For community charities

Grants, compliance and impact — for UK community charities.

CharityIQ helps community organisations find local and national funders, stay Charity Commission compliant, and evidence the social outcomes funders ask for — grounded in your own data.

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The reality for community charities

  • Funding is local and fragmented. The right money is split across the National Lottery, your community foundation and dozens of small trusts.
  • You are asked to prove “community impact” — cohesion, belonging, reduced isolation — which is genuinely hard to measure.
  • Run by volunteers and one or two staff, wearing every hat at once, with no dedicated fundraiser or finance lead.

How CharityIQ helps

AI grant writing

Draft applications to national and local funders in your voice, grounded in your beneficiary and ward data, with every figure cited.

Charity Commission compliance

Annual return, SORP 2026 and trustee-duty checks built for small, volunteer-led organisations — so governance never becomes the thing that trips you up.

Impact measurement

Turn delivery and survey data into the social outcomes funders fund — reduced isolation, stronger connection and volunteering — in a report funders actually read.

Funders for community charities

The National Lottery Community Fund The UK’s largest community funder: Awards for All (£300–£10,000) and Reaching Communities (£20,000+, averaging around £319,000 over three years in 2025). UK Community Foundations A network of local community foundations distributing place-based grants in your own area. Lloyds Bank Foundation Unrestricted and development funding for small and medium charities tackling complex social issues. Garfield Weston Foundation Flexible grants to charities across the UK, including community and local organisations. The Henry Smith Charity Core and project funding for community organisations, with priority to areas of high deprivation.

A snapshot of current UK funders · reviewed June 2026. CharityIQ’s Grant Finder matches you to the ones you’re eligible for.

Running a smaller organisation? See our guide to grants for small charities.

Outcomes funders ask for

Reduced loneliness and social isolation Social cohesion and sense of belonging Volunteering and participation rates Social capital and local connection Access to local services and advice

Not sure how to evidence these outcomes? Start with our free theory of change template.

Match your community charities to live UK grants — free.

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Frequently asked

The National Lottery Community Fund (Awards for All and Reaching Communities) is the largest source, alongside your local community foundation, Lloyds Bank Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation and the Henry Smith Charity. CharityIQ’s free Grant Finder matches your organisation to the ones that fit.

It turns your delivery and survey data into the social outcomes funders ask for — reduced isolation, social cohesion, belonging and volunteering — using recognised measures rather than anecdote.

No. The National Lottery’s Awards for All does not require charity registration, and CharityIQ works for CICs, CIOs and unincorporated community groups as well as registered charities.

Built for community charities doing the most with the least.

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