THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST
Revenue grants, generally for between £10,000 and £25,000, are available to small to medium-sized UK registered charities supporting people who are most marginalised and vulnerable in UK society.
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o Application deadline: FRIDAY 31st JANUARY 2025 for decisions in April 2025. Two further application deadlines for 2025 are provided at the end of the main article below.
o Funder: The A B Charitable Trust (founded 1990. Charity number 1000147. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 30 April 2023: £5,717,842 (2022: £4,739,700; 2021: £3,865,000)).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities working in the UK with an annual income of between £150,000 and £1.5 million.
o Key Words: Revenue, Refugees, Asylum Seekers, Social Justice, Human Rights, Penal Reform. Unpopular Causes, Vulnerable and Marginalised Individuals and Communities, United Kingdom.
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The A B Charitable Trust (commonly referred to as ABCT) is a major UK grant-making charity, regularly awarding grants totalling several £ million each year, that places its focus on promoting and defending human dignity and human rights. It supports unpopular causes reaching the most vulnerable and marginalised in society, and particularly UK charities working in the areas of:
o Criminal justice and penal reform.
o Human rights, particularly where this involves access to justice, and
o Migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum.
The Trust favours applications from UK registered charities that can demonstrate the following:
o Are well run, make best use of resources and follow best practice in all aspects of their work.
o Deliver effective work and can demonstrate the difference it makes.
o Engage the talents of people who have experienced the problems the organisation exists to address.
o Listen to the people they seek to support about their needs, and amend their work accordingly.
o Share knowledge where possible (eg with colleagues in the sector, or to influence attitudes to an issue or to influence policy).
o Work well with others in the geographical or policy area (are happy to combine knowledge and resources where helpful and avoid duplication), and
o Would make best use of a grant (for example, where the grant would make a demonstrable positive difference).
UK registered charities with an annual income of between £150,000 and £1.5 million may apply for a revenue grant. During the year ended 30th April 2023, the Trust awarded grants totalling £5,717,842 (2022: £4,739,700) categorised as follows:
o Access to Justice (Human Rights): 58 grants totalling £2,135,562 (2022: 51 grants totalling £1,400,250).
o Criminal Justice System: 59 grants totalling 1,260,900 (2022: 59 grants totalling £1,082,500 (average grant: £18,345), and
o Migrants, Refugees and People Seeking Asylum: 93 grants totalling £2,321,380 (2022:
87 grants totalling £2,236,950).
Grant awards ranged from £3,500 to £270,000 (to the Legal Education Foundation, an independent Foundation and charity based in London that supports communities across the UK to use the law to improve their lives and the lives of others). However, the vast majority of grants awarded were for between £10,000 and £25,000.
A list of all grants awarded during the year can be viewed on pages 31-37 of the Trust’s Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30th April 2023.
Funding is not available for:
o Academic research.
o Capital projects.
o Individuals.
o National charities (or local charities linked to a national network), or
o Projects that promote religion.
Further information, guidance and an online application form is available on the Trust’s website.
The next deadline for applications is Friday 31st January 2025 for decisions in April 2025.
Further application deadlines for 2025 are:
o Friday 25th April 2025 for decisions in July 2025, and
o Friday 25th July 2025 for decisions in October 2025.
Contact details for the Trust are:
Ms Sara Harrity MBE.
The A B Charitable Trust (ABCT)
c/o Woodsford 3rd Floor
8 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3SR
Tel: 020 7243 9486
Email: mail@abcharitabletrust.