# The Messenger Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218637 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218637)
- What it funds: Disability, Prevention or relief of poverty, Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides services, Provides advocacy / advice / information
- Area of operation: Derbyshire, Staffordshire
- Trustees: 3
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/messenger-trust

The prevention or relief of poverty;the advancement of health or saving of lives;the relief of those in need by reason of hardship, ill-health, disability, age, or other disadvantage.Likely to prioritise funding local to East Midlands.PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT US BY LETTER. THE MESSENGER TRUST DOES NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING OR PROVISION OF SERVICES BY POST.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To further such charitable purposes (charitable under english law) as the trustees see fit from time to time.

## What it funds

The Messenger Trust is registered under the Charity Commission purposes disability, prevention or relief of poverty and economic / community development / employment for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy / advice / information.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Messenger Trust in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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