Tudor Trust grants
Tudor Trust is a national and overseas family foundation that gave around £10.1m in grants to organisations in its latest year, typically £100,000 to £1m per grant.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Tudor Trust is a family foundation operating at national and overseas scale, making grants to other charities and voluntary bodies for general charitable purposes. In its latest year it gave around £10.1m to organisations, with grants typically ranging from £100,000 to £1m, and occasionally more where it forms a deeper strategic partnership. Rather than a traditional written application process, it builds a relationship with potential partners through a series of conversations before any formal proposal. It prioritises racial justice and supports smaller, community-rooted charities across England and Wales working towards long-term change.
What they fund
Tudor Trust funds general charitable purposes, with a particular priority on advancing racial justice and building power within communities as a lens for tackling wider injustice and inequality.
Who and where
It funds other charities and voluntary bodies, mainly smaller, community-rooted organisations across England and Wales, though its reach has also extended to countries including Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Tudor 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
“Advancing racial justice by resourcing power within communities”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Home - Tudor Trust →
“Tudor is an endowed charitable trust, committed to deploying its capital and resources in ways that centre racial justice as a lens through which to address the intersections of all injustice.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Home - Tudor Trust →
“On some occasions, we may identify strategic partnerships, where there is a deep inter-relationship between our shared goals. In these instances, our grants can be greater than £1m.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
Who they say they'll fund
“These organisations are primarily smaller charities or equivalent in the UK, rooted in community, and with ambition for long-term change.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
“If we fund organisations that are not charities, these grants are restricted to charitable purpose.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
Grant sizes they mention
“The size of our grants varies from £100k to seed emerging work, to up to £1m where there is a possibility of a shared learning relationship.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
How they say to apply
“We do not have a traditional, written application process.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
“Our commitment is to avoid creating a sense of competition through an application process, so we are not comparing individual organisations to each other.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
“we commit to building a relationship through a series of conversations so that we can fully understand your work”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
“We usually make multi-year core grants to enable organisations to move beyond reliance on short-term funding.”
Source: tudortrust.org.uk — Our grant-making - Tudor Trust →
What a typical grant looks like
| Typical (median) grant | £40,000 |
|---|---|
| Middle half of grants | £2,000 – £75,000 |
| Grants published openly | 3,674 |
| Most recent published grant | 2022 |
Recent grants
- The Spaceover three years as unrestricted funding for a charity working with vulnerable and disadvantaged families, primarily from the Roma community, in the Govanhill area of Glasgow£90,000March 2022
- Leeds Community Homesover one year towards a research project exploring and seeking to explain the barriers that Black and minority ethnic communities encounter in developing community-led housing in England£20,000March 2022
- Steel Warriorsas a staff grant towards the core costs of a charity which melts down knives to make outdoor street gyms£2,000March 2022
- Action Station South Tyneside Ltdover three years as unrestricted funding for a community centre and learning venue in the West Harton area of South Shields£120,000March 2022
- Feeding Gainsborough CICover three years towards salaries and running costs at an organisation providing food, alongside wider person-centred support, in Gainsborough and surrounding areas£100,000March 2022
- Foundation Years Trustover two years as continuation funding on an unrestricted basis for a charity in Birkenhead that support families with young children to improve their home learning environment£60,000March 2022
From grants Tudor Trust 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):
To pay the capital and income of the charity to such charitable organisation or organisations or apply the same for such charitable purpose or purposes and in such proportions or amounts as the trustees 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 Tudor Trust typically give?
Tudor Trust describes its grants as normally ranging from £100,000 to £1m, occasionally more for deeper strategic partnerships. Its own recorded grants data shows a wider spread in practice: across 3,674 recorded grants (the latest from 2022), the median award was £40,000, with the middle half of grants falling between £2,000 and £75,000.
What does Tudor Trust fund?
Tudor Trust funds general charitable purposes. It prioritises advancing racial justice by resourcing power within communities, and uses racial justice as a lens to address the intersections of injustice and inequality more broadly.
Who can apply to Tudor Trust?
Tudor Trust mainly funds other charities or voluntary bodies — primarily smaller charities or equivalent organisations in the UK that are rooted in their community and have ambition for long-term change. It can also fund non-charities, provided the grant is restricted to a charitable purpose.
How do I apply to Tudor Trust?
Tudor Trust does not have a traditional, written application process. Instead, it commits to building a relationship through a series of conversations to understand an organisation's work, rather than comparing applicants competitively, and it usually makes multi-year core grants rather than one-off awards. For current details, check its website (www.tudortrust.org.uk) or its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1105580).
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