Small multi-year grants for core costs associated with regular activities or services that have been ongoing for at least a year.
Provided by:
The Yapp Charitable Trust
Funder website:
http://yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/
** We have an online application process which is currently being moved to a new grant management system and details will be shared soon on how to apply. Please keep an eye on the website for further details but while this process is taking place applications have been temporarily paused.
Objective of fund:
We will only fund work that focuses on one of our priority groups:
Elderly people
Children and young people
People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
Welfare of people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending)
Education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children)
Who can apply
We only offer grants to registered charities with a total annual expenditure of less than £50,000 who are undertaking work with our priority groups:
Elderly people
Children and young people aged 5 – 25
People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
Social welfare – people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending)
Education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children)
We will not fund work that does not focus on one of the above priority groups.
We only make grants for ongoing core funding. We define core funding as the costs associated with regular activities or services that have been ongoing for at least a year. We do not fund new work or projects.
We only offer grants to registered charities that have been formally established for a minimum of 3 years. Newly registered charities may apply but the organisation must have appointed a management committee and adopted a governing document at least 3 years ago.
Restrictions
• Charities with a total annual expenditure of more than £50,000
• 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 not based in England or Wales
• Charities with unrestricted reserves that equate to more than 12 months expenditure
• Branches of national charities without their own charity number
• 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
• Services or activities that have not been ongoing for at least a year
• Uniformed groups unless they serve a local area of high deprivation and/or can demonstrate that members are experiencing significant disadvantage
• One-off events
• Capital expenditure – including equipment, buildings, renovations, furnishings, minibuses.
• 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 or more of our priority groups
• Community safety initiatives
• Charities with outstanding loans/mortgages
• 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
• Promotion of religion
• Animal welfare charities
Eligible Expenditure
We will fund running costs for up to three years. Grants are for a maximum of £3,000 per year. Most of our grants are for more than one year because we like to fund ongoing needs. We prioritise:
• Work that is unattractive to the general public or unpopular with other funders
• Services that help to improve the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged or isolated people
• Applicants that can demonstrate an effective use of volunteers
• Applicants that can demonstrate (where feasible) an element of self-sustainability by charging subscriptions/fees to service users
Applications that do not address at least two of the above are unlikely to receive a grant.
How to apply
We have an online application process which is currently being moved to a new grant management system and details will be shared soon on how to apply. Please keep an eye on the website for further details. Please read our guidelines fully before considering an application as we only fund charities that meet our eligibility criteria.
We ask applicants to provide details about the charity, its activities, beneficiaries, recent finances, projected spend and secured income. To help you plan your responses, please refer to the summary for a list of the questions we ask.
To access our online portal for the first time you will need to register. If you are already registered with the Yapp Hub, log in with your username and password to either start a new application or resume completing an existing one.
Grant making summary: The Yapp Charitable Trust
Contact Joanne Anderson, Trust Secretary on 0191 3893300 or email info@yappcharitabletrust.org.uk with any queries.
Please note, Trustees meet 3 times per year to consider applications and a decision time can take up to 5 months from the date of submission.
Useful Links
https://yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/what-we-fund/
Guidelines: https://yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Yapp-guidelines-November-2025.pdf