The CPF Trust

The CPF Trust will consider grants towards revenue or capital costs, and for project or core funding, which means a website or digital project sits comfortably within what it supports rather than being something you have to work around. Grants run for one year and most fall in the £1,000 to £3,000 range, so it works best for a smaller build or as a contribution towards a larger one.

The Trust makes grants to UK registered charities and doesn’t set an income limit, though it focuses on a defined set of causes: the arts, education, support for carers and older people, early intervention for disadvantaged children and young people, animal welfare, and health and disability. Applications are email only and kept deliberately short, no more than 500 words, with your latest annual report and accounts attached. The window is tight: applications are only accepted between 1 June and 30 September each year, for a decision at the trustees’ autumn meeting. There’s no feedback if you’re unsuccessful, and no response means no grant.

• Cause tags. Arts, Education and Animals & Wildlife map cleanly. Disabilities and Older People Facing Disadvantage are the nearest fits for “health and disability” and “carers and older people”, but they each only cover half. CPF also funds early intervention for disadvantaged children and young people, which you’ve no tag for at all. Given a children’s or youth charity is such a common website client, you might want to add a “Children & Young People” tag rather than force it into Community. Same thought for Carers and general Health if you expect those searches.
• Income band. CPF states no income test, which doesn’t fit your bounded bands like £0–£1m. You’ll want an “Any” treatment or to select all bands so it surfaces for everyone, which is actually a selling point over the income-capped funders.
• The window recurs. It’s an annual 1 June to 30 September cycle. Once it closes on 30 September your monthly check should flip it to an “Opens 1 June 2027” style entry rather than letting it sit as closed.