Sir George Martin Trust’s Grants Round October 2025

Thank you for your interest in the Sir George Martin Trust and our grants. In order to save grant seekers time and energy, we first ask you to complete our Brief Expression of Interest (EOI) form.

Before submitting this form to our Trust Manager, please ensure you have reviewed and meet the Trust’s eligibility criteria. These can be found at: https://www.sirgeorgemartintrust.org.uk/who-we-give-to/

Please keep your answers brief as this EOI is just to help our Trust Manager decide if a full application should be submitted to the trustees. Remember to save your answers in the form as you go along - you will be reminded when you complete each page.

Once our Trust Manager has received your EOI form she will be in touch soon to discuss your organisation and its funding needs.

For further information on applying the Sir George Martin Trust, grant seekers should review this page on the Trust's website https://www.sirgeorgemartintrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when applying for a grant then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with our privacy policy.

This section of the application form is designed to help you, and us, understand if you are eligible for this grant. 

• Applicants must be a West Yorkshire-based registered charity, CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) or church carrying out local community outreach work with a head office/Charity Commission main address in West Yorkshire.
• National charities or charities which have a head office located in another part of Yorkshire can no longer apply.
• In order to maintain a high grant success rate (around 40 - 50% of all enquiries), the Trust currently does not accept applications from:
  • Any community groups or organisations not registered with the Charity Commission (apart from churches)
  • CICs (Community Interest Companies)
  • Community Benefit Societies
  • Co-operative Societies 
• Applicants must support disadvantaged and or vulnerable local people in West Yorkshire.
• Applicants must have less than a £1million income (based on their last financial year’s accounts).