Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands

What Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands does

Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands is a registered charity (Number 327113) and Company Limited by Guarantee (1971241) established in 1985 under a long-standing covenant with Lloyds Banking Group. It funds, supports, and champions charities in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney that serve people who are socially excluded and disadvantaged, enabling them to play a fuller role in the community. Over 40 years, the foundation has distributed more than £26 million to local charities, with FY2025 total funding provided reaching a record £1,319,689 (grants of £1,308,950 plus £10,739 in matched giving), compared with £1,031,401 in FY2024.

The foundation operates three grant programmes — a Core Grant Programme, a 40th Anniversary Grant Programme launched in 2025, and the Financial Resilience Fund launched in 2025 as a cross-foundation partnership with Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. From 2026, the foundation has moved to an unrestricted funding model. Approximately 30 charities are supported annually across verticals including youth homelessness, mental health advocacy, dementia support, LGBTQ+ services, advice services, employment support, and human rights.

Beyond funding, the foundation offers developmental support programmes — one-to-one mentoring, a six-month Skills Exchange Programme, quarterly Charity Response Forums, and Outcome-Based Accountability training — delivered by Lloyds Banking Group colleagues. In 2025 these programmes engaged 8 mentors, 21 skills-exchange colleagues, and 54 forum participants. Governance is provided by a Board of Trustees chaired by Philippa Stahelin with Executive Director Jo Le Poidevin, and back-office support is supplied by Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales from a London registered office.

Name

Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands

Legal name

Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands

Website

https://lloydsbankfoundationci.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands is a registered charity established in 1985 that distributes roughly £1.3 million annually in grants and developmental support to about 30 charities in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney serving socially excluded and disadvantaged people.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Charitable Grant-Making Foundation

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB), Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

Keywords

• Charitable grant funding
• Nonprofit foundation
• Unrestricted grants
• Charity capacity building
• Philanthropic support

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Peter Port

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable grants from Lloyds Banking Group: The Foundation receives its funding through a long-standing covenant from Lloyds Banking Group. In 2025, total funding provided was £1,319,689, with grants totalling £1,308,950 awarded to charities. The Foundation also provides matched giving to colleagues' chosen charities, totalling £10,739 in 2025.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Foundation provides unrestricted grant funding and non-financial developmental support (mentoring, skills exchange, charity response forums, training) to small and medium-sized charities in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney that serve people who are socially excluded and disadvantaged. Funded by a long-standing covenant from Lloyds Banking Group, it distributes approximately £1 million annually across the three islands, supplementing financial grants with structured capacity-building drawn from Lloyds Bank colleagues.

Product overview

Lloyds Bank Foundation for the Channel Islands operates as a charitable grant-making foundation, not a software product company. Its core 'offering' consists of grant funding programmes (Core Grant Programme, 40th Anniversary Grant Programme, Financial Resilience Fund) providing unrestricted funding to charities in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney. Complementing financial support, the Foundation offers developmental support including one-to-one Mentoring, the Skills Exchange Programme, and Charity Response Forums. Training initiatives include OBA Training and the Lived Experience Leadership Programme. The Foundation facilitates colleague engagement through a Matched Giving Programme and hosts Winter Reception networking events. An online Knowledge Hub provides case studies and resources. Together, these components form an integrated support ecosystem enabling the Foundation to fund, support, and champion charities addressing social exclusion and disadvantage across the Channel Islands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Core Grant Programme The Foundation's core grant funding programme providing unrestricted funding (from 2026) to charities in Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney supporting people who are socially excluded and disadvantaged. Grants cover salaries, operating costs, and programme delivery for charities working in homelessness, mental health, human rights, family support, LGBTQ+ services, and other disadvantaged population needs.
• 40th Anniversary Grant Programme Special grant programme launched to mark the Foundation's 40th anniversary in 2025, offering unrestricted funding to Channel Island charities experiencing significant increases in demand for services due to the cost-of-living crisis.
• Financial Resilience Fund Partnership fund with Lloyds Banking Group and sister Lloyds Bank Foundations offering unrestricted funding to charities supporting those struggling with financial insecurity, plus access to Lloyds Bank Academy for financial, digital, and employability education.
• Charity Mentoring One-to-one mentoring pairing Lloyds Banking Group employees with Foundation-funded charities to strengthen their effectiveness, robustness, and sustainability, with relationships typically running throughout the year.
• Skills Exchange Programme Six-month skills exchange programme running twice yearly, introducing charities to a team of Lloyds Banking Group employees who help tackle organisational challenges across leadership, communications, marketing, financial management, risk, and strategy.
• Charity Response Forums Online forums running four times per year in which charities share pressing organisational concerns with a panel of Lloyds Banking Group employees bringing diverse experience and perspectives, exclusive to one charity per session.
• Outcome-Based Accountability (OBA) Training Training programme co-funded with Jersey Funders Group (Jersey) and with Social Investment Fund and Guernsey Community Foundation (Guernsey), helping charities measure and report impact, build stronger grant applications, and communicate effectiveness to stakeholders.
• Winter Receptions Annual networking events held in Guernsey and Jersey bringing Foundation-funded charities together with politicians, civil servants, funders, sector stakeholders, and Lloyds Bank colleagues to celebrate and champion the charity sector.
• Matched Giving Programme Programme enabling Lloyds Bank International colleagues to raise money for eligible charities: £10 claimed per hour of volunteering outside work (up to £500) and pound-for-pound matching of personal fundraising (up to £500), unlocking up to £1,000 per colleague per charity.

