The MSE Charity

Who they support

The objects of the charity are the advancement of education of the general public in the United Kingdom by providing information and improving education about debt, money and consumer issues. The Charity gives grants to UK not for profit organisations that deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money.

The average annual spending of grantees has been £872,998
The average age of charities supported has been years.

Grant criteria

The MSE Charity gives grants to UK not for profit organisations that deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money.

Grant details

We prefer to fund small to medium-sized non-profit organisations with a constitution for example registered Charities, CICs, Credit Unions, excluding statutory organisations. Organisations should have an annual income under £750,000 and have less than six months free reserves.

www.msecharity.com

info@msecharity.com

0161 211 0205

c/o Moneysupermarket Group
1 Dean Street
LONDON
W1D 3RB

Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1121320

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Analysis of Grants Made

In this period 74 donations have been made totalling £453,063 to 72 organisations

Where are the Beneficiaries?

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Which activities are being funded?

How old were the charities when supported?

Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)

Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?

	By Value	By Number
The National Lottery Community Fund	68%	69%
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales	33%	36%
Garfield Weston Foundation	31%	32%
Co-operative Group	26%	26%
DCMS	26%	31%
The Clothworkers' Foundation	21%	24%
The Henry Smith Charity	19%	22%
BBC Children in Need	16%	18%
CAF	16%	18%
The Tudor Trust	15%	18%

Sole supporter: 17% by number, 17% by value.

