Peter Adams Trust grants
Peter Adams Trust funds community benefit and conservation work close to Ashford in Kent, with grants normally capped at £10,000, and does not normally fund other charities.
Guidance last checked 22 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Peter Adams Trust funds community benefit and conservation work around Ashford in Kent. Its conservation guidance sets a tight boundary. An application will be turned down where the applicant, or the local community to benefit, is not within a 15 mile radius of Ashford, Kent. The guidance adds "or such other radius as the Trustees may decide", and the register records the trust as working across Kent, so ask if you sit just outside. On both its Community Benefit and Conservation pages the sum awarded will normally be subject to a cap of £10,000. Its starting point is matched funding, meaning the applicant must show provision of 50% of the cost, though it says this is not a hard and fast rule. Grants will not normally be awarded to other charities or fundraisers, so check your position before you spend time on an application. The register also records the trust as making grants to individuals as well as to organisations.
What they fund
These are the charitable purposes recorded for Peter Adams Trust on the Charity Commission register. Its own grants pages are narrower, covering community benefit and conservation.
Who and where
The register records the trust as working in the South East of England, and names Kent. Its own conservation guidance is tighter again, pointing to a 15 mile radius of Ashford, Kent, or such other radius as the trustees may decide.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Peter Adams 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
“the starting point is matched funding i.e. the applicant must show provision of 50% of the cost but this is not a hard and fast rule”
Source: peteradamstrust.co.uk — Conservation | Peter Adams Trust →
What they say they won't fund
“Grants will not normally be awarded to other Charities or Fundraisers”
Source: peteradamstrust.co.uk — Conservation | Peter Adams Trust →
“The Applicant or the Local Community to benefit is not within a 15 miles radius of Ashford Kent or such other radius as the Trustees may decide”
Source: peteradamstrust.co.uk — Conservation | Peter Adams Trust →
“The Applicant is able to afford the cost”
Source: peteradamstrust.co.uk — Conservation | Peter Adams Trust →
“The application is for retrospective funding”
Source: peteradamstrust.co.uk — Conservation | Peter Adams Trust →
Grant sizes they mention
“the sum awarded will normally be subject to a cap of £10,000”
Source: peteradamstrust.co.uk — Conservation | Peter Adams Trust →
“In the case of a Community Benefit Grant the sum awarded will normally be subject to a cap of £10,000”
Source: peteradamstrust.co.uk — Community Benefit | Peter Adams Trust →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
To advance public education by assisting in the provision of facilities for local education, including transport, books, clothing, fees and other items as the shall in their absolute discretion deem appropriate. To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or leisure-time occupation in the…
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 Peter Adams Trust typically give?
The trust does not publish a typical (median) grant size. Its Community Benefit page says that for a Community Benefit Grant the sum awarded will normally be subject to a cap of £10,000, and its Conservation page uses the same £10,000 cap. In its most recent published accounts it made £32,232 of grants to organisations and £41,700 of grants to individuals.
What does Peter Adams Trust fund?
Its grants pages cover Community Benefit and Conservation. Its Charity Commission entry records purposes including the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport, accommodation and housing, education and training, animals, and environment, conservation and heritage. Its registered objects also refer to relief in old age, sickness and disability, and to the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment.
Who can apply?
Its conservation guidance says the applicant, or the local community that will benefit, needs to be within a 15 mile radius of Ashford, Kent, or such other radius as the trustees may decide. The register records the trust as working across Kent, so it is worth asking if you sit outside that radius. The trust also expects matched funding as a starting point, so the applicant must show provision of 50% of the cost, although this is not a hard and fast rule. Grants will not normally be awarded to other charities or fundraisers.
What won't Peter Adams Trust fund?
Its Conservation page lists reasons an application will be turned down. These include where the application is for retrospective funding, where the applicant is able to afford the cost, and where the applicant or local community to benefit falls outside the radius described above. Grants will not normally be awarded to other charities or fundraisers.
How do I apply to Peter Adams Trust?
The trust does not set out an application timetable in the guidance we hold, so approach it directly. Check the funder's own website (www.peteradamstrust.co.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1096642) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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