The Hilden Charitable Fund

This funding will open from 10am on Wednesday 16th July

We fund smaller UK-based charitable organisations delivering projects within the UK to support social justice and to tackle disadvantage in specific areas of focus – providing unrestricted or project/core funding.

To be eligible to apply, your total annual income as shown in your most recent accounts should be no more than £200,000. We are keen to support small organisations and our preference is to fund those already established rather than new ones – though these are still eligible. In most cases, therefore, we expect you to be able to provide at least one year’s accounts. (Please note: Accounts provided must be independently examined whether or not they are required to be by your regulatory body.)

Some things we often use to prioritise include:

• Organisations which either have a significant number of people on their boards and/or staff team who have lived experience of the issues they are addressing, or have robust systems in place for people with lived experience to be able to shape the services provided.
• Organisations which have a clear track record and/or expertise in delivering the services you wish us to support. In some cases a recognised qualification or quality mark may be required (eg for formal advice services; or delivery of ESOL).
• Organisations holding less than 50% of annual income in free unrestricted reserves.