) Funding
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UNAUDITED
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
31ST OCTOBER 2025
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Contents
of ts trustees
A(kni*stratThie detolls
Govomance
Obwes and acivit*8
Cha*.$ Rgp¢Yt
Flnanck81 overviv
¢Jmiance overv￿1
10
dependenl Ex*ninerfs rewrt ￿ the Financial Statèmonts
18
ststemenl of Financi￿ Athities
19
88￿r￿? Sh8et
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N￿$ to thtr Finaneiml St#l8ménts
21
FuTwJing ft>r Annual Report 2025
R￿ls18red Comp•ny r￿. 8263265
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R•pDrt of thetruste
The twstees. who ara aLso dlrectors of the charty for the purposes crf th8 Companles Act2C#J6. prosent th￿r reFXYt wtth
the fina￿la1 statements of tho charty, Funding forAU, for tha y8ar8ndad 31st Octobor 2025. Thg tnsstogs confirm that
the annual roFx)rt aThJ 11n￿l41 statamonts comW wtth tha currant statutory wulr6mants. ￿ raqulrwnwts ol Ihg
company's gov8mlwJ thtvment and th &cordanc& wlth tha Flnan¢r41 Rgwrlkng Startdar(18pkli¢aL49 in Ihg UK atKI
Repu￿￿ of IT8￿[KI IFRS 102 SORPI.
Admlnlstratlw d•tails
R*istér8d Clwity Numb*.
119)204
R4tster•d CiThpany Numbar 8263265
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3￿8 Marsham StreeL Makhto
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Trustge$ and thr￿f(X8..
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Ertka Collns
Ernma Tanner
Op￿nted 2WO Novembgr 2024
121* May 2026
Kery DonaJ (Charty ch￿ Offkerl
Katherlre Jary IOpeTatMs Man&Jer Chath ￿retary)
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Funrting for All
The charty is a ccfftpany IhmTied by guarantse with rKI share cak*al Iwistration no. 8263265) and a wster&1 charty
{regk%trab￿ no. 11&)2041. In the eveni of the ¢harity bwg WOUr￿ w. the fiatr*fty in respect of thg guarant89 ￿ limited to
£1 per mwntw of the charity. Tr ch8rity's M8mor8ndurn 8nd Arbcles of A&wiaOon wmary govemiThJ docurnent
of charity.
Funding forAU wa8 re*ed with thg Ch8rity Cornmisslon 17th D8c8mb8T 2012. Tlw M￿ry£r￿￿n arKI of
A&￿￿￿t￿)n was inciwwrat•J on 22nd OctLl>w 2012 as amarvjad by spocial re5xAUtiL￿ rry&%taral at CtNnpani&s HL
13th De¢grnL￿r 2012.
Th8 FurKliwwJ forAI Board d Trus￿ Meets *KI hohjs an AGM in lale wng eaGh yoar.
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The Owth'cffls Manager and ts Charity Manryer, li tsndem the of Trust998. ￿￿tinu& to the cknty's
pc41C￿ and Ffoc•dur•s annuaty and develop Folicigs as ￿Ce$￿Y.
The charty's Board r8coJnLses the need io [￿C*￿al￿ ccrt8hJeT ￿Y gaps In kn￿l￿d98. WKI 8XP9ri8nce wthin th8
BD8rd and to brfng ￿￿)Vat￿O kloas to tho organisalon. FdknwNJ orrfjoing tntst•• recruitment, new trustees with
Itab￿ and seknted sk*s, have been successlulty roctwited to Board.
Al trust885 r8ceiv8 a full iThJ￿(￿ to tha organiwbon. Ara wovid&l 'Tlw Essentlal TrLkstse' Charity
omrntssltin guidance and they compth an NCVO Onl￿ e&mSrKJ course on." 'Rdes and dut￿$ ol trustee¥.
tke¢tors CtqLwder Ihe bxd ￿ direetors, vAw #re 1he chaity's trustees, and Chartty Manager as the key
manwent FefSonnd of charity in charge ol direLting and controlling. runnlng, 0￿￿tIng the chadty on a day-
ttrday bas's. All truslees li've theJr b'me IT￿ ond no trLth reeeivEd remuneratlon In the year. Stsff pay16 revlewed
annu8ty ty Ih8 trustees is trLncfvnarked thjainst w leveLs in other ¢horities of A sfjmuar soe.
Vlglon
Funthng forAI is a rogthred charity and company knitgd by guar8nts8 that was 85tabli5h8d in Octobw2012 to re5
to a rwntswj ¢harilabk8 ngod in K9nt f¢Alw￿l¥j the C￿re gf lh8 8xtr8mdy ￿￿¢8$￿Ul 'Fundfflg Bud(*es' pr(l￿t.
The viwon of F￿dIr9 f￿All to iryirg 8t￿ ernptrwer comm￿ty ￿gan￿8￿2￿$ in Kent Mthay to txrlJ It
fLThYraiwrMJ c8p8¢ty to groure 3ustsin8blg prolgCt8.
Obl•ctlv•s and acllvlll••
Chafllabh obJ•¢tl
Thg purFQ¥e¥ of the charity • set out in ib pvemiThJ dOC￿eTht t*e'.
To promote ts voluntsry sector berrfrt by providlng Serv￿￿8 to Increase the amowt of effedve
resour￿ avaiL*k to voluntary sector ￿98n￿￿￿On$ winclpdty but not exclwfvety In the k)cal govemment area ol K
Mthay, its environ*
Publlc ￿n•￿t
Th8 charfty's IFUSte85 have cornpled with thair duti6s uThJar the Charit￿9 Act 2011 to have du8 ￿gard lo publc benefit
lanc8 pubfish8d by th8 ChaTity Commi&sKJn. Funding forAlls wblc ben8frt acdvffjes are oudined in Ihe sectiws
bw, illustrabng Ihe eommthent of the charty to St￿ngtr￿ing Ihe commurtty organLsations ol Kent and Methvay.
ChaiV$ réport
to FwKling FuAI'$ Amtral RerA)rt for the year eTrJed 31 October 2W25.
Wo aro to share the work we have carfed out wlth wr direcl benef￿1th￿.. proyidirvJ freg, gxpgrt fU￿ra￿S[ng
SLVWt to small charf¢ies, vc&Jntary organlsauons, communlty groups and s￿1?1 enterwisgs ¥ross Kent & M8dwRy.
hdphYJ th￿ bjrn pas￿On Into 8UStainatrAg impact.
We cwaliTrJ In a pgriLwJ of ¢ontinuwJ ch8Ugng8. A¥ thgr8 8ra faw￿ fuNJ5 8valab￿. fundraidrYJ remalns
ever mcfo Ccmpetitivg. Grant rn8k8r5. Trusts and Foun¢*at￿n5 are transparent that ljw c￿ fegulady meet kss than 5%
of athicatkns. Against this wGbJrè for income. Many costs have risen. Atth￿gh offkial infkiknn levds were dmos¢ 4% In
the year, 5rwif￿ exp8nditur• rose signrficantty- especialty in utilties, transFtst. kKKJgrYJ and food ¢04s. Increased
dgmaThJ on Kerfs charit￿5 fed to a palpable sense of overwhelm thÈtr fundralsers. of our ￿￿efICianes
expreswl hw grateful ljw were to havE a facilitated we lor comection Th)t￿ genukne Intwest our tsam
$￿ed forth￿r cau5• aThJ th￿r welbeiro.
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Th￿kS to Ihe commllmentof ourstaff team, mertors. Partne￿ and INstees. we SUFvrylgd orgonisalirw in 8112 Ktht
d$￿t5 and Medway. Overthe yewwe mentored 111 VCFSES, wekomed 177 drfferent VCFSEs to rAJr Trrtlnor
ogramrne. sThided 1-2-1 advkethrough FuThJing Advice Days and local FundiThJ Suryeries. bn'rgrfj 195
tènde8s from 149 VCFSES tL¥Jather at our conferences. Fegjback shcxws ￿Jr work CC￿s15tenty meets our core me
lo increa58 CCrtKIe￿e.' of event r•spJTrJtnts 96% OF mentored YeFL¥led Improved crfhlerKe in
fundrai8N)g or fundin9.
ours￿p￿rt helped secure Teal resouTce5 fcff CornM￿r￿.es. In th• flrst 12 montrts of our current Nabcffjal Lott•ry
Re8chir9 Communthes prrxdrarnme (Dèc 2024 to Nov 20251. w¢rk eontributed to £1.412,008 of addth)al funithng
secur&1 by VCFSES 8crosg ￿ region. This is an estimatèd 1..17 rttum on Invèslment In first yéar. W8 are deeF4y
gratsful to Nati(￿1 Loitery rAayers. Kenl c¢￿Inty cour￿11 8nd to 81 funders who rnakèthls work p)ss￿l￿.
As we kK4( to 2tr26 we can build on the essential training W9 havg offered M8ntLY5 to mJwg8 th8 impact of Al v) t
$￿ter. We wlil tAJi￿ ￿ the new work we have caTried wt in Con￿ting groups workrrtj on LGBTQIA+ and
EnVirC￿mentd projects and hjok lorward to mentorfng group$ 8ThY partnerships in thesg argas. W8 have welcom8d
nknf team member bvho Is dedicated outreach 8NJ aff￿￿tI)n. we have atreaty seen great t*nefit8 in thtr addthn* Imè
we have lo speTha in griN4Sng and supporbrvJ our commuThty.
On baha¥ ol tha B(*rd. my thanks p to our staff t￿￿, ￿r mertors ow Partn￿8. aTrJ ts VCFSE3 thwr trust
in us. l akn thank al our trusto8s for thdr tin8 and oveysyht of the organ$sati￿. We arg pfeased to r8POrt a strong
financial ptssthon, ￿￿th ¥ncom8 01 £143.663 an(J cl(* fu￿$ of £135,736 at year ￿￿. These fwlds urr8thcted
reseNes in line with resaves pclky. We rema￿ C￿f￿lent in ourablty to continue Slpporbrs the seclor Ihrowh
yaars ahaad.
Bethan Tomlin8M ICh8ir of Tru*eesl
F￿dIty for All Anrwal Report 2025
R￿ls1¢r0d Company lth>. 8263265
Reyisiefvd Chadty No. 1150204

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FUNDING
FOR ALL
MANIFESTO
For the people ￿lM? Show even vthen it'5 har
Forthe one5 trying to do 8o&J, witlmxrt alway5 k[K￿1n8 ho￿ Webelieve
in the power of srnall. Small charities srnall
small be8innlng5, led people with bi8 hearts Ixjld Imjpes.
We believe chanpdoe5ntstart in boardro(Th. It starts In
halK kltchen5,WhatsApp 8roup& and 13te-n￿ht
plannhscalls by people thocare enou8h to xt. We knowwhat it's like
to be overwh2lmed.To feel like youre sUPP05ed
to knOWt￿ answer,fi51 in thefom4 fwKI thefunder, ft< the problem.
All whlle keepinB everythins else8oin&
That'5 whywe're here. We are not cAIr￿ltantS. Wearementors. Listener
Guide5. We roll up our sleeves. Walk beside you,
and buikl ywr skills with you, 50 you donljust 5ur¥ive. you tlwtbE
We specialise inone thins: fundww Because 8ettkn8 the ￿￿neYt0 do yajr
work shouldn't bethe th￿￿that holds you bac
Youve 8Ot the passion. We'll help you build the wwer. We believe 5W)port
should be free, expert and human.
We thare that wve know. Wedonl 8atekeep-And V￿ nÈver tslk down,
we lrft We believe that when (￿e comnwnity
group thrives a bvhole cornnwnitydoes to￿ThiS isn't5hort-tern) h
This is kn¥-term confidence.
One for all and all farone.we are Fundln8 knAII.
