Thriplow Charitable Trust

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Typical grants: £1,000 – £5,000
Applications: Accepted
How to apply: Online form
Decisions: Rolling (no fixed deadline)

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About Thriplow Charitable Trust

The Thriplow Charitable Trust is a grant-making body that supports the furtherance of higher education and research, with a preference for British institutions. The Trust favours discrete projects and makes grants of modest size. It funds registered charities and component parts of charitable bodies across the United Kingdom. The Trust supports work in education and skills, arts and culture, heritage, the environment, physical health, and animals. It funds research, project delivery, training, and equipment. The Trust does not normally contribute to major charitable bodies with large funds or to clinical trials, and it is no longer able to fund performing arts companies. Successful applicants cannot apply in consecutive years. The Trust is distinctive for its focus on higher education and research, its preference for discrete projects, and its support for a broad range of charitable activities. It does not fund capital works, individuals, or organisations that are not registered charities. The Trust also supports an international studentship programme for one-year full-time postgraduate courses in Arts and Humanities at British institutions, which requires match funding.

What Thriplow Charitable Trust funds

The Trust supports the furtherance of higher education and research, with a stated preference for British institutions. It favours discrete projects, and its funding covers research, project delivery, training, and equipment. Cause areas include education and skills, arts and culture, heritage, the environment, physical health, and animals. The Trust also runs a studentship programme that supports an international student on a one-year full-time postgraduate course in Arts and Humanities at a British institution. Grants are made to registered charities and component parts of charitable bodies across the United Kingdom.

Who can apply

Registered charities and component parts of charitable bodies based in the United Kingdom are eligible to apply. The Trust does not fund individuals. For the studentship programme, candidates must be international students enrolled on a one-year full-time postgraduate course in Arts and Humanities at a British institution, and they must not receive full funding from the institution. The Trust does not normally contribute to major charitable bodies with large funds, and it is no longer able to fund performing arts companies.

What Thriplow Charitable Trust doesn't fund

The Trust does not fund capital works, individuals, or organisations that are not registered charities. It does not normally contribute to major charitable bodies with large funds or to clinical trials. It is no longer able to fund performing arts companies. Successful applicants cannot apply in consecutive years. For the studentship, candidates who receive full funding from the institution are not eligible.

How they like to fund

The Trust makes grants of modest size. It does not require match funding for its general grants, but the studentship programme does require match funding. The Trust welcomes unsolicited applications.

How much does Thriplow Charitable Trust give?

Thriplow Charitable Trust runs 2 grant programmes. Every figure below is sourced from their published guidance.

Last verified 8 August 2026 · 31 sourced facts

General FundingOpen to applications

£1,000 – £7,500

Online application form
Next deadline 25 September 2026

Thriplow Charitable Trust studentship

Up to £25,000

Online application form
Match funding required

Those are the published figures. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you'd clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is what the free fit check answers.

What Thriplow Charitable Trust funds — and what they won't

Their stated priorities

The furtherance of higher education and research, with preference given to British institutions. Favours discrete projects.

Costs they'll cover

ResearchProject deliveryTrainingEquipment

They don't fund

Children & youthCapital works & buildingsIndividuals

The full exclusions list (4)

The Trust does not normally contribute to major charitable bodies with large funds or to clinical trials.
The Trust is no longer able to fund performing arts companies.
In the case of successful applications, we are no longer able to consider applications in consecutive years.
Candidates who receive full funding from the institution will not be eligible.

Good to know

FaithNo restriction

Focus areas

EducationArts & culture

How to apply to Thriplow Charitable Trust

Thriplow Charitable Trust takes applications via online form.

Published programme route: online application form.
Decisions are typically rolling (no fixed deadline).
Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.

How it works

1
Describe your project. Once — used for this funder and others.
2
See if this could be a fit. Honest check on cause, place, size, and rules.
3
Draft if yes. From your real data — or move on if not.

See if Thriplow Charitable Trust could be a fit. Draft if yes.

Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Thriplow Charitable Trust provide?

Thriplow Charitable Trust runs 2 grant programmes — General Funding: £1,000 – £7,500 · Thriplow Charitable Trust studentship: Up to £25,000.

Where does Thriplow Charitable Trust fund charities?

Thriplow Charitable Trust funds charities operating in the UK.

Does Thriplow Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Thriplow Charitable Trust accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.

What does Thriplow Charitable Trust not fund?

Their published exclusions include: The Trust does not normally contribute to major charitable bodies with large funds or to clinical trials.; The Trust is no longer able to fund performing arts companies.; In the case of successful applications, we are no longer able to consider applications in consecutive years.; Candidates who receive full funding from the institution will not be eligible.. The full exclusions list is further up this page.

How do I apply for funding from Thriplow Charitable Trust?

Thriplow Charitable Trust takes applications via online form. Published programme route: online application form.