The Hilden Charitable Fund

Allyson Davies » CLOSED: Director, The Hilden Charitable Fund

Grants available for: delivering projects within the UK to support asylum seekers and refugees or penal affairs, especially women in prison.

Size of grants given: up to two years’ funding with grants awarded between £5,000 – £7,000 in value per year

Next deadline: Thursday 21st August

Aims of Fund

Current priorities:

  • Delivering projects within the UK to support asylum seekers and refugees or penal affairs, especially women in prison.
  • Organisations and projects which provide essential services; which help meet their needs; and which support their participation within the wider community.
  • “Through the door work”, where charitable organisations go into prisons with projects and support prisoners (especially women) cope and/or maintain family bonds and to be better able to resettle positively when released. Equally they welcome applications for post-release projects which support positive resettlement; re-stablishing family bonds; and a reduction in the likelihood of reoffending.

Who can apply

To be eligible to make an application your organisation must be based in the UK and be one of the following:

  • Registered Charity
  • Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
  • Charitable Company (NB you must be registered both as a charity and a company)
  • Excepted Charity (see Excepted charities – GOV.UK for more information on these)
  • If you were funded by the Hilden Trust for 2 years in 2024 you cannot apply to them in 2025. If you had one year’s funding or were unsuccessful you can apply again.
  • Your organisation’s total annual income (as shown in your most recent accounts) should be no more than £200,000. If your income is above that in your latest accounts but your average income over the most recent three years is under £200k then you can still apply. Accounts provided must be independently examined whether or not they are required to be by your regulatory body. ( The Resource Centre can audit your accounts. Follow this link)
  • The Hilden Charitable Fund supports small established organisations that can provide at least one year’s accounts.

How much and what can you apply for

They offer unrestricted grants or project funding. Organisations can apply for up to two years’ funding with grants awarded usually between £5,000 – £7,000 in value per year.

How to apply

When the fund reopens you can submit applications via their online form. Read the guidance notes to help you.

Deadlines for application

Wednesday 16th July until 3pm on Thursday 21st August. All application decisions will be given by the end of November 2025.

Contact details

c/o Dawes Rd. London, SW6 7EN

Email: Use the contact form
Telephone: 0207 603 1525

http://sussexgiving.org.uk/apply-for-grants/how-it-works/

Last updated 29/07/2025 AC

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