Donations

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark and Prince Henrik's Fund
A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik’s Fund and A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal were first to support the Church’s building project. On 1 June 2015, he Church received a letter from H.M. Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik’s Fond granting £10,000 to support our project.

Right from start, The A.P. Møller Foundation has been supportive of the building project, and promised to match other donations up to half of the costs. We are most grateful for this incredibly generous offer of over £1 Million. As part of this original pledge, the A.P. Møller Foundation has granted £60,000 to help with the process of preliminary surveys, and all the various permissions and consents required for work on a Grade II Listed building.

The Oak Foundation

St Katharine’s would like to express its sincere gratitude to Oak Foundation for a grant of £670,000 towards the project. This grant enabled the church to initiate the project, and move on to actual work, rather than fundraising.

Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond

On May 17, 2016, The Danish Church received a wonderful message from the Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond. We are very pleased and very grateful to announce that the fund will donate DKK 2,500,000 to our church project.

Villum Fonden

The Church wishes to express its heartfelt thanks to Villum Fonden for the grant of  DKK 2,500,000 announced to the Church on December 21, 2016.

Knud Højgaards Fond

On April 15, 2016, the church received an email from Knud Højgaards Fond announcing that the fund will support the building project with DKK 500,000. We would like to express our gratitude to The Knud Højgaards Fond.

Konsul George Jorck & Hustru Emma Jorcks Fond

St Katharine’s wishes to express its gratitude to Konsul George Jorck & Hustru Emma Jork’s Fond, for – on June 20, 2016, – having donated DKK 500,000 to the refurbishing of the church.

1 Lombard Street 

Søren Jessen, owner of 1 Lombard Street, hosted a private dinner in April 2016 in support of the project, the surplus of which, £31,000, was donated to the building project. The church is very grateful to Søren Jessen for his generosity.

Asta og Jul P. Justesens Fond

St Katharine’s is very thankful for the grant of DKK 100,000 received from the Asta and Jul P. Justesens Fond  on 20 December 2016.

Anonymous Donor

What you only dream of has come true. In March 2016, the church received a donation of DKK 500,000 from an anonymous donor for the rebuilding project. The church would like to express a huge and heartfelt thank you from all Danes in London to the generous benefactor.

Nordea Fonden

On June 28, 2016, St Katharine’s received a letter from Nordea Fonden stating that the foundation has chosen to support the church’s Danish language courses for children and adults with DKK 500,000. The amount will be spent on updating the school’s audio-visual and digital materials as well as furniture and equipment. The church is very grateful for the support.

Pandora UK

Pandora UK was the first Danish Company in London to launch support to the building project. In December 2015, the church received a donation of £50,000 from Pandora. The church is very grateful for the donation and wishes to express its gratitude to the President of Pandora UK, Peter A. Andersen.

Danske Kvinder i England / Danish Women in England

The Church is very grateful to announce that we in October 2016 have received a donation of £2,000 from Danske Kvinder i England. The Church has previously received £500 from Danske Kvinder i England. Thank you!

The Abbeyfield Danish Society, Ltd.

On 20 September 2016, The Abbeyfield Danish Society Ltd donated £2,000 towards establishing better access for the elderly, in connection with  refurbishment of the Church. The Church is very greatful and wishes to thank for the donation.

Reed Smith LLP & Charlotte Møller

The Danish Church in London is extremely grateful for the unwavering support received from Reed Smith LLP, in the form of pro-bono legal advice. Partner Charlotte Møller and her lawyer colleagues have provided invaluable guidance and spent many, many hours checking contracts, licences and other legal documents relating to the building works, and the church in general. Thank you!

Jubilæumsfonden af 12. august 1973

The Church wishes to thank ‘Jubilæumsfonden af 12.08.1973’ for its donation of DKK 25,000 received on October 4, 2016.

Crowdfunding

In March and April 2016, a crowdfunding event was arranged for the building project. We are happy to announce the wonderful result of £3,495 and would like to thank all the generous donors:

Henrik Gobel, Cemborg, Kris Boye, FR Jacobs, Nina Mark, Jens Buus, Merete og Niels de Coninck-Smith, Stig Abildsø, Peter, Anne Skjoeth, Marianne van Gils, Andersen, Ulrik Fugmann, Peter Gullestrup, Michel Danechi, Annemette Schultz Jørgensen, The Whiting Family, Grete Bedford, Anne Bos Jakobsen, Anette Thorup, Anne Svendsen-Tune, Per Gullestrup and 12 anonymous donors.

Donations of gifts

The Danish Church would like to thank the following companies who have generously donated gifts for raffles and auctions at church events:

Kasper Holten / Georg Jensen Damask / Ann Babington / Sandi Toksvig / Sticks & Sushi / Scandinavian Kitchen / CrossEyes / Susanne Madsen / Ganni

Sandi Toksvig in support of the church

Sandi Toksvig honoured the Church by her presence at our New Year party on 29 January, 2016.  Sandi Toksvig gave a speech and donated tickets for her QI show to the auction which, thanks to the generosity of the gusts, resulted in £8,000 towards the building project, of which “Danske Kvinder i England” donated £1,000.  Huge thanks to Sandi, “Danske Kvinder i England” and guests.

Further donations

Jørn Thimmer

Dorte Bille Harding

Gitte Barnes

Tommy Schneider, Nordic Seafood

KK Hyland

Tove Sperling

Line Kofoed

Traute and Niels Ring Andersen

Wyk Lund

Lise Fennell

Jens Jespersen

Vagn and Helle S. Pedersen

Peter Lunøe

Hanne Stamper

Kirsten Longmuir

Lisbeth Morrison

Gerda and Ole Mellentin

Hans Jørgen Gudsøe Jørgensen

Agnete Isaacs

Jenny and Richard Baker, in memory of Annie Holm-Nash

Niels-Jørn Agner and Anne Brostrøm-Dyhr

Aase Nielsen and Kurt Pedersen

Alice Ramson

Benedikte Malling

Gunna Boyle

Lykke Lefmann Leszczynski, in memory of Ulla Lindis Lefmann

Anonymous

Yeates NP & KM RM

Modi Design

Kirsten and Jan Madsen

Mrs B. Schmidt-Hansen

Mette og Kevin Hersby Harling

Familien Meiland

Supporter - for donations of min. £500

Anita Hogg

Christopher Seidenfaden

Helle Farage

The Maersk Company

Edith Dulniak

Ole Lav

Lene Orchard

Alan Brown, In memory of Anne Lise Nielsen Brown

Aase Jacobsen

Tina Irene and Jesper Balser

Paul Beckman

Ebba Nielsen

Vibeke Degnbol- Martinussen

Vagn Ove Sørensen

Rebecca Riley and Ed Harley

Grethe Wurden

Colin and Else Strevens

The Tofte Jensen family

Patron – for donations of min. £2,000

Jens E. Sørensen

Edward og Hannah Broadbridge

Kirsten and John Mares

Karen and William Clark

Jubilæumsfonden af 12/ 8 1973

Din Sundhed Aps

The Abbeyfield Danish Society Ltd.

Danske Kvinder i England (Danish Women in England)

Marianne and Per Harkjaer

Benefactor – for donations of min. £5,000

Her Majesty Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik’s Fund

Søren Jessen, 1 Lombard Street

Elisabeth Lawrence

John Grosbøl

Merete and Niels de Coninck-Smith

8 Strands Mclain/Hardy and Helle Mclain

Lau H. Sloth Kristensen

The estate after Bent Ingerslev

Asta og Jul. P. Justesens Fond

Anne and Christian Strøyberg

The Ryum Larsen family

Principal Benefactor – for donations of min. £50,000

The AP Møller Foundation

Oak Foundation

Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond

Villum Fonden

Pandora, Peter A. Andersen

Knud Højgaard Fonden

Jorck’s Fond

Anonymous benefactor

Nordea Fonden (for educational equipment)