The Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust has limited funds available for new grant making each year, and we are only able to fund a small proportion of the applications received which most closely align with our funding priorities.
We ask that charities apply through the application portal, a link to which will be available on this page whilst applications are being accepted.
The application portal for our March 2025 round of funding will open on Monday 25th November 2024.
The deadline for applications to be received is 5pm, Friday 3rd January 2025.
Charities which have been successful will be notified by Monday 24th March 2025.
Three key areas where we are looking to make a difference:
A priority area for Fishmongers’ funding within the field of mental health is currently suicide prevention. Within the area of food and nutrition, we have a focus on projects benefitting children and young people from low-income backgrounds, as well as work focused on skills development and training in catering and around healthy eating. In the areas of Food & Nutrition and Mental Health, our preference is to fund projects in select London Boroughs. Please see the eligibility criteria below for more information. We continue to fund projects for Education in Prisons, both in and outside London.
An application will only be considered where it meets the following criteria:
In the case of Mental Health and Food & Nutrition applications, for activity taking place within the City of London and the Boroughs of Camden, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Newham or Westminster.
N.B. We historically have received many more applications than we are able to fund. Thus, whilst many applications might fit the criteria, not all will be successful.
Please be advised that applications which do not fulfill the preferred criteria are highly unlikely to be successful.
Applications will not be considered from:
Applications at this time will be considered for between £15,000 and £30,000 per annum, agreed in principle for up to three years, i.e. up to £90,000 in total spread over three years. In the case of multi-year grants, years 2 and 3 are provisional and successive payments will be made following a satisfactory annual review of the funded work and an organisation’s most recent accounts.
We only accept grant applications from registered charities, social enterprises or community interest companies. The organisation applying has to be the one delivering activity, service or project, we do not accept applications on behalf of a third party. We also do not accept applications from individuals or organisations applying on behalf of an individual’s behalf or organisations with political associations or purposes. The organisation applying needs to identify clearly key objectives and outcomes.
If your income is over £5 million pounds or your project is operating outside of our preferred areas of within the City of London and the Boroughs of Camden, Hackney, Islington, Lambeth, Southwark, Tower Hamlets or Westminster, or are seeking funding for general purposes rather than a specific project, but still meet the other criteria an application is very unlikely to be successful, please contact the Grants Officer to discuss.
Please contact the Grants Officer to discuss.
Once you have submitted your application form and accompanying documents, our Grant Officer will contact you to acknowledge your application. She may request further information if needed. The application will be formally accessed and if eligible will be submitted to the next Philanthropy and Grants meeting. Once they have made their decision, you will then be contacted to be informed of their decision. Please note that due to the high number of applications we receive, there may be a delay in hearing back from us at all stages of the application process.
Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we cannot always offer you feedback on unsuccessful applications. If you were unsuccessful, you may apply again; there is no minimum wait to re-apply. We suggest you contact our Grants Officer to discuss.
Please contact our Grants Officer through our enquiry form, on the Contact Us page. Remember to choose ‘Philanthropy & Grants Team’ in the drop-down menu entitled Enquiry Type when filling out the enquiries form, to ensure it goes to the correct department.
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