Doughty Charity Trust

The Doughty Charity Trust, registered charity number 274977 since 1978, is a traditional UK endowment-based funder dedicated to relieving poverty and advancing religion and religious education. Overseen by trustees Mr. G.B. Halibard (Chair) and Mrs. M. Halibard, it embodies a conservative philanthropic ethos focused on stewardship, sustainability, and perpetual grant-making from investment income and legacies, with no evidence of mission evolution, innovation agendas, or public-facing strategic shifts.

It exclusively funds initiatives addressing financial hardship and poverty relief for individuals in need, alongside religious activities, education, and advancement for communities or organizations. Beneficiaries include those experiencing poverty and groups promoting religious understanding, with support potentially covering project or core costs aligned strictly to these objects—no sub-themes, preferred interventions, or impact case studies are published.

Eligible applicants are limited to UK-registered charities, with no geographic restrictions within the UK, income thresholds, or size preferences specified. Unsolicited applications are not accepted; grants are awarded at trustees' ad hoc discretion without public processes, portals, deadlines, or rounds—organizations must be directly identified or invited.

Distinctive for its narrow, object-driven focus and lack of discretionary breadth, the Trust avoids all other causes, capital projects outside objects, or non-charitable entities. Typical grant ranges and individual amounts are unpublished, though total annual expenditure reached £733,550 recently, emphasizing restrained, traditional support without outcomes measurement or sectoral leadership. Charities with direct poverty or religious education work will recognize a clear fit if approached by trustees.