Glasspool Charity Trust
At a glance
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Key takeaways
- Glasspool Charity Trust gives only through its Flexible Frontline Fund, and individuals cannot apply to it directly, so a small charity that is not already one of its selected frontline partners currently has no access to its funding.
- The annual report records £2,212,164 paid, but the grant range is not stated, so there is no reliable basis for setting a request size.
- The trust is by invitation only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so the only route in is through its partner recruitment process.
- If your organisation provides whole-person support to people facing financial hardship, ask the trust directly whether partnership is possible rather than sending a general funding request.
Overview
Glasspool Charity Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 214648).
Glasspool Charity Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and its overall purpose is to increase financial wellbeing and resilience and reduce financial distress for individuals experiencing financial hardship. It distributes £2.2m across the UK. Its only grants programme is the Flexible Frontline Fund, which enables selected frontline organisations to access and distribute grant funds to their service users and clients.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Flexible Frontline Fund supports individuals living in financial hardship across the UK. It aims to increase financial wellbeing and reduce financial distress through grants for goods and services. The Trust works through selected frontline organisations, enabling them to access and distribute funding to their service users and clients. These partners provide whole-person support, and grants can meet a range of household goods and service needs. Individuals do not apply directly to Glasspool: support is reserved for the service users of selected partners. Each partner applies its own eligibility criteria, considers whether it has capacity to take on new service users, and has discretion over accepting people for support. This partner-delivered model provides flexible support to individuals, couples and families.
Themes
- Financial hardship
- Household goods and services
Geographic Focus
UK.
What they don't fund
- The Flexible Frontline Fund only:
- Individuals are not eligible to apply for funding directly from Glasspool
- Grants from the Flexible Frontline Fund are exclusively reserved for the service users of our selected partner organisations
- These organisations can only provide grant support for individuals who meet their eligibility criteria and if the organisation has the capacity to take on new service users
- If you are not already one of our frontline partners, you will not have access to Glasspool funding at this time
How to apply
Glasspool selects frontline organisations as partners through a recruitment process. Only selected partners can allocate grants to their service users.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Glasspool looks for frontline delivery partners that offer quality, whole-person support for their service users.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £2,160,190 | £2,250,524 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £2,190,780 | £2,279,298 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £2,489,726 | £2,275,702 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £2,478,796 | £2,446,384 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £2,406,355 | £4,705,032 | £2,212,164 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
— 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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- glasspool.org.uk/grants/glasspool-grants · read on 30 October 2026
- glasspool.org.uk/grants/faqs · read on 30 October 2026
- glasspool.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- glasspool.org.uk/contact/contact · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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Applying to Glasspool Charity Trust?
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Contact
- grants@glasspool.org.uksource
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- glasspool.org.uk
Applying to Glasspool Charity Trust?
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Contact
- grants@glasspool.org.uksource
- Mainyard Studios, 102 Rookery Court, Ruckholt Road, London, E10 5FAsource
- glasspool.org.uk