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FIna￿la1 revlew
Tho fiiarKk4 resuts fty Funding fryAH for th8 fina[￿la1 year were P￿?￿ng, with income of £143,663 In the year12024:
£86,1￿land ck)sing funds of £135,736 al 31st October 202412024.. £133.6771. The cb*n9 fumls £97,e49 of
unr85tircted fwds12024.' £75,&311, equivajent to at least months, current staff and QVgrh88d costs in
acCcrfda￿ the charity's resetves pc4icy. A6 a re5uII and havw 8￿ured funding encompas￿9 a swKiet
owlwji ol the eharly's acllvty until 2028. the tnjstees are confhlent Ihat the ¢kn'ty rem81r￿ a goiThJ concem. F￿d￿r
Ihe period thereafter wnl be sought by the tr￿teeS in due course ￿ unrestricted reswves wim bg reknngd ot curr¢nt
vds unbl than.
Th8 tsusteé5 r8guLqty rèvww tharlty's flnances aThJ ￿nSider the risks rekvant ts tha charitys operatbjn,
ImplomontiNJ prc¢gJur•s to mlnlmk• manag8 Imw thwkl b*JBe iisk$ rn8ierial￿.
thg fina￿181 y8ar ihg charly did not ?¢tivaly fundraiso from the publc ￿ uThJertake sknljar fLThlrknng ackn'vttips. The
tru5*es wwe pbawj lo ￿01¥8 frorn
•*lng th• fundkn9 needs ol thè voluntary *•ctor In our r•glon
Fun(IrvJ For Al offers fr88. exF￿ fundrai4ng support to 8nswe Wnall to medium Vduntary. Commvrity. F84lh and Sociol
Enter￿ls9S IVCFSESI wurg a sustainabJ8 fuiura. Wa currenlly provide thls gJpwt through free fun¢traSsin9 Ment￿Tra.
Surgeries, wetrAnars, conferèncè8, oné-t(konè 11-2-11 wgnts and fuThJraising strategy days, as wdl a$ through our
w4etters and ￿1110￿$ and by115IrvJ funclry or¢vrtUn￿trS on ¢yJr we￿Ie.
D•11¥￿ ¢ont•xt
FuThlrrtJ for All covws Ihe g￿raPh￿ cC4￿ty Ken( wh￿h Inclth IhÈ Kent C¢yJnty c￿￿¢11 IKCCI area and all tts
elve ¢Jstrfcts. the borough. cty, pawkh coWc1￿ wllhln. Ihe Methvay ¢j￿laY ¢￿jn¢11 arga. Thgse
JmintstratNe afeas indudg an exte￿8 rur￿ pcPU￿tion. many coastal commun￿0$. as wel as sgnrftcanl urban area&
Wilhln this mosaK are many 588n and uns88n areas sufferny hKJh Ind￿eS of dewfvalon. It Is important tr> hbhli*t thb.
as ￿Jr wh)n contlnugs to consider4b￿ ChaI￿r￿Je and athow5ty and thk8 factor is frewwrfy overfwked 8$
CharaCte￿t￿ of Ihv4 gf sou1h￿051 ErylarKI.
For 8xampb, Kent's rural arèas makè up 85% of tha county., njral communlj'es continue to eXFW*￿9 social ig*1knn.
transKXYt Issues and iiwg chauengos from tho C¢St-of4NiNJ crlsis (Framing Kents Future, KCC, 2022-20261.
The govertwmenfs Inthes d Muttipb Doprlv8Uon publlshed In Dec￿L￿r 2025 reveal ttrot rurd depfvalcffi rn8nrf85ts
wth ￿CesS to hwsing, hkJh ho￿[n￿ costs. fuel pov&ty, FXY)r publc trarwjrt, aydthnal travd costs, pc
connectivity and an 8dYor$8 Èmpbyment marketwher& many tsk8 up Inl(m81, un$tsb￿ 8ThY t￿m￿ty pad eMrAoym￿t
IEwli8h Inolces of DWv8Jon.' DewN8tk)n In Rural Areas. by the Ministry of Housiry, Comrnuniti88 and Loc
Government. 20251. This report hwJhlights the mismatch between the Imaje d rural Ire and th8 re81ty, s￿1 hiddèn
natLJre of fural disth8nt8g•. It suggosts that this athersty is futhr impa¢t9d ty a cutture ol sdf-re1ia￿9, where f8w•r
I￿1V￿l￿aL4 takè up thè benefits thal thoy are ent￿ to. The dI￿n¢t of Sw4e In Kent is incbded ￿ the Top 20 most
ruralty dèpriv￿ in EngLand aThJ. acrw Kent and M¥dway, rn¥ky rurd ward5 IMD Statist￿$(20251 hav8
high drfJrivalb)n For 0Xam￿e.
In Asmord Dislrfc( thwe are n￿al wards wh￿h are 71% rn￿¢ tlw) othar nawbwrhocrfls In
Erylwd
In conte1￿ry DistricL Ihere we ruTal waTdB wh￿h aw 71% mtto othgr ￿Vjh￿¥)urhCo>yS kn
E￿l￿d
In Moidsione DlslrlcL afy rural w8rds whlch 78% m￿0 deprfved LW olher kn
E￿knd
In Dartford Di5trKt, arè rural wards whkh are 82% mc*e other ￿￿jI￿urhQO￿s in
ErgLqnd
In Fdkestone and Hythè District, Ihar• arè nwal wards wh￿h are 96% more deprived than other
ne￿ahbOurht￿Jds in England
In m￿aY. tlw• arn wral warts which are 99% more deprived than othar rrighbwrhJt*ts in England
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Evan In mom aff￿ent areas in West Krt such 8$ Tunbridge Wdf8 Distr￿. there are rural ward$ wh￿h are
60•h rnor& depriv￿ than olher noIghb￿￿tsjS In ErvJiand laThl ￿ Sev*N)aks Distdct, 52%).
FuNling fc*AI tskes $Y￿￿￿nt measures to briThJ ts servkes to ruralty Lsdated areas. specKtaly, FunthrvJ
SuTgerig5 ￿¢ur Month￿ ￿ vilbge harns ￿ ￿mMUnty builthr¥J5 trWo￿hLNjt each district. WorkiwvJ wlh 9￿Up5 In rwal
areas a¢r¢)ss the regK>n. we enc￿nter many cornrnun￿es that are trying to addross those difficuNi&s tog•ther, wovl(*
grassroots 8c4ub¢Th buikjing connacliL￿. We proactiv8ty ￿d￿8vOL¥ to •nsura th81 wè arè thwe to sipport them.
Konl and Methvay's crAstal arga5 ako f¥9 ¢h8n8ngas. Kent is a C￿￿ty wrfh MO￿ than 3SJ mith of coasdine
{Framiro Kent's Ful￿. KCC, 2022-20261. To *dresg IhA%. we have taken mèasures to ensute that gJPW)rt reac
th8 coastal areas of Dover and Thanet to deSNer taibred $8rvic8s for gra55r¢)ots organisatiL￿& W• havè also lak•n
steps to ￿SUre that comrnunities that b03rder Iha Thames, which wJll8t htgh indicas of deprivation, such as Sw*,
GTavesend, Meth4ay and Ihe l$b of Shepwy, have wd access to cw support. Th8 IMD daia in Oeeember
2Q25, rweals that of th& ttvo most deprived LThver-Layer Super Oityl Arg85 ILSOAsl in EngLqTrJ, c￿e is cfi t￿ Kant
eood. in Margate. Indoad, Thanet includes S 01 Ihe most detThgd LSOAS in EngL8nd. and some distrKts in the East Kent
ar•a, Thanet, Dover a￿j Folkeslone and Hythe. remain in the kiwest 30Vth of Ihe most daprived LSOAS inlho
UK. Ihty)s.'lkn*w￿0v.UkIgovernMe￿vs1atssl1¢SIervj1ish4ndl¢eSTr9f￿prmatiOn-2o25I. We have ￿En prcA*J to partner wi
D*trlct c￿j￿11 for an ￿drt￿n* year delNeriry laikxed 8￿P￿rt forthg VCFSE¥ willin Ihe (klrrct.
In adtht￿ to the data wtlin8LI atx)ve, tt is imfftnt to high1￿ht th* many urban wards across our r8gKin face real
¢Nleroes and are easty overboked. Twk•J ￿aY within urban ¥8a8 With neyhbDwin9 wards thal rnay appear morè
affluonL there are many wth extremety high indtes ol d￿vakn. Fry exampk8:
In S6vaK4ks Dlthct, there are wards whKh mLve deprived than cther n*Jhb(thKth$ In
EwvJ￿ryj
Irb Toth¢)aè And Malrvj DistrKt. are tvban wards w￿h a￿ 85% mcrfe depriv8Y than crfher
ndghlK)urI￿￿s in Er￿j￿ftd
In futh¢]ge We115 DIStr￿t, th8re are urban ward$ whkh are 87% rn￿e deryfvwl than
naglknurtKKxls in Eng￿d
In Cantwtw Othrt there we th wards whlch are 90% rnore depriv&l Ihan other neighbourh(>Jds i)
EnglaThJ
In Dartlord DislitL the￿ we urtKn warts 8re 94% more deprived lh￿ other li
Englavj
In AsNc*d DLstitt. there are urban wards vthch 80Y• and 96% mor8 dwved dher
ndgN)tyJrlthds in England
In Folkestone and Hythe Dislri¢ there we urban wwd8 wh￿h arg 96% m¢xe deww8d than cAher
ghboUr￿0d$ in England
In Gravesham Dk8trrt, ther8 are urt4gn wwds vjfvch 8Te 96% morè dèprived than otr*r nththtr*Ajrk￿odS In
EThJland
In Swale Dthc( are urban ward$ whkh 98% mare depfved than other rtvJht•JurhL￿S
EThJkind
In Mak4stong Di¥Mct, Ih8re are urban wardg whth arè 99% m¢xe deFthed than othw ndghb￿rfvX#JG In
Erekqnd
In MO￿aY tharg are wards wh￿h *è ga% morè d8pAvad Ihan othw nekjhbouthcols
Because cl ihls il that wo incrsw our rwh to Or￿Ure that ￿1 those VCFSES trylro to $￿e communits$
ss Ihe re9￿ kn¢M to accass tyjr SUPE￿. We are ddighted to confimi th& onco aga•i we can 8vKlen¢8 that
VCFSE groups from 1112 KCC disthcts and Medway hav8 a¢¢8668d our Se￿￿e$. Thls year we have an increas8
in th8 numb8r of groups so•king support Ihal s8rv• th• whcl• of K•nt aThY Mthay. not just one Spe¢rf￿ district.. th88e
rsp1•￿1 34% of all tho ￿DUk￿ ￿¢￿$S￿j our M￿￿￿1r￿J.
One ith$tr￿t, Thanel, continues to have mwe groups than any olher ac¢e8sSng ow mentoring". 19% of tho groL￿$ that wa
mentLY8d thra y8ar served the Thanet Dlstrtct. Three cthw districts each 8V4 of thg gr￿p5 that w¢ mantcTh1:
Canterbury, Fo￿aStone and Hylhe and M￿dstone. We are p￿a$a1 to see a consthnt numter of gruJp5 ctsrning
fuwards for mentoring from Dover, swa￿ and Gr8vesham. Th8 f8W8St numbèr ol VCFSES accèssing tyjr m8nton"NJ
Tunbrmjge WdLs and TOnb￿ge 8nd Malbr¥J. W8 proudty sUpp￿rt VCFSEsfrom across thè Who￿ wion, ensurirg
Funditvj for All Annual Report 2025
Registered Company No. 8263265
Regi51ered Chèrily No. 1150204

41 Funding
FOR ALL
thot every g￿P ow hdp, Parfc￿arfY kn lfvxe F¥xkets of ne8J. Ind￿l¢kn1 VCFSES that offergrassroots
sduUons can serve thBir communths b8iter wllh acc•ss to FundlNJ fu All's ￿p￿)rt.
In th& ygargnded 318t O¢tcOgr 2025, wo andysod cwr reach, ¢onsld9rfrwJ thg grouF6 tw wa could b8 h8*Ji¥J aThJ
)t yot in contact ￿th. aTrJ tho barriers iw thoy mKJht ￿ •KOUn￿Ing wh¢n lrylng to 8e¢6s6 ow say￿.
