Charity Builder — free tools for small UK charities
Save time, strengthen your organisation and get ready for funding. Governance and CIC setup, 45+ tailored policies, strategy and impact, team and volunteer tools, 2,000+ UK funders and grant writing help. Free during beta.
Tools
- Grant writing help for small charities — Draft grant applications from your own charity's information. Funder-specific bid builder, iterative editing and Word downloads. Free during beta.
- Policies for small charities, tailored to you — 45+ policies for small UK charities and community groups — safeguarding, data protection, volunteering and more — drafted around your organisation. Free during beta.
- Governance and CIC setup — Set up a Community Interest Company using the official Companies House model articles, or draft a constitution and AGM papers. Free during beta.
- Strategy and impact, built from what you already know — Build a strategy, theory of change, outcomes and annual report from your own sources — with no made-up facts. Free for small UK charities during beta.
- Team and volunteer toolkit — Job descriptions, recruitment, onboarding, volunteer handbooks and wellbeing support for small UK charities. Free during beta.
Free guides
- How to set up a CIC in the UK — A plain-English guide to setting up a Community Interest Company: choosing your model, the community interest statement, the asset lock and registering with Companies House.
- CIC or charity — which is right for you? — Comparing a Community Interest Company with a registered charity or CIO: control, funding, tax relief, trading and reporting — in plain English for UK founders.
- What policies does a small charity need? — A plain-English checklist of the core policies small UK charities and community groups usually need, with three short sample outlines to get you started.
- How to write a case for support — What a case for support is, what to include and how to make it persuasive — a practical guide for small UK charities and community groups.
- Theory of change: a simple example — What a theory of change is, how to build one in five steps, and a worked example for a small community project — in plain English.
- How to register a charity in England and Wales — A plain-English guide to registering a charity with the Charity Commission: choosing a structure such as a CIO, trustees, your governing document and applying.
- Grants for small charities: how to find the right funders — Where small UK charities and community groups can find grants, how to check you're eligible and how to choose funders worth applying to.
- Safeguarding policy for small charities — What a safeguarding policy for a small UK charity or community group should cover, with a simple outline and who should be responsible.