Our standard eligibility guidance applies to all applicants. Take a look at our eligibility guidance for different organisation types below.
You can also check if you meet our eligibility criteria using our eligibility checker.
Please ensure you read the programme guidance for the specific programme you wish to apply to before beginning your application. There may be additional eligibility criteria you’ll need to meet, beyond our standard eligibility.
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Each of our funding programmes has it's own specific eligibility criteria - you'll also need to read the detailed guidance for the specific programme you want to apply for, to see if it’s right for your project.
- Your organisation must have been registered in the UK (with one or more of the charity commissions for England and Wales, or Scotland or Northern Ireland) for the time stated in the guidance of the programme for which you're applying, at the time of your application and able to provide published accounts for all years if requested.
- Your organisation must have a minimum of three unrelated trustees at the time of applying, and, if successful, throughout the life of your grant. This must be verifiable at all times on the relevant charity regulator’s website.
- Your organisation must have been registered in the UK for for the time stated in the guidance of the programme for which you're applying, at the time of your application and able to provide published accounts for all years if requested.
- Your organisation must have a minimum of three unrelated directors at the time of applying, and, if successful, throughout the life of your grant, and this must be verifiable at all times on the Companies House website
- You will need to attach a copy of your most recent, full accounts (including an income and expenditure statement and balance sheet – not just abbreviated accounts as submitted to Companies House) with your application form.
- We will carry out extra governance checks. You may not be considered for funding if your Articles of Association do not have nominated beneficiary organisation/s in the Asset Lock clause. If this section in your articles is blank or ‘to be confirmed’ your application may not be regarded as eligible.
- Your Unit must be a UK Armed Forces unit.
- Your main Point of Contact will ideally be an individual who will remain within the post for the duration of the project.
- We would expect Units that apply to have engaged with, and looking to work in partnership with external organisations who can provide specific services to meet the needs of the targeted group. These do not need to be armed forces specific organisations.
- If your application is successful we will require the authorisation of your CO/OC or equivalent when you accept the grant offer. This is to ensure that we have buy in for the project and commitment to its delivery.
- Organisations that fall within this category cannot apply for statutory healthcare delivery work, or for work that has a core focus on the delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant/Duty.
- Organisations that fall within this category cannot apply for statutory local government delivery work, or for work that has a core focus on the delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant/Duty.
