The Feoffees of St Michael's Spurriergate
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Feoffees suit small organisations working for the benefit of York's inhabitants, and Church of England churches in the city needing upkeep, where the work is within the City of York or the surrounding areas inside the York Outer Ring Road.
- Individuals should not apply, and nor should groups whose work benefits areas outside the City of York and that ring road.
- Most grants fall between £250 and £10,000, and the foundation says that a larger number of smaller grants helps it support more organisations, so a modest request fits its approach.
- Send your latest annual report and accounts with a form that sets out plainly what you do and why, keeping each section to 250 words or fewer, and aim for it to reach the foundation before the middle of the month before one of its four annual meetings.
- Successful applicants must send a short end-of-project report, and the foundation usually considers a further request from the same organisation only after a gap of two years.
Overview
The Feoffees of St Michael's Spurriergate is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1159025).
The Feoffees of St Michael's Spurriergate is a grant-making charity whose charge is to help Church of England churches and to make grants for general charitable purposes for the benefit of York's inhabitants, within the York Outer Ring Road. It traces its origins to the appointment of fourteen other York worthies as Feoffees of St Michael's Spurriergate, a pre-Conquest church in the centre of York. Its two grant purposes are general charitable purposes and the upkeep and maintenance of Church of England churches within its area. The annual report records £79,870 paid in its most recent reported year.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Feoffees make grants for general charitable purposes, supporting organisations working for the benefit of York’s inhabitants, and contribute to the upkeep and maintenance of Church of England churches in the city. They support charitable organisations working for the benefit of people in York, as well as Church of England churches. Their giving benefits the City of York and surrounding areas within the York Outer Ring Road. They describe their brief as wide, with flexibility when considering applications. They say that making a larger number of smaller grants helps them support more of the organisations and communities that need them, and that awards should make a real difference to recipients.
Themes
- General charitable purposes
- Church upkeep
Geographic Focus
City of York; surrounding areas within the York Outer Ring Road.
What they don't fund
- Grants to individuals
- Work benefiting areas outside the City of York (as defined by the administrative boundaries as at 31 March 1974), together with additional areas lying within the York Outer Ring Road — the A64 to the south and east, and the A1237 to the north and west
How to apply
Applicants use a form and set out clearly what they are doing and why in plain, concise language; each section should be no longer than 250 words.
Deadlines: Applications should reach the foundation before the middle of the month preceding each of its four annual meetings.
Who can apply:
- The charity invites applications for funding of projects from local churches, charities and organisations with charitable aims.
What to send:
- Your latest annual report and accounts.
- If your organisation is newly established, please submit a bank statement and budget instead.
- Up to three additional supporting documents or images if these are relevant to your application.
Applying again: We usually only consider further grant requests from the same organisation after a gap of two years.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Successful applicants must submit a short end-of-project report covering activities, impact and a simple breakdown of how the grant was spent.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- York
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £78,288 | £107,186 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £85,376 | £108,261 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £99,933 | £133,471 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £104,071 | £92,631 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £90,692 | £122,054 | £79,870 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.
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
- feoffeesofstmichaelsspurriergate.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant · read on 30 October 2026
- feoffeesofstmichaelsspurriergate.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- feoffeesofstmichaelsspurriergate.org.uk/who-we-are · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 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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