How to apply

How to apply

• Application process

• Additional documents

• Funding rounds

• Contact

Application process

If you are a representative of a beneficiary church and would like to discuss a funding proposal, please contact us.

Beneficiary churches

Contact us

All applications should be made using the online application form. We can help you to complete the form so please do contact us for support if you need it.  A copy of the application questions is available here. Please complete all relevant questions on the application form and supply the requested supporting information and documents by the deadline.

What happens next

The application will be assessed by the staff team, who may request further information or may need to set up a visit to the church to discuss the application further.  A report will then be prepared for consideration by the Grants Committee. Once Cloudesley’s Trustees have made a decision about funding, you will be notified within seven days.

Additional documents

You will need to attach the following to the application:

Quotes/estimates

If the amount requested for any single item or works is:

1. over £15,000, applicants are expected to provide copies of written quotations/estimates from two different firms
2. less than £15,000, applicants are expected to provide a quotation/estimate from the proposed contractor.

The £15,000 threshold includes VAT and all stages of a project that you expect a contractor to undertake. For instance, if you are seeking funding for a contractor to undertake a lighting design for under £15k, but the lighting installation would need to be undertaken by the same contractor and would cost over £15k, a tender process should be undertaken prior to commissioning the design. If there is difficulty in complying with the quote requirements, please contact the Cloudesley staff team before submitting your application.

PCC minutes indicating support for the project

We want to see that there is clear support within the church for the grant application. The application must include PCC minutes or correspondence evidencing that both the planned work/project and the Cloudesley grant application have been discussed and agreed by the PCC.

Accounts

Cloudesley will assess financial viability using the church’s most recent accounts. Applicants are expected to provide a copy of the most recent annual report and audited accounts. For the Spring Round, if you have not finalised your accounts by the application deadline, please submit your draft accounts, with an explanation about when these are expected to be signed off.  If they have not been provided by the time a funding decision is made, any grant offer will be conditional on the final accounts being submitted showing substantially the same financial position.

Funding Rounds

During 2026, the charity is running Spring and Autumn funding rounds of its main church grants programme.

Contact

Please contact the charity if you have any queries about the Church Grants programme or if you would like to discuss an application. 

Cloudesley welcomes feedback on its processes and communications. Any comments or suggestions made will be reviewed, and the charity’s grant-making processes may be altered as a result.