Grants

Helmsley Town Council has three budgets for grants, the Minor Grants budget for grants of usually up to £400, the Major Grants Budget for Sports & Recreation at Baxton's Road, Helmsley Open Air Swimming Pool and Helmsley Community Primary School and an Events budget. There are simple forms to complete and applications can be made for 1, 2 or 3 consecutive years. Although there is no deadline for grant applications each financial year, applicants are advised to submit applications before the 31st December for consideration in the same financial year.

To be considered at a Council meeting an application must be received by Monday the week before the meeting. Successful applicants will be invited to, and expected to attend, the Annual Parish Assembly to talk for a few minutes on how the grant was spent and how it benefited residents.

In March 2022 the council resolved to agree a condition that applicants for grants over £1,000pa provide the council with their accounts for their most recent financial year (draft acceptable if within 4 months) and that if a Registered Charity that their accounts & Trustee Annual Return submissions to the Charity Commission are up-to-date and available online by the Charity Commission's due date. These conditions to be met each year of any long-term agreement. Newly formed organisations who cannot provide accounts for a year must provide a Business Plan.