The Northbrook Community Trust

Registered charity 1206189 · since 2023northbrookcommunitytrust.co.uk·Devon·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work supports disadvantaged children and young people under 25 in Devon through education, training, child development or accommodation, it fits what the Trust funds, and the Trust has a particular interest in young people who are or were in the care of Devon County Council.
The annual report gives no usable grants figure and no grant range is stated, so there is no basis for a realistic size of request; size your request to the project itself.
Apply through the online form, which can be saved and revisited, and send your supporting documents by email on submission.
Submit at least fourteen working days before a meeting, and note that the Trust welcomes innovative new ideas and expects an evaluation of the work in its reports.
Do not apply if you are not a not-for-profit organisation, your activities are not focused on Devon or not aimed at under-25s, your project falls under statutory responsibilities or is a post normally funded by local or central government, or you have had a grant from the Trust in the last two years.

Overview

The Northbrook Community Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1206189).

The Northbrook Community Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales that provides financial grants to specialist children's charities, trusts and organisations changing the lives of some of the most disadvantaged children and young people living in Devon. Most of its grants go to charitable or voluntary organisations providing education, training, accommodation or support to children and young people in need. The Trust has a particular interest in young people who are, or were, in the care of Devon County Council.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Northbrook Community Trust provides grants to specialist children’s charities, trusts and organisations supporting disadvantaged children and young people under 25 in Devon. It focuses on their education, training and development, and most grants go to charitable or voluntary organisations providing education, training, accommodation or support to children and young people in need. The Trust has a particular interest in young people who are, or were, in the care of Devon County Council. It invites not-for-profit organisations to apply for specific projects that fulfil its charitable purpose and are not covered by statutory responsibilities, and welcomes innovative new ideas.

Themes

Education
Training
Child development
Accommodation

Geographic Focus

Devon.

What they don't fund

Projects covered under statutory responsibilities
Posts that are normally required to be funded by local or central government
Organisations that are not not for profit organisations
Charities not working to support young people up to the age of 25
Charities whose activities are not focussed on Devon
Applicants who have received a grant from the Trust before, unless at least two years have elapsed between a decision to award a grant and any new application

How to apply

Applicants complete the online form, which can be saved and revisited, then submit it electronically to the Clerk.

Deadlines: Applications must be submitted at least fourteen working days before a meeting.

Who can apply:

Your charity is working to support young people up to the age of 25
Your charity’s activities are focussed on Devon
Not for profit organisations
Your charity’s activities are not covered by statutory responsibilities

What to send:

All supporting relevant documents will need to be sent via email on submission of application.

Applying again: If an applicant has received a grant from the Trust before, at least two years must elapse between a decision to award a grant and any new application.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Trust welcomes innovative new ideas.
Reports should include an evaluation of the work.
Recipients must submit a report as soon as possible after the project is complete.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Devon

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Northbrook Community Trust.

Viscount Amory's Charitable TrustRollingGave £474k The Portishead Nautical TrustRollingGave £67,973 The Norman Family TrustFixed deadlinesGave £790k Sir John and Lady Heathcoat Amory's Charitable TrustRollingGave £74,658 The Marjorie and Geoffrey Jones Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £56,000 The Clare Milne TrustFixed deadlinesGave £1M Devon Communities TogetherMixed deadlinesGave £99,300 Northcott Devon FoundationRollingGave £6,680 Devon Community FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £2M The Bideford Bridge TrustMixed deadlinesGave £401k

2 years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2025	£0	£0	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025
year to 31 March 2026	£225,544	£262,881	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2026

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.