After evwy defwwy wo 809k, 8TrY 8n8ty8g fewlback tt) pro￿tiVe￿ inv88tigate barriers to
tdentify Ihe additmal tr*nkng pgoth may neod. We 8rg that thg data I1￿1￿￿te Ihat wa have
Ir￿leas￿l our Onli￿ PTe8wKg.'
2022-2023
493
16.2%
262
nl
202>2024
716
18.9%
371
969
202*1025
1.105
17.2%
615
1052
In5taurnffl followe¥s
Wobslt• roturnln8 vlslts
Unkedln followers
Facebook followers
The ¢Jat8 sh(Avs a ste8dy irtrease u) our Facebook fdknwers, represenUng approxlmaiely 7 new cunmuruty gTOUPS /
irKlividuals per mcmlm In addition, tyjr Newsletter cIrculalL￿ has w increased to 2,281 subscrib￿% TW sub%riters
aro managad and scrutinised, with spam emails and $utJs¢rib¥s have Th)t eng8￿d lor 3 years remo¥wJ. Ccffttent
eng48rn8nl kdvels are high.. Malkhlmp rekN)rts a 40.5¥0 aver8ge 't)pen' rate h the past year. 8Th1 a 4.VA click raie on
nks to sign up to 8vents. Maikhimp estimates that a clck-rate of betsveen 2-5% is seen as wjccessful, so we are
F￿e85•d with this figurn.
Fundlng For All rtspons• to $￿t01 n••d•
FurKJing for hag a rgal p*on for suppjthg Il•)se knJivkJuak who are tasked with th8 fL¥Kllng n88tsJ by
t￿lT ¢%￿¥$8￿0n$ to cOn1n￿ to dolver the gK*)d work that they ¢10. We havo a specrfic, wuitabk8 focw ￿ smal*r
groups, many of WMM arè WOTkiThJ to *SJre&s wassfoots needs that they have seen in their comrnunty. Tr PKJF4e that
W8 5upp(Ml Thjt FYof9s￿0nal fundraise￿ th&y aro indfv¥JuaJs to source fund11￿ tRcause IW belwe in the
vdu8 of thè thoir organtsats"c￿ Is for thelr communty. Our SUPF(rt saves them precK)us bmg. upsklL8,
4uips anfl ¢n¢cww t￿￿. and helps th8m tci thdr ¢3rgan￿atsons to do more. lor thger.
T1￿ fgwlkock Ih8t We c￿t slKwts that bWefKiarl￿ fac6 pafpabb stress barriors aThJ. lor scffne, Isotslijn. We
hovg monity8d pwoF4e Ihls year for W￿)rn tho ove￿h01m1ng stress and burden of findiry the necessary fundirNJ in thes9
th1[￿U￿tirneS has had a svJrfKanl impact on th8ir well4)&irrfJ aml montal health. The ¢urra)t funding clknats has been
wwotiv8ty irnpactod by many f&th, IncknlSng'.
Mue Ihan 240 In￿ and foundatKfis whkh havg eilher ¢bJsed, Fou*J or chaTrJgd thwr prnrib85.
Put4k sector fuTrJSrg wh￿h continue5 lo decrea8e.
An Increased need for thvers#l¢ath)n 8$ tr8ditkJnal ￿rGe$ b￿orne incre05ing￿ ovgr4Jb5crib8d.
New lechnokglcal deve*Jpmerts wth Al that have re5utted li an incre&%e in ap￿￿thns to grarts and
trusls. In¢Tea4ng comwltkn.
devdopment ol avenues of fuTrJiTrd wl¥¢h are Unf￿lIK9r to rnary ￿oup%
HSgher core ¢osts for wups with in¢re859s in minimum arKI livw¥J waggs.
Hvaher CO￿ ¢0s1s forwups bg¢8USg of ¢0gt-of4iving cri￿&
All the abovo pre$￿tt for th8 P9LY￿ we wjpport, and w8 know that L¥Jr ha5 ddwered outcomes of
icreased cr*lidence and addthnal finm￿e. But it has d￿N￿r1d an add￿onal eutecm• too: 5upwr￿ng Ihe wellknTrJ of
ltsJ8e peoFle tasked with fundrai*ng. Ourencourogement, we b￿￿e, keeps Fecwe engaged in the VCFSE8they
SUFVQrt. kegping skI5. diivo ar¥J Gcmmltment In the system and agair*l overwhekn.
This regional txctwe reflects natronal tr￿￿$. Accordlng to tho NCVO wobslte, 2025 was defined as the year of Ihe'trha
8queezè' for the sector, In vthkh Ihe fuThllrvJ landscape has seen Ihe perfecl storm, Created ty fundyw falh'n9.
eosts increagNJ aThJ demand clmbng, INCVO webstel. The NCVO inthcates th* rnany ch￿11185 have undert*en
sgnrficant cost<ultirg ovw the L¥t t8w years and they have Cut back &5 fara8 they C8n. They 8UgWt that if ch*it*s
Fundiw lor All Annual Report 2025
Registered Cornpany ￿￿. 8263265
Regislere(I Charity ￿. 1150204

4• Funding
FOR ALL
camot 8gcure thg fuTrJirg that tlw nged. ￿ 58Ctor ￿gnM￿anI1Y InkWted. what they refer to as a
'chain gf gvents, r05t charthg¥ rnryg ￿ Ihe b)ng48rrn.
In 2025, ihe Charim Aid FowKlat*)n ICAFI rer￿, UK Charity Ilwghts, IW..
fvhen askeA atout thelr top three c￿. eKJhl in kn ¢h¥ity1o&lw$17W•l ménlK)nad * lèa4 c*)9
financ&￿Ltsj ChaI￿￿Je laoh*ving financ￿1 8U8t8inability, knKr*a80d ¢mp*fftk)n 1c¢fuThj￿VJ, (*
the balance betsveen restricted and unrestricted funding).
44% Crteé Inoreas&l costs as one of Iheir key Chal￿Trae8, mt%8lh8n 1hè 3)% rwtad in 2023
and 33% in 2024.
83•A of charty Ihhk Ih&t the seKtCrf 15 untroalhy. bec￿ of fina￿￿91 wosswos and fvnthtvj ¢u¢&
Most ch8rrfies rei¥yl an IKTease In demaTrJ over past 12 monih& with nearly half14fj%1 soylNJ that
dom8nd h66 h￿￿sed .8 Id.
Alh￿gh orly 6% of chathes say dcfiatbns ￿e a maln scwce of inctyn< as many as 8Lx In tgn
161°/fyl rac￿Ve at ￿5t fundiNJ from cc*Fx)ratss, aThJ 43% 01 all chariknes Say Ihese p
an IM￿rtant in hol￿ng them achE8ve Ihdr goal&
Many charlU&s ampha￿S$d thè n￿1 for secure, muilw8aT, unrestrtctal fwdkng from w8mrn8nt
Jr¢a& to hdp tham plan, dollv•r aThJ •xpand servl¢8s WI1￿rtrt th8 conthnt prewre rf slk)rt-te
contracts LY projoct.boged grants.
CAF hpJh1￿ts Ihe ￿3$1 fniaKialty resdi&rt eh8rflles have Ihe f(4hMTrJ ChaWtw￿l¢s.' tsy rety on ￿j￿￿9 ol
I￿A￿￿e,. aTe less Sk8ty to reeeNe financi91 supt¥yt from c¢yp)rates have less Ime IOT strategic danning; and f8¢0
thelr impact (UK Cherfty In*M& 20251.
CAF12025} reComM￿d5th0 folkxkng wit46t￿5 for chanti•s in th8 cwient l￿ding landscw:
To retan a L4ser-fLKU$ on th&r stratsgic pkin.
To carve out prot•ctsrl Vmè fw pLannlng and for ￿NdIng wThence. cowderir9 includry ¢ycty buibjiry
or re5￿￿C￿$tin9 actNthès in proFwts to th)Thys and funder&
To con5Klor strateg￿$ to dNwsrfy t￿r Inccme stream. reguk8dy revwng tsr fundrpAsTra strategy and
anatysiry matket t¥eThJ$ to ixxtst financ￿1 regI￿￿e.
Funding forAI 15 wdl to support VCFSE$ with these ￿0mmenda1]0rts. Our chaTity trains 0rg8nasa1to￿ to
devebp fundrai&ryJ stratsgi•s aThJ assess thelr finarKd resdien¢e. Our work er￿trura￿. trains 8rKI bUl￿S capacty
w*hin VCFSE tsams, enabling t1￿7 to div•rsify th•ir income enhance ￿r resi1￿nce. We do this though lrtiniwJ
outputs and throuth our M￿t0￿r￿j whKh f(tuS$￿ on the aspects of fundin9 and fundraising that wil support tach gr¢)UP
in th*r current sftual￿. Our chanty is experienced, estsbli$￿d aTrY welrypla¢ed to defver the supwyt that b needed
thè current fundirYJ clim*. Our serV￿e is free to all VCFSES in the regKJn and pwtivety *Jpports the indNlduab who
8r8 trying lo do mi)rtr, f￿ rn￿e people, lor knrger Ihrough the VCFSEslhat ljw *• fundrai&ng for.
What do th• VCFSES tsl us about Ih nged tor Fundlng forAII In our r8gk•n
We asked Ihe groups that wg havg Supp￿rt￿l Ihr& fInar￿￿￿ year l¥)w p6rceive the ne&J forthe thlvery aKI 8UPPC¥t
FuTh11w for Al provides. Thwr rest￿38￿ c*rty Show tha imp*t that we are maklng..
Evwy charity ry kvl Organ￿t￿)n n98ds to ￿tt￿d these events to maxlmlse fundlrKJ swxt for Ihelr
charity or gain r￿0￿1 hdp to appty for grants. {DO￿r Pantry, Dovwl
Th6s8 ar8 $0 impJrtan( even rf yotrre 8kea<ty dthg tho sugg6slk)ns, it gives yw the C(￿rthr￿¢ to kn
y¢yJr8 doing ￿ rlJhL Iln¢lud•sUs21
They are essential as the Impact $￿Ulj start locavas tha1￿￿1. I find rnysew fe91ing ovgThvhelm8d in
rwdearching what fundhw & availab￿, 9) sharing. ¢onwting in this way m4ke5 thg prospgct ks5
(Futur• Foundry)
The* events are extremety impcrftsnt in crealiThJ the knowle&J8 arKI confidwKe funding secttr f¢y
thè imFKVtant w(rt $0 many peopWorganisation$ are ¢*)ing. or who hav8 th& ideas (yf dDing. ID*)v•r Prid•l
Really imWrt￿t, at intervals to prop up th8 fgglros cl despaw aKI n8galDiity that come fmm ¢*Sng
fuThJwvJ l)lJs. etc. {Looplng th• Loop)
Funding for All Amual Roptsrt 2025
Regisl8red Company Trlo. 8263265
R£gi5tered Charity No. 1150204

) Funding
FOR ALL
Thè n••d L8 hwJe as grass roots organts*kns n*J tW Ilnks and qualty 1nfcffi1all￿. TW havo hdFed
me hug81y in wr or9aruSa￿n. IR•a¢h Out and RK*)v•r. ROARI
Apstying forfurwJiTvJ can ￿ very daunting and a mineliekl, not krthiing thtr b•st thte¢bon togo Sn. ThL8
of 5955ion can h8￿ clairfy t14s. and B•llrng• M•morial Hall)
So imyJrtant to n8￿¥Ork, ￿ar￿ from Ott￿rS and krK)w that you ar8nY alone. 5h•ing ChaI￿r￿j85 a￿j
$￿CeSS*5. ￿htr MGGS Dèv•lopm•nt Tru•ti
We 8re eX[￿rI￿nClng rèal thcèrtainty 8roJnd thè fuiurè of our funding, today has us to gJFlXrt
avaiLqtrAe to supKxwt thè $￿tal*brIty of cojr organisation - thank y¢￿. {Artonymou•l
These are very nèed&J. Fundwig rAn léel ovÈThvh8knir¥J but in-pèrsdn evént5 likè this inlonnal
to dig88tible And h8aring anècdel8s from othèrs ts vèry ènctrJr8uing. IHouso of Stars}
Very hbJh neèd. So many are tyiTrJ to run seryw withwt Ihe func*ffj experi￿￿¢ b8¢kgrwNI.
