The Dulverton Trust is an independent UK grant-maker that supports charities with national reach working on social issues, environmental conservation, and heritage preservation. Its giving is especially distinctive in backing practical, often underfunded work: opportunities for disadvantaged young people, family and welfare services, conservation of native habitats, heritage craft skills, and cathedral restoration. It also makes a smaller number of restricted or invitation-only awards for peacebuilding, disaster preparedness, and long-standing partners in East Africa.
Annual Giving$3.2M
Focus Areas
Youth Opportunities for Low-Income Young PeopleGeneral Welfare and Social CohesionNative Woodland, Coastal and Marine ConservationHeritage Craft Skills and Historic Cathedral PreservationDisaster Preparedness and PeacebuildingCommunity Development and Wildlife Conservation in Kenya and Uganda
Giving Approach
Primarily makes medium-sized grants through board-led rounds to UK-registered charities and CIOs with national or broad regional reach; some programs are restricted or invite-only. Cathedral capital grants are reviewed at the autumn trustees meeting, while main grants appear in several annual cycles (e.g. February, June, November).
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How to approach this funder
Check eligibility carefully: the main programme is for UK-registered charities and CIOs with national or broad geographic reach in England outside Greater London, Scotland, or Wales. Cathedral appeals are considered at the autumn trustees meeting, while the international and Kenya/Uganda categories are invite-only or restricted, so unsolicited proposals are generally not accepted for those strands.
Open Grant Opportunities
Current and upcoming funding from The Dulverton Trust that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Open nowRolling / open intakeAward: Varies
Youth Opportunities
youth developmentlife skillsemployability+4 more
Who can apply: UK charity or CIO with charitable status; income generally between £200,000 and £10 million (priority to £200,000-£3 million); national or broad geographic reach; work with young people aged up to 25 on low income; not in London or Northern Ireland; not a school/college/university; not primarily health, sport, arts, research, campaigning, or regranting.
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis; trustee meetings in February, June and November. Applicants are advised to apply at least 3 months before the relevant meeting.
family relationshipsyoung offendersdesistance+5 more
Who can apply: UK charity or CIO with charitable status; income generally between £200,000 and £10 million (priority to £200,000-£3 million); broad geographic reach; not primarily for London or Northern Ireland; not a school, hospital, hospice, church, museum, or regranting body; not primarily health, sport, arts, research, campaigning, or capital projects.
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis; trustee meetings in February, June and November. Applicants are advised to apply at least 3 months before the relevant meeting.
heritage skills trainingrepair and restorationcraftsmanship+2 more
Who can apply: UK charity or CIO with charitable status; income generally between £200,000 and £10 million; broad geographic reach; heritage work must fit the Trust's priorities. The Trust does not generally fund museums, galleries, libraries, exhibitions, heritage attractions, or repair/restoration of individual places of worship other than cathedrals.
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. Cathedrals for capital projects are considered at the October meeting; applicants should apply at least 3 months in advance of the relevant meeting.
Who can apply: UK charity or CIO with charitable status; income generally between £200,000 and £10 million; broad geographic reach; work must fit the Trust's conservation priorities and not be single-species animal welfare or veterinary care.
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis; trustee meetings in February, June and November. Applicants are advised to apply at least 3 months before the relevant meeting.
Who can apply: UK-registered charity operating in Kenya or Uganda; must already have a long association with the Trust; extremely unusual for new partners to be taken on. Applicants are encouraged to contact the Trust in advance.
Deadline: No formal deadline stated; advance contact recommended before application.
Youth opportunities (up to age 25, low-income backgrounds, life skills & progression)General welfare (family relationships, offenders/young offenders, young homeless, older people independence, carers, social cohesion)Conservation (trees, native woodlands, coastal and marine environments)+1 more
Who can apply: UK-registered charities or organisations with exempt charity status or CIOs; normally income between £200,000 and £10m (priority to £200k–£3m); national or broad geographic reach (not solely London or Northern Ireland). See eligibility quiz for full rules.
Deadline: Board-led grant rounds (examples given: February, June, November). Applications are processed ahead of these rounds; next scheduled round referenced as June 2026 in site content.
Deadlines and eligibility are summarized from public sources and may change — always confirm the details on the funder's official application page before applying.