The Albert Hunt Trust has announced that it has reopened funding applications for certain charities “one final time” ahead of its planned closure in 2029.
The foundation, which was established in 1979 and supports local charities across the UK, became a charitable incorporated organisation in 2018 and the £63.6m assets of its previous organisation were transferred to it.
It announced in 2023 that it would be spending the remainder of its resources by 2029 and mark its 50th anniversary by closing.
The trustees subsequently announced in January this year that they had “reluctantly” decided to narrow the funding criteria further and refuse further funding requests from any new applicant, effective 1 February, meaning charities that have not previously received funding from the Albert Hunt Trust will be unable to submit a request.
The trustees added the decision had been made “in an endeavour to manage increasing demand for support and to ensure that the spend out of the trust is managed well”.
Now, the foundation has announced in a statement on its website that it would be opening up funding for one final time again in 2027 to hospices, and homelessness, health and wellbeing organisations.
However, organisations must have already submitted a funding application during 2026 to be eligible to submit a new application in 2027. Applications will then close permanently on 31 December 2027.
