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The Mrs Smith and Mount Trust

The Mount Fund – Large Grants Programme

Grants of generally £15,000-£25,000 a year for up to three years for the strategic development of services, for registered charities with income up to £1m whose beneficiaries are in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey or London. Priority areas are therapeutic interventions in mental health, homelessness, community youth services, and refugees and asylum seekers. The application window opened on 12 October 2026 for a minimum of one week, for the December 2026 Board meeting.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£15,000 – £25,000
Closes in
1 day left
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • Charities registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, with a maximum annual income of £1,000,000, whose beneficiaries are exclusively in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey and/or London
  • Homelessness charities that provide accommodation qualify if income is under £1m after deducting rental income/housing benefit
  • National organisations can apply only at branch level where the branch has separate accounts and manages its own finances
  • Charities that received a large grant in the last three years are not eligible

What it funds

The strategic development of services in the Fund's priority areas:

  • Therapeutic interventions in mental health
  • Homelessness
  • Community youth services
  • Refugee and asylum seekers

grants are generally £15,000-£25,000 per year for up to three years. Applications are assessed on the size of the problem, awareness of its structural, economic and social causes nationally and locally, the specific local needs and how the charity positions itself against other agencies, what the charity does, its demonstration of efficacy, and recent external validation or independent assessment.

What it will not fund

  • Capital-raising projects
  • Individuals
  • Charities with income over £1,000,000 (except homelessness charities providing accommodation, whose income after deducting rental income/housing benefit is under £1m)
  • Charities not registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales
  • National organisations, except at branch level where the branch has separate accounts and is responsible for its own finances
  • Charities that have received a large grant in the last three years, based on the date of the last grant payment

How to apply

  1. Complete the online eligibility quiz (active only while the Trust is open for applications)
  2. Complete the online application form you reach after passing the quiz (example questions can be downloaded from the website)
  3. Upload your signed annual report and accounts, current-year budget and strategic or business plan at the end of the form

the large grants window opened 12 October 2026 for a minimum of one week and may stay open longer if capacity allows; applications are considered at the December 2026 Board meeting.

the Trustees meet three times a year (March, July and December); the eligibility quiz link does not work while the Trust is closed for applications. Unsuccessful applicants can re-apply after one year with sufficient changes; successful small and large grant holders must wait two years from the final payment of their previous grant.

Have ready

  • Most recent signed annual report and financial statements (draft accounts not accepted)
  • Budget for the current financial year, with an itemised breakdown of costs, income received or promised, the deficit to be funded and how any shortfall will be covered
  • Strategic or business plan
  • Job description, if applying for a salary

submit in PDF where possible; any other information sent will be discarded.

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