We cannot fund:
- Charities with a total annual expenditure of more than £40,000
- Charities that are not registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales. You must have your own charity number or be excepted from registration. Industrial Provident Societies and Community Interest Companies are not eligible to apply
- Work that is based in Scotland and Northern Ireland – we can only fund charities that are operating in England or Wales
- Charities with unrestricted reserves that equate to more than 12 months expenditure
- Branches of National Charities. You must have your own charity number, not a shared national registration
- New organisations - you must have been operating as a fully constituted organisation for at least 3 years, even though you may have registered as a charity more recently
- New work that has not been occurring for at least a year
- New paid posts – even if the work is now being done by volunteers
- Additional activities, expansion or development plans
- Special events, trips or outings
- Capital expenditure – including equipment, buildings, renovations, furnishings, minibuses.
- Work with under-5s
- Childcare
- Holidays and holiday centres
- Core funding of charities that benefit the wider community such as general advice services and community centres unless a significant element of their work focuses on one of our priority groups
- Bereavement support
- Debt advice
- Community safety initiatives
- Charities raising money to give to another organisation, such as schools, hospitals or other voluntary groups.
- Individuals – including charities raising funds to purchase equipment for or make grants to individuals
