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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grant making

Discover 4,096 Charitable activities charities that specialise in Grant making. Use the search below to filter within these results.

4,096
Charities
£8,234,488,247
Total Income
£1,476,244
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Berwick Charity School Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Making of grants to a local primary schools.

Latest Income: £3,870
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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The Springsyde Foundation

Charitable activities

The charity makes donations to other registered charities, particularly those supporting the environment and heritage.

Latest Income: £3,837
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The William Reason Hough Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Charity receives donations and has some investments. With this income it makes donations to other charities.

Latest Income: £3,800
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Lily And Marcus Sieff Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity is a grant making trust applying funds to charitable causes at the trustees discretion.

Latest Income: £3,787
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Church Lands

Charitable activities, Religion

Making grants for the repair and decoration of St Mary's Church, Watford; also for the erection, repair, maintenance and improvement of any hall or building used for the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the Watford area.

Latest Income: £3,737
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Sir John Plumb Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to young historians at Cambridge and other UK universities to assist in research or the publication of research.

Latest Income: £3,734
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Poor's Allotment Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to individuals in cases of hardship.

Latest Income: £3,726
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Edith Strain (nursing)

Charitable activities, Health

Grants to people with medical problems living in Wotton-under-Edge and to Organisations that support people living in Wotton-under-Edge

Latest Income: £3,703
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Edgar Lee Foundation

Charitable activities

The Charity makes donations to local charities, national charities and projects across a broad spectrum of differing causes.

Latest Income: £3,660
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Norfolk And Norwich Operatic Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The fund awards grants to talented local young people pursuing professional training in various forms of live theatre.

Latest Income: £3,615
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Dr J Millington Exhibition Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Award scholarships , exhibitions, bursaries and grants to boys attending Shrewsbury School

Latest Income: £3,601
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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The Butler Ember Charity

Charitable activities

Making grants to individuals or bodies based in Northumberland whose purposes are charitable in their nature

Latest Income: £3,600
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Benjamin Tomkins For Poor Dissenters

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Provision of charitable grants to local Christian causes

Latest Income: £3,594
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Cliburn School Endowment Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Grants to children living in the parish of Cliburn attending secondary school and further education establishments up to the age of 25

Latest Income: £3,570
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Thorney Hill Church Of England School

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

Makes Grants for educationl purposes in connection with the Church of England in the Ecclesiatical Parish of Bransgore.

Latest Income: £3,555
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Barrie Badland Trust

Charitable activities

GRANT MAKING

Latest Income: £3,548
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Griffith Charles Jones Trust Fund

Charitable activities

Grants to Individuals

Latest Income: £3,522
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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The Watlington Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Education grants to under 25s in Watlington, some neighbouring villages and pupils at Watlington Primary School and Icknield Community College

Latest Income: £3,517
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Aston Village Society

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisationsActs as umbrella or resource body

Latest Income: £3,510
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Gelliswick Bay Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Grants to Students, Youth, School and local organisations

Latest Income: £3,497
Areas of Operation: Pembrokeshire
Status: Registered
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Staines Parochial Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Provision of grants or payments to persons in Staines who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £3,490
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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John Morris

Charitable activities, Education

Provide Grants to aid students from the Caernarfon and Llanrug parish with their higher education costs.

Latest Income: £3,478
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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St Agnes Discretionary Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

support and further the Catholic tradition within the Church of England generally where such tradition is maintained; special reference to St Agnes Kennington Park though trustees have discretion to make grants to other churches or activities based at churches where such a tradition remains.

Latest Income: £3,477
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of James Morris

Charitable activities

Makes Educational Grants to residents of SANDGATE

Latest Income: £3,469
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Henry Smith

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Awards grants to the poor and needy in the area outlined in the charity document.

Latest Income: £3,450
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many Grant making charitable activities charities are there in the UK?

There are 4,096 registered Grant making charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the Grant making charitable activities charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£589.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of Grant making charitable activities charities?

Grant making charitable activities charities reported a combined annual income of £8.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for Grant making charitable activities charities?

Across all Grant making charitable activities charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of Grant making charitable activities charities?

Grant making charitable activities charities have an average annual income of £1.5m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.