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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grant making

Discover 4,202 Charitable activities charities that specialise in Grant making. Use the search below to filter within these results.

4,202
Charities
£8,949,407,421
Total Income
£1,444,618
Avg Income
96.7%
Program Ratio

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

The Locker Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Make grants to organisations (including schools, charities, etc.)

Latest Income: £535,223
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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The Green Hall Foundation

Charitable activities

Grant making charity. Grants can only be made to registered charities. Preference is for grants to assist in funding special projects rather than general grants. Full guidelines obtainable from the Correspondent or through the website of the Foundation.

Latest Income: £534,774
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Women's Royal Army Corps Association (incorporating Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps And Auxiliary Territorial Service Comrades Association)

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Maintaining contact between former members of the QMAAC, ATS and WRAC and women still serving in the ARMY.Fostering esprit de Corps, comradeship and welfare.To relieve those in need by making grants or providing or paying for goods, services or facilities for them.

Latest Income: £520,240
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Lilian Frances Hind Bequest (trustees Of Lady Hind)

Charitable activities

The sole activity of the trust is the giving of grants

Latest Income: £519,478
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

Makes grants to charitable organisations around the world whose purposes are to help young or disadvantaged people, especially anyone suffering deprivation and discrimination, such as poor, homeless and vulnerable women and children, minority communities, particularly where people are affected by: poverty, a lack of education, malnutrition and disease

Latest Income: £513,000
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Dartmouth United Charities

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

Dartmouth United Charities provides almshouse accommodation to poor persons of good character, who have lived in Dartmouth for two years before their appointment, or in exceptional circumstances, live outside the area but are otherwise qualified.It also makes grants to individuals and to organisations supporting Dartmouth residents who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £510,739
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Patrick & Helena Frost Foundation

Charitable activities

Making grants to charitable organisations, including smaller organisations where a considerable amount of self help and voluntary effort is required. The Trustees of the Foundation proactively seek and select organisations to which they wish to award grants. The Trustees kindly request that unsolicited applications are not submitted as, regretfully, they will not be considered or responded to.

Latest Income: £510,283
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Wo Street Charitable Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

This grant-making foundation supports a wide range of activities in the following categories: education, general welfare (particularly the elderly, the blind and the disabled) and family and social welfare. Grants are made to UK registered charities and to organisations with charitable status. Special support is given to the County of Lancashire, as defined before local government reorganisation.

Latest Income: £503,758
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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York Civic Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development

To preserve, protect and advise on the historic fabric of York. To publish promote and educate the public and encourage their participation in cultural activities. To provide advocacy in areas of concern to York. To make grants which concur with the trust's objectives. To raise and pay funds in the furtherance of the objects and co-operate with others having similar objects.

Latest Income: £500,305
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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Adenfirst Limited

Charitable activities

Making grants to charitable organisations selected in accordance with the company's objects.

Latest Income: £499,520
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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St Saviours Medical Charity

Charitable activities, Health

Individual patients' grants for in-patient treatment when NHS lists are excessively long and quality of life is seriously affected. One-off grants to other local, worthy causes.

Latest Income: £492,208
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Parivar Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grant-making for education and health projects to benefit children, young people and women, in the U.K, especially Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and the Bristol area, and India.

Latest Income: £491,564
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Shri Radhe Foundation

Charitable activities

To provide grants to institutions which are of religious and social importance.

Latest Income: £490,844
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Scarborough Theatre Development Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Main activity - to promote, maintain, improve and advance education by supporting, through making grants, such of the purposes of Scarborough Theatre Trust Ltd, in such a manner as the trustees think fit.

Latest Income: £488,798
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Francis Winham Foundation

Charitable activities

The objects of the trust are apply the trust fund and income thereof towards the benefit of old and aged people in England.The trustees receive applications and make grants to registered charitable organisations in England, or to organisations in England the activities of which are compatible with the charitable objectives of the trust.

Latest Income: £487,459
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Kasner Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

We Make grants to charities.

Latest Income: £487,436
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Hilden Charitable Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Hilden Charitable Fund is a grant making trust. Hilden's current grant making priorities are: asylum seekers and refugees; penal affairs; and overseas. Grants awarded are usually in the region of £5,000 to £7,000.

Latest Income: £486,897
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Dr Radcliffe's Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Making Grants principally for Classical Music Education and Crafts Education, with a limited number of grants in other areas related to education and conservation. Applicants are advised to look at the website for further information.

Latest Income: £485,521
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Queen Mary's Roehampton Trust

Armed forces, Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations which provide services for war disabled ex-Service personnel (and former members of the mercantile marine disabled in war) and their dependants.

Latest Income: £478,857
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Royal Institute Of Philosophy

Charitable activities, Research

We are devoted to creating, sharing and enabling philosophical thinking. We empower the curious of all ages and backgrounds to think about fundamental questions. We encourage a better understanding of our world and our place in it.. We look to actively support this work through grant giving programmes and a series of public lectures across the UK, encouraging positive access for many.

Latest Income: £469,318
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Tinsley Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to charities (& very occasionally to non charitable organisations or individuals).

Latest Income: £467,339
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Colefax Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The Trust derives the bulk of its income from investments and applies it in making grants to other registered charities.

Latest Income: £464,338
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Greenwich Charity Of William Hatcliffe And The Misses Smith

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Provision of almshouse accommodation for thirteen persons over the age of 55, with a preference for widows and single women, living in the "area of benefit" i.e. the south side of the River Thames up to a radius of 5 miles from the almshouses. Provision of grants to enable elderly people, living in the charity's area of benefit, to remain in their own homes.

Latest Income: £459,502
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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Sir Thomas White's Northampton Charity

Charitable activities

Gives loans/grants to young men and women who reside in Northampton

Latest Income: £457,802
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Nations' Libraries

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Heritage

Grants to promote the acquisition by national and regional libraries and archives of printed books, manuscripts and records of historical, literary, artistic, architectural, musical or such like interest and to assist the libraries in any other way which the Charity considers appropriate.

Latest Income: £457,571
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
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 4,202 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 (£569.5m). 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 £8.9bn 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 96.7%. 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 £1.4m. 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.