The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation supports UK registered charities helping people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups through two focus areas: access to a place to call home and improving financial wellbeing.
Grant Amount
Up to £5,000 per successful application.
Focus Areas
A Place to Call Home
Target outcomes:
- Access and support into a safe and secure permanent place to call home, enabling people most in need to live independently
- Access and support into safe and secure temporary accommodation in times of crisis (homelessness, palliative/end-of-life care, domestic abuse)
Financial Wellbeing
Target outcomes:
- Support to prevent and/or address financial difficulty through help and guidance on money management
- Access to financial education to support financial independence
Geographic Focus
The Foundation only supports charities serving people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation (deprivation levels 1-5, where 1 is most deprived). Check your area using the Consumer Data Research Centre Index of Multiple Deprivation tool.
What They Fund
If your charity’s mission meets one or more target outcomes, the Foundation will consider:
- Salary requests for personnel delivering the proposed project (must be longer-term and sustainable with evidence of secured funding for full salary costs)
- Overhead expenses such as rent or utilities
- Scaling up successful programmes or developing new ones
- Infrastructure or technology to improve operations
- Daily essentials (pots, pans, white goods) for people securing permanent homes
- Accessibility aids (ramps, stairlifts) in community centres
- Books or resources supporting financial education
- Laptops or online systems for digital competence sessions
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Northern Ireland, or Scottish Charity Regulator
- Established for at least 3 years with 3 years of published accounts
- Direct benefit to people in the UK
- Must provide full details of charity and funding requirement
- Serving people in the top 50% of UK Index of Multiple Deprivation
Application Process
The Foundation meets three times in 2026:
- April 2026 meeting: Applications open 1st January 2026 at 9am
- July 2026 meeting: Applications open 1st April 2026 at 9am
- December 2026 meeting: Applications open 1st September 2026 at 9am
Application limit: 150 submissions per round. Once reached, applications close until the next cycle.
Find out more and apply for the Skipton Charitable Foundation