Beatrice Laing Trust

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Typical grants: £2,000 – £10,000
Where they fund: United Kingdom, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia
Applications: Accepted
How to apply: Postal application
Decisions: Quarterly

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About Beatrice Laing Trust

The Beatrice Laing Trust advances the evangelical Christian faith and relieves poverty through practical action. It supports registered charities and faith groups with capital and project grants for buildings, equipment, and service delivery. The Trust funds work across the United Kingdom and overseas in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, prioritising church building projects and services for disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Its funding character is rooted in a distinctive evangelical Christian ethos, favouring tangible, frontline initiatives that express Christian values while addressing disadvantage.

What Beatrice Laing Trust funds

The Trust funds a range of causes including faith, poverty, homelessness, older people, criminal justice, armed forces, disability, and education. It supports capital works, equipment, and project delivery. Priority is given to church building projects, services for homeless people, elderly, ex-offenders, and veterans, as well as support for disabled people through special schools, transition to employment, and small-scale overseas development in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, focusing on education and sustainable livelihoods. Work can take place anywhere in the United Kingdom or overseas in the specified regions.

Who can apply

Registered charities and faith groups based in the United Kingdom are eligible to apply. The Trust prioritises organisations that advance the evangelical Christian faith and relieve poverty. It supports work benefiting homeless people, older people, offenders, veterans, disabled people, children, and young people. The Trust welcomes unsolicited applications and has a particular interest in small-scale, grassroots initiatives. Individuals and schools are not eligible.

What Beatrice Laing Trust doesn't fund

The Trust does not fund core costs, salaries, research, training, feasibility studies, events, general appeals, campaigning, gap year projects, summer activities, helplines, or church restoration and repair (except as noted on their page). Animal charities are excluded, as are applications from individuals or schools.

How they like to fund

The Trust offers multi-year grants for capital works, equipment, and project delivery. It welcomes unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Grants are typically for specific projects or capital items rather than ongoing core costs.

How much does Beatrice Laing Trust give?

Beatrice Laing Trust runs one grant programme. Every figure below is sourced from their published guidance.

Last verified 8 August 2026 · 21 sourced facts

Beatrice Laing TrustRolling applications

£2,000 – £10,000

Two-stage process
Decisions in ~16 weeks
Multi-year funding

Those are the published figures. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you'd clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is what the free fit check answers.

What Beatrice Laing Trust funds — and what they won't

Their stated priorities

Advancement of evangelical Christian faith and relief of poverty; priority for church building projects, services for disadvantaged and vulnerable people (homeless, elderly, ex-offenders, veterans), support for people with disabilities (special schools, transition, employment), and small-scale overseas development in Anglophone Sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia (education, sustainable livelihoods).

Where they fund

United KingdomSub-Saharan AfricaAsia

Costs they'll cover

Capital works & buildingsEquipmentProject delivery

They don't fund

AnimalsCore costsTrainingFeasibility studiesEventsResearchSalariesIndividualsSchool

The full exclusions list (6)

General appeals or circulars
Campaigning or lobbying activities
Gap year projects, residentials and overseas exchange programmes
Summer activities for children/young people or after-school clubs
Cost of running national helplines
Church restoration or repair (except as noted on Beatrice Laing Trust page)

Good to know

FaithPrefers faith-based (Christian)

Focus areas

FaithPoverty & hardship

How to apply to Beatrice Laing Trust

Beatrice Laing Trust takes applications via postal application.

Published programme route: two-stage process.
Decisions are typically quarterly.
Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.

What Beatrice Laing Trust's application asks

We hold the 2 questions from Beatrice Laing Trust's application form, word for word — so you know exactly what you're signing up to answer.

Question 1

“Are you applying as, or on behalf of, an individual?”

Question 2

“Is the project for which you are seeking funding to be delivered in the United Kingdom, sub-Saharan Africa or Asia?”

How it works

1
Describe your project. Once — used for this funder and others.
2
See if this could be a fit. Honest check on cause, place, size, and rules.
3
Draft if yes. From your real data — or move on if not.

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Beatrice Laing Trust provide?

Beatrice Laing Trust runs one grant programme — Beatrice Laing Trust: £2,000 – £10,000.

Where does Beatrice Laing Trust fund charities?

Beatrice Laing Trust funds charities operating in United Kingdom, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia.

Does Beatrice Laing Trust accept unsolicited applications?

Beatrice Laing Trust accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.

What does Beatrice Laing Trust not fund?

Their published exclusions include: General appeals or circulars; Campaigning or lobbying activities; Gap year projects, residentials and overseas exchange programmes; Summer activities for children/young people or after-school clubs; Cost of running national helplines. The full exclusions list is further up this page.

How do I apply for funding from Beatrice Laing Trust?

Beatrice Laing Trust takes applications via postal application. Published programme route: two-stage process.