Individual Grants Made

When	Amount	Annual Spending	Grantee	To be used for
29/03/2024	£7,500		THE MONEY CHARITY	Funding the delivery of 15 money workshops to around 150 young people and adults with special educational needs.
29/03/2024	£3,879		LITTLE MIRACLES CIO	Funding the delivery of an ASDAN short personal finance course to young people with with autism and learning disabilites alongside their parents and carers, supporting over 70 people.
29/03/2024	£7,842		CLEAN SLATE FINANCIAL WELLBEING SERVICES CIO	Funding the delivery of financial wellbeing workshops at Changing Lives Oaktrees rehab centre for 100 people in recovery from addiction.
29/03/2024	£7,989		OPENING DOORS	Funding the Money Matters project, including training and workshops across Norfolk, reaching around 60 people with learning disabilties.
29/03/2024	£6,750		AUTISTIC NOTTINGHAM	Funding the delivery of the Mindful Money course for neurodiverse adults, reaching around 150 people.
29/03/2024	£7,993		SPRING INTO ACTION CIC	Funding the Spring into Money Management courses for adults with learning disabilites, reaching 60 people over the year.
29/03/2024	£5,466		LABURNUM BOAT CLUB	Funding the Out & About Club which provides social activities and life skills for young people with disabilities, specifically funding 18 finanical literacy sessions over the year reaching 24 people.
29/03/2024	£7,700		ROCHDALE AFC COMMUNITY TRUST	Funding the delivery of their financial capability workshop programme, for individuals with autism and learning difficulties reaching 80 people over the year.
29/03/2024	£4,086		PEAK EMPOWER	Funding the delivery of their Money Matters course which supports young people with learning difficulties to learn independent living skills, reaching 60 young people.
15/04/2023	£7,392		LIFE IN COMMUNITY CIC	Funding the development of a Community Money Advice Connect Centre, which will offer debt support and advocacy to local residents.
15/04/2023	£7,487	£634,684	WEST SMETHWICK ENTERPRISE	Funding the Family Growth Project, which will support the delivery of 20 financial skills and confidence-building sessions over a 12-month period to 50 beneficiaries, including one-to-one and small group work.
15/04/2023	£6,422	£153,804	NEW HOPE GLOBAL	Funding the Essential Financial Skills for Life project - which will include 20 financial capability workshops delivered in partnership with the Birmingham Settlement Charity, and fund 4 hours a week one-to-one support for those with complex needs, providing welfare and debt advice and money guidance.
15/04/2023	£3,000	£485,864	BEYOND FOOD FOUNDATION	Part funding the Budget, Buy and Boss It series of workshops for 12 young people aged 14 to 17.
15/04/2023	£6,149		ELEVATE EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP	Funding the delivery of the interactive Money Marvels money life skills programme, engaging at least 200 young people aged between 8 and 11, from primary schools across the Liverpool region.
15/04/2023	£7,475	£190,490	SAMEE	Funding the Steps into Self Employment programme which provides intensive support to deliver personal financial and confidencce-building training to 12 young people with learning disabilities.
15/04/2023	£2,598	£106,962	NEW LEAF SUPPORT	Funding the Financial Confidence workshops as part of its Phoenix gender-neutral self-esteem programme, directly supporting at least 40 beneficiaries.
15/04/2023	£5,069	£280,600	CRIBS CHARITABLE TRUST	Funding the delivery of the CAP (Christians Against Poverty) Money Kids Course to 44 Year 5 classes (approximately 1,320 children) across 15 schools in the local area.
15/04/2023	£2,810	£591,761	SHEPPEY MATTERS	Funding the Mammas (Money And Mind Management Action Support) programme, delivered in several formats to parents, sessions will address the challenges of the current cost of living crisis.
15/04/2023	£6,718		THE GROWING CLUB CIC	Funding the Women and Money Matters parents outreach project, at West End Primary School, Morecambe, supporting around 50 parents.
15/09/2022	£7,395	£360,188	CITIZENS ADVICE GOSPORT	Cost of Living Crisis Support- Funding an experienced case-worker to deliver 19 hours per week for 6 months to deliver emergency money and debt support to a minimun of 60 households in Gosport.
15/09/2022	£5,549	£771,685	AGE WELL EAST LTD	Cost of Living Crisis Support- Funding a Welfare Advisor 6 hours per week for 1 year to deliver one to one support to over 60 vulnerable people and their carers aged over 60.
15/09/2022	£5,252	£369,168	SANCTUS	Cost of Living Crisis Support - Funding 8 hours of weekly one to one support to around 190 beneficiaries who are disproportionately impacted by the cost of living crisis.
15/09/2022	£6,000	£406,000	GOLDHILL ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND	Cost of Living Crisis Support - Funding 10 weekly drop in advice sessions for families living in Saffron Lane, 6 financial capability workshops and 4 peer to peer support sessions, working in partnership with Melton and District Money Advice Centre.
15/09/2022	£6,464		EAST SUSSEX CREDIT UNION	Cost of Living Crisis Support - Funding three weekly help points in Lewes, Newhaven and Eastbourne staffed by a Community Advocate for 2 hours per week to assist around 500 beneficiaries access financial services and money management advice.
15/09/2022	£4,952	£563,165	CITIZENS ADVICE ROSSENDALE & HYNDBURN	Cost of Living Crisis Support - Funding an experienced debt advisor for 15 hours a week for 6 months to provide crisis and advocacy support to around 88 beneficiaries who are experiencing debt and money management issues.
15/09/2022	£7,500	£388,606	CARE (CHRISTIAN ACTION AND RESOURCE ENTERPRISE LTD)	Cost of Living Crisis Support - Part funding the salary of a money advice keyworker to deliver one to one support to people in financial crisis.
15/09/2022	£6,409	£352,046	WOMEN'S HEALTH IN SOUTH TYNESIDE (WHIST)	Cost of Living Crisis Support - Funding the delivery of a weekly financial advice drop in for women, provision of financial skills and eating well sessions, supporting around 150 women and their families.
15/04/2022	£6,000		DISABILITY SHEFFIELD CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED	Funding Money Talks - a series of interactive money information and support sessions that can be delivered at day services attended by people with a learning disability and/or Autism in Sheffield.
15/04/2022	£5,266		BASIC (BRAIN AND SPINAL INJURY CENTRE)	Funding Financial Minds - a three part programme of financial skills support for up to 15 people with brain injury or stroke, and their carers.
15/04/2022	£6,380		ROAR PURSUITS CIC	Funding Roar Futures - delivering financial and monetary training to approximately 30 young care leavers experiencing money management issues, specifically to those who have a diagnosis or awaiting diagnosis of a learning difficulty
15/04/2022	£7,400		FEEDING COVENTRY	Funding a 6 month 'support worker' post for 12 hrs per week, alongside 1 volunteer support worker, both will be trained by MIMA qualified advisors to better support members in managing their personalised budgets and to develop further their money management skills.
15/04/2022	£6,000		YORK AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU	Funding the Mind Your Money project - delivering financial capability supported learning for 40 people who live with mental health conditions and who are experiencing debt and money management issues.
15/04/2022	£5,828		WOKINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU	Funding the Making Money Matter project - delivering basic financial awareness skills and money management training to 50 adults with learning disabilities, working in partnership with local learning disability charity CLASP.
15/04/2022	£7,500		DEAF-INITELY WOMEN	Enabling deaf women to manage their money better, by funding accessible training and workshops for 40 deaf women with full communication support.
15/04/2022	£7,500		DEEPNESS LTD	Funding the pilot You are Not Alone - Living Well with your Money project, enabling through online workshops and peer support and through different media channels.
15/04/2022	£6,500		EMPOWERING DEAF SOCIETY	Funding the CAP Money course to be delivered in BSL (British Sign Language) and to enable 3 deaf people to train to become CAP Money Coaches.
15/11/2021	£7,296		IMAGO DEI PRISON MINISTRY	Funding ID Essence team to deliver– Money life courses to female offenders in HMP Downview
15/11/2021	£5,887		NOMAD OPENING DOORS	Funding pre-tenancy budgeting workshops to those who have been affected by homelessness
15/11/2021	£3,379		TREASURES FOUNDATION	Funding a QSA financial capability ‘train the trainer’ course and subsequent delivery of financial skills sessions to women affected by drug abuse and or offending
15/11/2021	£6,560		RENOVA TRUST	Funding financial independence training for supported residents who have been affected by homelessness
15/11/2021	£7,417		CHURCHES HOUSING ACTION TEAM (MID DEVON) LIMITED	Hopeful Futures - funding training from CMA for new volunteers and delivering budgeting workshops across Mid Devon.
15/11/2021	£7,000		PENNINE MENCAP	Budgeting and Beyond, a programme of training and practical support around budgeting and money management skills to service users
15/11/2021	£7,299		CHAS BRISTOL (CHURCHES HOUSING AID SOCIETY)	Funding financial and digital life skills for marginalised Bristol families.
15/11/2021	£3,000		HAPPYDAYS MINISTRIES UK	Funding delivery of budgeting and cooking skills to residents in a supported community housing scheme
15/11/2021	£7,500	£119,532	MUSTARD SEED EDINBURGH	Funding blended CAP in the community support services to street homeless and those at risk of homelessness in Edinburgh
15/11/2021	£7,465		ST ALBANS DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU	Funding a specialist financial advice worker for those who have been made redundant
15/11/2021	£3,377		MANCHESTER CONGOLESE ORGANISATION	Funding delivery of functional financial skills and employability advice workshops to those who have been made redundant or impacted by the Covid crisis
15/11/2021	£6,600		KITH & KIN FINANCIAL WELLBEING CIC	Funding delivery of ‘Preparing for Retirement, Mentally & Financially’ workshops across Belfast
15/04/2021	£3,210		ACT ON IT	To further develop the Moneywise project
15/04/2021	£6,924		ACTIVE YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICES	To support young people post lockdown to develop key life skills in partnership with The Money Charity
15/04/2021	£5,280		CRIBS CHARITABLE TRUST	To upskill and train school outreach team to deliver CAP Money Kids and CAP Young People courses and then to deliver in local primary and secondary schools
15/04/2021	£7,500		HULL KINGSTON ROVERS COMMUNITY TRUST	Supporting its employability team to deliver the ‘My Money’ project to 75 young people
15/04/2021	£7,000		INSIGHT SOCIETY	Providing Young Blind People with Financial Privacy and Independence
15/04/2021	£6,310		LEADERS IN COMMUNITY	Be Prepared - Financial Resilience project
15/04/2021	£4,971		THE FAMILY TRUST	Money Courses for Primary School Children in Maidstone, Medway and Swale
15/04/2021	£7,200		THE MONEY CHARITY	Covid Response Money Workshops for Vulnerable Young Adults across the UK
15/04/2021	£4,500		TRANSITIONS UK	Financial Workshops for Young Care Leavers
15/04/2021	£2,052	£14,742,236	CAP LARNE	Know Your Money - to support the delivery of CAP Money Management courses to children and young people in the Larne area.
15/11/2020	£7,458		BAGS OF TASTE	Delivery of food resilience courses to vulnerable groups
15/11/2020	£4,500		CANNOCK CHASE ADVICE CENTRE	Into The Future - supporting debt management coaching and money management courses
15/11/2020	£6,691		ELLA'S HOME	Budgeting Support for Survivors of Trafficking
15/11/2020	£6,500		FREE@LAST	Breaking the Nechells Poverty Mentality project
15/11/2020	£6,613		FREEDOM CHARITY	Contribution to its financial inclusion worker’s annual salary costs
15/11/2020	£7,480		MESILA UK	Coming out of Covid Crisis - financial resilience support.
15/11/2020	£7,038		RUGBY CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE	New Bilton Job Club - this will deliver financial literacy advice and guidance, and work-readiness skills to at least 30 people
15/11/2020	£6,936		SWINDON ADVOCACY MOVEMENT	Money Matters project, to deliver financial skills and confidence-building sessions to 25 adults with learning disabilities living in Swindon.
15/11/2020	£5,251		TAILORED ADVICE SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES	Switched On Communities project supporting older people to develop digital money skills.
15/11/2019	£5,498		ACCESS2ADVICE CIC	Myth Busters Project - money management support for prisoners and those on probation
15/11/2019	£7,500		BESTWOOD ADVICE CENTRE	Life After Debt - contriution to adviser salary costs
15/11/2019	£6,000		CLEAN SLATE TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT CIC	3 Bs Money Skills project based in Gloucester
15/11/2019	£5,000		MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN AND SOCIETY ORGANIZATION	Better Choices Project - developing financial resilience
15/11/2019	£7,000	£330,158	MUSSELBURGH AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE	Money Matters Project- contribution to salary costs
15/11/2019	£7,500		PANDORA PROJECT	Funding Pandora Money project - supporting salary costs for in-house worker
15/11/2019	£6,151		THE ZINTHIYA GANESHPANCHAN TRUST	Sustain Home Project - contribution to advisor salary costs

