THE SALAMANDER CHARITABLE TRUST

The Trust normally awards small grants – last year for between £2,000 and £6,500 – to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas, with a preference for supporting Christianity, Christian missions, medical research, veterans, dog-related charities, sailing charities, arts and music.
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o Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time in writing.
o Funder: The Salamander Charitable Trust (founded 1977. Charity number 273657. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 5 April 2024: £174,500 (2023: £167,000)).
o Who can apply: UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas.
o Key words: Christianity, Missionary Work, Medical Research, Military Veterans, Dog-related Charities, Sailing-related Charities, Arts, Music, General Charitable Purposes, Overseas, United Kingdom.
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The Salamander Charitable Trust, which has its principal office in Rutland, East Midlands, awards small grants to UK registered charities providing services in the UK and/or overseas. The Trust has announced it is winding down its grant-making activities over the next few years with the ultimate aim of closing.

The Trust has three trustees.

The Trust does not have a website, nor does it publish a list of grant recipients in its annual accounts. However, page 7 of the accounts provides headings under which grants were awarded. The similarities in annual allocations against each heading may suggests that the Trust tends to support many of the same charities each year.

o Bible Translators and Distributers: £6,000 (2023: £6,000).
o Christian Broadcasters: £10,500 (2023: £10,500).
o Missions and Missionaries: £18,000 (2023: £16,000).
o Churches: £15,000 (2023: £15,000).
o UK Aid – Christian: £16,000 (2023: £15,500).
o UK Aid – non-Christian: £14,000 (2023: £18,000).
o Overseas Aid – Christian: £34,000 (2023: £30,000).
o Overseas Aid – non-Christian: £12,000 (2023: £10,000).
o UK Aid – Medical: £8,000 (2023: £6,000).
o Medical Research: £16,000 (2023: £14,000).
o Support for Military Veterans: £0 (2023: £6,000).
o Dogs and Dog-related charities: £6,000 (2023: £6,000).
o Sailing-based charities: £4,000 (2023: £6,000).
o Music and the Arts: £11,000 (2023: £4,500).
o Others: £4,000 (2023: £3,500).

At the time of approving the financial statements the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

However, the trustees’ reserve policy is now to gradually reduce the Trust’s investments with the aim of maintaining the current level of grants to deserving charitable causes by selling investments so as to make up the shortfall in annual income, with the overall objective eventually of closing the Trust.

Further information about the Trust can be found on the Charity Commission website.

Applications may be made at any time in writing, addressed to:

The Trustees
The Salamander Charitable Trust
The Old Rectory
5 Stamford Road
South Luffenham
Oakham
LE15 8NT
Email: salamanderct@btinternet.com