National Churches Trust - Large Grants
The Large Grant Programme offers grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 towards the cost of major urgent structural repair projects costed at more than £80,000 including VAT. Facilities projects (kitchens and accessible toilets) over £30,000.
Objective of fund:
Grant size : Up to £50,000*
Works cost : Over £80,000 for urgent repairs; over £30,000 for facilities
This programme offers our largest grants of up to £50,000 towards the cost of major urgent structural repair projects costed at more than £80,000 including VAT.
*grants of £40,000 to £50,000 are extremely limited and reserved for cases which demonstrate a very high case for investment.
We will also consider projects that introduce kitchens and accessible toilets to enable increased community use, costed at more than £30,000 including VAT. Grants will never exceed 50% of the project cost.
Who can apply
We will consider applications from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, across the UK.
Restrictions
Eligibility criteria
We will consider applications from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, across the UK.
The application process begins with an eligibility quiz. If you cannot answer yes to each question your application will not be successful.
The questions include:
Is yours a Christian place of worship (but not a cathedral) within the UK, and open for at least six services of public worship each year?
Do you own the building or have the right to carry out the work? If the church is not part of a major denomination then is the denomination registered with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, or has it got charitable status?
If the annual income in the accounts is over £100,000 is the building registered with the Charity Commission, or can you evidence that registration is in process?
Was your place of worship built as a place of worship originally and is it more than 30 years old? And are the works proposed either directly to the building or attached to it?
Is the building open to the public for a minimum of 100 days a year beyond worship use, or will it be following project completion?
Is your total project cost estimated at over £80,000 (including VAT and fees) if the project is for repair work, or over £30,000 if it is for the installation of kitchen and accessible toilet facilities?
Have you already raised at least 50% of the total project cost?
Is the project being led by a qualified professional, with conservation accreditation from a recognised institution if it is a listed building? (please review the guidance note for details of recognised institutions)
Have you got all necessary permissions approved and in place before applying? (e.g. full Faculty approval signed by the Chancellor) This includes those from your governing body and your local planning authority if planning permission and/or listed building consent is also required.
Is the project yet to start (we don't accept applications for projects that have already started before applying)
Do you have a safeguarding policy in place?
Eligible Expenditure
As well as the cost of major urgent structural repair projects, they will also consider projects that introduce kitchens and accessible toilets to enable increased community use, costed at more than £30,000 including VAT. Grants will never exceed 50% of the project cost.
How to apply
https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/large-grants
Useful Links
https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/large-grants