Community foundation · Registered charity 1094446
Somerset Community Foundation: grants and who they fund
Somerset Community Foundation published 723 grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 6 Mar 2025, worth £6.3m in total. The typical (median) grant was £3,000, and Sedgemoor 009E was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
Somerset Community Foundation is a charity that helps passionate people in Somerset change the world on their doorstep by funding local charities and inspiring local giving and philanthropy.
Charitable objects (governing document):
1. The promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the area served by somerset county council on the date of incorporation of the company and in particular the relief of poverty and the advancement of education.2. Other exclusively charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere which are in the opinion of the directors beneficial to the community with a preference for those in the area of benefit.
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Somerset
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 4 Oct 2023 to 6 Mar 2025. Smallest £200, largest £436k, average £8,677.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 140 | 19% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 311 | 43% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 133 | 18% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 117 | 16% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 9 | 1% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 12 | 2% |
| £250,000 or more | 1 | 0% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | £447k |
| 2024 | 487 | £4.6m |
| 2023 | 178 | £1.2m |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Grants to Groups | 625 | £3,000 |
| HPC Community Fund | 62 | £9,993 |
| Cost of Living | 31 | £1,000 |
| Somerset Social Investment Programme | 3 | £20k |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discovery | 1 | £436k | 28 Jun 2024 |
| Citizens Advice Somerset | 5 | £388k | 28 Oct 2024 |
| Quartet Community Foundation | 9 | £320k | 9 Dec 2024 |
| Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership | 2 | £227k | 20 Nov 2024 |
| PROMISEworks | 3 | £212k | 20 Feb 2025 |
| Home-Start West Somerset | 3 | £170k | 10 Dec 2024 |
| St Margaret's Hospice Care | 3 | £167k | 5 Dec 2024 |
| Community Council for Somerset | 6 | £148k | 21 Oct 2024 |
| Sba CIC | 1 | £120k | 30 Oct 2023 |
| ARK at Egwood | 4 | £116k | 2 Dec 2024 |
| Wembdon Village Hall & Playing Fields Trust | 1 | £100k | 28 Oct 2024 |
| Somerset Council | 1 | £90k | 20 Jan 2025 |
| Bridgwater and Albion Rugby Football Club | 2 | £82k | 4 Jul 2024 |
| Frome Medical Practice CIC | 2 | £69k | 21 Oct 2024 |
| Victoria Park Community Centre | 4 | £68k | 10 Feb 2025 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Sedgemoor 009E | 27 |
| Taunton Deane 010B | 20 |
| Mendip 011A | 18 |
| Taunton Deane 007D | 16 |
| South Somerset 005D | 15 |
| Taunton Deane 003B | 15 |
| South Somerset 015B | 11 |
| South Somerset 023D | 11 |
| Mendip 009A | 10 |
| Sedgemoor 008C | 9 |
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Source: grants data published by Somerset Community Foundation 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: 723 grants to organisations awarded 4 Oct 2023 to 6 Mar 2025 (from the most recent records published). 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 Somerset Community Foundation, 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 Somerset Community Foundation.