# Significance

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1194520 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1194520)
- Latest income: £53.4k; spending £63.9k
- What it funds: Education / training
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other charities or voluntary bodies, Other defined groups
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations
- Last verified: 2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/significance

The activites of the charity are to advance, for the public benefit, the education (including social, physical, spiritual and mental development) of young people in the North East of England by making grants to other charities, ministries and organisations.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## What it funds

Significance is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training for children / young people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year Significance reported income of £53.4k and spending of £63.9k.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Significance 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 Significance open for applications now?

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

### Does Significance give grants to individuals?

The Charity Commission register records that Significance makes grants to organisations, not that it makes grants to individuals.

### How large is Significance?

In its latest reported year Significance reported income of £53.4k and spending of £63.9k.


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