Our Supporters

NMCT's own resources are limited, but the impact of repeated budget cuts in county archives and other repositories means that our grants increasingly important.  It is thanks to our many generous funders that we are able to award grants of around £150,000 annually, without their support it would be half that at most.  Our ongoing campaign to raise funds has secured over £1.8million to date, all of which has been used to support conservation projects across the UK.

The Trustees of NMCT, and the recipients of NMCT grants, are enormously grateful to these recent funders for their generous support and also to those that prefer not to be listed:

Conservation of the Middlesex Session Rolls, 1549-1889. Courtesy of The London Archives.

The Pilgrim Trust

We are particularly indebted to the Pilgrim Trust, with which we have worked in partnership for many years. Their support has ensured the future of collections as varied as the archives of Penmaenmawr Quarry, the 12th century Winchester Bible, an early 12th century Psalter from Hereford Cathedral, the Minton Archive, the papers of the 1st Duke of Wellington and the archive of the British North Greenland expedition, all of which are accessible to the public and researchers as a result.

If NMCT grants are not to fall back to pre-2011 levels we must redouble our fundraising efforts - if you would like to help us please go to the How you can help us section of this site.  Help us ensure that our magnificent and varied manuscript heritage can be conserved and made accessible for the future.

Rare 17th-century Cornish language manuscripts conserved in 2013. Image courtesy of Cornwall Record Office
Papers of the 1st Duke of Wellington, which have since been conserved with a NMCT/Pilgrim Trust grant.

Above: Papers of the 1st Duke of Wellington. Courtesy of Hampshire Archives.
Left: Rare C17th Cornish language manuscripts. Courtesy of Cornwall Record Office.  Both conserved with grants made possible by the Pilgrim Trust's funding.