{5th Dor¢tord Scouts}
Tlwe events pr(w&le u8th18upwI for chqiits&4 - è5pècialy smxll org8nisaticth *Ach as OLWS. IThè 3H
Foundatlonl
T￿ sessions are ￿alU*)19 b) ch8rttses who ar8 nTr* retylTrJ on fundlng Intsts and foundatirms to
Contin￿ to run tslr Swvtes. ar• Beam81
Slr(ry ro￿l- parfjcu￿Y f￿￿811￿ charllle& IRislng Sun Dome&tlc Vlohn¢•l
I feel that any we ¢an ￿t b so Imrxjrtant 8spechlty as gettbrnJ fundlng Ls very c(m￿tifve in the
pre￿t fh)anc￿I Clima￿ IAII Dlr•ctlon8 C.l.C.I
Our tarw ¢xrtccme ￿ to increase conlK1etKe ￿ funding 8nd fuThYra1￿ng wilhin VCFSES because w8 kw Ihat
thls enth VCFSES to be sustaln&Jle h the b￿g-term. and ￿ embeds skms wlthln the VCFSE teams that they can draw
upon after mentc¥lng completes. F￿ a fwther cc¥)secutive year. the feedback 07at we have received from our(
ovijes cw evklence that the Indth¢*As th) benefit from our supwt show an increase In their c(*rfkJ￿e
fwJMI9 and fundraisry.
From (*Jr 8vonts this year. tyjr wthnar4 C¢)nferw￿es and 14-1 ev￿ts. we have collabj 269 feedback fLVrn& Frcrf
r8sponse& we see that 2521gPkl retK)rted an irKrease in ¢onfithce li fuThJraising OT lund*vJ a$ a re8u# of
our •v8nt. Of these, 178 Sa￿ thal th￿ ccffif11e￿ had irKreased 'a k)Y. We are proud to see thi& ￿1$￿¢, tA&t Th)t
01 the that we Imve merknred this year, 9￿A ol those who fed back sa￿1 ¥)at ihelr confkknI￿ In funthry
fundraigng h*1 I￿reased t*cwse of the menlorfng that Ihey receNed.
ours￿ond tty ¢￿t¢0m0 6$ to have supported VCFSES cclectivety in securing fundm￿. Wfthln the flrst 12-month
Ferioj of ow Lottery lundlng. our mentoring has help&1 VCFSES in the re9h)n lo secure £1,412,008 of add￿1
This flgt¥e does not include any peThlwwJ apph'cations. or ￿ incorn￿ete capital appeds or additional It
does, hrwever. represent a real fina￿181 inpact on thg voluntsry sector in Kent and Mth48y and a diwl ¢rmtrthb'cn to
the reSi1￿e and fironcid sustsinatslty of Ihese gn)ups. This sum rgpresenls 8 1..17 retum on investm8nl forth8
NaiKna Lotlery Reachir#J Comrnunths inveslment into our charity in first fUrK1w￿ year11st DecemLw 2024 to 301h
November 20251. ￿ are vwy fcf Lottery's continu&J suFpNt.
A¢hiwgm•nts and
In the ye8rended 31st O¢l(*gr 2026, Funding foT ￿1 h89 to prov￿? and Sukwrt forVCFSEgwlth
thdr fundlrv4 *xl fundngJYJ.'
We are dd¥JhtwJ tD hav8 *cL*ed • furthw mu￿-Year award from Natw)nal Loltery ft￿hIng C(xnmunrtles.
We are gratèful to al of tt)e Lottery ￿0yerS who have mad6 tNs possibb, and fL¥ Lottery's SUPFth whth
enab￿$ us to help so many VCFSE wps. SUFporfrw thelr lorwJ-temi gjsta1na￿1ty ty furn1iTrJ
and furKlraiwng &klls wfthSn their team$.
Th• newty fuNJed Prq￿t Is ¢albd 'Buiklng Fundra￿5￿9 Capaclty Kart and Medway's VCFSE$'
s first year it has helF*d grout6 to ralse £1,412,(X)8 of adttbnal fundlng th8 Incr811b￿ work that
th•y do.
FundiNJ for All Athr￿1 Report 2025
RegISlerf￿ Cornpany trth). 8263265
Registered Ch￿tY No. 1150204
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41 Funding
FOR ALL
Our new fundirvj ha$ 8n8trled ￿ to fill o ngw Port-tirng po* to yjpport the developnent of c4Jrfuture
aft￿*￿)n 8¢heme. which aims lo prov￿6 ongmng online 5UPPOrt forVCFSEs with t￿1r fuNlr¥J and
fuThliaiwrrfJ. In the year. w8 su¢¢essfuHy ￿rUited and appointed Som￿Th wrfh a bxkgrolmd Hl eommu
y￿th work aThJ wts who has br￿J￿ new perspectives to the team and 8dded C*11￿ aNI IT skllls
This yw ￿ have activety mentcKed 111 VCFSES in ts reg￿￿.
177 dlffemt VCFSES att￿￿ed our free webSnar training. which rotates thrO￿h 15 (fiffe￿t l￿dI￿ and
fundralslng to*s.
35 VCFSES recelved 1-2-1 fundlng a0￿￿e durfng days offeriro In-depth 45-minute se8sior6 to groum 47
VCFSES reeelved 1-2-1 funding advice 1hr￿gh our shorter YJ-MIn￿ Fwdlng Surgwy apwntrnerts.
These s￿1￿$ can be a s(NJndiNJ board for wups seeklng Inwrt wth thelr next steps, and can aL
rKovhlÈ $ignF￿Ong t(hYarts lunders, tyjr mentori￿, and other partners who may be abl8 to hdp.
Occa*onalty. * just provides reassuratKe a I￿tenIng ear forlhose wtKJ are feelTrJ trtr(Jen￿I wth the
task In hand.
195 att8nd88¥ trorn 149 VCFSES aknded onè c4 ow FuThJing Conferences In thLs Forh)d, each r￿thIr￿..
diwl trainiThJ on a drff8r8nt asFrft of fLNKling and funthatsing, chance to lokn a 1-2-1 advice
S￿l0n and Opportun￿8% lo meèt wfth fund8rs and oth& p8rbief ¢xganL8all(*)s.
Tl¥s y￿r wg wgre grateful to KCC for Ih8ir continued wrt forthe delvery of Surgerfes and
FwdirMJ Ccrfgrerw In more isola￿1 area5 of the Kent wion, bftngiro seThlce to pecpb who may
OthWw￿ find our 8ervK8 rfrflicult to acce￿ W8 have defv•r8d Ihi$ objective in pathershlp wth 9 Lther
infrastructure suPp￿t CY9ani8atbJns in wbjn a5 part cl thè Kent InfrAslyucbJre SupF(*l gr(MJp. Funding
fry All wrote aTrJ F¢esent*J th8 group's aPplicat￿n forthe eontirAAtion lthding we all recelved this year as
part of our c￿m[Lm￿t to lh8 partnership.
Durng Ihis wir*J. w8 have worked cbs8ty with the8• Partner (￿n￿ationS to devek)p the Kent
Infrastwbjre Support 9rc41p Into th8 Kent lnfraStrL￿tL￿a Partne￿¥1 IKIPI, ¢ODrdinating with the Kent
VCSE Steen'ng Group.
This year we were grateful to receN8 further fuThYin9 from Than8t Dtslwrt Ctyjrtn to del￿tr mc*e $￿ke$
as part of thwr Cornrnunity Champions programme.
We 8150 held our fir¥t COMM￿lty FuTrJraI￿ng everrt thi8 year at Rochester C1th￿ra1, eMblThJ VCFSES
f￿dr￿se tor th￿r causes togelh8r. 22 gr￿Jp8 participated in the 8vent ff41￿ng mc*e th&n £25k I￿ th*r
tn1￿8& The event brought peopje tO38th8r and wè w•re delighted to w*t)me the Lc¢d L￿tenant of
Kent lo thg event too. wch an 9v8nt Enabl￿ LAS to utKlgrtak8 our own ccmmunty funth81stng to
8WlOrt our own b)r*J-tsrm dfversification and it enBbf8d u8 to increase cxjr reach c4) medla.
One of our mentors. a y¢ialist in d4Nwing larg8 CornM￿ty fundML8kKJ events nthal aThJ
kntematyonal Ch￿rt￿￿. mentor9d our team through th8 d8lv8ry of ow R(Khestor 8vant as an in4lThJ
ccfitritxrtion. ￿er￿￿rtY gnabfgd to fLWth8r d8V81op erni￿d fundr8k*rKJ skills withi) w teprn., we
are very grateful tg her for h8r donatiorb of tiTne arxl 8XP8rtise tIMatds ¢yx wot*.
ATr)Ihor of our mrtys, 4 markoting and branrthFYJ s￿[a￿S( w£¥ked wlth ow Events and MarkdrMJ
Ccvrdll￿0r thi$ year to wL¥aThJ Fundlng for efeab"TrJ our l(w. uplatirrfj our webshe desm￿.
us to devabp sociaj medra ternplates to ￿ve time. As part of the febrandng, th wrote the
rnanif85to in Ihk8 rewrt, wh￿h capbjres F*rfe¢tty the ethos of our ¢harty. ThL8 mentu afso
provrdBd tlw's hglp as an I￿kinL1 confrit￿0￿." we a￿ very gr*fL4 to her donation of tirne aTh
AF￿￿￿e t￿wardS (wr
thls fIft￿ClaI p8rlthJ, we have c¢xtlnued tcwort hwd to rduce our costs. and we hav8 o
laamiwJs wrth the groups that we sut4)ort. We have dcw this by researching Al oprthunth85 f¢* reihJcirrfJ
workbad aThJ by delwering training on the potwrtkql of the n8W technc*¥ies to all of ￿r mentorirrfJ team.
We haVe￿r￿￿ extensiv8ty on WT stratggi¢ k)ThJ-tgmi prrpCt￿IIs 8nd on dÈve7q>ir*J ourthnw bAse to
Srtrease our income dwersiFi¢abon as a charty.
We hav8furthgr devekjpgd our Mentse and Mentor Handtrthks to Wtde mentsrfng guvjellnes so
that ment98$ W the most out of Ih8ir mentoring èxporience us. The9e H&hdb30ks alg) contaln lir*s to
a(k*tK)nal r88ources for organisations SOEklny fundiNJ.
Imth fundiry securad from muthpk scxjrees. we have Investwj kn SAGE SOf￿are to akl accounting.
rwtiro ￿rt1ffj.
Thrs year *0 saw v8 furth￿ $￿Ure our IT Iwdware, g)th¥8re aNJ d*a servlces th￿￿h thg apwlrthenl
of an eXt￿n#1 IT agency. Wrth their help, we wll akn at46 to streamlne our Sof￿ar9 ¢hcKes to sav&
rn￿1￿ th• twm.
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W8 tod8V8lop saf￿uardIftg f¢rVth8r¥knkn Aduts wllcy. *wrlng Ihat It Is t*spd(o fcf our
work. As all VCFSE5 know. vulrErdbfe 8duKs do not rtacessarily identrfy as or seW-i¢tsntty. and may
be¢(￿e vulnefabk during the time that th8y 8r8 b8ing supp￿18￿ Wè hav8 lurlhgr rtfinad (*Jr pr(￿*￿U￿$
reFax￿n9 saleguardirfj cr￿CernS and invgSt8d furlhBr kn named tèan as DaS￿nated
Safeguardin9 Lgads. Wg havo tho deUVer￿ further safewaTd¥¥J tranwL9 to 811 ￿r rn8nlor5 at our *nual
Mentor Training Day.
tn March 2025, we provided ￿￿t￿81 EDI tr8ining lor ow mentus. kd by the rnentrjr Ihat 15 deveknping our
'EDI and Funding, training. Wrthin our tw rAorAe living wAlh 1*5atAlli8s aNI &%￿-terM heafth CL*Jthns.
and frun dNerse ethn￿ backgrowds are reprgsenled.
