Not A Phase

Registered charity 1193381 · since 2021notaphase.org·United Kingdom·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The charity's stated focus is trans+-led, community-driven and grassroots projects around the UK, so a trans+-led project with a community purpose is the closest fit.
Its TRANS+formation Project accepts applications for assistance from trans+-led projects and offers finances, materials or mentorship, so check which of these would suit your project.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, but the annual report gave no grants figure that could be read and no grant range is stated, so you will need to ask the charity what it can offer before setting a request size.
Nothing the charity publishes says how competitive it is or whether contact beforehand is expected.
A project not led by trans+ people is unlikely to meet the TRANS+formation Project's stated eligibility.

Overview

Not A Phase is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1193381).

Not A Phase was born after discovering that there was no charity focused solely on the support of trans+ and gender diverse adults. Its mission is to support and uplift the lives of trans+ adults, through community and joy. It offers support in the form of finances, materials or mentorship, through programmes including its flagship Misfits programme and the Trans+Connect programme. It also funds trans-led, community-driven projects around the UK, and its TRANS+formation Project aims to grow the UK trans+ economy.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Not A Phase supports trans+-led projects through its TRANS+formation Project, whose key objective is to grow the UK trans+ economy alongside community and grassroots projects. It accepts applications for assistance from trans+-led projects and offers finances, materials or mentorship. More broadly, the charity says it funds trans-led, community-driven projects around the UK and seeks to uplift trans+ adults through awareness campaigning, social projects and trans+-led initiatives. Its work aims to create space for the trans+ and gender non-conforming community to thrive, and to build networks in which people can feel safe, visible and able to thrive as their authentic selves.

Themes

Trans+ economy
Community projects
Grassroots projects

Geographic Focus

Priority: Around the UK.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The TRANS+formation Project accepts applications for assistance from trans+-led projects.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

United Kingdom

4 years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 June 2022	£78,864	£49,764	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023	£206,818	£198,679	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024	£486,974	£297,964	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025	£490,279	£426,355	—	Accounts for year to 30 June 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.