The funding aims to support smaller charities and good causes in the west of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
Grants of between £500 and £25,000 are available in 2024.
The amount of grant depends on the type of not-for-profit legal structure:
- Applicants that are not formally registered as a charity with the Charity Commission can apply for between £500 and £2,500 in funding. These grants are intended for constituted organisations with no charity number, excepted and exempted charities and companies limited by guarantee with an asset lock
- Applicants that are registered with the Charity Commission and can provide a charity number can apply for between £500 and £25,000 in funding. These grants are intended for community interest companies with an asset lock (schedule 1 and 2 only), community benefit societies, and charities registered with the Charity Commission.
Local charities and other not-for-profit organisations based and working in the west of England can apply.
To be eligible, applicants must have:
- An income of less than £1 million in the last year.
- A governing document in the name of their organisation
- A bank account in the name of their organisation with two unrelated signatories.
- Signed accounts for the most recent financial year or a financial forecast for new organisations.
- A registered Charity Commission number (not for a parent organisation) if applying for over £2,000.
If the round is oversubscribed, priority may be given to charities and good causes which meet some or all of the following criteria:
- Organisations with an annual income of £250,000 and below.
- Communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indices of Deprivation
- Groups that are led by and provide services for people from the following minority/marginalised groups:
- Communities experiencing racial inequity
- Disabled people.
- LGBT+ people.
The following organisations can apply for grants of between £500 and £2,500:
- Constituted voluntary organisations with no charity number
- Excepted and exempted charities
- Companies limited by guarantee with an asset lock
- Parochial Church Councils.
The following types of organisations can apply for grants of between £500 and £25,000:
- Community Interest Companies with an asset lock
- Community Benefit Societies
- Charities registered with the Charity Commission.
There will be three funding rounds in 2024 with applications windows opening at 9am on:
- 23 February and closing at 12 noon on 1 March 2024.
- 27 May and closing at 12 noon on 3 June 2024.
- 26 August and closing at 12 noon on 2 September 2024.
Application forms will be available on the Trust’s website when each funding round opens.
The 2024 funding guide and 2024 application questions are currently available on the Trust’s website.
Contact the Postcode Local Trust for further information.
