Highway One Trust

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Typical grants: £10,000 – £75,000
Applications: Accepted
How to apply: Email application
Decisions: Rolling (no fixed deadline)

Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.

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About Highway One Trust

Highway One Trust is an independent UK grant-making trust that supports charities and non-profit bodies working towards long-term, lasting change. Established in 2016, the Trust's approach is to identify potential recipient organisations itself, through its trustees and a dedicated researcher, rather than to receive applications. It favours initiatives that are simple and practical, and it is not interested in quick relief or projects that seek media attention. The Trust makes grants and provides support and advice to registered UK charities and international charities, as well as other non-profit making bodies. What makes Highway One distinctive is its willingness to support people on long and difficult roads, and its focus on a small number of objects at a time.

What Highway One Trust funds

Highway One Trust funds a range of causes including disfiguring medical conditions, mental health, prison and injustice, poverty, economic regeneration and homelessness, internet and mobile networks, singleness, and Christianity. It supports project delivery, research, and capital works. The Trust focuses its work in England and Wales. It is interested in simple and practical initiatives that lead to long-term and lasting change, rather than quick relief or media-attention seeking projects.

Who can apply

The Trust makes grants to registered UK charities and international charities, as well as other non-profit making bodies. It does not accept unsolicited applications and does not respond to them. The Trust's policy is for the trustees and a researcher to identify potential recipient organisations rather than receive applications. There is no religious restriction on applicants, though the Trust does fund Christianity as a cause area.

What Highway One Trust doesn't fund

Highway One Trust does not fund emergency relief. It does not accept postal applications, and unsolicited applications are not usually responded to. The Trust is not interested in quick relief or projects that seek media attention.

How they like to fund

The Trust works by invitation only, with trustees and a dedicated researcher identifying potential recipient organisations. It does not accept unsolicited applications. The Trust makes grants and provides support and advice to its chosen charities and non-profit bodies.

How much does Highway One Trust give?

Highway One Trust runs one grant programme. Every figure below is sourced from their published guidance.

£10,000 – £75,000

Last verified 8 August 2026 · 14 sourced facts

Highway One Trust GrantsBy invitation only

Expression of interest first

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 Highway One Trust funds — and what they won't

Their stated priorities

Focus on one or two objects at a time; long-term, lasting change; simple and practical initiatives; not quick relief or media-attention seeking.

Costs they'll cover

Project deliveryResearchCapital works & buildings

They don't fund

Emergency funding

The full exclusions list (1)

No postal applications; unsolicited applications not usually responded to.

Good to know

FaithNo restriction

Focus areas

DisabilityMental healthHomelessnessPoverty & hardshipFaith

How to apply to Highway One Trust

Highway One Trust takes applications via email application.

Published programme route: expression of interest first.
Decisions are typically rolling (no fixed deadline).
Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.

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.

See if Highway One Trust could be a fit. Draft if yes.

Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Highway One Trust provide?

Highway One Trust typically provides grants of £10,000 - £75,000.

Where does Highway One Trust fund charities?

Highway One Trust funds charities operating in the UK.

Does Highway One Trust accept unsolicited applications?

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

What does Highway One Trust not fund?

Their published exclusions include: No postal applications; unsolicited applications not usually responded to.. The full exclusions list is further up this page.

How do I apply for funding from Highway One Trust?

Highway One Trust takes applications via email application. Published programme route: expression of interest first.