Trusts and charities

This programme is closed – a strategic project is being developed.

The objects of the Charity are:

1. To further the education of persons attending or proposing to attend secondary, further or higher educational institutions.
2. To provide grants for staff to furthers their development as teachers.

This programme is closed – a strategic project is being developed.

The purposes of the charity are:

1. The advancement of educational purposes connected with or related to the City University
2. The advancement of: education in science and technology, business management and commerce by the promotion of research, study, teaching and training in any of them; or the study and teaching of biology and ecology; or research, study and teaching in the cultural arts.

The charity was founded in 1600 under the Will of Lady Anne Dacre and is administered by the City of London Corporation. The income of the charity is now applied for the relief of need by reason of age, ill-health, disability financial hardship or other disadvantage of those who are resident or have been resident in Greater London. The charity is no longer accepting new applications and is currently providing strategic funding through AgeUK and Friends of the Elderly to support older people residing in London who are in need. For more information email the Central Grants Unit.

Samuel Wilson's Loan Trust is a charitable organisation which offers business loans to young people (aged 18-39) for establishing and developing new businesses, and who are "in need by reason of ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. If you are unsure whether you are eligible email Samuel Wilson's Loan Trust enquiries.

The charity was established under the Will of Sir William Coxen (1867-1946), a previous Lord Mayor. The income of the charity is applied for the benefit of, or to pay over to, all or any of the Orthopaedic Hospitals of England and other Hospitals or Charitable Institutions carrying on similar work, with a preference for the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (Great Portland Street). Consistent with the wishes of Sir William, the charity focuses its grant-making activities for, or for the prevention of, orthopaedic conditions in children up to the age of 14 years.

For the foreseeable future, the Sir William Coxen Trust Fund is pursuing a strategic . This programme is no longer accepting new applications. For more information email the Central Grants Unit.

The City Bridge Foundation is the grant-making arm of the Bridge House Estates whose sole trustee is the City of London Corporation. The charity owns and maintains five of London’s bridges including Tower Bridge and is London’s largest independent funder.