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Cumulative Grants

Amount	Grantee
£14,700	THE MONEY CHARITY
£10,349	CRIBS CHARITABLE TRUST
£7,993	SPRING INTO ACTION CIC
£7,989	OPENING DOORS
£7,842	CLEAN SLATE FINANCIAL WELLBEING SERVICES CIO
£7,700	ROCHDALE AFC COMMUNITY TRUST
£7,500	PANDORA PROJECT
£7,500	MUSTARD SEED EDINBURGH
£7,500	HULL KINGSTON ROVERS COMMUNITY TRUST
£7,500	DEEPNESS LTD
£7,500	DEAF-INITELY WOMEN
£7,500	CARE (CHRISTIAN ACTION AND RESOURCE ENTERPRISE LTD)
£7,500	BESTWOOD ADVICE CENTRE
£7,487	WEST SMETHWICK ENTERPRISE
£7,480	MESILA UK
£7,475	SAMEE
£7,465	ST ALBANS DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
£7,458	BAGS OF TASTE
£7,417	CHURCHES HOUSING ACTION TEAM (MID DEVON) LIMITED
£7,400	FEEDING COVENTRY
£7,395	CITIZENS ADVICE GOSPORT
£7,392	LIFE IN COMMUNITY CIC
£7,299	CHAS BRISTOL (CHURCHES HOUSING AID SOCIETY)
£7,296	IMAGO DEI PRISON MINISTRY
£7,038	RUGBY CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTRE
£7,000	PENNINE MENCAP
£7,000	MUSSELBURGH AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE
£7,000	INSIGHT SOCIETY
£6,936	SWINDON ADVOCACY MOVEMENT
£6,924	ACTIVE YOUTH OUTREACH SERVICES
£6,750	AUTISTIC NOTTINGHAM
£6,718	THE GROWING CLUB CIC
£6,691	ELLA'S HOME
£6,613	FREEDOM CHARITY
£6,600	KITH & KIN FINANCIAL WELLBEING CIC
£6,560	RENOVA TRUST
£6,500	FREE@LAST
£6,500	EMPOWERING DEAF SOCIETY
£6,464	EAST SUSSEX CREDIT UNION
£6,422	NEW HOPE GLOBAL
£6,409	WOMEN'S HEALTH IN SOUTH TYNESIDE (WHIST)
£6,380	ROAR PURSUITS CIC
£6,310	LEADERS IN COMMUNITY
£6,151	THE ZINTHIYA GANESHPANCHAN TRUST
£6,149	ELEVATE EDUCATION BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
£6,000	YORK AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
£6,000	GOLDHILL ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
£6,000	DISABILITY SHEFFIELD CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED
£6,000	CLEAN SLATE TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT CIC
£5,887	NOMAD OPENING DOORS
£5,828	WOKINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
£5,549	AGE WELL EAST LTD
£5,498	ACCESS2ADVICE CIC
£5,466	LABURNUM BOAT CLUB
£5,266	BASIC (BRAIN AND SPINAL INJURY CENTRE)
£5,252	SANCTUS
£5,251	TAILORED ADVICE SERVICES IN COMMUNITIES
£5,000	MIDDLE EASTERN WOMEN AND SOCIETY ORGANIZATION
£4,971	THE FAMILY TRUST
£4,952	CITIZENS ADVICE ROSSENDALE & HYNDBURN
£4,500	TRANSITIONS UK
£4,500	CANNOCK CHASE ADVICE CENTRE
£4,086	PEAK EMPOWER
£3,879	LITTLE MIRACLES CIO
£3,379	TREASURES FOUNDATION
£3,377	MANCHESTER CONGOLESE ORGANISATION
£3,210	ACT ON IT
£3,000	HAPPYDAYS MINISTRIES UK
£3,000	BEYOND FOOD FOUNDATION
£2,810	SHEPPEY MATTERS
£2,598	NEW LEAF SUPPORT
£2,052	CAP LARNE