Eligibilty Checker – The Southall Trust

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Trust now has application deadlines. We are currently open to applications, until 5pm on Friday 1st May 2026. Please click here for more information.

Eligibility Checker

We know that applying for grants takes a great deal of time and effort. Therefore, before applying to us, please complete our interactive Eligibility Checker below.

Note: Questions will appear or disappear depending upon your answer.

Eligibility Checker

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Is your organisation headquartered in the UK and registered with the Charity Commission of England & Wales, OSCR (Scotland), or the Charity Commission of Northern Ireland?

Yes

Does your organisation have specific purposes defined in law as charitable, and exclusively for public benefit?

Yes

Does your organisation have publicly available accounts that are no more than 18 months old?

Yes

Which of the following categories best-describe your organisation's primary work? (If more than one choice is relevant, please select the one you feel is most appropriate)

Environmental Action & Sustainability

Peace & Reconciliation

Quaker Work & Witness

Social Action (Freedom from Addiction & Substance Abuse)

Social Action (Human Rights & Equality)

Social Action (Offender Rehabilitation)

Social Action (Poverty Prevention & Relief)

None of the above

Does the project or work for which you seek funding involve activites outside of the UK?

Yes

Has your organisation applied to the Southall Trust within the past 12 months (successfully or unsuccessfully)?

Yes

Does any of the following apply to your application?

We seek retrospective funding (i.e. for activities that have already been paid for or purchased)

We seek replacement funding where statutory support has been withdrawn.

We seek funding for emergency relief work

We seek funding for medical activities

We seek funding for a project that is associated with a lottery, prize draw or a gambling-related activity

We seek funding for a project that involves the purchase of alcohol

None of the above

Does any of the following apply to your organisation?

Our organisation is associated with the military, the bearing of arms and/or the arms trade.

Our organisation is an animal welfare charity

Our organisation exists for the advancement or promotion of a religion (do not select this option if your organisation is connected with the Religious Society of Friends)

Our organisation is an independent/private school

Our organisation is a 'household name' in the UK (i.e. a very well-known cause) or sits beneath an 'umbrella' organisation (e.g. a large network organisation with smaller locally focussed affiliates)

In recent years our organisation has spent less than 80% of its total annual expenditure on charitable activities

In recent years our organisation’s income has exceeded £1m, and/or is expected to exceed £1m in the current year.

Our organisation's total net assets are valued at more than £1m

None of the above

The Southall Trust prioritises grants to registered charities. However, if your organisation is not a registered charity but has clearly defined charitable purposes and meets all of our other eligibility criteria, then please contact us before applying to request an exception. You will need to explain: (1) why your organisation is not a registered charity; (2) how it is constituted; (3) and why you believe the Southall Trust should consider an application from your organisation.

We will occasionally consider applications from organisations with charitable purposes, such as Social Enterprises, Community Interest Companies (CICs) and Community Benefit Societies. These must be constituted for the benefit of the general public (rather than individual members) and with an 'asset lock' in place.

Based upon the responses you have given, you may be eligible for funding from the W F Southall Trust.

Therefore, you may proceed to filling out our online application form by clicking the button below:

Click Here to Apply

Unfortunately, based upon the responses you have given, your organisation is not eligible for funding from the Southall Trust. However, we wish you all the best with your charitable activities.

PLEASE NOTE: If you do not meet our current eligibility criteria but you have received funding from us before and/or your work is supported by one of our trustees and/or you believe your work is a strong match with ours and meets almost all of our eligibility criteria, then please get in touch with us via the 'Contact Us' page on this website. Please state the name of your charity and explain why we should consider an exception. We will respond to reasonable requests.

Please note that a successful outcome from this eligibility checker does not mean a grant is guaranteed; it is simply designed to give potential applicants a better understanding of our eligibility criteria, to reduce wasted effort. Please make sure you have also read our What We Support page.