Other information

Funding exclusions and other information

• Funding Exclusions

• Living Wage Funder

• Success rates

• Definitions

Funding Exclusions

During the 2026-30 Grants Programme, funding will not be provided for:

• The repayment of loans
• Stipends for clergy and salary costs for other members of the ministry team
• Housing
• Vicarages and other residential buildings
• Improvements to churchyards and gardens
• Utility bills and cleaning
• Projects or work already completed, underway or contractually committed before a grant decision is reached
• Laptops
• Hymn books, Bibles and other equipment for worship

Living Wage Funder

Cloudesley is proud to be a Living Wage Funder. This means that Cloudesley:

• is itself a Living Wage Employer
• encourages grantees to pay the Living Wage (London rate) to posts which the Charity fully funds
• encourages grantees generally to become Living Wage Employers.

The charity recognises both that (i) the nature of the funding which it can provide means that it will rarely make Church Grants to cover funded posts and (ii) that churches benefit from the generous support of volunteers to whom the Living Wage scheme is not applicable. However, if you are considering applying for a fully funded post or would like more information about the Living Wage scheme please do contact us and/or see the Living Wage website.

Living Wage Funders

Living Wage Foundation

Success rates

Success rates for the past six rounds are shown below. For each round, the success rate based on both the total amount of funding awarded compared to the total requested amount, and the total number of grants awarded compared to the total number of applications, is shown.

Definitions

Churches are defined as including “all buildings, structures, gardens, paths and grounds within the curtilage of the principal place of worship and any other premises in the London Borough of Islington which are the responsibility of the incumbent and/or the Parochial Church Council of that church and used for worship or other work of the church (save for vicarages and other residential buildings).”

“Church of England church” includes the churches within the parish system and other premises which have been authorised under church legislation.  In case of doubt, the charity will seek the advice of the Church of England authorities.