Conundrum Charitable Trust

Introduction

Conundrum Charitable Trust was established under a Deed of Trust in 2019. It has wide, grant-giving charitable purposes.

Application criteria

Applications are invited from:-

• Community Interest Companies with an asset lock
• Constituted voluntary organisations with no charity number
• Constituted sports groups
• Community benefit societies
• Organisations with tax exempt status but no registered charity number
• Registered charities, CIOs and SCIOs and individuals

The Trustees do not ordinarily support organisational core costs or general overheads and favour stand-alone projects where their funding has a significant impact on the overall costs.

The Application:

Applications should be made in writing and on no more than two sides of A4. The application must include the following information:-

• An explanation of the purpose for which the grant is sought; and
• A clear budget/breakdown on how the grant would be spent.

Please note that all applications must include contact details (a telephone number and email address) for a representative of the applicant within the body of the application. It is likely that a member of the Grant Award Committee will be in touch to discuss the application further. Failure to do so or to respond to a communication of this nature may prejudice an application.

Applications that do not meet the application criteria will not be considered further. For applicants that pass the first stage, one of the Trustees are likely to want to arrange to speak with representatives from the applicant charity before the next grant meeting.

Geographical spread

The Trustees favour causes in Scotland.

Size of award made

The Trustees may make awards of up to £5,000 per annum per applicant.

Successful applicants may re-apply for further funding twice (three separate applications in total). To be successful for further funding, the Trustees will be looking to see development of the charity or an application relating to a new project. Repeat applications for projects which have been funded previously will not be considered further unless the Trustees are provided with evidence of growth.

Restrictions

The Trustees will not support the following:-

• Individuals
• Bodies seeking to distribute grants/funds to individuals or other organisations
• Charitable bodies that receive income in excess of £250,000 per annum.
• Local, regional or government institutions and organisations with core statutory responsibilities (e.g. NHS, local authorities, parish councils and town councils)
• Organisations that appear to have excessive unrestricted or free reserves and no policy to reflect the rationale behind this
• Political parties or party-political activities
• Schools (except for special schools), parent teacher associations, nurseries, preschools, playgroups and universities/colleges
• Building renovations/general refurbishment
• Feasibility studies
• Foreign travel
• General marketing appeals or sponsorship
• Medical research, treatment and equipment
• Projects that promote religion
• Training or educational workshops that do not result in a tangible outcome for participants