Aubrey Orchard-Lisle Charitable Trust

The Aubrey Orchard-Lisle Charitable Trust, a UK-registered charity (number 1151335), primarily supports West Buckland School while providing discretionary grants to other UK charities in education and health. Established with a mission to deliver tangible, measurable benefits—especially to well-motivated young people facing barriers to completing their studies—its ethos emphasizes targeted philanthropy, outcome-oriented funding, prudent stewardship, and empowerment of disadvantaged youth through strategic support. With a lean structure free of paid staff, the trust prioritizes projects demonstrating clear, quantifiable impact under trustee-led discretion.

It funds diverse interventions in education (e.g., widening access, environmental learning, skills development) and health (e.g., cancer support, cardiac screening, mental health, disability access, end-of-life care), backing organizations like Blooming Blossoms, Calvert Trust, CRY, Jamie’s Farm, Marie Curie, and Durrell Wildlife. Grants target practical projects enhancing life chances and wellbeing for children, youth, and vulnerable groups, from youth mental health programs to accessible outdoor activities and community welfare, with a preference for those fostering opportunity amid disadvantage.

Eligible applicants are strictly UK-registered charities delivering UK public benefit, with no income thresholds or size restrictions—spanning small local groups to large nationals, mostly in England. Unsolicited applications are not accepted; trustees proactively identify and select recipients, potentially contacting them for details.

Typical grants range from £2,000 to £10,000 (up to £20,000 exceptionally), focused on project costs rather than unrestricted or capital funding. Decisions occur adhoc at periodic trustee meetings with no deadlines or open process. Distinctively, it avoids general support without robust impact evidence and stays within health/education remits, differentiating through rigorous outcomes focus and broad thematic flexibility for high-impact youth initiatives.