Quantifiable outcome

• £26 million distributed over 40 years to Channel Island charities
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lloyds Bank Foundation sister foundations (England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership for Financial Resilience Fund offering unrestricted funding to charities supporting those struggling with financial insecurity, plus access to Lloyds Bank Academy for digital and financial skills education.
• Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and WalescoreOthersProvides back-office support to the Channel Islands Foundation, ensuring smooth and efficient running of the organisation. The sister foundation supports the regional entity's operations.
• Jersey Funders GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-funds Outcomes Based Accountability (OBA) Training in Jersey, helping charities measure and report their impact.
• Social Investment Fund GuernseyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organises and co-funds OBA Training in Guernsey alongside Guernsey Community Foundation.
• Guernsey Community FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organises and co-funds OBA Training in Guernsey alongside Social Investment Fund.
• Association of Guernsey Charities (AGC)minorOthersFoundation holds AGC Membership Number 136, indicating membership in the Guernsey charity sector infrastructure.
• Lloyds Bank AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough the Financial Resilience Fund partnership, charities are signposted to Lloyds Bank Academy which offers digital and financial skills for individuals and businesses.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BBC Children in Need: Large UK-wide grantmaker for disadvantaged children and young people, funding frontline charities with project and core grants. Comparable grantmaking function serving youth homelessness and family support charities that LBFCI also funds (e.g., Action for Children).
• Tudor Trust: UK private grantmaking foundation providing unrestricted and multi-year funding to small charities serving marginalised communities. Same trust-based philanthropy approach that LBFCI is adopting from 2026, making it a strong functional peer despite larger UK-wide scope.
• Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Major UK private foundation funding social inclusion, environmental, and creative causes with significant unrestricted components. Models the kind of strategic, unrestricted grantmaking LBFCI is moving toward, with overlapping impact themes.

Regional players

• Jersey Funders Group: Network of Jersey-based funders co-delivering OBA training with LBFCI. Operates in the same geographic and thematic niche (Jersey social-cause charities), and represents a potential partner/competitor for restricted versus unrestricted funding.
• Social Investment Fund Guernsey: States of Guernsey-backed social investor operating in the Bailiwick. Co-funds OBA training with LBFCI and serves overlapping grantee cohorts addressing social disadvantage in Guernsey.
• Guernsey Community Foundation: Largest locally governed grantmaker in Guernsey, co-funding OBA training with LBFCI. Directly competes for community-foundation funds in the same Channel Islands geography, sharing donor and applicant pools.
• Association of Guernsey Charities: Sector membership body of which LBFCI is member #136. Operates in the same Channel Islands third sector, providing regulatory and convening infrastructure that overlaps with LBFCI's ecosystem role.

Direct peers

• Lloyds Bank Foundation for Scotland: Sister foundation funded by the same Lloyds Banking Group covenant and a co-partner in the Financial Resilience Fund alongside LBFCI. Operates the identical integrated funding-plus-capacity-building model targeting small charities addressing social exclusion.
• Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales: The largest sister foundation within the Lloyds Banking Group covenant network. Provides back-office support to LBFCI and shares the integrated funding-plus-developmental-support model, including mentoring, skills exchange, and response forums. Direct operational peer with same strategic mission.
• Lloyds Bank Foundation for Northern Ireland: Fourth sister foundation under the same LBG covenant structure and co-partner in the cross-foundation Financial Resilience Fund programme. Directly comparable mission, governance structure, and programme design.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lloyds-bank-foundation-for-the-channel-islands

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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