The Coutts Foundation

Who they support

The mission of the Coutts Foundation is to support sustainable approaches to tackle the causes and consequences of poverty, focusing on the communities where Coutts has a presence. At this time the core focus of the Foundation is supporting women and girls in the UK.

The average annual spending of grantees has been £2 million
The average age of charities supported has been years.

http://www.coutts.com/foundation/

COUTTS.FOUNDATION@COUTTS.COM

02077531000

Coutts & Co
440 Strand
LONDON
WC2R 0QS

Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1150784

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Analysis of Grants Made

In this period 45 donations have been made totalling £2,158,840 to 29 organisations

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Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)

Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?

	By Value	By Number
The National Lottery Community Fund	74%	79%
Garfield Weston Foundation	58%	69%
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales	48%	45%
DCMS	45%	45%
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation	37%	41%
The Henry Smith Charity	36%	41%
Comic Relief	31%	48%
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government	31%	28%
BBC Children in Need	31%	31%
Co-operative Group	30%	14%

Sole supporter: 7% by number, 11% by value.

Individual Grants Made

When	Amount	Annual Spending	Grantee	To be used for
21/11/2023	£120,000	£362,241	MUSLIM WOMEN'S NETWORK UK	An unrestricted grant to The Muslim Women's Network UK to share knowledge and connect the voices and promote the needs of diverse Muslim women.
21/11/2023	£135,000	£2,101,210	TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES	An unrestricted grant to Trafford Domestic Abuse Services to provide support for individuals and families living or working in the Trafford area who are suffering or who have suffered domestic abuse.
17/11/2023	£120,000	£624,059	ACORNS	An unrestricted grant to Acorns to provide services for victims and survivors of domestic abuse aged four to eighteen and their families in North Tyneside.
17/11/2023	£165,000	£2,636,693	CONTACT THEATRE	An unrestricted grant to Contact Theatre. Contact uses creativity to empower young people, with a focus on reaching disadvantaged, under-served and excluded young people. At Contact, young people aged 13-30 genuinely lead, working alongside staff to provide a diverse and accessible artistic programme for everyone. Contact offers an open access weekly youth theatre programme and progression routes to develop performance to a professional-standard and provide leadership training and entrepreneurial skills. Contact aims to enable young people to change their lives through the arts.
17/11/2023	£120,000	£1,104,733	CREATE ARTS	An unrestricted grant to Create to support their creative arts projects across the UK to empower lives, reduce isolation and enhance wellbeing of the most marginalised participants.
17/11/2023	£115,500	£751,071	IMMEDIATE THEATRE	An unrestricted grant to Immediate theatre. Immediate Theatre provides participatory theatre programmes aimed at helping disadvantaged young people aged 5-25, living in Hackney, to reach their potential. Estate-based Youth Theatre in community venues is the cornerstone of the work. Its objectives are: to provide inspiring participatory theatre programmes enabling people to reach their potential and prevent exclusion and social isolation; to create performances which explore social issues, engage people in the process of change and influence decision making; to improve health and wellbeing and increase life skills and employability through engagement in the arts.
16/06/2023	£3,500	£751,071	IMMEDIATE THEATRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£5,000	£343,119	WINNER, THE PRESTON ROAD WOMEN'S CENTRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£3,500	£495,811	22 STORIES HIGH	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£4,000	£1,452,393	THE ANGELOU CENTRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£5,000	£4,167,851	BAWSO	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£3,500	£1,019,346	CARDBOARD CITIZENS	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£10,000	£5,337,208	THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£5,000	£2,636,693	CONTACT THEATRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£4,000	£447,717	THE MAGDALENE GROUP	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£4,000	£1,579,754	TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£4,500		TOONSPEAK	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£3,500	£425,109	TRAVELLING LIGHT THEATRE COMPANY	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
15/06/2023	£5,000	£1,510,088	TRINITY COMMUNITY ARTS LTD	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/03/2023	£135,000	£530,667	KIRAN SUPPORT SERVICES	An unrestricted grant to Kiran Support Services to provide a safe, nurturing space and resource of high qualilty provision, where Asian women overcoming domestic violence (and their children) can identify options and develop skills that enable them to take control of thier lives.
17/03/2023	£135,000	£3,144,578	JUNO WOMEN'S AID	An unrestricted to Juno Women's Aid to empower women, children and teenagers to live free from abuse in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
17/03/2023	£135,000	£1,371,097	SURVIVING ECONOMIC ABUSE	An unrestricted grant to Surviving Economic Abuse to raise awareness and transform responses to economic abuse.
17/12/2022	£5,000	£4,167,851	BAWSO	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£120,000	£373,046	AANCHALWOMEN'S AID LTD	An unrestricted grant to support women and children to live a life free from abuse, working to ensure they can achieve financial and emotional self-reliance. A free and confidential service for Asian women and their children who have experienced or who are experiencing domestic violence with emotional and practical support, guidance and tools to enable them to make positive life decisions and live a fulfilling life.
17/11/2022	£105,000		AMINA - THE MUSLIM WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE	An unrestricted grant to empwer and suport Muslim and BME women to create an inclusive Scotland in which they can contribute fully and fulfill their aspirations. Amina offers a range of tailored support services on a one-to-one basis including their helpline, employability support and befriending and group support including violence against women workshops and refugee work. Amina also creatively raises awareness of key issues including through their school work engaging with young people to tackle prejudice and hate crime.
17/11/2022	£3,500	£495,811	21 STORIES HIGH	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£4,000	£1,452,393	THE ANGELOU CENTRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£5,000	£5,337,208	THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£5,000	£2,636,693	CONTACT THEATRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£4,000	£576,499	END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£5,000	£751,071	IMMEDIATE THEATRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£4,000	£447,717	THE MAGDALENE GROUP	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£5,000	£8,033,649	THE NELSON TRUST	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£4,000		SOUTHALL BLACK SISTERS	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£4,000	£605,494	STOCKPORT WOMEN'S CENTRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£4,000	£1,579,754	TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£3,500	£425,109	TRAVELLING LIGHT THEATRE COMPANY	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£5,000	£1,510,088	TRINITY COMMUNITY ARTS LTD	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£120,000	£412,450	WAITS (WOMEN ACTING IN TODAY'S SOCIETY)	An unrestricted grant responding to the needs of women experiencing domestic abuse by providing advocacy, support, accomodation and training. WAITS specialises in supporting Black and minority ethnic women and women offenders.
17/11/2022	£5,000	£343,119	WINNER, THE PRESTON ROAD WOMEN'S CENTRE	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
17/11/2022	£5,000	£1,763,253	WOMENCENTRE LTD	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
14/11/2022	£3,000	£2,179,344	ANAWIM	An additional unrestricted grant in acknowledgement of the cost-of-living rises
22/06/2022	£105,000	£1,019,346	CARDBOARD CITIZENS	An unrestricted grant to work with and for young people who experience homelessness, inequality or poverty. Cardboard Citizens provide theatre, art and training the explores, interrogates and challenges the injustices that are most alive in the world.
22/06/2022	£135,000		TOONSPEAK	An unrestricted grant transforming lives through creativity. Toonspeak is young person led and rooted in communities across North of Glasgow.
16/06/2022	£258,840	£5,337,208	THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS	An unrestricted grant for the Connection at St Martin’s, London’s busiest homelessness charity supporting people away from the streets through specialist services including street outreach, a day and emergency night centre, help finding relevant training, volunteering or employment, and specialist mental health and addiction support.

