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Coopers' Charity CIO (The Worshipful Company of Coopers)

Coopers' Charity Grants

Grants from the Worshipful Company of Coopers' charity for community organisations, charities, not-for-profits and CICs with a turnover of up to £2 million whose project is in the City of London or Greater London and tackles hardship or supports cohesion in the community. Applicants pass a short eligibility checklist on financial ratios, then submit a brief online form; the Company then arranges a visit to gather more information. No grant sizes or deadlines are published.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £2,000,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Community organisations, registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and Community Interest Companies with a turnover of up to £2m, whose project is in the City of London and/or Greater London and will tackle hardship or support community cohesion
  • Applicants must confirm all of these before the form opens: annual fundraising costs are less than 25% of income; reserves are no greater than annual expenditure; administration costs are no more than 20% of expenditure; and the grant requested is no more than 25% of the organisation's annual income

What it funds

Projects in the City of London and/or Greater London that will help to tackle hardship or that support cohesion in the community across all groups

What it will not fund

  • Organisations with a turnover above £2m
  • Organisations whose annual fundraising costs are 25% or more of their income
  • Organisations whose reserves are greater than their annual expenditure
  • Organisations whose administration costs are more than 20% of their expenditure
  • Requests for more than 25% of the organisation's annual income
  • Projects outside the City of London and Greater London

How to apply

  1. Confirm on the Apply for a Grant page that you meet all the required criteria; the short application form then opens
  2. Complete the online form: organisation name, charity or company number, type of organisation, lead contact, address, amount of funding requested and the purpose of funding in one or two sentences
  3. The Company uses this information for due diligence and arranges a visit, at which further information is collected to support the request

a printable PDF form can be downloaded instead, but this may mean a delay. Questions to clerk@cooperscompany.co.uk.

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