F W Trust Ltd

The F W Trust Ltd is a grant-making charity established on 11 June 2009 as a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (charity number 1131276, company number 06930982). Based in London with a small board of trustees including J Friedman and J S Weiser, it operates without paid staff or a dedicated website, focusing solely on disbursing grants to support broad charitable purposes. Its mission is generalist, lacking published strategic plans, thematic priorities, or target beneficiaries, emphasizing flexible financial support to individuals and organisations rather than direct service delivery or impact measurement.

The Trust funds a wide array of charitable activities without restrictions on themes, sectors, or beneficiary types, making grants to both individuals and UK-registered organisations for any lawful charitable purpose. There are no specified programmes, exclusions by cause, or preferences for project, core, or capital funding, reflecting its open-ended approach derived from statutory filings.

Eligible applicants face no formal geographic, size, income, or entity restrictions—grants may go UK-wide—but the Trust is invite-only, with no published application process, guidance, email contacts, or deadlines; decisions occur at trustee discretion without open rounds or unsolicited submissions. Recent accounts show total grant expenditure of £375,803 (year ending June 2023) against £103,879 income, suggesting endowments enable spending beyond annual receipts, though individual grant sizes remain undisclosed. Distinctively opaque and low-profile, it suits pre-selected recipients aligned with trustees' unpublicised priorities, differentiating it as a discreet, non-prescriptive funder amid more transparent peers. Charities should pursue connections via networks rather than direct approaches.