Thank you to partners and supporters

Through financial contributions and ‘in-kind’ goods and services, our supporters make our work possible – enabling us to run the Trust, deliver services to charities and address needs within particular communities.

Individual donors 

Gifts from individuals are a vital source of support for Cranfield Trust’s work. Some of our supporters make very significant major gifts towards Cranfield Trust’s work, while others make regular and one-off donations.

We are deeply grateful to all our supporters and for every gift we receive.

Unrestricted funding

We are extremely grateful to have the support of a number of individuals and organisations who share our vision of a strong, capable and confident voluntary sector. These supporters provide us with unrestricted funding that enables us to plan our work and develop as an organisation.

This year, the following people and organisations provided us with significant unrestricted support:
• The Princess Anne’s Charities
• Beatrice Laing Trust
• John Bothamley
• Britford Bridge Trust
• The Dulverton Trust
• EQ Foundation
• Gaynor and Edward Humphreys
• Pears Foundation
• The Robert and Rosie Wright Charity
• Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
• The Tuixen Foundation

Focussed funding

We are very grateful to those generous funders and donors who have provided financial support for specific activities at the Trust, or towards our services for charities in specific regions or sub-sectors. In the year, we benefitted from the following support:

• The Albert Hunt Trust (supporting mental health services and
counselling for children and young people)

• City Bridge Foundation (support for working with organisations in London)

• Garfield Weston Foundation (support for our work in the Midlands, North West and South West regions)

• Islamic Relief UK (services for charities supporting refugees and asylum seekers) 

• The Moondance Foundation (support for charities / CICs in Wales)

• The National Lottery Community Fund (support for voluntary organisations in former
coalfields communities, in partnership with the Coalfields Regeneration Trust)

• The Shears Foundation (supporting charities in Tyne & Wear / Northumberland)

• The Society of the Holy Child Jesus (towards services for charities supporting refugees and asylum seekers)

• The Steel Charitable Trust (supporting our work in Bedfordshire) 

• The Waterloo Foundation (supporting our work in Wales)

• The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust (supporting our work in the West Midlands) 

Partnerships and Programmes

Cranfield Trust is proud to work in partnership with a range of grant-making and other organisations to deliver capacity building and development support for communities of charities and grantees. Through our varied programmes, we deliver enhanced support, addressing charities’ needs and funders’ strategic objectives.

In 2024-25, our new and ongoing partners were:
• City Bridge Foundation
• Essex Community Foundation
• The Gannochy Trust
• Lloyds Bank Foundation
• Mercers’ Charitable Foundation
• Ministry of Justice
• PACTO (Pembrokeshire Association of Community Transport Organisations)
• Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm Community Fund
• Porticus
• Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
• The Samworth Foundation
• The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund

During the year, we were also very grateful for the in-kind support and pro bono services we received from
• CAPCO
• MSW Thames Valley Ltd
• Salesforce UK Limited.