THE PIERREPONT TRUST

Grants, mostly for £10,000, are available to UK registered charities working in the areas of supporting people in hardship, research into illness and disease, and general charitable purposes.
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o Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time in writing.
o Funder: The Pierrepont Trust (founded 1988. Charity number 800077. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 5 April 2023: £400,752 (2022: £345,556)).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities.
o Key words: General Charitable Purposes, Hospitals, Relief of Poverty, Medical Research (particularly kidney disease), United Kingdom.
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The Pierrepont Trust is a grant-making charity based in the village of Long Marston in North Yorkshire. The Trust awards grants against the following priorities:

o The relief of sickness by the provision of amenities and equipment in particular, but not exclusively to persons attending Charing Cross Hospital (Fulham) or such other hospital as the Trustees may decide.
o The relief of dependants of such persons or any such persons who have died and who are in need, hardship or distress.
o The promotion of research into the cause and treatment of illness or disease in particular, but not exclusively, kidney disease, and publication of useful results thereof, and
o The making grants to such associations, trusts, societies or corporations as are established for exclusively charitable purposes.

During the year ended 5 April 2023, the Trust awarded grants to 40 charitable organisations totalling £400,752 (2022: 38 grants totalling £345,556).

Grants were almost exclusively for £10,000. A list of all grant recipients is available on page 16 of the Trust’s annual accounts and includes hospices, children’s charities, health research and disability groups.

Please note that the Trust does not have a website. Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.

Applications may be made at any time in writing. The trustees meet regularly to review requests for grant support.

Contact details for the Trust are:

Shaun Gilmour
Trustee
The Pierrepont Charitable Trust
Red Cottage
Tockwith Road
Long Marston
North Yorkshire
YO26 7PJ
Email: shaunagilmour@yahoo.co.uk