Findlay Charitable Trust

The Findlay Charitable Trust, established in 1988 and registered in England and Wales, is a discretionary grant-maker dedicated to advancing health and saving lives, relieving poverty, overseas aid, and broader charitable purposes including arts, culture, heritage, science, environment, and conservation. With a strong, enduring focus on healthcare, it primarily supports hospices, cancer treatment and research hospitals, and organizations aiding people with disabilities or serious illnesses, enabling frontline services, palliative care, medical research, and poverty relief through direct financial aid to established charities. Its lean, trustee-led approach emphasizes impact on medical and social needs without formal strategies, public guidelines, or a website, prioritizing repeat funding for proven providers.

The Trust funds core costs, projects, and research in healthcare charities, with occasional support for aligned arts, culture, or environmental initiatives, though medical causes overwhelmingly predominate. Beneficiaries are UK-registered charities and voluntary bodies based and operating throughout England and Wales, showing a clear preference for medium-to-large organizations with established track records in health and hospices; small grassroots or start-up groups are rarely supported.

Grants typically range from £5,000 to £25,000, awarded adhoc by trustees meeting two to four times annually. It operates strictly invite-only, rejecting unsolicited applications and lacking any public process, deadlines, or contact points—making prior relationships or trustee selection essential. Distinctively, its simplicity, consistent healthcare focus, and absence of restrictions like religious criteria set it apart, rewarding frontline medical impact over broad or unproven appeals.