Walton Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Walton Charity funds in Elmbridge, and its themes are financial poverty, child poverty, health and wellbeing, affordable housing and educational attainment, so your work should clearly connect to one of them.
- Requests of up to £10,000 are small grants that can be made at any time, so a modest, well-defined project suits it best; larger requests go to the Grants Committee against scheduled deadlines.
- The foundation welcomes discussion before you apply, so start with its initial enquiry form or an email to the grants team to check fit.
- Do not apply for a small grant if your annual income is £200K or more, and do not apply at all if your annual income is £5m or more or if poverty alleviation is not part of your core mission.
Overview
Walton Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1185959).
What they fund
Priority Areas
Walton Charity is a place-based funder working to tackle poverty and inequality in Elmbridge. It awards community grants to charities, schools, social enterprises and community organisations, and gives delegated funds to local charities and schools supporting families and individuals living on a low income. Its stated themes are alleviating financial poverty, tackling the root causes of child poverty, supporting health and wellbeing, promoting access to affordable housing, and improving educational attainment. It supports project and core costs, including evaluation, capacity-building, participation and marketing. The foundation is committed to open and flexible grant-making, including unrestricted and multi-year support. It is particularly interested in initiatives with sustainable or transformative impact, and considers requests beyond its priority areas where there is potential for high impact in areas of need. Its funding can support service delivery, capacity development, core costs, collaboration and policy development when linked to its focus areas.
Themes
- Financial poverty
- Child poverty
- Health and wellbeing
- Affordable housing
- Educational attainment
Geographic Focus
Elmbridge.
What they don't fund
- Grants where poverty alleviation is not part of the organisation’s core mission (the foundation does not normally award these)
- The advancement of any religion or religious group, unless the application is to provide non-religious services to the local community
- Organisations with an annual income of £5m or more
- Organisations which have unrestricted reserves of under three months and over 12 months (the foundation is unlikely to fund these organisations)
- Small grants only:
- organisations with an annual income of £200K or more
- the same project for at least a year after an organisation has received three years of funding, unless there are exceptional circumstances and at the trustees’ discretion
- applications that do not relate to one of the foundation’s focus areas
How to apply
To start a community grant request, complete the initial enquiry form or email the grants team to request an application form or arrange a chat about the project. Small-grant requests are accepted at any time; larger grants go to the Grants Committee.
Deadlines: Applications for grants over £10,000 have scheduled deadlines during the year.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- It favours initiatives aiming for sustainable or transformative impact on people’s lives.
- It welcomes innovative approaches, piloting new ideas and testing proven approaches in a new context.
- For core funding, it accepts requests from well-managed charities working in Elmbridge that can demonstrate a viable long-term sustainability plan.
- It welcomes organisations discussing ideas and proposals before applying to check their broad fit with the criteria and priorities.
- It encourages the organisations it supports to pay the real Living Wage.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Elmbridge
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Walton Charity.
Grants
Not included above: 3 with no named recipient.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £2,172,330 | £2,305,933 | £501,851 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £2,159,000 | £2,618,000 | £516,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £3,028,000 | £2,964,000 | £579,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £2,908,000 | £3,124,000 | £595,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £3,121,000 | £3,097,000 | £669,000 | Accounts for year to 31 March 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 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 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
- waltoncharity.org.uk
- waltoncharity.org.uk/our-approach · read on 30 October 2026
- waltoncharity.org.uk/s/Community-Grant-funding-guidelines-Jan-2025-2.pdf · read on 30 October 2026
- waltoncharity.org.uk/applying-for-a-grant · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 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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Contact
- waltoncharity.org.uk
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
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Contact
- waltoncharity.org.uk
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