care for others to have a break completely away”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — Funding for Holidays for Carers - Ogilvie Charities →
What they say they won't fund
“Any one living outside the United Kingdom”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — Funding for Holidays for Carers - Ogilvie Charities →
“Are seeking less than £500”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — The Ogilvie Charities Education and Training Fund - Ogilvie Charities →
“Anyone in prison”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — Funding for Holidays for Carers - Ogilvie Charities →
“Are seeking help with costs or debts already incurred or existing loans”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — The Ogilvie Charities Education and Training Fund - Ogilvie Charities →
Grant sizes they mention
“Typical grants range from £300 to £400”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — Funding for Holidays for Carers - Ogilvie Charities →
How they say to apply
“On receipt of the information a decision will be made within 6 to 8 weeks”
Source: ogilviecharities.org.uk — Funding for Holidays for Carers - Ogilvie Charities →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
For the public benefit, the objects of the CIO are:- primarily for the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, poverty, financial hardship or other disadvantage including but not limited to by the provision of:- social housing in the form of almshouses and other sheltered housing…
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 Ogilvie Charities typically give?
For its holidays for carers funding, typical grants range from £300 to £400. For its education and training fund, applicants seeking less than £500 are not eligible. In its latest published financial year it gave £24,200 in grants to organisations.
What does Ogilvie Charities fund?
The published funds we hold guidance for are an education and training fund and funding for holidays for carers. Its governing objects are wider, covering the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, poverty, financial hardship or other disadvantage, including through almshouses and other sheltered housing and through grants of money.
Who can apply?
Its published guidance is written for individuals. For the education and training fund, its criteria include that applicants have spent all or part of their lives in an orphanage and/or care. Its holidays funding is for individuals who care for others to have a break completely away. Separately, its governing objects allow it to further the objects of any charity situated in Suffolk, Essex or any London borough, or any charity in England and Wales primarily benefiting people normally resident in those areas.
What won't Ogilvie Charities fund?
The holidays for carers fund excludes anyone in prison and anyone living outside the United Kingdom. The education and training fund excludes applicants seeking less than £500, and help with costs or debts already incurred or existing loans.
How do I apply to Ogilvie Charities?
For the holidays for carers fund it says that on receipt of the information a decision will be made within six to eight weeks. If you are a charity rather than an individual, contact the charity first to ask whether it is open to applications. Check the funder's own website (www.ogilviecharities.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1196197) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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