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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 Gibson Collinson Prize Fund

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £101
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Disability Aid Trust (dat) Formerly Known As Handicapped Aid Trust (hat)

Charitable activities

The object of the trust is to help disabled people to take a holiday of their choice, by providing or assisting in the provision of finance for necessary carers, this is when the applicant although able to pay for their own holiday, is unable to provide funds to pay for the cost of a carer, the carer can not find all the costs and the costs are not available from elsewhere.

Latest Income: £100
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Servator Lodge No 6115 Almoner's Samaritan Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Providing Christmas grants to members widows & support & assistance if and when needed, support to members in times of need or illness.

Latest Income: £100
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Harescombe Charity Of Cox And Bedwell

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Gives grants to individuals who live within the Parish of Harescombe, for the prevention/relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £99
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Robert Urry's Gift

Charitable activities

providing charitable grants

Latest Income: £99
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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Sarah Brinton Sunday School

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Makes grants to Christ Church for children's activities

Latest Income: £99
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Mary Greathed's Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion, Social welfare

The provision of grants for educational purposes for children in the Civil Parish of Colehill, Dorset. Grants are given by way of lump sums to Colehill and Hayeswood First Schools and St Michael's C of E Middle School. The money is provided for children who would otherwise be disadvantaged from participating in certain school activities. The use of funds is the responsibility of the head teachers.

Latest Income: £98
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Emma Wells

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Making grants to individuals and organisations in Hertfordshire for the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £97
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Thomas Hardy's Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to the poor or elderly within the parish of Kimberley Nottinghamshire

Latest Income: £97
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Property Held In Connection With Cubbington Freeholders

Charitable activities

Charitable grants in accordance with a trust deed.

Latest Income: £96
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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United Charities (sir Rowland Berkeley)

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Making small grants to community groups providing services and /or activities for young or elderly people. Making small grants to individuals for educational purposes or to relieve poverty. This only applies to people living in the parish of Cotheridge, Worcestershire

Latest Income: £96
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Natalie Hill Hope For Life Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Grants to terminally-ill children and their families who tend to live in the Northampton area or have Northamptonshire connections.

Latest Income: £96
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Erdington Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity makes grants of money or gifts in kind to individuals resident in the Erdington Ward of the City of Birmingham, for the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £95
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Holme Meal Charity

Charitable activities

Grants to individuals & groups within the Parish of Great Longstone in Derbyshire

Latest Income: £95
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Brian James Fund

Charitable activities

Established to make grants for charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £95
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Mrs H Pugh For Sunday Or Day Schools

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Grants to organisations helping children/young people in the ancient parish of Great Baddow

Latest Income: £95
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Charity Of Charles Asprey

Charitable activities

Makes grants to other Charities and Individuals

Latest Income: £93
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Hanley Castle High School

Charitable activities, Education

1 The provision of a site in Hanley Castle for a non-selective education institution: and 2 furthering the education of beneficiaries attending any educational institution conducted on the charity's property by the award of prizes: and3 giving grants, bursaries or other payments to beneficiaries who are in need of financial assistance.

Latest Income: £93
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Stanhope (miss Butcher) Trust-Poor Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Gives small grants to the poor aged over 67 years of age in the Parish of Stanhope in Weardale

Latest Income: £92
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Milton Abbas Health & Disability Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Identifies people in Milton Abbas who are sick and poor and makes small grants to assist them financially mainly, but not exclusively, at Christmas time.

Latest Income: £87
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Fryer Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Provide grants to the elderly or infirm living in Harlton.

Latest Income: £86
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Staverton Reading Room Fund

Charitable activities

In making grants for or towards the cost of projects or activities which the Trustees considered to be for the benefit of the community of the Parish of Staverton, Northamptonshire and which are not provided for from state funding.

Latest Income: £86
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Drayton Drewray Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities

The charity makes small grants to individuals resident in Drayton to assist in cases of need. For example grants have been made to enable adaptations required by a disabled person, and to enable purchase of equipment needed by an unwaged student with dependents in order to pursue their studies. Applications are considered by the trustees at quarterly meetings.

Latest Income: £82
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Church Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Religion

105 Relief of poverty202 Helps Elderly/Old People301 Makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £82
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Chesterfield And District Kidney Association

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

To raise funds and give advice to local people who suffer from kidney problems. To provide funds for equipment and research into kidney related problems and treatments.To provide publicity and promote organ donation for transplantation through the National Organ Donor Register.

Latest Income: £81
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
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.