Mse Charity

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Typical grants: £2,000 – £10,000
Applications: Accepted
How to apply: Two-stage application
Decisions: Bi annually

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About Mse Charity

MSE Charity is a UK grant-maker that funds non-profit organisations to deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money. All projects must help people improve their financial capability. The charity is distinctive for its sharp focus on financial education and behaviour change, supporting project-based work across the UK. It funds practical money management skills, budgeting, saving, and informed financial decision-making through workshops, peer support, and training for volunteers or staff delivering financial capability programmes. The charity does not support core costs or capital works, and its grants are for one-year projects.

What Mse Charity funds

MSE Charity funds projects that improve financial capability across the UK. They support activities that build lasting behavioural change in how people think, behave and manage their money. This includes workshops on budgeting and saving, peer-support groups, and training for volunteers or staff who deliver financial capability programmes. The charity focuses on practical money management skills and informed financial decision-making. All funded projects must be deliverable within one year and are project-based, not covering core costs or capital works.

Who can apply

The charity accepts applications from registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, community interest companies, community benefit societies, and social enterprises. There is no religious restriction. Organisations must be based in the UK and deliver projects that help people improve their financial capability. The charity supports non-profit organisations of various sizes, provided they focus on the stated priority of financial capability.

What Mse Charity doesn't fund

MSE Charity does not fund debt advice, welfare benefits or income maximisation, job readiness skills, animal care or therapy, general counselling or mental wellbeing, day-centre activities not focused on financial capability, projects based outside the UK, hardship or emergency cash funds, building or capital costs, professional or business training, core costs, or capital works. Emergency relief is also excluded.

How they like to fund

MSE Charity offers one-year project grants to support financial capability initiatives. They operate through open grant rounds and accept unsolicited applications. Funding is for project-based activities only, and all grants must be delivered within a one-year period. The charity does not provide multi-year funding or core cost support.

How much does Mse Charity give?

Mse Charity runs one grant programme. Every figure below is sourced from their published guidance.

Last verified 8 August 2026 · 18 sourced facts

MSE Charity Grants ProgrammeCurrently closed

Up to £10,000

Two-stage process
Next deadline 22 March 2027
2 rounds a year
Single-year grants

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 Mse Charity funds — and what they won't

Their stated priorities

To give grants to non-profit organisations to deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money. All projects must help people improve their financial capability.

They don't fund

Core costsCapital works & buildingsEmergency funding

The full exclusions list (1)

Debt advice; Welfare benefits or income maximisation; Job readiness skills; Animal care or therapy; General counselling or mental wellbeing; Day-centre activities not focused on financial capability; Projects based outside the UK; Hardship or emergency cash funds; Building or capital costs; Professional/business training (e.g. accountancy courses)

Good to know

FaithNo restriction

Focus areas

EducationPoverty & hardship

How to apply to Mse Charity

Mse Charity takes applications via two-stage application.

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

What Mse Charity's application asks

We hold the 3 questions from Mse Charity's application form, word for word — so you know exactly what you're signing up to answer.

Question 1

“What strategies will you use to attract people to, and ensure continued engagement with your project?”

Question 2

“What activities and services will your project deliver?”

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How it works

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does Mse Charity provide?

Mse Charity runs one grant programme — MSE Charity Grants Programme: Up to £10,000.

Where does Mse Charity fund charities?

Mse Charity funds charities operating in the UK.

Does Mse Charity accept unsolicited applications?

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

What does Mse Charity not fund?

Their published exclusions include: Debt advice; Welfare benefits or income maximisation; Job readiness skills; Animal care or therapy; General counselling or mental wellbeing; Day-centre activities not focused on financial capability; Projects based outside the UK; Hardship or emergency cash funds; Building or capital costs; Professional/business training (e.g. accountancy courses). The full exclusions list is further up this page.

How do I apply for funding from Mse Charity?

Mse Charity takes applications via two-stage application. Published programme route: two-stage process.