Hobson Charity Limited grants
Hobson Charity funds registered charities based in England or Wales, supporting the relief of poverty and the advancement of education, mainly through capital and equipment costs.
Guidance last checked 16 July 2026· from the funder’s own website
Overview
Hobson Charity pays for things rather than people: its trustees support applications for capital or equipment projects and some other items not considered to be salaries or core costs. Requests for salaries, staffing or core running costs of any kind are excluded, as are repeat or multi-year funding requests. Its purposes are the relief of poverty, suffering and distress of those in need in the United Kingdom, and the advancement of education amongst the inhabitants of the United Kingdom. To apply you must be a registered charitable organisation based in England or Wales, with a functioning website that provides information about your work and contact details. Your request must relate to items or projects that have not yet been purchased. Feedback is usually given within 30 days, though at peak periods it can take longer, and grants are usually only settled on production of a paid invoice.
What they fund
These are the areas of work recorded on the Charity Commission register. The charity's own priorities are the relief of poverty and the advancement of education in the United Kingdom.
Who and where
These are the groups and areas recorded on the register. The charity says applicants must be a registered charitable organisation based in England or Wales.
Who they help
Where they fund
What Hobson Charity 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.
What they say they're looking for
“The relief of poverty, suffering and distress of those in need in the United Kingdom”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Eligibility – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
“The advancement of education amongst the inhabitants of the United Kingdom”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Eligibility – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
Who they say they'll fund
“relate to items or projects that have not yet been purchased”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Eligibility – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
“registered charitable organisation based in England or Wales”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Eligibility – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
“have a functioning website that provides information about the charity's work and contact details”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Eligibility – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
What they say they won't fund
“are not repeat or multi-year funding requests”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Eligibility – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
“do not include requests for salaries, staffing or core running costs of any kind”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Eligibility – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
Deadlines they mention
“feedback is usually given within 30 days, at peak periods it could take longer”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — How to Apply – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
How they say to apply
“trustees support applications for capital or equipment projects and some other items not considered to be salaries or core costs”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — Contact Us – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
“usually only settle grants on production of a paid invoice”
Source: hobsoncharity.org.uk — How to Apply – THE HOBSON CHARITY →
Their charitable objects
As registered with the Charity Commission (their formal purposes):
The relief of poverty, suffering and distress among the aged impotent and poor inhabitants of the UK and the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation for them generally in the interests of their social welfare within the meaning of the recreational charities act 1958 and as therein…
How to approach them
Start with the official sources — they’re always more current than any directory, including this one.
Common questions
What does Hobson Charity fund?
It describes its purposes as the relief of poverty, suffering and distress of those in need in the United Kingdom, and the advancement of education amongst the inhabitants of the United Kingdom. It says its trustees support applications for capital or equipment projects and some other items not considered to be salaries or core costs.
Who can apply to Hobson Charity?
It says you must be a registered charitable organisation based in England or Wales, that your request should relate to items or projects that have not yet been purchased, and that you should have a functioning website providing information about the charity's work and contact details.
What will Hobson Charity not fund?
It says applications should not include requests for salaries, staffing or core running costs of any kind, and that it does not accept repeat or multi-year funding requests.
How long does a decision take?
It says feedback is usually given within 30 days, but that at peak periods it could take longer.
How do I apply to Hobson Charity?
The charity does not publish a typical grant size in the sources we hold, so it is worth reading its eligibility page carefully before you apply. It also says it will usually only settle grants on production of a paid invoice. Check the funder's own website (hobsoncharity.org.uk) and its Charity Commission entry (charity number 326839) for current guidance, as processes can change.
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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 Hobson Charity Limited.