Before Applying 

Please consult our funding criteria to see whether you may be eligible for a grant.

If you are unsure whether your organisation may be eligible, please enquire by email to bdct@ianbellinger.co.uk providing brief details of the application you wish to make.

Preparing an Application

If you think that your organisation may be eligible, within our criteria, for a grant, please write to us setting out concisely the following information with your application:

• Brief details of the charitable aims of your organisation and of how those aims are being achieved
  
  
• Financial information about your organisation showing:
  
  your current financial position (income, expenditure, balances and reserves)
  
  funding already received/ anticipated from other sources
  
  the proportion of your income which is spent on administration, including staff salaries, and raising funds. Please specify the amount of the highest salary paid.
• The amount requested and the purpose for which the grant is requested.
  

Please keep your application letter as short as possible and limit it to 2 sides of A4 paper

• Please enclose a copy of your most recent audited accounts with your application. Alternatively, we welcome
  links to web pages where accounts/financial information and/or Annual Reports are available to view online.
• Please enclose an UNSTAMPED self-addressed envelope with your application. This will be used in the event that your application is successful. Although some applications are dealt with upon receipt, the majority of applications are usually considered in February-March of each year.

Application Deadline

Although some applications are dealt with upon receipt, the majority of applications are usually considered in February-March of each year.

If your application is urgent and requires immediate consideration, please say so when applying.

Applications should be submitted by 31st January at the latest.



Submitting an Application

Applications from charities in or benefitting Wiltshire should be made in writing to:

Mrs L. E. Spackman
Callas Hill Farm
High Street
Wanborough
Wiltshire
SN4 0AE

All other applications should please be made in writing to:

Mr I. A. Bellinger

Byways
Coombe Hill Road
Kingston upon Thames
Surrey
KT2 7DY

Enquiries

Please note that we do not welcome telephone enquiries.

If you have an enquiry which is not answered by the information on this website please email us at bdct@ianbellinger.co.uk (or click the Enquiry button on the left). 

Application Progress

Due to the high number of applications that we receive, we do not acknowledge receipt of applications.

As stated above, most applications will be considered in February-March each year. Accordingly, many applications will not be considered until several months after their receipt.

We do not usually enter into correspondence and only successful applicants will be notified.

In the circumstances, please do not enquire about progress of your application.