We continue to be mindful of our erwironmentsl impa¢L and wr Environrn8nl PcAicy ref18cts the act¥)n5 We
are taking to ￿U¢e our Carbon loolwnt. We rnentr￿ onbre, reducirs carbon erni￿￿￿5, and whén tr￿01 is
ured. we eTrYeavovr to engjre Ihat public transport is FIKffitwl. M wr ¢(mferwce8, wg enwjrage
att￿JeeS to recyc* their cups. and wetake efforts to reducg our wntirg and phrtcwpyry lorthese
events. Vve also try not to store unnecessary files ¢x emaiLs to reduce the energy we exwd cfft storag8
Jr ¢L*nPUtars and w8b plafforms.
N•w thi• ffin#nci&l y••r
lathj￿￿ to th8 8Cht&V8m￿ts thls yw has seen th8 d8veloprnent of three Important new Ths of 8ervi¢g
11woLYdh wr r£w Lottery furdThJ.
Fujknkin
Da
In M*ch 2025, wè ￿￿￿•r8d our first Fundraiyng Strat8gy Day. The first gr￿Jp to tenefrt was sthbj fclowing
fÉe(R>8ck Liven OJrirvJ rnantoring,. felt tlw would benellt from the cha￿e to briro t￿r stall. bowd volunte￿$
tQ3dher to d8veknp a fundraising strategy.
W8 that ¢hts will b8 an extr8m8ly useful offerfor groups gdrYJ f(wwards, to ￿￿1[Se fundrpi￿r0 and
enF4Jring Ihat ￿r team5 com8 log8thw to bJld t￿1r lorvJ-twm financial w11￿ce. Fe&Jtk8ck the sess￿￿ was
valu¥t4a becal￿..
Provrdiry expwtise. space *¥J d￿Kated time to expkn'ng aThJ F4aMiig fuThJr?ising actNth wa5 Vgry
1p1￿.
Prmarty prKJrltisatkJn ol ￿eaS ¥thlist it alg) gave ￿ to SLYne mv cfes.
Iner•asry aw*•noss offundrwJ o*xJrbJn*S0s outskle of grants.
It wll Wp m• to mak• d￿1￿¢￿1$ that wll f¢xus I￿r limited fundrai￿r￿j resources on the fundrai4ng
activities with the most polenllal, the hkjhest value SUFWtng actsvitses.
Overdl, session w8s hewul provkled a 4)ace for eVeryc￿e that altended to fcKu$ the t8sk
at hand. A Meth￿ of prf0rit1￿ng ￿aller events Icrearn teas), communty don8tKTh. HNW$.
corpornte eryjagwnent and grant fuThJiw wujld have been u3eful. tt was dI￿U5$ed that ￿1 of thw aws
have dlllerent lead times to ca8hwin4>ar*, but strateg￿5 to avcid Ihe Pitlal of ex¢lusNety GhaswvJ Ihe
shorter kad ¢Tne wea8 at th8 CO81 ol bu1￿1n9 the longer lead time strateg*s LP W¥)ubJ be helpf￿.
This ouw has tremendous Fokntial for the groups th8t w8 gupwl. brtyirvJ FeeF4è bj plan th&r
fUth￿(ng strategralty and gnsuiing Ihat tgams Can mov8 forwards to maot IhEf fuThlrti*ng
Envtronmertal Fundi
Conf8renc8
Our second rffjw Lottsry ￿1p￿r our EnVlrcffi)￿tol F￿￿1￿j Conference. tc*)k at SampNre Hco In May 2tr25. Many
al and r9gKJnal onvinmwtsl fuThJ•rs pr￿ntsd and met wth We aLso ￿￿)Ye￿ a pre￿￿¢￿ on
UNESCO Ggo Park woJ8ct run by Kent Downs, aNI a tour of Samphir6 Hce ty th* ranw. We have strwrtj
environrnental aX￿n8￿￿ our mentor team, mentors ddNered fuTrlx¥J $8swons I￿hr￿ thè
v￿(
At our first environmental event in May 2024. 8 pilot lo tesi the locus on Ihks Ihwne. w¢ hosted a workshop for
group$ ljwt weie seeklng to devek*) cc4kqboratws we ￿pealed thi8 at Sarnph￿ Hoe. We know thal thg ¢olabL¥ation
formed frotn Ihe 2024 event wa)t on to secure a cdIeC￿Ve bid for lund¥vJ &nd we Ihink Ihat th8 sam8 will ba trua cl th•
2025 Gonfwwxe. Several groups have since secured funding frorn Ihè FLY• CL¥nmiss￿ and th8 WocKJknd Trus(
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Klondng I)￿l FuThYirKJ lorAI has i*roduc8d n8w fundlng oppcytwmtss to smalw wps regh)n. Hwe Is S￿ne of
thg fwlb&¢k wg r￿91￿￿1 from ¢L¥rf*•nc8 8ttend88&'
T(xl8y'8 ￿f￿￿a￿an wtl help towards rn8klng rnor8 8pplc8lk)ns with other furtders to conblwg and devdc
with environrnentalw 8t its corg (Earthllng CIC l Futur• Foundry l 00¥gT Prldg)
Gangd awarongss of what Qthgr organisation$ 8r8 dryng and whgro W8 fit in the fuThj￿9 crf
futwe partners. (Kent Down$)
11 will go on to provKlg essontia inf(￿all)n wtth regards tovthat is us¥fvl k)rvJ-tsrm with our fun(trawrvJ,
l.e. what lundgrs arg kn9k￿g ftx. ¢Wss. takeaways in bil9￿ way& IFu¢ur& Foundry)
Greater funding opportuni11￿ and krv*ing whore and what funding 1$ avaikblg. (Swal8 Borough Cowtelll
Very important and help1￿ fcff imwovlng acl'vlles and serv￿e$ in Kenl. (￿Id wlth Wheel$ CICI
Thls *ifomiatrJn wlll ￿￿1p me lo whal dlreclknn I ne&J to take. with who to neI￿￿rk and pwtrw wth.
(Earthllng CIC l Future Foundry l Drmr Prldel
Conattjrate aThJ neiwcrfk towards cohesive COMMU￿*$ backed by fuTrJ*wJ (ppcftui*b&s. IRelJel
Farn￿>
We are conltdont that the deveknpment of thks area of ow wcrfk wlll have a shwlftcant pothe, ljryg-torm impact on the
VCFSES iJelvoriNJ onvlronmenial pro1￿ts n our rewi.
LGBT+ Fund.
event
Tlws year. Fundkng f￿￿1 sought to proacfvety address the barrlws that LGBTQ￿* gr￿p$ face whw seekrvJ fvThling
lunthasing. We Intended to offer an event that focused SFecfficalty on Ihe funding OPFQrtunities w to
bYOLffjts wsenting LGBTaL4+ COMMUn￿e￿ To tsThig INed eX[￿nCe to our pL8nniw and to increase tr* gjpwi c
dfer to attendeos, we cl¥J5e to partner whh Clwlty Mentc¥s in the runnlNJ of this evenL
Attend8e5 said Ihat tlw woukj retommend this knming lormat lo olhets, and that th￿r conlldence fwding and
fundraisng had InGreased as a iesJJtt', some groups suggested that dev￿0￿￿ a netsvork of and fundr8iwThJ
sjpwt vK>ukl add va*J•. F•odb&k from th• •v8nt included..
ttwas sx•)d to hav• coM￿t•d with somo othor LGBTQ￿+ (rys in Kent. The fwdin9 info confirmed
•xlstMYJ kr¥jWl8d￿. Margat8 PrKh's viwon, and missiorK seeks to make LGBTQIA+ peopkn live safely and
fulty th) tho plac￿ they cal hcrfne. We have working lor years ¢0 d81ver this ￿ M*gate. Th*￿t and
b8yond. Our strategy is to bwden that rexh and impact, so ccffinecting with other orgs was hdpful. I reaty
appr•cK* Ihe FunditvJ for All w8bsit• and overythiry you do- iv$ so important to be ab18 to accass funds
w• may not know about and that you offw so much SUPFMXt lo ￿al￿r orgs ￿ briliant IMar9ata Pride CICI
Specrflcdly. regarding the LGBT sessicfi. It has given an awareness ol 01heT groups fi¥ potential
partnering. The funding inlom7aicffi hithlghted sparw and the likelihood ol c(￿pe￿On for it (Kent
Flkn Foundauonl
It ha5 hdped make contacts and given inwght inlo Lgttery funding. (Mo4lwJy Prid? CICI
To connect with other like.mind8d or9ank8ations. Ilnto the Now CICI
Thk8 i& ￿ impotht r￿W area fcf Charity.. offeru)g tèibred suppjrt for ryoups Ihat face *gnWkant barriers trjfay
a¢¢e¥s to funding.
Our M•nlorlng progT•rn
Our k9y akn iy to build thè confKloncè of Ihe iftdivwjuas wfv) forthè roglon's VCFSE& We do thL8 moBt
gffgdwgly by offerirvj Ihem a laibjr-mado fuThJrBk%U)g mentoring programme. Ow deflnllon of menloritvJ is the cascadlrvJ
of ￿ skls of our Men￿ to ijur menlees, gfving M￿leE$ the ¢JipJluntty lo buihj knowbjge. u￿￿rsta￿1￿J aThJ
exporttse ￿ fuThJra￿￿j. Thls yearwe devetored our support for mentees who are ex￿ri￿¢1n9 mentsl Fwlth.
•x[1￿ing devewlng technSques to meTht0r￿ fu y4eclfk needs.
Last year. ￿Jr research revea￿d that circa 86.10 of our rn9nlg9S Wgr? VL￿nIg￿5. This year. ts p¥oportiL￿ of volunbws
am¢J)gst menlees dropped to 49%. This statisti¢ may be ¢onnethd to Iho (to 34%) in the numb8r of gmups
>jpp￿Qd thal wob* across the wholg of Kgnt and Methay ar￿ a*0 ¥ugg8* Ihat an I￿rea￿ng nurnber of 5rnal to
medium VCFSEs1th059 that are ab18 to empkny staff) hav8 sought 5UP5YXt from us. This a￿aty5￿ xcord$ wth
decling vi pub￿¢ sootor 80urces of fU￿lIv￿ ￿￿￿ IhB unprecedented ck>sute. pau58 orchanging pri￿lI￿S of trust&
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Wo ¢ontinu& to treTrY3 from the pxl cl VCFSES that seek our mentorirq Bupwjrt. In 2022-2￿23 c4Jr kqrgegt
¢8tetrJry rrf groups Sup[K￿d Communty Bu￿IngS, fdkwed by Adutt MenlBI Health and then Yrxjlh Arls and Mwc. In
202&2024. the &r￿st category of gr￿p5 Adutt Mental Heamh. This was folkwed ty ErNirc¢)ment
Ccrfnmuiity Projects. and kn Yoth, with Comrnunty 8u*Jiros fc4Jrih.
