On 1 March 1955 Sir Godfrey Mitchell endowed a charitable trust with a gift of shares in the construction company George Wimpey. In 1979 this trust became known as the Tudor Trust. Since 1955 Tudor has given over £430 million in grants, spread widely across the social welfare field.

When Sir Godfrey endowed the trust over 50 years ago he determined that the trustees should be able to use the funds for any charitable purposes. This allows the trustees to reassess regularly how best to use the Trust’s funds.In April 2005 we decided to take the Trust’s Golden Jubilee year as an opportunity to review our previous work and determine the Trust’s future direction. The funding guidelines described on this website outline Tudor’s new approach to supporting organisations.