The Greatham Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Greatham Foundation is a good fit if your work supports people experiencing disadvantage in the listed North East areas, especially core costs, cost-of-living projects, or smaller local and emerging groups.
- Its maximum grant is £3,000, so a modest request is the realistic size to ask for.
- You may apply each year through its online portal, which lets you save a draft, so check the current deadlines before you start.
- Do not apply for capital works, money-raising appeals, conferences, feasibility studies, medical equipment, holidays, statutory education, general appeals, or projects based in Middlesbrough or outside the listed areas.
- National organisations are excluded unless they are independently constituted and funded and deliver in the North East.
Overview
The Greatham Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1123540).
The Greatham Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It was established by a bishop to help poor and elderly people, and it describes its purpose as supporting and empowering older people and those affected by dementia to live well through care, community-based services, homes and grants. Its Grants Programme provides annual funding to voluntary and community organisations making a positive social impact. Its most recent annual report shows about £93,531 awarded in grants.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Greatham Foundation provides annual grants to voluntary and community sector organisations in the North East of England. Its grants support people in local communities, with a focus on core funding for existing and new organisations and groups, and on projects responding to the cost of living crisis. It seeks to empower communities to build on their strengths and assets, focus on people experiencing disadvantage, and address unmet needs or work that lacks a high profile. The programme supports smaller local agencies working in their communities, emerging community-based groups and independent, self-funded groups, including those operating under a nationally recognised umbrella. It can support core costs and short-term projects where direct benefit to people is demonstrated.
Themes
- Community empowerment
- Cost-of-living support
- Disadvantage
- Unmet needs
Geographic Focus
Hartlepool; Stockton-on-Tees; Darlington; County Durham; Sunderland; Gateshead; South Tyneside; North Tyneside; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Northumberland. Not funded: Middlesbrough.
What they don't fund
- Projects or activities based outside our geographical area (see above, North East of England)
- Capital works or money-raising appeals
- Statutory Education and related travel or adventure projects
- Holidays (unless for personal or group development)
- National organisations (unless independently constituted and funded, delivering in the North East)
- Conferences or feasibility studies
- Medical equipment or related projects
- General Appeals
How to apply
Apply electronically through the online application portal, completing the form in full. Applicants can save a draft and complete it later, provided the completed form is received before the deadline.
Deadlines: Applications may be made each year.
Applying again: Grants Programme: You may apply each year for funding for your projects or organisation.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The programme prioritises core funding for existing and new organisations and groups, and projects responding to the cost-of-living crisis.
- It seeks to empower local communities to help and support themselves by building on their strengths and assets.
- It focuses on community members experiencing disadvantage.
- It supports people not provided for by other means, unmet needs and work that lacks a high profile.
- It supports smaller local agencies working in the heart of their communities.
- It encourages emerging community-based groups and organisations, new ideas and initiatives.
- It encourages independent, self-funded groups, including those operating under a nationally recognised umbrella name.
- It supports core costs and short-term projects where direct benefit to people is demonstrated.
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 October 2021 | £5,029,494 | £5,748,978 | £96,620 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2021 |
| year to 31 October 2022 | £3,888,197 | £5,141,759 | £99,192 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2022 |
| year to 31 October 2023 | £3,708,834 | £4,261,925 | £101,000 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2023 |
| year to 31 October 2024 | £4,102,249 | £4,454,591 | £101,520 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2024 |
| year to 31 October 2025 | £4,548,764 | £5,438,352 | £93,531 | Accounts for year to 31 October 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 October 2021; year to 31 October 2022; year to 31 October 2023; year to 31 October 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 October 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
Other sources
- thegreathamfoundation.org.uk
- thegreathamfoundation.org.uk/grants-programme · read on 30 October 2026
- thegreathamfoundation.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- thegreathamfoundation.org.uk/about-us/vision-mission-values · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 October 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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