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Community Ownership Fund: successful bidders

Communities across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales to benefit from over £150 million in funding to support community ownership of local assets.

Successful bids

The Community Ownership Fund has awarded £36.83 million to 150 projects across the UK, with £25.5 million allocated to 97 projects across England, £5.2 million allocated to 24 projects in Scotland, £3.2 million to 15 projects in Wales and £3 million to 14 projects in Northern Ireland. The full list of successful bids so far can be found in the table below.

Round 2 Window 3 successful bidders

Organisation Project Name Total Value Country
Back on the Map Hendon Highstreet Revolution £168,000 England
Barrowden Village Hall Charitable Incorporated Organisation Barrowden Community Hub £300,000 England
Birmingham Open Media Community Interest Company The Crown Project £300,000 England
Blackheath Football Club Limited Project Well Hall £725,000 England
Bovey Tracey Paradiso Arts Ltd Bovey Tracey Paradiso Arts - creating a sustainable Arts Centre for the people of Bovey Tracey and beyond £200,000 England
Brendon Orchards Cooperative The Greenhouse, Wiveliscombe £70,000 England
Broxbourne Big Local Wormley Community Centre £198,000 England
Chapel St Creative The Centenary Hall, Penzance £177,000 England
Christian Action & Resource Enterprise 88 Victoria Street £250,000 England
Cromer Artspace Cromer Artspace on the Prom £34,800 England
FOWLC Community Interest Company Wadebridge Sports and Leisure Centre £935,000 England
Framlingham Scout Group Framlingham Scout and Guide Headquarters Relocation Project £295,000 England
Friends of Spencer Park Spencer Park Pavilion £184,137 England
Frome Town Community Benefit Society Limited Saving Badgers Hill £364,114 England
Halo Leisure Services Limited Hereford Athletics Track £220,000 England
Higham Community Benefit Society Ltd The Oddfellows Arms, Higham on the Hill £156,000 England
Horse and Jockey Community Pub Limited Horse and Jockey Community Pub £240,000 England
Interim Spaces 10 Market Place, Shepton Mallet BA4 £144,000 England
Leslie Sports Foundation Storthes Hall Sports Facility £318,456 England
North Yorkshire Hospice Care Herriot Hospice@The Lambert £250,000 England
play@cotherstone Cotherstone Community Park purchase of Land freehold & title £24,000 England
Quainton George & Dragon Community Benefit Society Limited Save the Quainton George & Dragon Pub and Coffee Shop £300,000 England
Salcare Ltd Salcare Community Centre - A new beginning £247,370 England
The Helm at Croglin The Helm at Croglin £250,000 England
The Old School Building Company (OSBC) Shipley Sustainable Community Hub £300,000 England
The Paignton Picture House Trust Paignton Picture House £284,730 England
The Stable Family Home Trust The Emporium@55 for adults with learning disabilities £300,000 England
Titchfield Haven Community Hub Limited Titchfield Haven Community Hub £185,977 England
Winchcombe Arts & Community Hub Winchcombe Arts & Community Hub £282,406 England
York Supplies Community Society Ltd York Supplies Community Co-op £300,000 England
Ambassadors Football Ireland Craigavon Leisure Centre Regeneration Project £165,000 Northern Ireland
Broughshane and District Community Association Ltd Broughshane Community Centre £300,000 Northern Ireland
Enterprise Causeway Ltd The Meeting House Bushmills £210,000 Northern Ireland
Impact Network NI Regeneration of 45 Main Street, Randalstown £250,000 Northern Ireland
Inspire Wellbeing Woodvale Community Wellbeing Hub £129,600 Northern Ireland
Moneydarragh Community Hub Limkited Improving Facilities at Moneydarragh Hub £72,000 Northern Ireland
Seacourt Print Workshop Limited Banking on Seacourt £300,000 Northern Ireland
Caring Operations Joint Action Council C.O.J.A.C. Centre £111,000 Scotland
Clyne Heritage Society Old Clyne School Redevelopment £300,000 Scotland
Fife Employment Access Trust Silverburn Flax Mill £250,000 Scotland
John O’Groats Mill Trust John O’Groats Mill: a power for the community £300,000 Scotland
Laxdale Community Association SCIO Laxdale Hall Refurbishment £300,000 Scotland
New Cumnock Development Trust Re: New Trotters £182,073 Scotland
North Edinburgh Arts North Edinburgh Arts £250,000 Scotland
Portobello Central SCIO Portobello Town Hall £90,000 Scotland
The Y Centre Limited The Y Centre £250,000 Scotland
CPD Crymych Cyf. Tafarn Crymych Arms Community Wellbeing Hub £210,000 Wales
Tabernacle Morriston Congregation Tabernacle Morriston Community Resilience Hub £250,000 Wales
The Fern Partnership FuZe Together for Community Longevity £300,000 Wales
The Radnor Arms Hotel Limited The Radnor Arms Hotel £240,000 Wales
Tylorstown Welfare Hall and Institute Limited Tylorstown Welfare Hall £200,000 Wales
Y Cross Cas-lai Community Benefit Society Ltd Y Cross Cas-lai Community Benefit Society Ltd £244,250 Wales

