Community foundation · Registered charity 1068887
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside: grants and who they fund
Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside published 989 grants to organisations from 12 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2026, worth £6.4m in total. The typical (median) grant was £3,500, and Wirral 016A was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
We are part of a national movement of community foundations that undertakes strategic social investment, including grant-making, facilitates community philanthropy and contributes to achieving positive social change in communities.
Charitable objects (governing document):
The objects for which the charity is established are the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the United Kingdom but primarily within the following areas: 1. The five metropolitan boroughs presently constituting the area of the county of merseyside namely the city of liverpool and the metropolitan boroughs of wirral, sefton, knowsley and st helens together with the area of halton borough council; 2. The county of lancashire and the boroughs of blackburn with darwen and blackpool.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Knowsley
- Liverpool City
- Sefton
- St Helens
- Wirral
- Lancashire
- Halton
- Warrington
- Blackburn With Darwen
- Blackpool
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 12 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2026. Smallest £200, largest £150k, average £6,478.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 49 | 5% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 558 | 56% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 206 | 21% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 169 | 17% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 6 | 1% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 1 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | £314k |
| 2025 | 436 | £3.3m |
| 2024 | 330 | £2.1m |
| 2023 | 152 | £695k |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) | 75 | £13k |
| Hill Dickinson Foundation | 55 | £1,310 |
| Pilkington Charities Fund | 54 | £20k |
| 23 Foundation | 44 | £2,500 |
| Red Rose Responding Fund | 43 | £4,933 |
| High Sheriffs Trust | 40 | £2,500 |
| Merseyside Community Investment fund | 35 | £2,000 |
| Football For Change Foundation | 35 | £9,956 |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wirral Council | 1 | £150k | 12 Jun 2024 |
| Evolving Mindset CIC | 10 | £123k | 13 Feb 2026 |
| Mandela8 | 1 | £86k | 19 Jul 2024 |
| The Inclusive Hub CIC | 7 | £81k | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Digital Arts Box CIC | 8 | £80k | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Sefton CVS | 1 | £70k | 9 Jan 2025 |
| Homeless Action (formerly The Ashley Foundation) | 1 | £70k | 12 Jun 2025 |
| C&A Pilkington Trust | 1 | £70k | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Utopia Project CIC | 5 | £69k | 10 Jul 2025 |
| VENUS | 7 | £69k | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Beautiful New Beginnings | 6 | £67k | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Community By Nature | 4 | £66k | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Capoeira for all CIC | 4 | £58k | 11 Dec 2025 |
| Fylde Coast Womens Aid | 2 | £57k | 12 Jun 2025 |
| Conquer Life CIC | 7 | £57k | 10 Jul 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Wirral 016A | 20 |
| Liverpool | 18 |
| St. Helens 012C | 13 |
| Knowsley 007D | 11 |
| Sefton 036A | 11 |
| Liverpool 037D | 11 |
| Wirral 011E | 11 |
| Sefton 037D | 11 |
| Liverpool 018F | 10 |
| Burnley 007B | 10 |
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Source: grants data published by Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside through 360Giving (GrantNav data, fetched 23 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Figures are our own summary of that data: 989 grants to organisations awarded 12 Oct 2023 to 31 Mar 2026. Stated aims, charity number and areas of operation are from the Charity Commission register.
Licence: Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. Grants data from Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside, CC BY 4.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check the funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside.