The Belling Charitable Settlement
At a glance
Key takeaways
- If your work is education or relief of poverty, this funder may fit, and in practice it has given to primary schools in Enfield and Cornwall, which are its stated priority areas.
- Its poverty relief is for people involved in the electrical appliance industry and their dependants, so that route is unlikely to suit most small charities.
- The annual report gives no grant range and only a single total of £306,375 awarded, which may include grants to individuals, so size any request to your own project rather than to that total.
- Secondary schools should not apply unless the project is STEM, and even then the trust is generally limited to helping one secondary school a year.
- No way to apply was found in the annual report or register entry, so do not expect a form, deadline or timetable.
Overview
The Belling Charitable Settlement is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 237187).
The Belling Charitable Settlement is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 237187). Its objects cover the provision of facilities for and encouragement of education and technical and vocational training, and the relief of poverty, including for people involved in the electrical appliance industry and their dependants. The annual report records £306,375 awarded, a figure that may include grants to individuals, and the register does not confirm the scale. In practice the trust has provided grants to primary schools in Enfield and Cornwall.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 13 November 2026.
Priority Areas
The settlement’s objects cover education and the relief of poverty. Its educational purpose includes facilities and encouragement for education and technical and vocational training, advancing knowledge and enabling people to play an informed and responsible role in their community. It also provides for poverty relief, in the widest sense, for people involved in the electronics industry and their dependants. In practice, the trust has provided grants to primary schools in Enfield and Cornwall and has sought to help secondary schools as well. For secondary schools, funds are restricted to STEM projects; because bids are sizeable and complex, the trust is generally limited to helping one secondary school per year. The trustees have discretion to distribute capital and income for these purposes as financial resources allow.
Themes
- Education
- Poverty relief
Geographic Focus
Priority: Enfield; Cornwall.
What they don't fund
- Secondary schools only: Grants for secondary schools to be used for projects other than STEM projects
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- For secondary schools, the trustees stipulate that funds are to be used for STEM projects only.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
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6 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £86,657 | £436,436 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £37,496 | £486,817 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £36,391 | £371,767 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £31,974 | £399,080 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £33,611 | £427,434 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | — | — | £306,375 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
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 December 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 13 November 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