Make My Day Better
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Make My Day Better's stated themes are poverty relief, health (including research into complementary and alternative medicines), and education and personal development for disadvantaged young people, so check your work against those first.
- It names global, UK and Africa as priority areas, and while its grant range is not stated, its small donations are normally up to £1,000, so a modest request fits best.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, using a standard application with budget proposals that the trustees scrutinise for reasonableness and turn into contracts setting out deliverables.
- The trustees prefer projects where 95% of funding is spent directly on activities and favour work that can become self-sustaining through income generation, so your budget should show both.
- The charity publishes no address, email or phone number for applications, so find a way to make contact before you invest time in a full proposal.
Overview
Make My Day Better is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1139533).
Make My Day Better is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that funds research into complementary and alternative medicine, makes grants to individuals in cases of demonstrable hardship or need, supports education, and makes grants to institutions and charities carrying out activities that further its objects. Its annual giving was £1,807,017, according to the annual report. Its funding runs through small donations to existing national charities, small donations for individuals in hardship or other need, donations to institutions carrying out research and development, and donations to institutions and charities carrying out activities furthering its objectives.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 October 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The foundation supports the relief of poverty and the advancement of health, including research into complementary and alternative medicines, and promotes education and personal development for young people, especially those disadvantaged. It provides small donations to existing national charities and to individuals in hardship or other need, as well as funding institutions and charities to carry out research and activities that advance its objectives. Its grants include research and postgraduate study, schooling, and small-business start-up support for disadvantaged young people. Applicants submit a standard application explaining the benefit of their proposed activities and provide budget proposals, which are scrutinised for reasonableness and reflected in contracts setting out deliverables. The trustees prefer projects where 95% of funding is spent directly on activities and favour work capable of becoming self-sustaining through income generation.
Themes
- Poverty relief
- Health
- Complementary medicine research
- Education and young people
Geographic Focus
Priority: Global; UK region; Africa region.
How to apply
Applicants submit a standard application explaining the benefit of their proposed activities and enclosing budget proposals. The budgets are scrutinised for reasonableness and built into contracts that set out deliverables.
What to send:
- A standard application explaining the benefit of the proposed activities.
- Budget proposals.
The charity does not publish an address, email or phone number to send an application to.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The trustees prefer projects where 95% of the funding is direct spending on activities.
- The trustees are keen to support activities that can become self-sustaining through income generation.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Africa
- United Kingdom
- International
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Make My Day Better.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- The New School · Education UK£1,200,000year to 31 October 2025
- Dollywood Foundation UK · Education UK£472,393year to 31 October 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£135k).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 October 2021 | £4,465 | £1,165,181 | — | Accounts for year to 31 October 2021 |
| year to 31 October 2022 | £650,000 | £1,289,422 | £1,282,169 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2022 |
| year to 31 October 2023 | £750,000 | £573,938 | £562,318 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2023 |
| year to 31 October 2024 | £756,127 | £963,057 | £927,290 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2024 |
| year to 31 October 2025 | £1,650,000 | £1,816,384 | £1,807,017 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 3 of the 4 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 31 October 2022; year to 31 October 2023; year to 31 October 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 October 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
- Annual report (year to 31 October 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission