David Forbes-Nixon Family Charitable Foundation

Activities & Mission

The DFN Foundation is a grant-making charity that combines funding and strategic support to initiate positive change across four key areas, disability education, disability employment, myeloma cancer research and conservation

Grants

David Forbes-Nixon Family Charitable Foundation is a grant-making charity: making grants is its main activity.

Gives grants to

organisations

Total spending (2025)

£1,345,018

Only charities with income over £500,000 file a separate grants figure.

Who it helps

children and young people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies and other defined groups

What it supports

general charitable purposes, education and training, the advancement of health or the saving of lives, disability, animals and the environment, conservation, or heritage

As recorded with the Charity Commission. To ask about applying, use the contact details and check the trustees and latest accounts below.

Areas of Operation

Where this charity is registered to operate, as self-declared to the Charity Commission. These are regulatory classifications, not a list of active programmes, and don't necessarily indicate fundraising activity in each location.

Financial Information