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The Mrs Smith and Mount Trust

The Mount Fund – Small Grants Programme

One-year grants of up to £10,000 for registered charities with income up to £500,000 whose beneficiaries are in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey or London. Each round takes one category: the window that opened on 12 October 2026 for one week is only for charities supporting therapeutic interventions in mental health (December 2026 meeting); the March 2027 round is for charities supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Small, rural charities are encouraged.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £10,000
Closes in
1 day left
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Charities registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, with a maximum annual income of £500,000, whose beneficiaries are exclusively in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Surrey and/or London; small, rural charities are encouraged
  • For the December 2026 round only charities supporting therapeutic interventions in mental health (therapeutic family support, children's mental health) can apply
  • National organisations can apply only at branch level with separate accounts
  • Charities funded for six consecutive years are not eligible

What it funds

  • Projects
  • General running costs/core funding
  • Salaries
  • Advice services
  • Counselling
  • Organisational development
  • Refurbishment or alterations necessary to bring a building up to standards to meet legislative requirements

December 2026 round - charities delivering therapeutic family support programmes and charities supporting children's mental health needs; counselling services are funded only where they are free or very low cost. March 2027 round - charities delivering advice, therapy and/or counselling services to refugees and asylum seekers.

What it will not fund

  • Building costs (other than refurbishment or alterations needed to meet legislative requirements)
  • Capital-raising projects
  • Individuals
  • Charities with income over £500,000 (except homelessness charities providing accommodation, whose income after deducting rental income/housing benefit is under £500,000)
  • 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 grants for six consecutive years
  • Applications outside the category open for the current round

How to apply

  1. Check that your work fits the category open for the current round
  2. Complete the online eligibility quiz (active only while the Trust is open for applications)
  3. Complete the online application form you reach after passing the quiz (example questions can be downloaded from the website)
  4. Upload your signed annual report and accounts, project budget and (for salaries) job description at the end of the form

the window opened 12 October 2026 for one week for the December 2026 Board meeting, and may stay open longer if capacity allows. Small grant windows usually open about eight weeks before each Trustee meeting and close within a week.

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 project 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
  • Job description, if applying for a salary

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

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