Emmaus UK

Registered charity 1064470 · since 1997emmaus.org.uk·Carlton, Hertfordshire, Merseyside, Oxford, Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£332k

Annual giving, year to 30 June 2025

From filed accounts

£14,000 to £92,500

Grant range

From the annual report's grant list

£58,000

Typical grant (median)

6 published grants

Key takeaways

Emmaus UK's grants go to its member organisations, the local Emmaus groups, for capital work on accommodation, new services and social enterprise, so an organisation outside that network should not expect to qualify.
Individual residents are supported through the Companion Training and Wellbeing Fund, which gives grants of between £50 and £750.
The typical grant to an organisation falls between £14,000 and £92,500, with a median of £50,000, so a request should be sized to that band rather than to a small grant.
Neither the annual report nor the website publishes an application process, so the sensible first step is to contact the charity and ask about its funds before writing anything.
Nothing published says how competitive these funds are or when they open, so plan on that basis.

Overview

Emmaus UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1064470).

Emmaus UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, with the purpose of alleviating and relieving poverty, hardship and distress for those in need, without distinction. It works alongside local Emmaus groups, providing national, strategic support, specialist expertise, services, guidance and financial support. Its financial support to member organisations runs through four grant funds: Build Your Community, Build Your Companion Offer, Build Your Social Enterprise, and Companion Training and Wellbeing Fund. Its annual giving is £332,419.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 30 June 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.

Priority Areas

Emmaus UK provides financial support to its member organisations through grant funds. It supports capital projects that add, repurpose or significantly alter accommodation for residents, or improve their living experience within the community; the development and delivery of new services or support interventions; and salary and equipment projects to develop, strengthen or trial new social enterprise work. Its Companion Training and Wellbeing Fund also enables individual residents to access training or equipment that enhances skills, benefits physical or mental health and wellbeing, or provides routes to employment. This sits within its wider role of working alongside local Emmaus groups, offering specialist expertise, services and guidance as well as financial support.

Themes

Community accommodation
New companion services
Social enterprise development
Companion training and wellbeing

Geographic Focus

No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Carlton, Hertfordshire, Merseyside, Oxford and Wales.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where its grants have gone

Carlton
Oxford
Hertfordshire
Merseyside
Wales

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Emmaus UK.

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Grants

6 published grants analysed · median £58,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 6 grants in year to 30 June 2025 by size

£10k–£25k17%

£25k–£50k17%

£50k–£100k67%

Median £58,000 (year to 30 June 2025)

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

Emmaus Village Carlton
£92,104year to 30 June 2025
Emmaus Hertfordshire
£85,000year to 30 June 2025
Emmaus Merseyside
£66,000year to 30 June 2025
Emmaus Oxford
£50,000year to 30 June 2025
Emmaus South Wales
£25,000year to 30 June 2025
Emmaus South Manchester
£14,315year to 30 June 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2021	£3,142,757	£2,772,931	£565,317	Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022	£2,911,596	£2,627,572	£724,486	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£2,647,251	£2,980,835	£653,376	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£3,513,637	£3,157,276	£395,399	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£3,118,714	£3,359,770	£332,419	Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£565k grants

YE 2022

£724k grants

YE 2023

£653k grants

YE 2024

£395k grants

YE 2025

£332k paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: grants paid out in the year.

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.