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Supporting Christian
Ministry in the
UK & internationally.

Our Vision & Principles

The Bishop Radford Trust is a Christian grantmaker which supports Christian charities and churches in the UK and internationally. It awards funds to a wide range of needs and has given out 740+ grants amounting to over £9.5 million since it was founded in 2006.

The Bishop Radford Trust works to a defined list of core values that guide how we aspire to operate. Our donation and investment strategies have evolved accordingly.

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Have you heard about the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2026? 

Christian funders join forces for the UK’s largest Christmas fundraising campaign in the form of the Together Fund, with the sole purpose of supporting Churches and Charities.  What is the Big Give Christmas Challenge? The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s largest collaborative fundraising campaign, created to support a wide range of charities at the time of year when help is needed most. Through match-funding, public donations can be doubled by funders, creating twice the impact for vital causes. More information can be found here https://biggive.org/christmas-challenge/

Details for Applicants

Our Trustee meetings are held on the following dates and applications will re-open after the Trustee meetings.

  • Monday 27th July 2026
  • Monday 5th October 2026
  • Monday 1st February 2027

We allocate £75K each quarter to foundation-level grants. Applications close when we have received grant requests of £80K, meaning that we generally have a high approval rate.

 

Fundraising Consultant Disclosure:
 
We recognise the value of fundraising consultants, particularly for organisations with limited capacity, and applications prepared with their support are welcome. However, all applicants must declare any consultant involvement and provide relevant details.
 
As a trust with limited funds, we aim to distribute grants fairly and widely, including to organisations that do not have access to consultants. For this reason, consultant-supported applications are capped at 20% of total applications in any given tax year. We also consider regional spread and prioritise areas of greatest need in our decision-making.
 
Failure to declare the use of a consultant may be reported to the Fundraising Regulator.
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Our Donation Strategy 

Foundation Grants

Our entry-level grants that you are able to apply for without invitation. These are one-off grants that rarely exceed £2000.

Prison Strategy: We are passionate about helping churches increase engagement with their local prison, to bring hope to the most marginalised in society

Foundation Grant Giving Process

By Invitation Only

Strategic Grants

By invitation only
We intentionally make grants through networks that we consider will strengthen the capacity of the global church. These grants vary in size.

By invitation only

We want to work with other funders to learn and share ideas and approaches. If there is a project that involves a funding group with funders + charities + churches working together we are interested to know more.

By invitation only

£20,000 per year with the opportunity for multiyear funding

Trustees identify a dozen or so organisations that become grantee partners – these partners will have received a Foundation grant already.

Partner organisations are typically small (under £1M income) charities where the impact of the funds and partner opportunity is felt to have high potential impact. Partners will have a clear vision with a project which sparks interest and passion, that would benefit from partnership level support for 3-5 years. We ask for feedback from our partners on our processes.

Our Numbers

The Bishop Radford Trust in Numbers

Below is a summary of grant making analysis for the tax year ending 31 March 2026

in grants given
£ 0
grants given
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in grants given since 2006
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Grants we’ve awarded

A Selection of Projects That We Have Supported.

Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer

Awarded in 2026
Type: Foundation

Kitsungi Hope

Awarded in 2026
Type: Foundation

Riverbank Trust

Awarded in 2026
Type: Foundation

Our Investment Strategy

Total Portfolio
Impact

At The Bishop Radford Trust we are working to bring not only our donation strategy but also our investment strategy into alignment with our charitable objectives.

All our activities are carried out through a Christian lens.

Our Investment
Policy

Through two agencies we engage in thematic, ESG investing, alongside purpose-driven, impact investments aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

ESG

Core commitments align with those of the Church.

Impact

Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return…