Cheshire Community Foundation Limited grants
Cheshire Community Foundation is a regional community foundation giving around £2.44m to organisations in its latest year, with a typical grant of £2,500.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Cheshire Community Foundation Limited (charity number 1143711) is a regional community foundation covering Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and Warrington. In its latest recorded year it gave around £2.44m across 230 recorded grants, with a typical award of £2,500 and the middle half ranging from about £2,196 to £10,000. It funds a wide range of charitable purposes, including recreation, education and training, housing, and the prevention or relief of poverty, mainly supporting other charities and voluntary bodies.
What they fund
The Foundation funds a wide range of charitable purposes, from recreation, education and training, and housing, to the prevention or relief of poverty and support for people with disabilities.
Who and where
It supports other charities and voluntary bodies, and the general public, serving Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and Warrington in the North West of England.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Cheshire Community Foundation Limited says in its own guidance
Quoted directly from the funder’s own website, with a link to the page each quote came from. Always the most current word is theirs — check the source before you apply.
Who they say they'll fund
“We are your local foundation for Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Warrington, enabling these communities to thrive sustainably.”
Source: cheshirecommunityfoundation.org.uk — Cheshire Community Foundation - Cheshire Community Foundation raises funds to support hundreds of amazing small charities and voluntary groups across the whole of Cheshire and Warrington. →
What they say they won't fund
“We cannot fund minibuses or motor vehicles.”
Source: cheshirecommunityfoundation.org.uk — Grantmaking Policy - Cheshire Community Foundation →
“Capital projects, except through our Small Grants programme, where you are asking for at least 50% of the total cost.”
Source: cheshirecommunityfoundation.org.uk — Grantmaking Policy - Cheshire Community Foundation →
“Statutory bodies, such as schools (with exceptions, see below), hospitals, prisons, or Local Authorities.”
Source: cheshirecommunityfoundation.org.uk — Grantmaking Policy - Cheshire Community Foundation →
What a typical grant looks like
| Typical (median) grant | £2,500 |
|---|---|
| Middle half of grants | £2,196 – £10,000 |
| Grants published openly | 230 |
| Most recent published grant | 2025 |
Recent grants
- Home-Start Warrington & CheshireThriving Families£200,000December 2025
- Koala North West (formerly Home-Start Wirral)Thriving Families£200,000December 2025
- Make 2nds CountTea and Chat Nantwich£2,194December 2025
- Pure Insight 1628Grant to Pure Insight 1628£2,000December 2025
- Chance Changing LivesGrant to Chance Changing Lives£2,000December 2025
- St Paul's CentreGrant to St Paul's Centre£2,000December 2025
From grants Cheshire Community Foundation Limited publishes openly via 360Giving (the UK open grants-data standard), used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
3 the charity's objects ("objects") are specifically restricted to the following: 1 the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the county of cheshire and its immediate neighbourhood; and3.2 other exclusively charitable purposes in the united kingdom and elsewhere which are, in the…
How to approach them
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Common questions
How much does Cheshire Community Foundation typically give?
The typical grant is around £2,500, with the middle half of its 230 recorded grants (latest recorded year: 2025) ranging from about £2,196 to £10,000.
What does Cheshire Community Foundation fund?
It funds a wide range of charitable purposes, including recreation, education and training, housing, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic and community development, amateur sport, disability, and arts, culture and heritage, among others.
Who can apply to Cheshire Community Foundation?
It describes itself as the local foundation for Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Warrington, enabling those communities to thrive sustainably.
What won't Cheshire Community Foundation fund?
It cannot fund minibuses or motor vehicles. It cannot fund capital projects, except through its Small Grants programme where the applicant is asking for at least 50% of the total cost. It also cannot fund statutory bodies, such as schools (with exceptions), hospitals, prisons, or Local Authorities.
How do I apply to Cheshire Community Foundation?
Details are on the Foundation's own website (cheshirecommunityfoundation.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 1143711).
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Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and grants data from 360Giving used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Figures are derived (filtered and summarised by TrusteeMeetings), not republished unchanged. About the data · Terms of use. This page is a starting point for your own research, not a promise of funding, and is not endorsed by or affiliated with Cheshire Community Foundation Limited.