In 202*2025, c¥Jr Iwgest categcry of m•ntor•d VCFSES worked in Heatth Wdlb8lng. fc4N)vMd by CNkJr8n, YeuThJ
People ￿ Famile& Communty BuldiNJs and Environmental Community Prcryects were icint thiril. ch)sely fdk*W￿ by
VCFSES wF*jor￿n9 kndividuats wlth D15abi1th85. ￿5t calegDry ha5 Seen a con5iderabb incTea58 ￿ [￿MberS In thi%
I fujnd thè funding mentorsh¥) hewul; rt has Increased my c0nfkle￿e In aFWlrwJ for fundlng and
gNen me tho adv￿0 I need￿ to krwyw- key sklls wjch as Fthr8grvJ, budgetlrYJ, and InterpretirvJ fu¥¥Jer
prThrtie& I18amod about local fuThJng bodles aThJ whore to nnd gJNabk grants. My mentor wag &xceffil
ar¥J tr￿ a genui￿ Interest In hèlplng to my sklls v0fesston￿￿ through and (￿ul
sbnptssting to benef￿￿￿ resLXtrees. IB•aeh Cr•atlv•)
Th& fundir¥J m&ThkKing 585sll)ns h8fp8d us lo rev￿1 what ￿ wér• ewrontty in ctffttrd ol. what w• ecwjd
11th￿ce *¥J what we had no influ8nce ov8r. We wer8 abkn to rg-think how our is a chawity at
its heart and coukl capitali58 more on thaL We w8r8 prov¥￿1 with some very us8ful Ira￿1￿ in grfl aid. Trms
kind of is ￿¥8￿jaI￿8 in 8nabling you to take tim8 out to teview and refi￿t- often m￿8￿S
f8d as are an 8p￿I￿any1 I feel Ihat I g8t so liiU8 tirne* to do Ihi5 kind of thinki￿ rw trArt It Is $0
nwded in ord•r lo roset. re-lhink and ada&* to t1￿ CharwJw￿ Iwne& IW05t Kent Mind)
Our mentc* gave us 8 gfftt intro to wming 5wrwred everrts through SIK￿1 media. She *Jvised hcw I
¥hould organi5e a caknd8r of w¥J th8 drf18rent formats 5kK)uhA b8 in. g.g.. an ask, info. 5knri85
etc. IMusic4Wollboingl
Our rn8rrtor wa5 in5trum8rrtal in s￿￿￿rtIng our18wniry tuward5 a m£Ye ptofici8nt approach ol fwMIrai￿ng
aThJ writsng applIca￿n5. Th? use of PdryLtage. a ￿CcI1￿t sty18. m¢Jg empha5i5 on outcom85. imwDvwJ EDI
stat8rnent5 aThJ detailed rn8trKs al hav8 8nhancwJ our appI￿ationS and chang8d lh8 way wg Ihink about
a￿1 aPPr￿h writing a bid. Icharity hlentiY51
Having had [VeY￿￿% expedence, I now have a firm Idèa clwhat L8 neede(I to mafntAkn accourts
aThJ make fin￿￿11 prediction. ThL8 makes It much eaw for me to makefuThJng ¢JeclsKJns and
m￿age fmances. 15e8 m• Playl
The fuNYragng mentoring gave us the clanty and ccrfk1ence w& needed to tske our next sty. It help&1
us better wderstsThl the funcling kr*Jscty8. hjentify the right opportunities for c¥Jr orgaThsat*)n, aTh
devdcy a more strategic awroach. The MentO￿ng aLw gave us tools, frcm reft.ning ￿r case lor
JPFNYt. Overall, il made the prc¢ess fe81 a lot lass oveThth8lming much mom achieva￿&. ITr•at m•
Rlght CICI
Our mentor coukl quKkty grasp the Narw of ourchaty and her qiiely enlhuskisuc support has t¢en
shown in her erwuragement and Kleas as to we gr￿. She has Fwov¥tsa us with athice
conceming fuThI8rs Wh￿h. she has cleaty research8d an(1 thoughl may be suitat48 for crttr ne&ls. Our
mont(K rnad8 US think rnore clearty about our fund-rai&ry n88ds and al80 provided thougtrI8 and as
wo move th8 charity forward to larggr prgmisos thgrgforg anb¢ipating our n¢ed furlw fund&
I￿￿$WaY Voluntw Work¥hopl
Our Fundlng A￿¢• Day•
For scme VCFSES, thè Imrnadiats imp801 of a 1-2-1 funding m08tir*d can bè PNt)tèl, Ihon to •xphys
fL￿r￿￿ng options and re¢siv& dotailwj sgnfvg wrformatK)n.
This year, we delNered 1.2-1 seS￿on$ in Dover, Tlw)et, Medway and Gyaveshan dlslitts, rotsting venues
the regkn to increase our re8ch and extend access io our setvlce. Rewesentatives from Low kx'ned us kn Gr8vesl¥m
to offer 14-1 sess•)r6 to group$,' we arg very qratelul to lor their support.
We Con￿nUe ¢0 offgr45-minute 1-2-1 s8$*￿S lor at thw 9V￿ts. wilh 49ts availabb bgtsvagn 10am and 5pm.
We fi￿1 that a Icfftger ￿n(x1 of av*laLMIty can part￿￿ar￿ Usef￿ for a vojunteer wth an uncon￿￿ day-iob durirwJ
the w¢)rking day. Grujps Un8￿? to 8ttend therbsed times h8ve been given 8kernative lim8S that work for thwn.
Groups can 8tt8rn1 In-P8rs￿, L¥ via an onlin8 m88ting.' this choic8 albws u5 tc>tako Lwr diT￿ty lo the
cornrnwrfi8s we sewe whilst also ￿ed￿l￿g our cathn f￿tprint.
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Feedback from Ihese ses8KfflS inckJdeB:
Clarlty ¢m the l)ttery grert. To put #) a better application. Definite n￿. (Kent MSTCI
I'm forward to belng connected to a mentcrf to yjpport me as I develop Withvoorfs
cornmunty fundrais￿g Kyyammesl I'm lY)plng Jn•ntorslMp help me feel rnore ¢onlKlent that fm
making gjod Choi￿ as I develLp strategies to off•r morè e<)mmunty 1undr80￿￿j forwkhvwj.
(Wildwood)
Grg8Uy, l app￿1* what you're dryn9 tQ WFPryt Ike my¥eW. Kn(rw4¥J Ihat you thre th￿e reosgjres
me that Iher8 IS SUPF*Yt. Since cp8rMng at Ihè tty'nning of year, I'm m•gtrrtJ petyle wh) t*e al￿￿Y
U¥ry rny 88rvic88.10937 Clubl
It has us ideas of w￿) tt) aptxoach to get furKling. Has me impelu8 to ¢cynp*￿ b)
ask for supporL 1-2-1 FundirMJ Advlce Days like tlw are vwy Imw&nl to W ¥mal
and 8lPPQrt irb th8¥8 chalgngw times IThan8t B•fvK•eporsl
This year. we delive￿ 24 f￿dIng and lurrflrawng tralnlng Web￿ar$, and. in response to feedback. we increaÉal thè
number of on offetto 15. con￿stendy, 100% of attendees feedbatk that they recommwyl th8 webinar. and
97% of otteThJees rewrta t￿ the* ConfId￿Ce to fu￿raiSe usir¥J Ihe SkI￿t covered in the webinar had increas&l from
attendir￿. This is a sample ol ts feedback we have re¢th￿ year
Ckar guKlarte C￿ wecan create mechanisms to cdknt and ev#Jence n*J. IWl4tst*h Umbrella
Centr•>
To organise belter a m8JLa pkn acn)ss p￿on￿* To W to *Krease wlh
(k)rK)r Imama io Mamal
Loc41iThJ more intts Gift AHJ benefts, and recorrling ii-klnd eontrlbutkjns (The Zone Youth Clubl
Alter rny fitst fundraK￿n9 attempt went badty. it's been harfl to revist. But gettiNJ funding Into the CIC is
w #b5dute￿ erikncd. As I'm aboLrt to ￿unch the mi)imum vkqbk version of my website. I can se8 Ihat the
Mxt phase needs to kncluth a s5Mp￿ way for Feopte to (knate rf Ihey want to t￿p me keep gcing
vftAI work. Tcxjty's SessiL￿ methe Wt arvj pr￿t￿￿ steps to SM th4ng that wth morg CcrfNJer￿8.
h• WISE + CIC}
Lots ol great ideas of Community F￿￿81s1r1Jl He* In pkthryJ forfulUrefuThJra￿kng avents IA$lan Slngl
Pr*ènts N•twork
The Grft ￿￿j V￿￿¥￿* has hatrwj mè m&dvdy. As 8 to Glft Aid. rfs vwy t*Jt the w*Anar
exP￿ined everythiry so C￿allY and tho tsvo h051s were fanl85Ie awwj arthered 81 my {￿es. {Ro¢h•gt•r
Cathedral TrLrJtl
Itwas really interestng tts hear the ways we can Fyove what dtyfe￿rte we we havow lor rAJr
beneficiaries htrwwe can evKlerte this with n￿Onal evklence akn ow v•m research d*.
Idlonor
GNen me 8 sIn￿tured BppYoa¢h to buiwing a d￿or base IC5tlzen's Advl¢e North W￿1 Kent)
Really f*lpful advice p8tticsJL4rfy on gfft aid, on Nl rebates, devigng a strategy fcr Donat￿8 and
fundrak*ng events. Very Helpful fly ￿aler, ￿Ka1￿ based CharIt￿S and CICS. Icliftonvllle Communlty
Centrel
Ourfa¢•404ac• Fundlny Conf•r•nc
In aLlditton to EnVyr￿M*ts1 C(mference, this year we (kllvered conferences in areas in lh2 regti￿ wrfh hKgh ￿dIcèS
of deFthalon and ¥th￿e cunmuth face acce58ing services.
We are grateful lo the many parlners and funders we have workgd with in thg d81iv8ry of th8Sg conf8r8nc85. particularty
the ¢)Iher mernters of Infrastr￿lUr? Partr¢rship. Th8 partn8rslNP has 8nabkd u5 to buitrj th)ng8r c￿ne¢￿th
aTrJ delivgr m(xg inpaclful 8v8nts.
Thgse trarHrvJ ¢onlerenc8s provided fxtrbface OPF*N1Un￿0S for to dovebJp I￿r fuTrknwig skdb, meetwlth
fyThJ8rs other wpport organysations, ￿nefit frcffi faCe.￿f#ce fuThYing adviee sesswjns, and wtth receive
r to P88r SUPF#Xt from olher organiSat￿n5 smdar funding chalknges. The range of gjpwt aval￿b￿ duri
day vs appYeci818d by tho attendees 8rKI is r6fknt8d In a sampl& d th8 feedback from y￿$ events..
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We we e¥FerE￿i[￿j reo1 uncertainty arth Ihg f￿r? of our funding, tod￿ has irrtFDknc•d ￿ to ￿p￿t
avaiLable to wFx)rt the suslainaknlty or wr OrgarySa￿n - Ihank you. (AnOny￿K>uSl
88cause I need re&invtwaUng, I need to bok at dwerslricat￿n and •Jditb)n4 fund￿9 for 5maH8r granl
{DO￿T Loca
This is a groat oprKYiunty for mo to gngago with oth8r profassk¢)aLs aThJ Oxpwts, Se￿415￿ f￿V51r8 on
fundra*ing strategy. {Ath•na H•rdl
Conlimied Impt)rtant dwsifyirrfJ In fundraL%hg L8. Need to revle*, ￿hink. Icankrbury Vmbrela
Céntrel
Wll help mefeel con[￿ent when 8pptyirYJ for fundkYJ and whlch appkth) my organisation.
ISwans¢omb• and Gr￿nh1th• Communlty Hubl
A￿ayS 50 beneficial whether ytyj arè new tofundr*rKJ or been dokng It fc¢years! (Anlmate Arts)
Great to hear directty from lurtders. I've slgne(l up to W menknng from FFA to deveh)p a strategic
fuThJraising pJ8n. I0￿rt School Elstl
information will help rng to *ructure Ihe prrKess for my grant appftatic¥is. The cf¢x)rtunty to speak to
p¢AwtrAe funth abwl what they offer hew to ￿sUre the ￿pI￿t￿lft meets theSr crlterfa. (We
Arn Bem)
Funding for All as an I￿89T￿led partnor in th• infrathdum provi#ion th• K•nt and Medway Voluntary
Sector
Fun(krtg ftx AU ￿rkS vhlh a vldè r8ry of palr*fs supp￿￿r$ Wo t•l￿v8 Ihat partn8r6hlp w
bonefits thè gwps that wa sarva. It this by prrynth"NJ effect￿¢ sKJnp%ts"NJ, a¥0￿1r¥j dL4)l*atbn of servi¢e
and •n8bffjng L* ￿ •Xt•)d our raach to bt morè knty￿ 8Lx)ut lJ)& supwt that w• df8r.
