Corporate foundation · Registered charity 1161290
Virgin Money Foundation: grants and who they fund
Virgin Money Foundation published 384 grants to organisations from 10 Oct 2023 to 10 May 2026, worth £5.2m in total. The typical (median) grant was £2,000, and Colleague2024 was the area funded most often.
Stated aims
What the charity says it does (Charity Commission register):
Promoting the sustainable regeneration of socially or economically deprived communities in the UK, including by providing social investment in community housing and building projects, promoting opportunities for youth work, education, training and enterprise especially in such projects, relieving unemployment and the promotion of other community based projects.
Charitable objects (governing document):
The only objects for which the charity is established are for the public benefit:1) to promote the sustainable regeneration of socially or economically deprived communities in the UK by whatever charitable means the Trustees think fit including (but not limited to) by providing social investment in community housing and building projects, promoting opportunities for youth work, education, training and enterprise especially in such projects, relieving unemployment and the promotion of other community based projects; …
Where it operates (Charity Commission register):
- Throughout England and Wales
- Scotland
Grant sizes
Grants to organisations from 10 Oct 2023 to 10 May 2026. Smallest £500, largest £106k, average £14k.
| Grant size | Grants | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Under £1,000 | 65 | 17% |
| £1,000 to £4,999 | 233 | 61% |
| £5,000 to £9,999 | 36 | 9% |
| £10,000 to £49,999 | 2 | 1% |
| £50,000 to £99,999 | 36 | 9% |
| £100,000 to £249,999 | 12 | 3% |
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | £1.6m |
| 2025 | 142 | £1.3m |
| 2024 | 130 | £2.3m |
| 2023 | 63 | £32k |
Grant programmes
Programmes named most often in the published grants.
| Programme | Grants | Median grant |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer and Connect Fund | 297 | £2,000 |
| Colleagues in the Community | 63 | £500 |
| Building Digital Skills Fund | 23 | £94k |
Example recipients
Registered organisations that received grants, largest first. Organisations only: grants to individuals are never shown.
| Organisation | Grants | Total | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Govanhill Community Development Trust | 2 | £130k | 17 Dec 2024 |
| Northern Soul Consultancy | 1 | £106k | 30 Sept 2024 |
| Action Foundation | 1 | £100k | 4 Jul 2024 |
| Shiney Advice and Resource Project | 1 | £100k | 17 Jul 2024 |
| Justice Prince CIC | 1 | £100k | 4 Apr 2025 |
| St Michael's Centre Partnership Byker (T/A The Lighthouse Project) | 1 | £100k | 16 Apr 2026 |
| Footprints in the Community | 1 | £100k | 9 Apr 2026 |
| Ubuntu Multicultural Centre CIC | 1 | £100k | 10 Oct 2024 |
| Crossroads Youth & Community Association | 1 | £100k | 10 Apr 2025 |
| West End Women and Girls Centre | 1 | £100k | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Govanhill Baths Community Trust | 1 | £100k | 15 Aug 2024 |
| Women's Health in South Tyneside | 1 | £100k | 17 Dec 2024 |
| Rosemount Lifelong Learning | 1 | £100k | 9 Aug 2024 |
| Riverside Community Health Project | 1 | £100k | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Easington Lane Community Access Point | 1 | £99k | 7 Apr 2026 |
Areas funded
Beneficiary locations given in the grant data, by number of grants.
| Area | Grants |
|---|---|
| Colleague2024 | 79 |
| Colleague2023 | 63 |
| Glasgow | 35 |
| BuildingDigitalSkills2024 | 13 |
| Newcastle | 13 |
| Leeds | 11 |
| Bradford | 8 |
| Gateshead | 6 |
| North Tyneside | 5 |
| South Tyneside | 4 |
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Source: grants data published by Virgin Money 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: 384 grants to organisations awarded 10 Oct 2023 to 10 May 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 Virgin Money 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 Virgin Money Foundation.