A B Charitable Trust
Applying for a grant
Before you start
Please read our
funding guidelines to check that your charity meets our criteria. You may also find it helpful to see our page of
frequently asked questions.
If you think your charity meets our criteria, you can fill in our application form online. You may find it helpful to look at the questions you will be asked, before starting the online application process. To do this
download the list of questions and notes (2-page PDF file, 23K).
As well as administrative and financial details from your latest accounts (see below), the online application form will ask for an overview of your work / proposal in a maximum of 1,200 words (up to two sides of A4, point size 12, minimum formatting and no pictures). This should include, for example, your background, aims and objectives, activities and achievements.
This overview / proposal should be in Microsoft Word, and you will be asked to submit it electronically as part of the online application.
The online application form
When you are ready to start the application process, click on the image below to take you to the registration/log-in screen.
After you have applied
After filling in the online application form you will be sent an application reference number. Please send the Director (for the address, see our
Contact page) the following supporting paper documents, quoting the application reference number:
- the overview of your organisation's work / proposal referred to above
a signed copy of your latest certified accounts / statements, with a reporting date that is no more than 12 months prior to the application deadline you have chosen (see below).
- up to two items of publicity material that illustrate the work of your charity, such as annual reviews or leaflets.
Deadlines
The Trustees meet four times a year, in January, April, July and October. The date of your application should be dictated by the reporting date of your certified accounts / statements, which must be no more than 12 months prior to the application deadline.
If your accounts are outside these parameters your application will be ineligible.
The deadlines for Trustee meetings in 2011/12 are as follows:
| October meeting deadline: | 16 September 2011 |
| January meeting deadline: | 9 December 2011 |
| April meeting deadline: | 9 March 2012 |
| July meeting deadline: | 25 May 2012 |