Garfield Weston Foundation
Themes it funds
Money given to charities working on each theme, as each charity describes itself on the register. Many charities list several themes, so these overlap.
| Theme | Given | Share of all money given | Charities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education and training | £8,041,039 | 66% | 228 |
| General charitable purposes | £4,442,000 | 36% | 155 |
| Arts, culture, heritage and science | £4,142,076 | 34% | 119 |
| Preventing or relieving poverty | £3,474,000 | 28% | 108 |
| Health and saving lives | £3,295,000 | 27% | 87 |
| Environment, conservation and heritage | £2,850,500 | 23% | 73 |
| Economic and community development, and employment | £2,707,500 | 22% | 113 |
| Disability | £2,578,000 | 21% | 100 |
| Recreation | £1,761,000 | 14% | 65 |
| Other charitable purposes | £1,257,000 | 10% | 45 |
| Amateur sport | £1,123,500 | 9% | 59 |
| Religious activities | £789,500 | 6% | 56 |
| Accommodation and housing | £700,000 | 6% | 26 |
| Human rights, equality and diversity | £557,000 | 5% | 27 |
| Overseas aid and famine relief | £145,500 | 1% | 10 |
| Animals | £136,500 | 1% | 2 |
Given each year
By the year of each grant, or of the charity's accounts that record it.
| Year | Given |
|---|---|
| 2026 | £1,131,500 |
| 2025 | £3,442,675 |
| 2024 | £3,609,000 |
| 2023 | £1,304,500 |
| 2022 | £914,000 |
| 2021 | £1,866,401 |
How it gives
- Charities in Wales funded
- 379
- Grants on 360Giving
- 670
- Typical grant on 360Giving
- £15,000
- Largest grant on 360Giving
- £500,000
- Charities funded in more than one year
- 142 of 379
Where
The council area of each funded charity's contact address. Many charities work well beyond the area where their address is.
- Cardiff66
- Powys38
- Swansea30
- Carmarthenshire24
- Rhondda Cynon Taf23
- Gwynedd22
- Pembrokeshire21
- Ceredigion19
- Neath Port Talbot16
- Flintshire13
- Conwy13
- Bridgend12
- Newport11
- Wrexham11
- Denbighshire9
- Caerphilly9
- Vale of Glamorgan9
- Monmouthshire9
- Torfaen8
- Isle of Anglesey5
- Merthyr Tydfil5
- Blaenau Gwent3
Size of the charities it funds
By each charity's income in its latest year.
- £100,000 to £500,000155
- £10,000 to £100,00085
- £500,000 to £1 million56
- £1 million to £5 million49
- Over £5 million18
- Under £10,00016
What it says it does
From its entry on the register of charities.
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, charitable grant-making foundation. Privately funded, it supports a wide range of charities across the UK. From small community groups to large national institutions, the Foundation aims to support organisations with effective solutions to helping those most in need. We accept applications all year round. See more at garfieldweston.org
- Status
- Registered on 6 May 1964
- Income in its latest year
- £165,443,000, year ending 5 April 2025
- Publishes its grants to 360Giving
- Yes
The charities it funds
Newest first. For each charity, given comes from its accounts or from 360Giving, whichever shows more.
Where these figures come from
- Given comes from two places. For each charity, we use whichever shows more: what the charity's own accounts say the funder gave it, or what the funder published to 360Giving. We never add the two, because they often record the same grant. Every figure counts money from 2021 to now and is an at-least figure: a funder appears only when a charity's accounts name it or it publishes its grants, and OpenEconomy has not yet read every charity's accounts.
- Charities' accounts: read from the accounts they filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader, up to 2 November 2026. AI can misread a table, so check a charity's accounts before relying on a figure.
- 360Giving: grants funders published to 360Giving, loaded by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026. Only some funders publish there.