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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.

Bigland Charity

Charitable activities

Grant giving in parish of Frocester

Latest Income: £902
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Phipps Church And Poor Lands

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Very small charity confined to the parish of Langtree, making small charitable grants once a year to selected elderly and needy.

Latest Income: £900
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Alburgh Parish Lands

Charitable activities

makes grants to organisations/people

Latest Income: £894
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Sem Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Environment

Grant making to specialist orginisations working on Climate Change. The trust does not suggest making applications unless asked by the trust. (Please note the trust has since April 2015 changed focus away from special education and community development, and may not respond to requests unless a request has been asked for by the trust)

Latest Income: £884
Areas of Operation: United States
Status: Registered
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M C A Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants for religious activities and other general charitable purposes to individuals and to organisations, throughout England and Wales.

Latest Income: £879
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Acton United Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relieving either generally or individually persons resident in Acton, Brindley, Burland or Worleston who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

Latest Income: £859
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Annie Driver Award (icw The Cowling County Primary/ove

Charitable activities

Provision of Grants

Latest Income: £856
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Poor's Land Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Makes grants to individuals and organisations in the Kirklington area for education, training and relief for the poor.

Latest Income: £853
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Stoney's Gift

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Makes grants to individuals and organisations in the Kirklington area for education, training and relief of the poor

Latest Income: £853
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Mrs Ann Wheeler

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £850
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Thomas Williams' Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Operates in area of parishes of Norbury and Roston and Snelston in County of Derbyshire to give cash awards under two moities. 1st moiety towards provision of religious instruction for children of Norbury School, other moiety to provide education grants to persons under 25 resident in either parish who have been educated for over 2 years at a county school and who are in need of financial assistan

Latest Income: £837
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Benjamin Tomkins

Charitable activities

Provision of charitable grants

Latest Income: £835
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Blackdown Or Smith's Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

GRANTS TO YOUNG PERSONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. MUST HAVE HOME ADDRESS OF BROADWINDSOR, BURSTOCK, BLACKDOWN OR THORNCOMBE

Latest Income: £835
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Leverton's Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Educational grants to young people living in Waltham Abbey

Latest Income: £830
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Widow Turpin's Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Makes small grants to persons in need within the Parish of Weston Turville in the form of locally-redeemable foodstuffs vouchers. Also makes small grants to individuals or local organisations within the Parish to aid those who are sick or in medical need in the Parish.

Latest Income: £829
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Sir Matthew Holdworthy's Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Makes Grants to Students completing a course in Further Education

Latest Income: £825
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Selborne And Empshott Nursing Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

The charity gives small cash grants to village pensioners on low incomes at Christmas and support at times of stress or personal hardship.

Latest Income: £821
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Edward Beling Williams' Charity Number 1

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Provides quarterly grants to needy elderly residents.

Latest Income: £819
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Little Marlow Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities

Charitable donations to individuals and groups

Latest Income: £815
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Miss Emma Couty Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Makes grants to missionaries/members of the South American Missionary Society who work with native South Americans.

Latest Income: £811
Areas of Operation: Argentina
Status: Registered
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Painswick United Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Making of grants to needy individuals and organisations catering for needy elderly or old people in the ancient parish of Painswick.

Latest Income: £811
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Charlotte Gell For Relief In Need

Charitable activities

Disburses grants to support heating fuel costs for people in need.

Latest Income: £805
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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Singleton Relief In Sickness Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Professions

Provides grants towards medical needs, heating or hospital transport for sick or elderly residents of the parish of Singleton, West Sussex.

Latest Income: £805
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Globe Chapter No 23 Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to other charities.

Latest Income: £801
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Belton Parish Charity

Charitable activities

To give grants to organisations within and for the good of the Parish

Latest Income: £800
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
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.