Greenham Trust secures £25m funding via private placement

Independent financial risk advisory firm JCRA arranged the deal with Aberdeen Standard (ASI) on behalf of the Trust. Independent financial risk advisory firm JCRA arranged the deal with Aberdeen Standard (ASI) on behalf of the Trust. Greenham Trust uses income generated from its asset portfolio to make charitable grants to organisations in West Berkshire and North Hampshire. Details of what it funds and how to apply are available on its site. To date, it has provided over £40m to a variety of causes and across almost 3,000 separate charities. It has grown revenues from under £0.5m per annum in 1997 to over £5.3m in 2018 through direct grants, matched funding, and online platform The Good Exchange. Proceeds of the Trust’s private placement will help fund the development of five new commercial properties on the Greenham business park site, as well as repaying existing bank loans.