The Mighty Creatives

Registered charity 1129006 · since 2009themightycreatives.com·England, Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Mighty Creatives makes grants to schools and organisations working in culture, creativity and enterprise, and its own work centres on young people who are care-experienced or facing adversity, disadvantage or challenges, so a request should show a clear link to those aims.
The size of its grants depends on the funding it receives from funding bodies to distribute, and no typical or range figure is given, so ask what kind of sum is realistic before setting a figure.
No application process is published, so the practical route is to use the contact shown in its annual report or on its website to ask whether it is making grants and how it would like to hear from you.
No geographic focus is stated, so check with that contact whether it funds work in your area before preparing a full proposal.

Overview

The Mighty Creatives is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1129006).

The Mighty Creatives exists to make social justice a reality for young people through arts, culture and creativity. It makes grants to schools and other organisations working in culture, creativity and enterprise, and the size of those grants depends on the funding it receives from funding bodies to distribute. It also runs an award-winning Creative Mentoring service, giving one-to-one support to young people who are care-experienced, facing adversity, disadvantage or challenges. It connects young people with organisations to create education, training and workplace opportunities, and advocates for youth voice through creativity.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Mighty Creatives makes grants to schools and other organisations working in culture, creativity and enterprise; the nature and size of its grants depend on the funding it receives from funding bodies to distribute. Its wider work seeks social justice for young people through arts, culture and creativity, providing creative youth services for under-represented young people, including those who are care-experienced or facing adversity, challenges or disadvantage. It delivers person-centred creative mentoring, connects young people with education, training and workplace opportunities, and supports youth voice through work with charities, organisations, youth services and employers. Its practice is youth-led and developed in response to young people’s needs and voices.

Themes

Culture and creativity
Enterprise
Education

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.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

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Youth MusicFixed deadlinesGave £9.9M Curious MindsNo public processGave £20,039 Our KidsRollingGave £41,202 Millward Charitable TrustRollingGave £105k The Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial TrustFixed deadlinesGave £162k Sarah Jane Leigh Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £384k DidymusInvitation onlyGave £135k Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)Invitation onlyGave £4.8M The Peter Cruddas FoundationInvitation only The Golden Bottle TrustInvitation onlyGave £2.8M

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2022	£4,096,805	£3,913,589	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£2,253,428	£2,368,367	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£1,005,515	£693,038	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£743,725	£820,540	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025
year to 31 March 2026	£774,970	£890,408	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2026

— No grants figure for those years.

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.