THE FRAZER TRUST

Small grants, usually for either £2,000 or £2,500, are available to a wide range of charitable causes in England and Wales.
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o Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time in writing.
o Funder: The Frazer Trust (founded 1938. Charity number 235311. Total value of all grants awarded during the year ended 30 September 2024: £502,850 (2023: £518,850; 2022: £536,350; 2021: £531,100)). 
o Who can apply: registered charities, voluntary organisations, schools and colleges, and faith organisations in England and Wales.
o Key words: General Charitable Purposes, Children, Youth, Elderly and Infirm, Hospitals and Home, Deaf, Blind, Disabled/Disability, Mental Health, Medical and Other Research, Maritime, Armed Forces, Caring Organisations, Animals and Wildlife, Religious Organisations, General Charitable Purposes, England, Wales.
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Also known as the Joseph Strong Frazer Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne based the Frazer Trust provides small grants to a wide range of charitable causes in England and Wales. The stated aim of the Trust is to “support a very wide number of good causes and charitable objects”.

The Trust regularly awards grants totalling over £500,000 each year. During the year ended 30th September 2024, the Trust awarded 296 grants totalling £502,850 (2023: £518,850). All grants made were for either £2,000 or £2,500, categorised as follows:

o Children: 26 grants totalling £42,000 (2023: £47,000).
o Youth: 26 grants totalling £37,600 (2023: £38,000).
o Old and infirm: 1 grant totalling £2,000 (2023: £6,000).
o Hospitals and home (and connected activities): 23 grants totalling £40,750 (2023: £39,250).
o Deaf and blind: 15 grants totalling £31,500 (2023: £34,500).
o Disabled: 11 grants totalling £18,000 (2023: £20,000).
o Mentally handicapped: 4 grants totalling £7,000 (2023: £8,500).
o Medical and other research: 62 grants totalling £118,500 (2023: £113,000).
o Maritime: 12 grants totalling £16,500 (2023: £18,000).
o Armed Forces: 9 grants totalling £16,000 (2023: £15,500).
o Caring organisations: 45 grants totalling £69,500 (2023: £75,500).
o Other trusts, funds and voluntary organisations: 28 grants totalling £45,500 (2023: £47,500).
o Schools and colleges: 3 grants totalling £3,500 (2023: £4,000).
o Leisure activities, animals and wildlife: 20 grants totalling £39,000 (2023: £42,000), and
o Religious bodies: 9 grants totalling £15,000 (2023: £12,500).

A list of all grant recipients can be viewed on pages 17-22 of the Trust’s annual accounts.

The Trust has a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Please note that the Trust does not have a website. Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.

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

Mr R M H Read
Chair
The Frazer Trust
First Floor
One Strawberry Lane
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4BX
Email: jsf@joseph-miller.co.uk