Carnival Village Trust

Registered charity 1125536 · since 2008carnivalvillage.org.uk·London·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£32,020

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work is carnival arts in London, this trust may fit, as its stated geographic focus is London and its Project Aid funds carnival arts projects.
Project Aid is stated at up to £1,000, so ask for an amount within that and say clearly what it will achieve.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and the request needs a short project summary covering what you want to achieve and why, who will engage and how, and how the project will reach people, along with the start and end dates, the amount sought, and your contact details.
Projects must embrace the trust's core values and support and deliver excellence in carnival arts, so explain how yours does.
Project Aid does not fund individual bands for their participation at Notting Hill Carnival, so those bands should not apply under it.

Overview

Carnival Village Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1125536).

Carnival Village Trust describes itself as London's development agency for Carnival Arts, hosting strategic arts venues and working with carnival arts organisations. It exists to advance the arts for the benefit of the public, including by providing arts and community venues for activities such as dance, theatre, music and carnival art. Its work to promote Carnival Arts falls into three core areas: Events, Learning and Participation. Its annual report records £32,020 awarded.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Carnival Village Trust’s Project Aid funds individuals and organisations for Carnival Arts projects; projects should support and deliver excellence in Carnival Arts. Its wider small-project support is for arts organisations and carnival artists, and it works with other carnival arts organisations on work that affects the general public. Its inspiration is primarily African Caribbean carnivals and culture, while drawing on other cultures. The Trust promotes Carnival Arts through events, workshops and small projects, with workshops exploring steelpan, mas and Calypso. It also offers subsidised space hire to carnival arts organisations that share its values of arts excellence and meet its criteria.

Themes

Carnival arts

Geographic Focus

London.

What they don't fund

Project Aid only: individual bands for their participation at Notting Hill Carnival

How to apply

For Project Aid, applicants provide a short project summary explaining what they want to achieve and why, who will engage, how people will engage and how the project will reach them.

Who can apply:

Project Aid: Projects should embrace our core values to support and deliver excellence in Carnival Arts.

What to send:

Project Aid
- A short summary of your project, what you want to achieve and why, who will engage, how will people engage, how will the project reach people, and who is involved in the idea.
- The start and end date of your project.
- How much you are applying for and what this will achieve.
- Your contact details.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Projects should support and deliver excellence in Carnival Arts.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

London

Similar funders

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£1,744,521	£1,787,585	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£2,577,036	£2,488,447	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£3,061,289	£3,327,607	£20,000	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£3,472,758	£3,823,782	£46,000	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£3,364,794	£3,448,228	£32,020	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2023

£20,000 grants

YE 2024

£46,000 grants

YE 2025

£32,020 awarded

Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.