Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

They aim to give grants to those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are most limited.

Round 4: Projects focusing exclusively on refugees and/or asylum seekers

To be eligible, a project must focus exclusively on refugees and/or asylum seekers as its beneficiaries, without extending services to other groups.

They don’t fund salaries for charity staff unless specifically employed for the project concerned.

Please check you the eligibility below for this grant: 

Minimum operating income : £1,000,000.
Minimum operating expenditure: £1,000,000.

There is no maximum income or expenditure.

There is another grant available if your Minimum operating income is £100,000 your Minimum operating expenditure is £100,000, your Maximum operating income is £1,000,000 and your Maximum operating expenditure is £1,000,000, which can be found by following this link.

To be eligible to apply for a grant:

They only give grants to UK registered charities or organisations that are exempt from registration. They do not give grants for any other type of not-for-profit organisation, social enterprise or community foundation.

• your charity’s project must fall within one of their current priorities
• your charity’s income and expenditure must meet the following
  • Minimum operating income : £1,000,000.
  • Maximum operating expenditure: £1,000,000.
• your charity’s project must not be on their list of projects or organisations that they don’t fund
• your charity must be registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales (or equivalent body for Scotland and Northern Ireland) unless on their list of exempt charities – they are unable to give grants to CICs or non-profit organisations

There are four application rounds per year:

• 1st – 28th February (for £1,000 grant)
• 1st – 30th April (for £5,000 grant)
• 1st – 31st July (for £1,000 grant)
• 1st – 30th September (for £5,000 grant)