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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 Dorothy Porteous Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes small grants to individuals for educational purposes.

Latest Income: £175
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Smethwick Rotary Club Charitable Trust

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The charity supports other rotary charities together with young people, elderly and disabled both in the West Midlands area and internationally, by providing physical assistance and by making grants to both individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £175
Areas of Operation: Sandwell
Status: Registered
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Anchor Hall Trust

Charitable activities

Provide Grants for Boys' Brigade Companys in the Barnet Area

Latest Income: £174
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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John Pollen's Educational Foundation

Charitable activities

Education grants to pupils between 5 and 23 years of age living or being educated in Andover

Latest Income: £174
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Mary Bastow

Charitable activities

Religious charity making grants to individuals in the Tower Hamlets area

Latest Income: £173
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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Henry Tireman (one Of The Municipal Charities)

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individualsMakes grants to organisationsActs as umbrella or resource body

Latest Income: £172
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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Yapham Poors Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The purposes of the charity are to make grants where considered appropriate by the Trustees (1) to parishioners of Yapham cum Meltonby in receipt of the state pension for the relief of need, and (2) to parishioners with children in full time education and living in the parish for the benefit of their child's/children's education.

Latest Income: £170
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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J B Leaver Prizes

Charitable activities

Grants to students to assist in their education.

Latest Income: £169
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Marsh Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

GRANTS TO CHILDREN IN NEED WHO ARE IN FAMILIES OF TWO OR MORE CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 14 AND LIVE IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISHES OF HOLY TRINITY, ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, ST JAMES AND THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, ALL IN YEOVIL.

Latest Income: £168
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Pearwell Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity makes grants mainly for the work of Christian organisations in UK and overseas.

Latest Income: £167
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Town Estate Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relief of poverty.--Grants to first year students

Latest Income: £166
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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John Berry Trust

Charitable activities

To provide funds for the needy within the parish of Westleigh

Latest Income: £166
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Whilton Relief In Need Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to individuals resident within the Parish of Whilton to relieve poverty defined as living solely on state benefit or for a family living on income half the national average wage or pre-empting debt that young people would otherwise occur in providing formative experiences for future work.

Latest Income: £166
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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St Clements War Memorial Scholarship

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

(A) THE PAYMENT OF FEES TO ENABLE PUPILS IN THE BENEFICIAL AREA TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION (B) GRANTS FOR BOOKS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PUPILS AT (A) (C)) GRANTS TO THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF BENEFICIARIES FOR MAINTENANCE.

Latest Income: £166
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Bradley Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

To relieve generally or individually persons resident in the Parish of Bradley who are in conditions of need,hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons

Latest Income: £165
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Peterborough And District Organists' Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

To provide a society for organists and others interested in the classical organ and the buildings in which they are situated. To organise visits to such instruments and buildings: to promote organ recitals and concerts: to provide funds and facilities for young people wishing to learn to play the organ.

Latest Income: £165
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Fred Ralph Carr For Necessitous Clergy In The Archdeaconry Of Northumberland

Charitable activities, Professions

Makes small grants to clergy in the Diocese of Newcastle to enable them to take a break from their parish duties

Latest Income: £164
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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The Charity Of Thomas Bellamont And Others

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The objectives of the Charity are to relieve either generally or individually persons resident in Colaton Raleigh Parish 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: £163
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Mrs M E Boddington For The Welfare Of Blind Persons

Charitable activities, Health

To provide funds for the welfare of blind or partially sighted people.

Latest Income: £163
Areas of Operation: Swindon
Status: Registered
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Thomas Clabburn Charity (for The Parish Of St John, Timberhill)

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Small grants to the poor of the Parish

Latest Income: £161
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Tomlinson Charity

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

To provide funds for the upkeep of the choir and organ of Dronfield Parish Church.

Latest Income: £160
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Parish Nurse Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Professions

Make grants to individuals living in the Civil Parish of Edlesborough who are elderly, or ill, or disabled and require medical and/or surgical equipment or comforts which are unavailable from any other source.

Latest Income: £159
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Keighley Training Consortium Limited

Charitable activities

To offer financial assistance to those requiring training who, otherwise, could not obtain the training, and provide funds to meet other training needs of all members of society based on need

Latest Income: £159
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Mrs Sarah Catherine Chapman

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The Charity makes occasional grants to Radford Semele Church of England School

Latest Income: £158
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Hargraves And Green Educational Foundation

Charitable activities

Makes grants to promote the education of persons of either sex who have not attained the age of 25 years resident in any of the Parishes of Giggleswick, Austwick and Lawkland

Latest Income: £157
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
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.