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Cumulative Grants

Amount	Grantee
£273,840	THE CONNECTION AT ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS
£175,000	CONTACT THEATRE
£139,500	TOONSPEAK
£135,000	TRAFFORD DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES
£135,000	SURVIVING ECONOMIC ABUSE
£135,000	KIRAN SUPPORT SERVICES
£135,000	JUNO WOMEN'S AID
£124,000	IMMEDIATE THEATRE
£120,000	WAITS (WOMEN ACTING IN TODAY'S SOCIETY)
£120,000	MUSLIM WOMEN'S NETWORK UK
£120,000	CREATE ARTS
£120,000	ACORNS
£120,000	AANCHALWOMEN'S AID LTD
£108,500	CARDBOARD CITIZENS
£105,000	AMINA - THE MUSLIM WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTRE
£10,000	WINNER, THE PRESTON ROAD WOMEN'S CENTRE
£10,000	TRINITY COMMUNITY ARTS LTD
£10,000	BAWSO
£8,000	THE MAGDALENE GROUP
£8,000	THE ANGELOU CENTRE
£8,000	TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS
£7,000	TRAVELLING LIGHT THEATRE COMPANY
£7,000	22 STORIES HIGH
£5,000	WOMENCENTRE LTD
£5,000	THE NELSON TRUST
£4,000	STOCKPORT WOMEN'S CENTRE
£4,000	SOUTHALL BLACK SISTERS
£4,000	END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
£3,000	ANAWIM