1. Organisations must be an incorporated not for profit / Voluntary and Community organisation (VCO), registered with Companies House or the Charities Commission for Northern Ireland. Types of eligible VCO organisations would include:
2. Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) registered with the Charities Commission,
3. Charitable Companies, registered with both Companies House and the Charity Commission.
4. Community organisations who are Companies Limited by Guarantee (CLG) with no share capital and are registered with Companies House,
5. Organisations with other governance structure should contact us to discuss their eligibility.
6. There must be at least five Trustees/Directors for organisations registered within England and Wales, and three Trustees/Directors for those registered within Northern Ireland and Scotland, to ensure organisations are in line with statutory requirements and best practice. We will consider organisations with 3 or 4 directors/trustees in England, on a case-by-case basis.
7. Organisations have been established for at least one year.
8. Organisations must have a bank account in the organisation’s name, with two or more unrelated signatories.
9. Any reserves accrued by organisations are used to support your organisation (i.e., not for profit.)
10. Organisations may be required to submit a copy of their governing document, which shows a charitable / not for profit purpose.
11. Organisations produce annual accounts. Please note – we will ask for copies of your full profit and loss accounts and a copy of your audit or independent examiners report, if available.
12. Organisations must have appropriate minimum standards in place to adhere to DofE licencing requirements. This includes:
- A safeguarding and/or child protection policy
- A health and safety policy
- Insurance documentation
- Equal opportunities policy
- An offsite visits policy (or similar).
- To become a directly licenced centre (DLC), organisations must be incorporated.
- The organisation is willing / able to contribute towards the reduced DofE / JAI licence fee (Year 1 will be fully covered by the grant, and 50% in year 2).
- We will need details of two contacts as part of your application, one of whom will be the legally responsible contact for any grant awarded; these must also be unconnected.
*Please note that all applications will undergo a due diligence check and organisations will be asked to produce documentation, including safeguarding policies and profit and loss accounts.? We will review the information supplied alongside publicly available data. This is to make sure that the information is correct and there are no significant risks we can identify when awarding grants.