London Plus
At a glance
Key takeaways
- London Plus's stated geographic focus is London, and its work centres on making London cohesive and resilient, so groups with a London base and a community resilience angle are the best fit.
- Most of its grants are small: about 8 in 10 of its 19 grants fall between £800 and £67,500, and the median was £2,500, so a modest request is realistic, though its largest grant was £85,500 and that typical band is not a ceiling.
- No application process is published in the annual report, its register entry or its website, so contact the charity to ask whether it is taking requests before writing anything.
- The Community Resilience Fund offered grants of up to £5,000 only for projects focused on planning, responding and recovering from emergencies, and applicants had to confirm agreement with their local authority first, so organisations whose work does not touch emergencies should not expect to fit that fund.
Overview
London Plus is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1115303).
London Plus is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and it exists to enable community groups and charities to make London cohesive and resilient. It began as a pan-London initiative to champion London's charities and community groups, under the remit of Greater London Volunteering, and it operates as a network of networks. Its annual giving was £252,873, and its Community Resilience Fund made £55,000 available to support up to 12 projects across London.
What they fund
Priority Areas
London Plus describes its purpose as enabling community groups and charities to make London cohesive and resilient. Its Community Resilience Fund offered grants to community and voluntary sector infrastructure organisations to build partnerships with local authorities and other statutory partners, improve preparedness, and strengthen communications, use of data and resilience practice for emergencies. The fund invited applications from registered charities, formally constituted community groups, social and not-for-profit businesses, community benefit societies and community infrastructure organisations. The charity's grant records show support for emergency partnership work, volunteering for health, community resilience, training and exercise community work. Its wider approach is to connect, support and advocate for charities and community groups through networks, information and insight.
Themes
- Community resilience
Geographic Focus
London.
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.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Applicants to the Community Resilience Fund had to confirm they had agreement with their local authority before applying.
- Projects funded by the Community Resilience Fund had to focus on planning, responding and recovering from emergencies.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Greater London
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to London Plus.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 19 grants in year to 31 March 2025 by size
Median £2,500 (year to 31 March 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- British Red Cross · Lcep£85,500year to 31 March 2025
- Camden Volunteer Bureau · Volunteering for Health Programme£67,073year to 31 March 2025
- London Boroughs Faiths Network · Lcep£55,000year to 31 March 2025
- London Boroughs Faiths Network · Training Fund£18,000year to 31 March 2025
- Bexley Voluntary Service Council · Community Resilience£2,500year to 31 March 2025
- Community Southwark · Community Resilience£2,500year to 31 March 2025
- Ealing CVS · Community Resilience£2,500year to 31 March 2025
- Richmond CVS · Community Resilience£2,500year to 31 March 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £461,320 | £358,121 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £356,274 | £437,440 | — | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £554,685 | £372,819 | £115,500 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £692,425 | £695,096 | £262,658 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £695,331 | £820,119 | £252,873 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
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: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
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
- londonplus.org/about-us · read on 30 October 2026
- londonplus.org/community-resilience-fund · read on 30 October 2026
- londonplus.org · read on 30 October 2026
- londonplus.org/contact-us · 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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At a glance
Applying to London Plus?
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Contact
- 020 7125 0151source
- info@londonplus.orgsource
- C/o 9 Hare & Billet Road, Blackheath, SE3 0RBsource
- londonplus.org
- Apply online
Applying to London Plus?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 020 7125 0151source
- info@londonplus.orgsource
- C/o 9 Hare & Billet Road, Blackheath, SE3 0RBsource
- londonplus.org
- Apply online