Theodore Maxxy Charitable Trust

Its grant-making pattern favours health, disability services, family support, education, mental health therapy, rare diseases, and medical research. Examples of supported work include parent-child disability services and therapeutic hubs, along with charities addressing specific rare conditions and spinal research. The trust funds a wide array of general charitable activities, supporting core costs, project costs, ongoing revenue needs, and occasionally capital. It works with small to medium-sized UK-registered charities in England and Wales that deliver clear public benefit to people and communities. Beyond this, there are no fixed thematic priorities, allowing the trustees to back unusual or less visible causes that fall within charity law.

Grants are made by invitation only; unsolicited applications are not part of the trust's approach. Eligible applicants must be UK-registered charities, with an operating presence in England and Wales. There is a preference for smaller charities, typically those with more modest incomes, which may find it harder to access mainstream funding. The beneficiaries are people and communities across a wide range of circumstances, including those affected by disability, ill health, rare diseases, or mental health difficulties, and families needing extra support. The trust also values organisations that can demonstrate clear public benefit. No faith-based restrictions apply.

The trust does not make grants to individuals or for non-charitable purposes. It sets no fixed exclusions beyond legal charity law, meaning there is no prescribed list of sectors it will never consider. However, because its funding is invitation-only, it is unlikely to support causes that have not first been identified by the trustees themselves.

The trust distributes investment income, and occasionally capital, in the form of grants for core costs, projects, revenue needs, and sometimes capital expenditure. Grants are identified by the trustees and made by invitation, with choices made at their absolute discretion. The emphasis is on flexibility and responsive support, allowing the trust to assist small, compliant charities across different sectors. There is no open application route or public guidance.