The Trust give grants to assist: Personnel within the Armed Forces and Ex-Servicemen and women; Sport and Recreational Facilities for young people giving priority to Cheshire and Hertfordshire; The Welfare, Protection and Preservation of Domestic Animal Life giving priority to Cheshire and Hertfordshire; Natural History and wildlife; Other charities associated with the counties of Cheshire and Hertfordshire; Charities which would have had particular appeal to the founder, Major Robert Clutterbuck. Within the above categories the Trust prefers to make grants for specific items and projects rather than for running costs.

The Trust's objective is to maintain a fund to provide help or relief to hospitals, institutions, and other organisations whose objectives are the alleviation and care of sickness or infirmity or to provide assistance to necessitous persons or children who's circumstances are such as to require assistance.

The Fund has been established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate. Its focus is global and eligibility for grants will extend to all plant, animal and fungi species conservation efforts, without discrimination on the basis of region or selected species.

The Stafford Trust is a grant making Scottish charitable trust which provides financial support to charities registered in the United Kingdom, with a preference towards charitable organisations in Scotland. It Funds charities under the headings of animal welfare; child / adult welfare; medical research; local community projects; HM services personnel; sea rescue; overseas appeals.

Funding for a wide variety of charitable organisations across Scotland and the UK. Previous recipients include: National Trust Scotland, English Speaking Union, The Abbotsford Trust, Erskine Hospital, St Mungos, Highland Hospice, The Timespan Heritage and Arts Society

The fund offers funding to projects through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund (SLCF). It will consider applications across all types of projects included in the SLCF Objects including: land reclamation, community recycling, public amenities and parks, biodiversity and historic buildings. Applicants can apply for between £10,000 and £50,000 up to a maximum intervention rate of 75% of the total eligible project cost.

The limit for a pump priming grant is £10,000. These grants are available to fund initial research which should ideally lead to further research. All pump priming applications which meet the criteria set out by the Trust are forwarded to the members of the Scientific Advisory Committee for consideration.

LUSH supports small, grassroots organisations around the world working in environment, animal protection and human rights. They look for organisations that take on issues that others don't, those that push the boundaries and challenge mainstream opinion. They support non-violent direct action groups that play an important part in bringing about social change.

The MEB Charitable Trust supports a wide range of charitable activities. The Trust seeks to support Christian organisations; aid in the relief of suffering occasioned by war or natural disaster; and bodies undertaking scientific or medical research. Their 2017/18 accounts show they gave under the headings of age, animals and birds, blind, deaf, children, medical research, welfare, cultural and social, armed services , youth organisations, religion and special appeals.

The Trust supports a wide array of charitable initiatives. However, they tend to focus their support on the advancement of health with a focus on cancer charities; the advancement of animal welfare; the relief of suffering related to age/ill-health/disability.