The Angel Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your project improves the local community, promotes good citizenship, encourages healthy recreation or relieves financial hardship, and is in Darlington or County Durham, it fits this funder's stated themes.
- No grant range is stated, so check the likely size of a request with the funder before setting your budget.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis: complete the appropriate funding form and return it by post or hand it in at the Hub reception, and a physical copy can be requested.
- Expect a decision within about eight weeks, and do not apply if you or your group have already applied within the last 12 months, since only one application is allowed in any 12-month period.
- Nothing published says how competitive the funder is or whether relationships matter, so base your approach on its published themes and process.
Overview
The Angel Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1178926).
The Angel Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It aims to support individuals and organisations in its community with financial support and services for those in need. Its funding covers four areas: projects that enhance and improve the local community, projects that promote good citizenship within it, the promotion of healthy recreational activities, and relief from financial hardship. The annual report gives its annual giving as £179,125, of which £68,785 went to individuals.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Angel Trust supports projects that enhance and improve its local community, promote good citizenship within it, encourage healthy recreational activities, and relieve financial hardship. Its funding forms are for individuals and for clubs, schools and groups, and its annual report describes help for individuals, organisations, schools and clubs across County Durham and the Borough of Darlington. The charity also says it supports people in need across County Durham and can assist with mental wellbeing, emergency accommodation and food poverty, alongside bespoke funding requests. Its trustees discuss all funding applications and applicants can expect a decision within eight weeks.
Themes
- Community improvement
- Good citizenship
- Healthy recreation
- Financial hardship
Geographic Focus
Darlington; County Durham.
What they don't fund
- Individuals or groups that have already applied within the same 12-month period
How to apply
Complete the appropriate funding form; a physical copy can be requested. Return the completed form by post or hand it in at the Hub reception. Trustees discuss all applications and applicants can expect a decision within eight weeks. An individual or group may apply once in any 12-month period.
Applying again: An individual or group can only apply once within any 12-month period.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Applications should concern projects which enhance and improve the local community.
- Projects promoting good citizenship within the local community are supported.
- The foundation supports the promotion of healthy recreational activities.
- The foundation supports projects providing relief from financial hardship.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
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Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Angel Trust Coffee Shop£179,125year to 30 June 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£68,785).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2021 | £124,600 | £139,533 | — | Accounts for year to 30 June 2021 |
| year to 30 June 2022 | £294,845 | £287,330 | — | Accounts for year to 30 June 2022 |
| year to 30 June 2023 | £369,183 | £360,859 | — | Accounts for year to 30 June 2023 |
| year to 30 June 2024 | £454,315 | £407,348 | — | Accounts for year to 30 June 2024 |
| year to 30 June 2025 | £943,900 | £844,739 | £179,125 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 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
- angeltrust.co.uk/applyforfunding · read on 30 October 2026
- angeltrust.co.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 June 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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