The Bitou Community Foundation Trust

Registered charity 1172847 · since 2017bitoutrust.org·Western Cape·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Bitou Community Foundation Trust's stated focus is the care and wellbeing of the Bitou region, through community development, education, health and wellbeing, environmental conservation and sustainable livelihoods, so a group whose work sits in these areas may fit.
Its listed eligibility is registered public benefit organisations, but its stated exclusions include grants to non-profit organisations and grants for people living in the Bitou region of the Western Cape of South Africa, so check those terms against your own status and where your beneficiaries live before writing.
No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so the only route given is the contact shown, and it is worth making that contact first to ask about the region and the size of request.
The annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range, so there is no basis here for a realistic request size, and any approach should stay modest and specific until you know more.
The funder says it looks for registered, accountable organisations that show leadership in contributing directly to community, education, health, wellbeing and conservation.

Overview

The Bitou Community Foundation Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1172847).

The Bitou Community Foundation Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and its primary purpose is to support the care and wellbeing of the Bitou region, its environment and all its people. It supports organisations, programmes and initiatives that deliver support services, education and training, and capacity development. The Trust currently has two South African beneficiaries, supported by the fundraising activities of the Bitou Trust in the UK. Its annual giving is not stated.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Bitou Community Foundation Trust supports the care and wellbeing of the Bitou region, its environment and all its people. It works with registered, accountable public benefit organisations and local partners that demonstrate leadership in contributing directly to community, education, health, wellbeing and conservation. Its support is directed towards organisations, programmes and initiatives delivering support services, education and training, capacity development and related activities. These activities are intended to promote sustainable livelihoods, health, wellbeing, community capacity building, including adaptive capacity to climate risks, and social inclusion, while safeguarding the region’s environmental value and enabling its environment to sustain people, flora and fauna. It seeks to build belonging, compassionate care, conservation and community.

Themes

Community development
Education
Health and wellbeing
Environmental conservation
Sustainable livelihoods

Geographic Focus

Priority: Bitou Region.

What they don't fund

The foundation makes grants to non-profit organisations
The foundation makes grants for the benefit of people living in the Bitou region of the Western Cape of South Africa

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.

Who can apply:

Registered public benefit organisations

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It identifies registered, accountable Public Benefit Organisations that demonstrate leadership and contribute directly to community, education, health, wellbeing and conservation.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Western Cape

Similar funders

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Naked Wines Charitable TrustNo public processGave £500k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£1,800	£255	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 March 2022	£1,500	£670	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£254,000	£282,900	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£271,827	£264,395	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£343,589	£332,085	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 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.