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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 National Manuscripts Conservation Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust was set up in 1990 to provide financial assistance to owners and custodians in the UK in preserving the nation's written heritage. In addition to giving grants, we advise applicants on matters relating to potential applications, including specific preservation policies and strategies and to best practice in preservation.

Latest Income: £228,355
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Hackney Parochial Charities

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £227,093
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The Leslie Mary Carter Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trust makes donations and grants to other Charities and sponsors research programmes as the trustees determine at their discretion.

Latest Income: £226,758
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Bmta Trust

Charitable activities

Making of welfare grants to individuals, with a preference for individuals or their related dependents who are employed in the Motor Trade or Motor Industry.

Latest Income: £226,386
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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H P Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

general charitable purposes, in particular the advancement of religion, relief of poverty, and other purposes recognised by English law as charitable. The trustees seek to direct grants towards the relief of poverty among orthodox Jewish communities and the advancement of the orthodox Jewish religion by way of grants to educational and community institutions, both in the UK and abroad.

Latest Income: £226,302
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Red Socks Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

Raises funds from Country Fairs and makes grants to charities particularly those relating to children in East Anglia and Derbyshire where most of the funds are raised.

Latest Income: £224,323
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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St Luke's College Foundation

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

Makes grants to individuals for university level studies in theology and religious education, and provides resources to universities for these subjects.

Latest Income: £224,304
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Van Neste Foundation

Charitable activities

Make grants to charitable bodies.

Latest Income: £223,531
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Delves Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

To make charitable grants.

Latest Income: £222,363
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Richard Lawes Foundation

Charitable activities

We are a grant making charity which supports appeals and not for profit organisations where donations will have a real and immediate impact. We prefer smaller charitable institutions and specialised or local branches of larger charitable institutions. However, at present unsolicited applications are not being considered.

Latest Income: £221,925
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Vandervell Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Research

Awards grants to institutions, primarily in the fields of education, social welfare, medical care and research, environmental regeneration and the performing arts.

Latest Income: £221,517
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Heinz, Anna And Carol Kroch Foundation

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

We are making grants to assist people suffering severe poverty and financial hardship who also have ongoing medical problems. We also assist people who have recently suffered domestic violence and the homeless.

Latest Income: £221,468
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sir John Sedley Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To provide funds for young people under 25 years on proven application for further education of an academic or vocational nature. Limited to Wymondham and peripheral parishes.

Latest Income: £221,114
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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The Samuel Storey Family Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

This is a grant making charity that aim's to distribute approximately one year's income in the course of each financial year to registered charities.

Latest Income: £220,578
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Bethany Project (tanzania) UK

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social care

As per existing Trust deed. Activity is now focussed on providing grants to run the Bethany Orphanage in Tanzania for the welfare of children who were once either orphaned, abandoned or abused and providing education where possible.

Latest Income: £219,027
Areas of Operation: Tanzania
Status: Registered
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Before Trust

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Grantmaking for the relief of poverty, the advancement the Orthodox Jewish religion and education.

Latest Income: £218,745
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Sir Walter St.john's Educational Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to individuals under the age of 25 for educational activity resident in the area of benefit, and for work of an educational nature done by organisations in the area.

Latest Income: £217,797
Areas of Operation: Lambeth
Status: Registered
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St Faith's Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

To relieve children and young people in the County of Surrey in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by such means as are chaitable in law and in particular to co-operate with or make grants to other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory or local authorities in Surrey, who are working towards the same objective.

Latest Income: £217,675
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Richard Henry Holmes Masonic Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

TO MAKE GRANTS TO FREEMASONS AND THIER DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN DISTRESS AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO MASONIC CHARITIES AND NON MASONIC CHARITIES WITHIN AND OUTWITH THE UK

Latest Income: £217,633
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Kollel Gur Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to mature students studying at Kollel Gur.

Latest Income: £217,581
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The J G Graves Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £217,112
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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The Lynn Foundation

Charitable activities

The Foundation makes grants across Sussex supporting many different charitable aims. We are looking to make unrestricted, multi year grants of up to £50,000 per annum that will make a significant difference to a charity. Applications are by invitation only.

Latest Income: £216,921
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sunderland And North Durham Royal Society For The Blind

Charitable activities, Health

To provide grants, goods, services and advice to the visually impaired.

Latest Income: £215,994
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Edward Vinson 1957 Charity Settlement

Charitable activities

Makes small grants to charities and community organisations, mainly in the locality of Faversham in Kent. Applications by email only to [email protected], and please do not apply if you are an organisation working nationally or outside of the Faversham ME13 area as we will be unable to support your cause, however worthy

Latest Income: £215,660
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Bristol Eye Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

Making grants to pay for medical equipment, patient comforts and staff resources, or the provision of other assistance, to improve the care and treatment of patients of the Bristol Eye Hospital.

Latest Income: £214,680
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
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.