The Woodward Charitable Trust - General Application Form

Please ensure you have read the General Application Guidelines on our website and if needed the Frequently Asked Questions section before applying. Please note Trustees updated the guidelines in May 2025.

The application deadline is 12 noon (midday) on Thursday 30 July 2026

Please note:

We recommend you complete the Word template provided first and copy and paste your answers into the online form, as the data from your form will not be saved if the page is refreshed. You will not receive a copy of your form upon submission.
If you accidentally miss a compulsory field or if you fill in a field incorrectly you will be returned to the top of the form where you will see the names of the incomplete fields. If this happens you will HAVE to re-attach the file(s) with your submission as the validation process removes the link to the file(s).
PLEASE CHECK YOUR FILES ARE ATTACHED BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR FORM.
The size limit of attachments is 10MB.
If you have any technical issues when submitting this form, please contact portal-support [@] woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk.

Contact Information

Contact first name (required)

Contact last name (required)

Contact job title (required)

Contact email (required)

Please enter a single email address.

Contact phone (required)

Organisation Information

Name of Organisation (required)

Address line 1 (required)

Address line 2

City

Postal code (required)

County

Region (required)

Website

Other organisational reference

Registered charity number or company number for CICs

Date organisation was founded (required)

Please enter in dd/mm/yyyy format

Approximately how many people does your organisation support directly per year? (required)

(Numeric value only, no commas). Please don’t include wider or secondary beneficiaries here, just the number of people you work with directly. If you need to include any further detail please do so below, within the answer to the question ‘Details of projects and outcomes’.

Organisational type (required)

We only accept applications from registered charities, organisations with charitable status, including Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and Community Interest Companies (CICs), provided they are working purely for the benefit of the community.

What percentage of the people you support fall within WCT’s funding priority areas? (required)

***

(Numeric value only). Please make your best estimate based on your knowledge and records.

Purpose of funding (required)

We only fund core costs so the purpose of funding has been pre-filled.

Aims and objectives of your organisation (required)

Please develop this to give details beyond your charity commission entry and tell us what you are aiming to achieve with your work, what you are proud of achieving to date and how your organisation is making a difference. 3500 characters including spaces max. This character limit is a guide, please do not feel obliged to complete the entire box.

Details of projects and outcomes (required)

Let us know what positive outcomes your work has supported and how that aligns with our guidelines. If possible, please provide any outcomes data you have collected to help evidence this. 3500 characters including spaces max. This character limit is a guide, please do not feel obliged to complete the entire box.

Future activities (required)

Tell us what activities you are currently working on, or have planned, that you’re excited about and what you hope to achieve through these. We want to know what you are doing to support positive outcomes for the people you work with. Please note we fund core costs and not specific projects. 3500 characters including spaces max. This character limit is a guide, please do not feel obliged to complete the entire box.

Application Type

Financial Information

Total Sum requested from The Woodward Charitable Trust (£) (required)

Please specify the overall amount requested – the total of the request for Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3. Please note that one, two or three year applications are all accepted. (Numeric value only – no pound signs or commas)

Year 1: (£) (required)

(Numeric value only – no pound signs or commas)

Year 2: (£) (required)

If you are only requesting funding for one year, please enter 0. (Numeric value only – no pound signs or commas)

Year 3: (£) (required)

If you are only requesting funding for one or two years, please enter 0. (Numeric value only – no pound signs or commas)

Complete this section from your latest audited/examined Statement of Financial Activities visible on the Charity Commission/Companies House. It is essential that the figures on the form match those in your accounts. You will be asked to upload the corresponding accounts at the end of the application form.

Annual income (£) (required)

(Numeric value only – no pound signs or commas). We will only accept applications from organisations whose annual income is below £200,000. If there was an exceptional or one-off reason why your organisation’s income exceeded this amount in the last year, then please attach a note (at the end of this form) that explains the reason for this.

Annual expenditure (£) (required)

(Numeric value only – no pound signs or commas)

Free reserves (£) (required)

(Numeric value only – no pound signs or commas). Free reserves are that part of your funds which are free from any constraints as to their use. If you are carrying over a large amount from the previous year, then please attach a note (at the end of this form) that explains the reasoning behind this. Please note that trustees will only consider an organisation with over 50% of the previous year’s income in free reserves in exceptional circumstances.

Current Budget

Please list your anticipated income and your proposed charitable and non-charitable expenditure for the year in the boxes below, max 8 lines per box.

Anticipated Income for the current financial year (required)

Anticipated Expenditure for the current financial year – charitable (required)

Charitable costs would cover all your project and core costs related to your work

Anticipated Expenditure for the current financial year – non charitable (required)

Non charitable costs would include items such as fundraising and marketing

Accounts & Safeguarding policies

Are your charity’s accounts available on the UK Charity Commission’s website? (required)

NoYes

Financial Accounts:
Please upload your organisation’s latest published accounts – these should be the latest filed with the Charity Commission or Companies House. If you are applying on behalf of a Community Interest Company, please ensure you upload a copy of the accounts that shows income and expenditure, not just the Balance Sheet.

If your organisation is newly registered and doesn’t yet have a set of published accounts, please upload a copy of your management budget for the current financial year (this can be in whatever format you use within your organisation).

Please ensure the figures you have entered into the application form correspond to the information in your latest accounts.

Safeguarding Policies: Please use the button below to attach a copy of your organisation’s safeguarding/child and/or vulnerable adult protection policy.

Please note:

You can upload multiple files so long as they are in the same folder/location when clicking Choose Files and browsing. Multiple files can be selected by holding down the CTRL button.

On clicking submit, if you have missed a compulsory field, or if you have filled in a field incorrectly, you will see a notification at the top of the form AND you will need to re-attach your file(s).

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