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Thomas Hickman's Charity

Thomas Hickman's Charity grants to charities

Grants from Thomas Hickman's Charity, a 17th-century endowed almshouse charity in Aylesbury, to charities and organisations that wholly or partly benefit residents of Aylesbury. You apply by letter to the Clerk to the Trustees, and the trustees meet monthly except in August. No grant sizes, priorities or deadlines are published.

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You could get
Amount not specified
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Charities (and, per the home page, other organisations) whose work wholly or partly benefits residents of Aylesbury
  • Organisations based outside Aylesbury can apply if they also help Aylesbury residents, but must tell the trustees the number or percentage of Aylesbury people they help
  • Applicants need audited accounts, or, if too small to have them, a bank statement showing monies held
  • No income limit or organisation-type restriction is stated
  • The charity's separate Friends in Need grants are for individuals living within the Aylesbury town boundary (defined by postcode)
  • They are not covered by this record

What it funds

  • Financial assistance to other charities or organisations who provide for the needs of specific groups of Aylesbury residents
  • The charity's objects are the provision of almshouses for elderly Aylesbury residents and relieving Aylesbury residents who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress
  • No further funding priorities or exclusions are published

How to apply

  1. Write a letter addressed to 'the Clerk to the Trustees of The Thomas Hickman's Charity' at Rickford House, 12 Rickfords Hill, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2RZ
  2. In the letter, give clear details of the nature of the application and the exact amount requested, how the funds will be spent with an itemised breakdown, the number or percentage of Aylesbury people helped (if based outside Aylesbury), and whether you have sought funding from other bodies (such as Buckinghamshire Council) and with what result
  3. Include your latest audited accounts (or a bank statement if too small for audited accounts), an email address and a telephone number

Trustees meet monthly (except August) and consider applications at those meetings.

Enquiries go to info@thomashickmancharity.co.uk or 01296 761688.

Have ready

  • Application letter with a description of the request, the exact amount and an itemised breakdown of costs
  • Latest audited accounts (or, if the organisation is too small for audited accounts, a bank statement showing monies held)
  • Details of funding sought from other bodies and the result
  • Number or percentage of Aylesbury residents helped (for organisations based outside Aylesbury)

An email address and telephone number must be given.

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