Phillipps Charitable Trust grants
Phillipps Charitable Trust usually approaches charities itself rather than inviting applications. It funds work on poverty, homelessness, education and climate change.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Poverty, homelessness, education and climate change are the four themes Phillipps Charitable Trust supports. The first thing to know is that it typically approaches charities itself rather than inviting bids. It says it will respond to an approach only in exceptional circumstances, so an unsolicited application is unlikely to succeed. Its stated aim is to fund bodies whose work promotes the alleviation or avoidance of poverty. In education it has a particular interest in projects that help a wider cross section of people enter the job market or set up their own businesses. Trustees favour projects that enable or leverage future development, and that could help people or charities become self-supporting. The register records the trust as working throughout England, while its governing objects reach further, covering the relief of poverty in any part of the world. Its guidance also says it would not normally fund work focused on medical conditions, religious activity or support for animals.
What they fund
These are the funding areas recorded for Phillipps Charitable Trust on the Charity Commission register. They sit alongside the trust's own stated priorities of poverty, homelessness, education and climate change.
Who and where
The register records the trust as working throughout England and as making grants to other charities and voluntary bodies. Its governing objects are wider, covering the relief of poverty in any part of the world.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Phillipps Charitable 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 believe that education is the best way to empower individuals. We have particular interest in projects facilitating a wider cross section of people to enter the job market or set up their own businesses.”
Source: phillipps.org — Home →
“The trust aims to provide funds to bodies whose work promotes the alleviation or avoidance of poverty.”
Source: phillipps.org — Home →
“Projects that help address the challenge of climate change”
Source: phillipps.org — Home →
“Projects that help avoid or ameliorate the impact of homelessness”
Source: phillipps.org — Home →
Who they say they'll fund
“a particular focus on projects that enable or leverage future development and have the potential to enable people or charities to subsequently become self-supporting”
Source: phillipps.org — Home →
What they say they won't fund
“we would not normally fund projects whose focus is on medical conditions, religious activity, support for animals”
Source: phillipps.org — Home →
How they say to apply
“We typically proactively approach charities but in exceptional circumstances may respond to approaches.”
Source: phillipps.org — Home →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
The prevention or relief of poverty in any part of the world, in particular but notexclusively by the provision of housing, shelter, food, clothing, medical support andhealthcare, education and schemes or programmes which encourage development orcreate employment opportunities and by the commissioning of research for…
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 Phillipps Charitable Trust typically give?
The trust does not publish a grant range or a typical grant size. The only size signal available is its Charity Commission entry, which records grants to organisations of £619,150 in its most recent published accounts.
What does Phillipps Charitable Trust fund?
Its stated aim is to fund bodies whose work promotes the alleviation or avoidance of poverty. Named priorities are projects that help avoid or ameliorate the impact of homelessness, and projects that help address the challenge of climate change. In education it has a particular interest in projects that help a wider cross section of people enter the job market or set up their own businesses. The Charity Commission register records its work as the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation and housing, education and training, and environment, conservation and heritage.
Who can apply to Phillipps Charitable Trust?
In practice very few organisations get in this way, because the trust typically approaches charities itself and will respond to an approach only in exceptional circumstances. The register records that it makes grants to organisations and works throughout England. Trustees look for a particular focus on projects that enable or leverage future development, and that have the potential to enable people or charities to subsequently become self-supporting.
What won't Phillipps Charitable Trust fund?
Its guidance says it would not normally fund projects whose focus is on medical conditions, religious activity or support for animals. Treat that as a starting point rather than a complete list, and check the trust's own site before ruling yourself out.
How do I apply to Phillipps Charitable Trust?
There is no open application scheme. The trust typically approaches charities proactively and may respond to approaches only in exceptional circumstances, so an unsolicited approach is unlikely to succeed. Check the funder's own website (www.phillipps.org) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1132834) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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