ABOUT US

The A B Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making organisation, founded in 1990 by Yves and Anne Bonavero to champion human dignity and support the most marginalised and excluded groups in the UK. The Trust has no endowment and is funded annually by the Bonavero family.

Our Values

Justice

We seek to support people most marginalised and excluded by society

Collaboration

We aim to build respectful and mutually beneficial relationships with the people we work with

Learning

We are committed to learn from our grant-making to inform future practice

Efficiency

We maintain high standards of administrative efficiency and cost effectiveness

Strategic Framework 2023 – 2027

The environment is more challenging than ever for those working to uphold human rights, and our current strategic framework gives a clearer focus on what lies at the heart of our work.

The framework was informed by external feedback from partner organisations and other funders about our work and how we might improve. See our strategy review reflections written at the time about the review process.

Key statistics

£5.7m

Funding total for 2022/23

£6.5m

What we plan to give in 2023/24

£33.4m Funding total to date

Funding total to date

Grants awarded 2022/23

Access to Justice

£0

Open programme

£721,500

Grants awarded

37

Eligible applications

40

Total applications

87

Special initiatives

£911,000

Anchor programme

£188,000

The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

£0

Open programme

£766,000

Grants awarded

39

Eligible applications

71

Total applications

96

Special initiatives

£311,900

Anchor programme

£183,000

Migrants and Refugees

£0

Open programme

£1,265,000

Grants awarded

65

Eligible applications

134

Total applications

209

Special initiatives

£720,130

Anchor programme

£305,000

Access to Justice

£0

Open programme

£721,500

Grants awarded

37

Eligible applications

40

Total applications

87

Special initiatives

£911,000

Anchor programme

£188,000

The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform

£0

Open programme

£766,000

Grants awarded

39

Eligible applications

71

Total applications

96

Special initiatives

£311,900

Anchor programme

£183,000

Migrants and Refugees

£0

Open programme

£1,265,000

Grants awarded

65

Eligible applications

134

Total applications

209

Special initiatives

£720,130

Anchor programme

£305,000

    Find out more about how we fund

    Annual reports

    You can download the A B Charitable Trust’s Annual Report & Accounts as a PDF file.

    For more information on our grantmaking in recent years, please visit our grantholders page.