Round 2 Window 2 successful bidders

Organisation Project Name Total Value Country
Argyle Community Trust Brickfields Sports and Community Hub £1,050,000 England
Courtside Hubs CIC (Courtside) (The Bury Knowle) Bury Knowle Multi-activity Hub £260,878 England
Courtside Hubs CIC (Courtside) (The Leys Multi activity hub) The Leys Multi-activity Hub £699,697 England
DesignerMakersCIO designermakers21 building purchase £191,596 England
East Boldre Community Stores Limited East Boldre Chapel Stores £299,500 England
Fighting All Cancers Together ACT Family Community Centre £300,000 England
Friends Of The Black Horse Cranham Ltd (registered number RS008746) Friends Of The Black Horse Cranham Ltd £300,000 England
Groundlings Theatre Trust Saving the Old Benny £156,000 England
Healthy Me Healthy Communities CIC Gorton Central £150,000 England
Joint Activities & Motor Education Service JAMES Tramshed Keighley £121,670 England
Lancaster Musicians Coop Lancaster Music Co-op £300,000 England
Middlesbrough Rugby Union Football Club Ltd Tollesby Playing Fields £138,623 England
Old Horn Community Pub Society Limited Old Horn Community Pub £199,740 England
Sangat community association sangat centre renovations £140,500 England
Selsey Pavilion Trust Selsey Pavilion £299,400 England
St Albans Community Association St Albans Community Centre £300,000 England
TAAG CIO TAAG refurbishment £88,560 England
The Fishers Arms Horncliffe Community Pub Limited The Fishers Arms £65,000 England
The Generator Loughborough CIC The Generator Loughborough £250,000 England
The George Community Pub (Wickham Market) Limited The George Community Pub Project £195,000 England
The New Mechanics Institution Preservation Trust Refurbishment of historic Cricketers Arms for community use £250,000 England
The Portland Inn Project CIC The Portland Inn Project £299,900 England
Wixford Village Hall Replacement of Wixford Village Hall £179,862 England
Greater Shantallow Area Partnership Northside Community Building £194,438 Northern Ireland
Dornie & District Community Trust Dornie Community Hub £280,000 Scotland
Forres Area Community Trust Forres Town Hall - An Enterprising Community Venue £300,000 Scotland
Inspire Inveraray Inveraray Pier £44,332 Scotland
Take A Bow Development Trust Re-Development of the Former New Farm Loch Community Centre £200,000 Scotland
The Aberfeldy Sports Club The Aberfeldy Sports Club £300,000 Scotland
Tremeirchion Community Pub Ltd Salusbury Arms Tremeirchion £175,000 Wales

Round 2 Window 1 Successful Bidders

Organisation Project Name Total Value Country
Banana Enterprise Network Ltd (Rock Hall) Save Rock Hall £295,000 England
Caistor and District Community Trust Limited (C&DCT) (2-4 Market Place) 2-4 Market Place £250,000 England
Cliftonville Cultural Space ARK - a new cultural space for Cliftonville £148,792 England
Horrabridge Recreation Field Trust Horrabridge Replacement Sports Pavilion £134,000 England
Kingswood Arts CIC (Kingwood House Restoration) Kingswood House Restoration £180,000 England
LifeLine Church (Community Centre) LifeLine Community Centre £250,000 England
Limpley Stoke Community Benefit Society Ltd (Save the Hop Pole) Save the Hop Pole £300,000 England
Margaret Haes Riding Centre Limited (the spirit of the Horse) The Spirit of the Horse £171,500 England
Mind in Bexley and East Kent Ltd (Revival: Food & Mood) Revival: Food & Mood £120,550 England
Moor Pool Heritage Trust (Moor Pool Community Jigsaw) Completing the Moor Pool Community Jigsaw £96,000 England
Myddleton Road Community Benefit Society Limited Save The Step £300,000 England
Oxhill Village Hall Renovation & extension of Oxhill Village Hall £25,000 England
Sawyers Church (Community Centre) Sawyers Community Centre £275,000 England
St George’s Church Fatfield PCC St Georges Fatfield Community Annexe and Cafe project £250,000 England
The Black Horse Community Group Limited BHCG Black Horse £245,395 England
The Honest Miller Community Group Limited The Honest Miller, Brook £262,500 England
The Raven Inn Community Benefit Society Limited The Raven Inn Community pub £102,000 England
The Roxy Collective The Future of The Roxy £300,000 England
Zion Bristol Limited Zion Community Art Space £240,000 England
Glór Uachtar Tíre (Teach Uidhilin) Teach Uidhilín £204,316 Northern Ireland
Kilcoo Regeneration Group Limited Purchase of the Parish Buildings for Community Use £195,000 Northern Ireland
Kilcooley Womens Centre (Ladybird Parent Children and Family Care) Ladybirds Parent, Children and Family Centre £156,000 Northern Ireland
Falkirk Rugby Football and Sports Club (SCIO) (Sunnyside Pavillion) Sunnyside Pavilion £115,000 Scotland
Heart of Newhaven Community The Heart £300,000 Scotland
Langside Sports Club Langside Sports Club - Clubhouse and Pavilion Renovation £100,000 Scotland
North Arran Community Benefit Society Ltd Lochranza Country Inn £300,000 Scotland
Aberporth Village Hall and Recreation Ground Heart of the Community £280,000 Wales
Aberystwyth and District Hospice at Home Volunteers Acquiring Plas Antaron, a place for wellbeing and hope £179,730 Wales
Haverhub CIC Expansion and security of Haverhub CIC £240,000 Wales
SHGT Community Benefit Society Ltd. (Siop Havards) Siop Havards £207,720 Wales
The Llandyrnog Community Shop Ltd. Llandyrnog Community Shop and Post Office Project (The Llandyrnog Community Shop Ltd) £200,000 Wales
Round 1 successful bidders
Organisation Project Name Total Value Country
Adwick Park Community and Sports Academies CIO Adwick Park Community Hub £235,952 England
Bridge Creative Enterprise CIC Centre of Social Enterprise and Creativity £65,870 England
Bury Community Football Stadium Bury Community Football Stadium £1,000,000 England
Countrymans Community Pub Society Limited CCPS Countrymans Community Pub £264,806 England
Fontmell Magna Community Land Trust Limited Community ownership of the Fontmell Magna Village Shop £204,800 England
Friends of Newtown St Martin Pub Limited Newtown St Martin Pub £240,000 England
Hartcliffe City Farm Ltd. Hartcliffe City Farm £300,000 England
Heritage Lab CIC Ltd Pugin Studios £300,000 England
Icarus Theatre Collective The Old Red Lion: A rich history, an exciting future £255,172 England
Newnham on Severn Community Benefit Society NoSCBS The George Community Hub £247,500 England
Ogbourne Community Pub Society Limited SavetheSilks £237,500 England
Oldham Boxing Victoria House (The Oldham Boxing Club) £550,000 England
Oxford Arms Pub and Hub Oxford Arms Pub and Hub £300,000 England
The Bell Inn Frisby Community Group Limited TBIFCG £150,000 England
The Weardale Museum Progressing the Internal Envelope £56,760 England
Clayton West and District Community Hub Limited Clayton Community Wellbeing Hub £185,088 England
Leigh Building Preservation Trust Leigh Spinners Mill Community Regeneration £250,000 England
Pompey in the Community The John Jenkins Stadium £986,000 England
The George Community Limited The George Community £250,000 England
The Light Church Bradford Purchase and Renovation of The Jubilee Centre £225,000 England
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Luke, Thurnby Leicester The Hub Community Centre and Cafe, Manor Field, Thurnby £250,000 England
The Rising Sun Woodcroft Community Pub Project The Rising Sun Woodcroft Community Pub Project £175,000 England
The Wharf Marple Community Interest Company The Wharf Marple Community Hub, Heritage, Health & Wellbeing Centre. £200,000 England
Westhall Community Pub Ltd. Westhall Racehorse Community Pub £96,600 England
Whitley Bay Big Local CIO Community Building for Whitley Bay £300,000 England
Ballymacash Sports Academy Limited Community Hub Project (Phase 2) 2022 £300,000 Northern Ireland
St Columbs Hall Trust Aurora £181,800 Northern Ireland
Grow the Glens Community Interest Company GtG CIC Glens Digital Hub £300,000 Northern Ireland
St Davids Brass Band SCIO Vogrie Hall Refurbishment £127,251 Scotland
Callander Community Development Trust Ltd Callander Visitor Information Centre £124,843 Scotland
Local Initiatives in New Galloway New Galloway Town Hall SOS Save Our Space £175,000 Scotland
Rannoch Community Trust Rannoch Hub £250,000 Scotland
The Old Forge Community Benefit Society Limited The Old Forge Community Benefit Society: a community owned pub £219,096 Scotland
The Whithorn Trust Whithorn ReBuild Renewing the Old Town Hall £300,000 Scotland
Creations of Cymru Film and Media Refurbishment and Redevelopment of the Queens Ballroom £90,000 Wales
Menter Tyn Llan Cyfyngedig Achub Tyn Llan Save Tyn Llan £250,000 Wales
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust The CANA Resource and Training Centre £124,258 Wales
Published 27 October 2021
Last updated 3 July 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added Cymraeg translation: Cynigwyr Llwyddiannus Cyfnod 3 Rownd 2.

  2. Successful bidders for Round 2 Window 3 added to list of successful bidders.

  3. Successful bidders for Round 2 Window 2 added to list of successful bidders.

  4. Added the successful bids from window 1 of round 2 of the fund.

  5. Removed Stoke Community Centre bid due to a change in circumstances.

  6. Updated list of successful bidders.

  7. Added translation

  8. Added Bury Community Stadium to list of successful bidders.

  9. Added translation

  10. First published.