MSE Charity’s Summer Application Round to Open 1 July (UK)

Funded by Money Saving Expert, the MSE Charity offers a small number of grants twice a year to small not-for-profit organisations based and working in the UK.

The funding is to help them deliver activities within the UK that improve people’s ability to become more financially capable in their present and future circumstances.

Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 can be used to support activities such as:

• Money management workshops.
• Training volunteers to deliver workshops or to provide peer-support to others.
• Upskilling existing staff to access financial capability training to support their end-users directly.
• Provide access to financial inclusion activities for people who are disadvantaged in anyway such as by age, disability, ethnicity or gender.

The funding is to be used for specific activity costs related to financial capability projects only.

UK registered charities, community interest companies (CICs), credit unions, not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee, and social enterprise companies can apply.

To be eligible, applicants must be based in the UK, looking for funding for UK based activities, and meet the following criteria:

• Have a total annual income of between £10,000 and £600,000.
• Hold between one- and six-months running costs in free reserves.
• Been established and active for at least 18 months.
• Have a governing document (a constitution, rules, or articles of association).
• Have a governing body of at least three unconnected individuals.
• Have a  bank account in the group’s name.

There are two funding rounds per year (winter and summer).

The first step is to take the Eligibility quiz which is now open for the summer 2025 round. Groups who have successfully completed the quiz will receive an email on 2 July with a link to access the online application form

Applications open on 2 July and close on 10 July 2025.