Thi8 year. we Work￿ hard to initiat8 and lyjild r81ationsh¥Js with organisa￿OI￿ acrLtsS Kent a￿1 Medway, and we
ave contirw￿ to wixk cbsgly with the Kgnt Infra*ruclure Partrwshp group& We have en￿ed wth:
Kgrt Communty FtyJrKlalThb
K￿t County Council
Charity m￿Or5
Safer Communths
Stronger Kent COMMUn￿&S
SLYid Enterprtsa Kent
W&st Kont Mir¥J
CVS Noth West knt
CAP Enterpiis
Mthay Vokmty Aclion
Dov8r Di¥tr¢t c￿ne11
Gravosham District co￿￿41
MaNJstone Dtslri¢t
A5hfj￿d Borough CourKIi
Folkethe and Hyts Dis￿1 cour￿11
Thanet Dlslri¢t Council
D*iford Borough Cwncil
swa￿ CVS
Vdunlew Partn8r8hip
Active Kenl and Mgthlay
MSCS Netsvork
Kent Coast VobJnteakng
Kent Ciyjnty cou￿4 VCSE Steering Group
Rcmney Marsh Bus(ness Hub
FuThJing for Al remams grateful for Ihe siwt ol fundws, parkner4 menb)r& truste8S, 8t8rf, vdunteers, 8nd rn•nt•è4 all
of whcffl make it posybb for Ihe Charity to ddiver its setvlces to Ihe VCFSES of Kent and Medw8y.
Fundiw for Al Anlval Rgport 2025
RegisltrÈd Company 8263265
Regi$ier8d Chaily No. 1150204
16

41 Funding
FOR ALL
Statement ol Trustees. Responslbllhles
The trustees (who are al￿ the directors of tho charity for Ihè purpos88 of company are responsTrJle for preparing lh9
Rewt ol the Iruslees and the financpal statemen15 in accordance with applicable law and Unrted Klngtknm Ace(wnting
St￿dards (United Kin9dom Gèngrally Accept8dAccounling Practic8}.
Company Lqw rewires the trustees to prepare financial stalements for each financial year. Under company law. the
tru&te8s must not approve the financial slaiemenls unless they are saltsfied th8t tsy gN8 8 tru8 and fair view ol the stsle
of affairs of Ihe charity arKI of its incoming resouroes arKI application of reSQUTC85, ir7cILvJiry its income and eX￿nditure,
for that period. In proparing thèsè financial stztemenls, the Irnstees a￿ wuired lo-.
seknl suitable accounting policies and thon apply Ihem con*stentty',
observe the methods and prin¢itAes of the Charities SORP IFRS 1￿￿1.,
make j￿grnents and accounting eslimales that a￿ reasonab￿ prud8nt,'
State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards IFRS 1021 have b8en folk)wed, subj'ect lo any material
departures dBclosed and explained in the financial slaternents,.
epare the financhgl statements on the going concern ￿LS ￿18$$ il is inapprwiate to presume that Ihe
charity will contsr¥Je in bugness.
The Iruslee5 are responsible for keeping adequale aGcounting records thal are suffic￿nI lo shw and eX￿aIn tt
charity'5 transactb)n5 and discbse with ￿aSOna￿e aceuracy al any lirne the financial ￿)Sit￿ of the charity and enauè
Ihptll to ensure Ihat the financial statements Comply wilh the Comp3nie5 Act 2006. Tlw are also re$ronsib￿ for
saleguartjng the a￿ts of the charity and hsnca lor (aking r8asonabl8 St8ps for the prevents"M and dete¢lion ol fraud
and other irregularities.
Approved by the Board of Trust8&s (￿ 21* May 2026 and stgntra on tts b&W by:
Bethan TomlIn5c￿ (Char of Trustees)
Funding forAII AD￿Val Report 2025
R•)1￿￿1￿1 Compgny No. 8263265
Reok%l6red Charity ￿. 1150204
17

41 Funding
FOR ALL
Indep•nd•nt Examln•rfs R•port to th• Trust••s of Fundlng forAll11he charWI
I report to th8 ch8rtty Irustee8 on my examination of Ihg finarKial slatements of the company for the yegr ended
31st October 2025.
ROBpon8lbllltlos artd ba$1• of r•port
As the charity trustees of the company (and its directors for Ihe purposès of company law) you ar8 responslble for
the prep8ralion of the 8ccount$ in a¢cordan¢e with the ￿qUiremanIS of thè Companies Act 2006 {Ihe 2006 Act'l.
H8vlng satisfied myself that the a¢￿￿nts ofthe ￿MpanY are not requlred to be aLK￿led under Port 16 of the 2006
Act and are eligitAe ftjr independent $¥￿tA*ll0n, I r$port in rgspect of my oxamln81ion of your ¢ompany'$
accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 I'lhe 2011 Act'}. In carrying out my
examination I have followed the Directions g￿en by the Chartty Commlssion under 8gCtlon 14515llb) of the 2011
Indèpendent examlnerf• 8tatement
I have completed my examlnatSon. I confimi that no matters have come to my attention in connection wth the
examination giving mè cause lo bèlSeve that in any materfal re8pecL'
accountlng records were not kepl in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 A¢t,'
the accounts do not accord with tho88 record8.' (
the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any
requirement that the accounts gSve a Irue and fair view. which is not 8 matter con8ideTed a8 part of an
independent examination- or
the accounts have not beon prgpared in a¢c(￿danc9 wlth tho molhod$ and prlnclplo$ of th8 Stalement of
Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by ¢hwlies applicablg lo charities p￿parIng their
accounts In accordance wlth the Fln8n¢ial Repordn9 Standard appllcable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland
{FRS 102}.
I have no CO￿ern5 and have come across no other matters in connection wilh the examination to which attenti
should be drawn in this report in order to ena)10 8 wper undeistsnding of the accounts to be re8¢h¢d.
Signed.. -
D818(J-. 22nd May 2026
Stephen M Fryer
FCA
Xelnadln Audft ￿"MIted
Funding for Wl Annual Repori 2025
Regi$lÉred Company No. 8283265
Re4i8lwed Ch8rity No. 1150204

) Funding
FOR ALL
Funding for All
Statwi•nt of Flnancial Actlvitl•s
{Incorporating Inc¢)mo and Exponditur• Account)
for thè y8ar ondèd 31st Octobar 2025
Unv•*fjct•d
Totsl
Furrfts2025 Fllnds2025 Fundi2Wa
Unr•*rf¢bJd R•*rtcl•d
Fund* 2tr24 Funth2124
ID¢oM• from".
1&549
18.549
119.201
5.913
14J,e63
11270
12.210
71.419
2.417
a6,106
tnfjlles
112.838
&913
).025
2.417
14U7
Total In¢om•
112,838
71.419
2,175
0.791
2,175
139,429
141,
CthBrftAbleACtIth
131638
131.631
7.057
7.057
148.644
14•.644
155.T01
1K701
21.859
119,8001
(n.225)
.5951
Tr4Trrf•r8b•tsvMn fvnd•
12591
2810
(2.810}
21118
R•vJn¢ili•tipn
7&531
2Z,118
58.146
IZO.05¥
133.677
138.181
18Q,0351
51,148
Nèt in•Jnds
Tetsl kndi¢Arrf•é for*4rd
10.440
169,5951
14fj71
Thtr note¥ on the p8ll8s lom part of th6s0f1n￿laI 8t8t8m*)t¥.
amoLmts d8riv8 fMm 8ClfvItI8$.
I￿ra gaIr￿ Of10$888 olt*r than n* MOv￿￿t In thè fthJ8 in¢t￿J*d abovè.
Fundirs lorAII Annual Report X)25
Registered Company foo. 8263265
Registered Charity No. 1150204
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41 Funding
FOR ALL
Fundlng for All
Balancg Shogt
as at 31st October 2025
Ilnr•*rffa•d PA*rfi*id T•tsi Futhd•
Fw#l•X)2S Fundi2W4
Unr•*fj¢tsd
R•*l¢l•d Totsl
Fund•lWd4 Fund•2
C•h at 4nd In Mnd
97,649
7S,
75.531
174.B3T
eredliornamount4tslllno
37.
37.4fj8
41,180
41.1
97.e49
7&8J1
58.140
131871
Total aqwt•h••￿rl•
087
135,736
75.531
58.148
133.6TI
•7.$49
IA73S
7S$31
146
131¢n
L*r05tnctedfvndy
91.649
76.531
75.531
58.146
t33,177
51rfcied knd5
38.OB7
3B.VB7
38.087
135.736
59.146
88,148
Tvtsl fund
75,531
Forth& ye8rln ou8Stltsn th8 ¢omp8ny èntitbd to trxtmptitin under ¥eclion 477 of Act 20￿ rdaJr¥J to Sm￿1
¢omp8nle8.
memb•ts hwe rw4LlrwJ Iha companyto obtainan audit of 8¢countsfortheyeor ir¢ qwslion In 8eLtlon 476 of the
Compan￿$ Aci 2rth.
dlrn¢tots &kno%*l•Ygetr*tr r¢8porffjbthty fty¢omplyity ¥Mlh th• wuireiwts of Act vAlh re8pe¢l to lec0￿$ ard for
Iho p￿pa￿t￿n of aGGounls.
Th8s8 hav8 b88n prepknj In a¢¢ordfinc•*ith the p￿vIsiOn¥ Jpplc•bl¢ lo ¢oMpan￿$. s￿)1￿¢1 lo srnau comparées,
reglme.
Th8 firKncld staTwr*nts approved *Jthtsthd for IS$￿ by tho Board ol Trustws on 21" May 2026 ￿ sfgn•J on Its behaw
by..
Belbw Tomfirtson It￿￿[r of Twst8881
wtos onthe foUo*4ro pages foTh part of th868 fin*xta 6tat•m•*6.
Funding for All ￿￿￿31 Rwort 2025
Regis18red Company No. 8263265
Regi$lefyd Charity No. 1150204
20

41 Funding
FOR ALL
Funding for All
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements
Year ended 31st Octobw 2025
1. Acc¢>untiry Polkl
Baai• of prep¥atlon
The lThian¢kil statements are prepar&J uTrJer the h￿tOriCal cost converikn i￿lUde the resuls cl
Charity's operatior6 wh￿h are described In the Report of the trust￿.
The accounts have been prep￿￿ In accordance with apP￿ab￿ aCC￿nting stand¥ds aThJ the Companies Act
20C6 and the reccmmeThJations in the Stalement of Recommended Prac￿Ce ISORP FRS 1021-
Ac¢ountiryJ and Rewtro ty Charitres. ￿UerI by the Charity cornmissi￿. the CharAtes Act 2011. a￿1 the
ulrements of Ihe charbty's M&noraThJum Artl¢￿ ol A$$￿1￿10n.
As funding encompossing dl Ihè ch8rity'5 Costs other than ils gov•mance eLtsts has until mwj
2W25. the statements have prep8r&J on a ￿Ing concem bbs*.
b)
All ￿coMe is recognised once the charity has entitknient to the incomtr, il 1$ proba￿+ Ihe income will be
recdved, and the arntyjnt or the income receN8t4e can t* measfftd rdiabty.
Th& Income from fuTrlrdNng ventures Ls shm) ¥￿, wllh the as￿[#ted costs Indud8d In fUndra￿r￿j costs.
In¢om8fr¢An gr8nt$ 1$ r•ethJnk*J when Ihe ¢hwfiy has ￿titlement lo lh* fuTrJs, any F¢rfomian¢¢ ccfidth'on$
attach8d to th8 grant5 have been met, il i8 prrAJabl8 that the Ir￿ome be r8C8Ned. and the amount can b8
m•a$ured rdiabtv 8ThJ is n¢¥1 d?feTh¢d.
