Pierrepont Trust

The Pierrepont Trust is an independent, generalist grant-making charity established in 1988 and based in Long Marston, North Yorkshire, with a trustee-led governance structure emphasizing statutory compliance and continuity. Its core mission, rooted in founding objectives, focuses on advancing health, relieving sickness through hospital amenities and equipment, supporting dependants of those affected by illness or bereavement, and promoting medical research—particularly into kidney disease—with an aim to publish useful results. Guided by values of improving patient outcomes, alleviating hardship, and fostering medical progress, the Trust adopts a facilitative, open-access approach, funding UK-registered charities for both direct interventions and research without rigid thematic boundaries.

It prioritizes health-related causes, including hospital and hospice support, children's health and disability initiatives, biomedical research (e.g., kidney groups), and poverty relief for those facing illness or distress. Beneficiaries encompass hospital patients (with historic ties to Charing Cross Hospital but not limited), vulnerable families, and the wider public via aligned charities. Supported activities range from equipment purchases and core costs to project funding and capital expenditure, as seen in grants to hospices, disability organizations, and research bodies across England and Wales.

Eligible applicants are solely UK-registered charities of small to medium size, operating UK-wide with no geographic, income thresholds, or religious restrictions—though patterns favor health and hardship-focused groups. Applications are unsolicited via written letter (no form or portal), reviewed on a rolling basis at regular trustee meetings with no deadlines; decisions follow meetings, typically awarding a consistent £10,000 per grant.

Distinctively, the Trust avoids exclusions beyond its charitable objects, standing out for fixed medium-sized grants enabling tangible impact, straightforward access without preliminaries, and a blend of generalist flexibility with deep health orientation, ideal for charities delivering targeted relief or research advancements.