# The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1076739 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1076739)
- Latest income: £37.8k; spending £44.9k
- What it funds: Education / training, Arts / culture / heritage / science, Amateur sport
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Last verified: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/rainer-and-doreen-burchett-charitable-foundation

For the time being it has been decided to concentrate the Foundation's donations on three areas, these being education, music and athletics.The Trustees have decided to cease considering unsolicited individual applications. Instead they work through a small number of relevant bodies including educational organisations. Unsolicited applications will no longer be considered or acknowledged.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## What it funds

The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, arts / culture / heritage / science and amateur sport for children / young people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation reported income of £37.8k and spending of £44.9k.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation in its sources (last checked 16 Oct 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 16 Oct 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Does The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation give grants to individuals?

The Charity Commission register records that The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation makes grants to organisations, not that it makes grants to individuals.

### How large is The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation?

In its latest reported year The Rainer and Doreen Burchett Charitable Foundation reported income of £37.8k and spending of £44.9k.


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