Olher income is reccgmsed in Ihe Feri￿ in wh￿h it ￿ reCeNab￿ and to the extent that the grth5 have been
provw*d or on ccffipktion of the $8rvKe.
Exp￿dItUr0
EX￿￿￿tUr8 is fBcognisad onc8thgrg is a1934 cr cryBtruthg to I￿$f￿ ￿laMiC ban￿1t to a thwd
paty, it wrA)able Ihat the transfer of economic will ￿ wrred in sethmer# *KI the arnojnt ol Ihe
c4)rWat￿ can be measured rel'ably.
Ex￿n￿t￿8 is cL9Ssrf￿d by ￿l￿ty. Wherever Frf)s8ible costs are alkxated direct￿ to tha 8ppropri8t8 actwty..
other costs cornmon to all activttkn apporkngj ￿￿¢sn aot5vit18s on a con*18nt wlth the use of
resources.
Fundrallng ¢omths ¢osts In¢urrsd In ¢wuraglTr3 F4OF4e and ¢xganbatlons to Con1￿￿the
financially to the work of the charty. Thi8 includ8s Ihe c05t of adverti&ng for dttnatio￿ arKI IhE Staging of
furvjraising wgnts.
Ex&*nditur• on charhat* acdvNl8s Is Inwrr8d In tho d81fv0ry of th6 c￿eets ol the charty. Includkng
Swwt co&s, whlch are tho costs kncwred ￿n th8 Ovoral di[￿1￿Jn and 8dminL*#tlon of èach that we
t attrfbutsbk to charltable activftl&s, are app(*￿￿ed on a basls consthnt wtth th• Ltse ol re￿jrCes.
Donated goods are measured at fairvalue (the arno￿t whfjch the asset could be exchangedl Un￿$$
imprathal to do $0. D￿ated serv￿e$ facilibes a￿ irtI￿ed when re¢eNed at the value of the grft lo the
charty wovkknj the valu8 of the gfft can be Measur￿ reliabty. grft r6 ¢￿SUMed imm8diatÉty, it 18
ognisa as #i¢t)me bmth an eCpdVa￿nt amouni recwised as an expense under the appropriate headiry in
Ihe Statement of fir0nck4 xlDirb'es. In aCK0rda￿e with the Charitie$ SORP IFRS 1021, thg ggngral VLlunteer
tlme of ts chartys tru*8èa is not [￿c￿lS9d in the fina￿￿￿1 statsm8nts.
Exp8TrYthre cffi ￿¥￿r0[￿e al a￿11 and acC￿*Y fees.
AV oxwdlture Is statèd iiclu*vè of irrecoveTabJè VAT.
Fwding for Al Anrn￿l Rgporl 2025
R￿￿81￿￿1 Conpany No. 8263265
R£gislsr£d Charity No. 115￿204
21

) Funding
FOR ALL
Funding for All
Notes to tho Financial Statements
Year ondod 31st October 2025
Tan9R>le fixed asgetg
Taroibb fixed awt$ ¢ostiTrJ £1,￿) or mor• ar• capitafts&J ￿tw3n￿98￿ whèn thè futuré 8cornm￿ benefrts
arg probat49 WKI thg Cost ol Ihe orvalue ol Ihe asset eAn bè mèasur8d reli?bty.
O•btor8
Trade and other thtkns ar• r•cognW 81 the selllement Èmount aftèr w drKounl of18￿j.
Cash at bank and In hand
Cash at b￿k and In hand inclthJès and th¢rt-l$rm hvJhtY l¢wid investrnents with a sh¢yl Matu1￿ of it*ee
monts or less frorn the dal? of acgtsi5it￿ or the opening of the deposit <x &rnikir aCC￿nt.
Llabllltl•s
are reec4Jrrised when ther& 18 ￿ ok*Jation 8tthe bakgnce sheet date as a regjrt d a past ever( k Is
Obab￿ that a transfer of ecorK)mic ben8frt wll ￿ wu1￿1 in S8￿emen[ and th8 amcMJn¢ of Ihe $6wem￿t can
imaiaj raliably. L&abilths 8r8 re¢c*wised al the amount that the charity anticipates it win pay to settle the
debtor tha amtyjnt it has r8ceiv•J as an th8nce PByment gor&l$ cff servlcos tt musl provid8.
h)
Flnandal IMtrum#nts
The eharity OTr￿ h&8 tinancial wets fina￿la1 Ik8ts1ities d a kiThJ that quaty as bask flrAKial histrumerrts.
Basic financi81 rthments are hluafy ￿¢9nL$ed at transacuon value and gJb$equ￿th meagJiwJ at thw
settlernerrt Value.
P•1￿10n
Th• eharity contritvJt88 to a defI￿d wrtributicn Frfsonal penslon scheme INEST)8nd the pendon chargè
r8F*esents the amounts payabk ty thg ¢h81ty to the fur￿ in f8SF*rt ofthe yew.
Funds
General funds are unr•strict8d funds ar¢ available for use at discre￿n ol Ihè knJst8os In Iwlh8raneo
cl thè genw8l01.￿ts of the ch*ty have not deskJnat&J for other wrwises.
Restr￿te(l funds are funds which are 1¢ te in accoTdawE wth swrflc rest￿e￿On9 imFy)sed by denors or
wPich havt btan ratsed by tha charity pwbcubr purposes. The Costs of raising and admk)isterlrYJ f
aro ehargad aganst thè furyj. The alm arKI U￿ cl vach restrthd lund Is set (*Jt h the nctss to the
fln**lal ststemenls.
Dlre¢t taxatlon
Thè Company Is o ieystered charity orKI is therefore Th)t Ik?ble for ￿coMe ta¥ Iw corpwabon (fft its charrtable
acttvrtles as rt fals vlthh tha varitsjs èxtrnpb'cos availab￿ to regi8tered charfb'es.
Funding forml Annu81 R¢port 2025
Rtyiste￿I Company No. 8263265
Regisltrred Charily ND. 1150204

41 Funding
FOR ALL
Funding for All
Notos to thb Finan¢ial Statgments
Year ended 318t October 2025
IKome from ¢h8rlt•ble actIv￿¥S
Uhr•arfctèd P**l¢t•d Tol•t Fund•
Funds 202S Fwbd¥
Tot•1 Funds
from ¢h•rit•bl• i¢lwfjll•8
Grart In￿me
2,MO
4.363
4363
111,53B
113.538
6,863
119,201
71.419
Actlthy IrLorne
111838
71,419
A￿￿1* of•xpondkn on itharilablo acti¥*i
R•*rf¢t•d Total Fund¥
Fund$ 2025 Fund$2C+ZS
2•25
Total Funds
An•ly4sof •xp•ndlttJro on t￿￿￿￿10 •o*viti•¥
SeTh4ce d*lwry
Swtort costs
493
123,928
8,710
132,638
124.421
15,IX
139,429
132,860
22.841
1￿,701
4791
Serri¢
d•llv•ry
Support
Total 202$
A• r•*it•d
Total 2Q24
jMly4*￿*xp*nd￿rn on Charfiab￿ *dMIl•s
staff ¢c6ts
Menithing. fuThJr8iSiNJ athie
J M￿tOr tsalnlng
CRM
4,122
89,414
,159
$2.561
4,858
131
Saf6gu¥dlng
aTrJ genwal
Pr8mis88
103
6,533
h5uranc
Website
1.224
703
Cor*uJla
434
434
2.716
14701
124.4
131420
payabK8 to the charity's indeperthnt exarniner for Ihg wthpendent 8xarninaknn of ts ¢harty¥ annuvl
rina￿l01 ¥tst8rn8nts *rta18d £774 Y￿rI2024.. £7201.
F￿dIng foi Ml Annual Report 2025
R￿181e￿I G)mpany No. 8263265
Registered Charity 1150204
25

) Funding
FOR ALL
Funding for All
Not￿ to the Flnanclal Statements
Year ended 318t October 2025
Anaty818 of •ypondltur• On rahlng I￿a*
Ihr•*i¢t•d
RO*lctsd Totsl FundB
Fund$2025 Fund¥2O25
2025
T4)lol Funds
2024
2.175
2,175
2,175
2.17S
Staff costs
Unre*idèd
PAfjlrf¢tsd Totsl F￿rfa
Fund¥ 2025 F￿d* 2025
Tolal Funds
Slaff ¢oao
Wages and SBlarie
Pènsi￿ C￿￿t￿rt10r
1Y25
196
4123
81,197
,1Y2
81151
291
14
15•
The avw weekty numb8r cl ful￿ting gquivaknl empbyees during the yearwas 212024.. 21.
NoemF4oyee mom than £fy).(l)O n the year.
AN charity's em&knee5 arg inVo￿ed in the deh'very of the objects of the charity and have uniwe rcles and
resFrf)n5l￿Irt￿s. As such all 8mFdoyees are key perg)nnel.
TNstee8' r•mun•rntion and mlat•d pJrty transa¢tlon$
Thè trust8as ￿ra n8￿J18r p3•J nor voted any remuneralkn, 0th8r benefi& or eXp￿Se9 ijurfng the ye&r12024:
£nlQ.
The charoty has Th)t entered into any 01her rthted party tr8nwts￿ dunno the year, nor are there any
I￿anding baances b8tsv88n rdat8d parbes and the Charty al 31st October 202512024.. £nlll.
Cr•dtors: Amounts falllng du• wkhln ono ywr
2024
rndltoTr.' Pffi•unts141Yffjg du• wllhln on• y•ar
Other srBthlw6 and xcrL¥ts
37.468
37.468
41.1
41.160
Funding foi All Annual Report 2025
Reglslered C4)rnpany Trth). 8263265
Registered Charity No. 1150204

4• Funding
FOR ALL
Fundlng for All
Notes to the Flnanclal Statements
Year ended 31st O¢tober 2025
Movemgnts in I￿4￿
At 1
Ncr4*Mb*¥
Curr•niy4•r
B•L*hoa &t 31
Q¢rob•r
as
UM•*l¢t•d bjndb
fu
75,531
18.wl
97,fj49
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Registered Charity No. 1150204

4• Funding
FOR ALL
Funding for All
Not•s to the Flnanclal Statements
Year ended 31st OctobeT 2025
10.
Penslon ￿Tr￿nItm￿ts
Tha charty (wates a eoJ)tributth F•￿￿)n ￿heM?. The assets cl the stheme are l￿d sepsrète
frcffl th)se of the chanty In an kniiistered luThl.
Tho Fens￿ eost charge represents c￿lributicnS payabb by the chanty to thè fund *)d amwntéd to£4,292
12024.. £4.0081. Cothtrrtrtk?ns tgtdbn9 £nil12024: £nill were payabJ& to the fund at tho balar￿? shggt d*.
11.
Opgrallng leas•
The charity had nocornmlmfjnts uThJ8r non<ancdf8blg e¢vatlng at 311t October 2025.
12
Ulllmth ¢ontrolllng party
The diwtus th￿ed h7 ￿ Repyt cl the IrustO8s we th8 ulThatg contrdllng partles trustees ￿ momba
of the company.
I￿1 charty p￿￿16$ aTrJ frxeujt￿0 *0 ¢jotsrMl￿ bcord of tnLSte6s unkn t181￿at￿j to tru*
or emFloyees wthln the tems ofth* ¢hwity's Nlemoraxknm and Articles of As9)ciatK)n.
Thè ¢Y&y to dty rLmnlNJ ol th8 ¢harilablg c￿Tr￿ny has teen d*gated to Ihe Chtirity CIKef OffKer.
p￿01 y•at •dJu5tment
13
The financid datements Iwv8 twn restat•Y In th9 year to 31st Oetckner 2024 to prcvldg furthercLgrfi¢aiTh ¢)n
thè naturg ¢1 &xp6ndiure. The net movemert of th88e adjtherts (s Énit there fis Ihorel(*e no imp8ct¢X total
funds.
FLnding for All Annual Report 2025
Regi8teTed Company M). 8263285
R89iStered Cbarily No. 1150204