Bourneheights Limited

Bourneheights Limited is a discreet, long-established grant-making charity registered in England and Wales since 1988 (incorporated 1984), governed by a small board of trustees and a Chief Executive. Its core mission is to advance Jewish religious education and relieve poverty, primarily by funding UK-based charitable institutions serving Jewish communities. With a conservative stewardship approach, it manages substantial endowments, investment income, and legacies to sustain decades-long support for Jewish educational and welfare organisations, prioritising institutional core costs and general activities over direct individual aid.

It funds projects and operations that directly advance Jewish religious education—such as schools, synagogues, and youth programmes—or provide poverty relief for Jewish communities, including hardship support and welfare services. Beneficiaries are established UK charities demonstrating clear alignment with these objects, with a focus on ethnic/racial Jewish groups rather than broader causes.

Eligible applicants must be UK-registered charities based in the UK; there are no specified income limits, though preference leans toward organisations with proven track records over small grassroots groups. Unsolicited applications are not accepted—grants are awarded at trustees' sole discretion during ad hoc board meetings, with no public deadlines, forms, or processes.

Typical grants range from £5,000 to £50,000 annually per institution. Distinctive for its highly specialised Jewish-only remit, lack of open calls, and trustee-led selectivity, it excludes non-Jewish causes, individuals, project-specific or capital funding, and unproven entities, maintaining a low-profile, faith-focused philanthropy.