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Mobbs Memorial Trust

Mobbs Memorial Trust Grants

Grants, usually between £500 and £10,000, from a family trust based around Stoke Poges for charitable causes in the parts of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire within 35 miles of St Giles Church, Stoke Poges. The trust prefers one-off capital projects for public benefit that also have funding from other sources, and does not fund running costs. Trustees decide at quarterly meetings.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£500 – £10,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Organisations (not individuals or private companies) with charitable purposes benefiting the parts of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire within 35 miles of the parish church of St Giles, Stoke Poges
  • The application asks you to state your type of organisation: charity, Community Interest Company, community group or society, club, school or other
  • National charities are only considered when a specific need arises in the local area
  • No income limit or governance requirements are published

What it funds

Charitable objects within Buckinghamshire and Berkshire within a 35-mile radius of St Giles Church, Stoke Poges (the trust also supports the preservation of St Giles Church itself). The trust prefers one-off capital projects for the benefit of the public at large that also get funding from other sources. Recent examples:

  • Refurbishment or improvement of community halls and sports clubs
  • Equipment for hostels, housing associations or care centres for young, elderly, disadvantaged or disabled people
  • IT items for educational or medical charities

What it will not fund

  • Running costs
  • Applications from or for individuals
  • Applications from private companies
  • National charitable organisations, unless a specific need arises within the local area
  • Anything that should be funded by national or local government

How to apply

  1. Read the Application Guidelines to check your project fits the trust's objectives
  2. Write an application covering all the information listed in the guidelines (organisation details, the project and its costs, amount requested, other funders), and attach your latest signed accounts and bank details
  3. Email it to applications@mobbsmemorialtrust.com, FAO the MMT Chair
  4. Trustees consider it at their next quarterly meeting (normally March, June, September or December) and notify the outcome after the meeting

There is no application form and no published deadlines; applications are considered at the next quarterly meeting

Have ready

  • Application email covering: type of organisation; name and address; date of submission; website; charity number (if applicable); how you heard about the trust; contact name, position, email and phone
  • About the organisation, and the reason for seeking a grant
  • Description of the project or capital expenditure, its aims and who will benefit
  • Total project cost, amount raised so far, amount requested and other funders approached
  • Latest signed accounts
  • Bank details (for prompt payment if successful)

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