Peter Samuel Charitable Trust

The Peter Samuel Charitable Trust, a UK-registered grant-making charity established in 1975 under trustees Viscount Nicholas Alan Bearsted and the Hon Michael John Samuel, advances health, heritage, Jewish life and culture, environmental restoration, and quality of life improvements. Its values-driven ethos emphasizes strengthening civil society through targeted support for impactful charitable work, particularly in medical sciences, cultural preservation, faith-based initiatives, and environmental efforts like forestry and land stewardship, with special affinity for south central Berkshire, east Somerset, and the Highlands of Scotland, while funding across England, Wales, and Scotland.

The trust supports a broad array of projects for registered charities and voluntary organisations, covering capital and revenue costs, core funding, and activities benefiting children, people with ill-health or sensory impairments, faith groups, disaster services, and wider communities. Recent examples include grants to Full Fact for evidence-based information and organisations advancing medical research and health education, prioritizing scalable interventions that address persistent challenges in health, heritage, and environmental quality.

Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities, with a preference for small to medium-sized entities (annual incomes roughly £100,000–£1,000,000); no strict income limits or religious restrictions apply, and it welcomes unsolicited applications from UK-based groups. Grants typically range from £5,000 to £20,000, submitted via email or phone on a rolling basis with trustee meetings held periodically throughout the year—no deadlines or formal forms required.

Distinctive for its lean, remuneration-free operation and rare integration of Jewish cultural priorities with health, heritage, and regional environmental focus, the trust differentiates itself by catalysing enduring social impact without favouring large-scale or invitation-only processes.