Lichfield Municipal Charities

Registered charity 254299 · since 1967lichfieldmunicipal.org.uk·Lichfield·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

1 week

Typical decision time

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

Lichfield Municipal Charities suits individuals and organisations within the City of Lichfield that seek relief of need, hardship or distress.
Its stated exclusions include persons resident in the area of the former City boundaries who may be in need, which sits oddly with its purpose, and William Lunn's Homes are open only to poor inhabitants of the City of Lichfield, so check eligibility with the Clerk before applying.
Neither a grant range nor an annual giving figure is stated, and each application is considered on its own merits, so the annual report gives no basis for a realistic request size.
Send the application form, with the latest accounts if you are a group or organisation, to the Clerk by post or email, and submit organisational applications before the cut-offs that come ahead of its four trustee meetings each year.
The charity says decisions come within 7 days, so an early submission before a cut-off gives you the clearest timetable.

Overview

Lichfield Municipal Charities is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 254299).

Lichfield Municipal Charities provides almshouse accommodation in Lichfield for poor inhabitants of the City. After maintaining its homes and administering the charity, any surplus is used to relieve need, hardship or distress among people resident in the former City of Lichfield. It comprises twelve almshouses, and its relief is given through grants or through items, services or facilities for those people.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The charity provides almshouse accommodation in Lichfield for poor inhabitants of the City. After the costs of maintaining the homes and administering the charity, surplus resources are used to relieve need, hardship or distress among people resident within the former boundaries of the City of Lichfield. Support may be made directly to individuals or channelled through donations or subscriptions to institutions and organisations that provide items, services or facilities for those people. It invites applications from individuals and organisations within the City of Lichfield that qualify under its governing document, and each application is considered on its own merits.

Themes

Almshouse accommodation
Relief of hardship

Geographic Focus

City of Lichfield.

What they don't fund

Persons resident in the area of the former boundaries of the City of Lichfield who may be in conditions of need, hardship or distress
William Lunn’s Homes only: poor inhabitants of the City of Lichfield

How to apply

Complete the application form and send it with any supporting documents to the Clerk by post or email.

Deadlines: Organisational applications have submission cut-offs before four trustee meetings each year.

What to send:

A completed application form is required.
Groups or organisations are particularly asked to send a copy of their latest accounts.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Each application is considered on its own merits.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Lichfield

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Lichfield Municipal Charities.

Michael Lowe's and Associated CharitiesRollingGave £100k St John’s LichfieldRolling Lichfield Conduit Lands TrustRollingGave £36,000 The Hereford Cathedral Almshouses CharityNo public processGave £34,167 Mercian Community TrustNo public processGave £22,535 Consolidated Charity of Burton upon TrentFixed deadlinesGave £102k Laslett's Hinton CharityFixed deadlinesGave £242k Municipal Charities of Stratford upon AvonInvitation onlyGave £19,566 Baron Davenport’s CharityFixed deadlines The Dulwich Almshouse CharityNo public processGave £9,750

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£91,487	£74,753	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£89,730	£69,546	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£195,881	£80,904	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£122,040	£96,858	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£133,134	£303,465	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

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.