The Eveson Trust

Charity 1196672

https://www.eveson.org.uk

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

The Eveson Trust appears to be a broad-purpose regional grantmaker rather than a specialist service provider. Its role is to channel flexible funding to registered charities across a defined central-western England geography, spanning disability, mental wellbeing, children, older people, homelessness, and health-related institutions. Its willingness to fund running costs, projects and capital suggests it may act as adaptable local infrastructure finance, although the available evidence does not reveal how it prioritises among needs or partners.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Regional

Operational areas:

Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Kingstanding

Confidence: medium

Direct evidence shows that a 2024 Eveson Trust grant supported Birmingham Settlement's Little Settlers sessions at a Sports and Community Centre in Kingstanding. This evidences grant-funded delivery in the ward, but the published material does not confirm that the sessions remain active in August 2026.

  • The Eveson Trust, Grant Stories ([eveson.org.uk](https://www.eveson.org.uk/grant-stories/?utm_source=openai))
    Birmingham Settlement received a £10,000 grant for Little Settlers, with free weekly sessions delivered at a Sports and Community Centre in Kingstanding.
Ladywood

Confidence: medium

Direct evidence shows that the same 2024 Eveson-funded Little Settlers programme delivered weekly sessions at a Nature and Wellbeing Centre in Ladywood. This is evidence of partner-delivered, grant-funded activity rather than an Eveson Trust site or directly delivered service, and current continuation is not confirmed.

  • The Eveson Trust, Grant Stories ([eveson.org.uk](https://www.eveson.org.uk/grant-stories/?utm_source=openai))
    Birmingham Settlement's Eveson-funded Little Settlers programme held free weekly sessions at a Nature and Wellbeing Centre in Ladywood.
Remaining uncertainties
  • Direct evidence establishes that The Eveson Trust is a grant-maker operating across Birmingham City and a wider regional beneficial area; it does not show that the Trust itself directly delivers services in Birmingham. ([register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5185115/what-who-how-where?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5185115&utm_source=openai))
  • The Trust's Birmingham reach is reasonably interpreted as citywide through funded partners: a 2024 grant supported Chance to Shine's 14 Street Clubs 'across Birmingham' during 2024/25. However, the Trust does not publish the ward locations of those clubs, so no additional wards can be reliably recorded. ([eveson.org.uk](https://www.eveson.org.uk/grant-stories/?utm_source=openai))
  • No physical operational site of The Eveson Trust in Birmingham was identified. Its published office address is in Worcester, which should be treated as an administrative base rather than evidence of Birmingham delivery.
  • The latest location-specific public examples found are principally grants awarded in 2024 or activity reported for 2024/25. They support a recent operational footprint but do not demonstrate that each named local service remains funded or active as of August 2026.
  • The organisation's overall identity is regional rather than neighbourhood-, district- or Birmingham-citywide: its stated beneficial area includes Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Birmingham plus the other West Midlands metropolitan boroughs. ([eveson.org.uk](https://www.eveson.org.uk/https-www-eveson-org-uk-what-we-fund-2/our-beneficial-area/?utm_source=openai))
Additional evidence needed
  • A current (2025/26 or 2026/27) grant-award register showing funded organisations, project dates and Birmingham delivery locations.
  • Current grant reports from Birmingham partners confirming which services, venues and wards remain active.
  • A Trust statement distinguishing its administrative premises from any sites where it directly operates or routinely hosts funded activity.

Areas of work

Source:Charity Commission
  • Disability
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities

How they help

Source:Charity Commission
  • Makes Grants To Organisations

Discoveries involving this organisation

The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

Observations

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

  • A regional intermediary with a deliberately wide remit

    The Trust appears to occupy an intermediary role: it does not present itself as delivering services, but as enabling other charities across several connected areas of vulnerability and care.

    Why it matters

    This makes the Trust potentially significant to the resilience of smaller frontline organisations, especially where needs overlap, such as disability, mental wellbeing, ageing and homelessness.

    Show evidence

    • “The Eveson Trust awards grants to registered charities that come within its remit and operate in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and the metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “How the charity helps: Makes Grants To Organisations.”

      Source:Charity Commission

  • Unusually flexible funding may be a distinctive contribution

    By considering revenue costs alongside project and capital requests, the Trust may be positioned to support needs that are often difficult for charities to fund, including organisational continuity as well as new activity.

    Why it matters

    Funding flexibility can shape which local organisations remain viable, not merely which individual projects begin. It may make the Trust a valuable complement to more tightly restricted funders.

    Show evidence

    • “We award grants for revenue costs (running costs), projects or capital projects.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “There are no application deadlines; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.”

      Source:Organisation

  • Its remit links health, care and social exclusion rather than treating them separately

    The Trust’s stated priorities suggest an understanding that health-related disadvantage is intertwined with disability, mental wellbeing, poverty, age, childhood need and homelessness.

    Why it matters

    This breadth may create opportunities to identify complementary charities that serve the same people from different entry points, and to examine whether funding connects or fragments these local support systems.

    Show evidence

    • “The Eveson Trust is able to consider applications for funding from registered charities in our beneficial area which support people with disabilities; people needing help with mental wellbeing; children in need; older people; people experiencing homelessness; hospitals and hospices.”

      Source:Organisation

    • “What the charity does: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes.”

      Source:Charity Commission

    Remaining uncertainties

  • Which communities, issue areas and types of charity receive the greatest share of funding is unknown.
  • There is no evidence of grant sizes, repeat recipients, decision criteria, partnerships or outcomes.
  • The relationship between the Trust’s broad charitable objects and its current practical priorities is not fully visible.

    Additional evidence needed

  • A recent grants list showing recipient, location, amount, purpose and whether funding was unrestricted, revenue, project or capital.
  • Trustee reports, annual accounts or grant stories showing priorities, selection rationale, repeat funding and intended outcomes.
Charity Commission profile
Source:Charity Commission

Activities

The Eveson Trust awards grants to registered charities that come within its remit and operate in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and the metropolitan boroughs of the West Midlands.

Charity objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS WHOSE ACTIVITIES ARE CONFINED TO OR PRIMARILY UNDERTAKEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR THE SUPPORT OR RELIEF OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED (INCLUDING THE BLIND AND THE DEAF), THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, HOSPITALS AND HOSPICES, CHILDREN IN NEED WHETHER DISADVANTAGED OR PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, THE ELDERLY, THE HOMELESS AND FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT