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.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Nicholson's Educational Foundation
Charitable activitiesTO MAKE GRANTS OF AN EDUCATIONAL OR WELFARE NEED TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARFORD ST MARTIN
M And H Cadbury Trust
Charitable activitiesMakes donations to charities and organisations..
Lodge Of Sympathy No 855 Masonic Charities Association
Associations, Charitable activitiesTo promote any purpose which is exclusively charitable in law and to do so by making grants toMasonic, local Charities and worthy causes.
The Church Lands
Charitable activities, ReligionMaking 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.
Sir John Plumb Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, EducationGrants to young historians at Cambridge and other UK universities to assist in research or the publication of research.
Poor's Allotment Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareGrants to individuals in cases of hardship.
Lilly Hillman Will Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareUses investment income to make grants to individuals and organisations falling within the charity's objects - relief of poverty and distress by assistance to children inpatients or outpatients at the Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford.
Percy Lea Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Environment, Health, Social welfareSmall grants to charitable bodies e.g. nature & wildlife conservation,environmental protection, cancer & medical research, education and disadvantaged children
William Lee
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity awards small grants to Royston residents in financial difficulty, including students needing help with fees and living-expenses. Applicants must be resident in the town, & a means test is applied. Application forms are available from the contact person, who is clerk to the trustees.
Educational Charity Of Dr Curteis And Others
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity provides relief in need and educational grants to individuals living within the town and hundred of Tenterden.
The Langford Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareIn relieving either gernerally or individually persons resident in the area of benefit who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by making grants of money or providing or paying for such items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons
The Betty And Charles Stilwell Fund
Charitable activitiesMaking grants for the relief of persons suffering from heart disease or for the furtherance of resarch into diseases of the heart or purchase of medical or other equipment for use in treatment of diseases of the heart.
Edith Strain (nursing)
Charitable activities, HealthGrants to people with medical problems living in Wotton-under-Edge and to Organisations that support people living in Wotton-under-Edge
The Turner Exhibition Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, ReligionGrants to assist girls or women for education or training expenses after leaving primary school. Candidates must live in the Diocese of London, or the Diocese of Southwark within Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Wandsworth, a member of the Church of England, and a present or past pupil for not less than two years of a school wholly or partly maintained out of public funds.
Wheatley Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education, ResearchWe make grants available to our member by way of Bursaries for educational purposes. We have a stall in the village Christmas Fayre selling Jams, chocolate tombola. This event enable us to raise money for the nominated charity for the current year .For our monthly meeting we hire very good speakers including craft, science and health Outings of educational interest are enjoyed throughout the year.
Peter S Winfield Foundation
Charitable activitiesGrant making charity with wide general charitable purposes
The Help In Need Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareRelief of poverty in the Parish of Bourton-on-the-Hill, by giving grants to individuals, with particular focus on the young and the elderly.
Richard Gaitskill And Sir Thomas Preston
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareAwards grants to young people, the elderly, people with disabilities and long term health problems and voluntary groups to aid with continuing education, the advancement of health, wellbeing and social care and the relief of financial hardship for those who reside within the Borough of Barrow in Furness.
The Yardley Hastings Society
Charitable activitiesThe charity's objects are the maintenance, extension and improvement of public amenities within the parish of Yardley Hastings in Northamptonshire. These objects are mainly achieved by making grants to relevant organisations.
St Benedicts Trust
Charitable activitiesThe main object is making grants to charitable bodies whose objects are the advancement of the christian religion or education
Flaxby Free School Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationProvides Grants for further education for children of both Flaxby and the children of the Parish of Goldsborough
The Edgar Lee Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe Charity makes donations to local charities, national charities and projects across a broad spectrum of differing causes.
International Biodeterioration Society
Charitable activities, ResearchThe holding of events and conferences covering the scientific areas of bioderioration, biodegration and industrial microbiology for educational purposes. We make occasional grants to students studying in these areas or provide financial support for them to attend events.
Friends Of Summerhill School Association
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, EducationFund Raising Events to provide funds for resources to further the education of the children at the school.
West Riding Artillery Trust
Armed forces, Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareWRAT supports former or existing members of 269 (West Riding) Battery RA who fall on hard times. It makes grants to 269 Battery in aid of Battery social activities. It publishes, from time to time, regimental histories of former artillery units in the West Riding of Yorkshire and donates copies of these to local libraries.
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.