Horwich Shotter Charitable Trust

The Horwich Shotter Charitable Trust is a family-led, unincorporated grant-making charity established by trust deed on 27 October 1997, administered from Salford, Greater Manchester, by four Horwich family trustees. Its core mission centers on relieving poverty and advancing Jewish education and religion within England's Jewish community, guided by a commitment to distribute all available income promptly without reserves, maximizing direct charitable impact through simplicity, privacy, and trustee discretion rather than bureaucratic processes.

It funds thematic priorities including Jewish religious life, faith-based education, poverty alleviation, and community activities, providing grants to individuals and organizations for projects, core costs, or facility support at charity-owned premises. Beneficiaries are drawn from the Jewish community across England, with a focus on small to medium-sized causes demonstrating clear alignment to these objectives, though specific grantees or projects are not publicly detailed.

Eligibility is restricted to UK-based Jewish causes and entities with established trustee relationships; unsolicited applications are not accepted, and there are no public forms, website, or income thresholds, with preference for those serving England's Jewish population exclusively. Grants vary significantly year-to-year (annual totals £14,000–£41,000 recently), made ad hoc at trustees' meetings without deadlines.

Distinctive for its no-frills, relationship-driven approach, the Trust avoids overseas funding, non-Jewish causes, capacity building, or open competitions, prioritizing enduring, values-aligned support for direct beneficiary impact in a privacy-focused, family-governed model.