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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
£8,949,407,421
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.

Sudbury Municipal Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Distribution of Christmas Day Gifts (vouchers to purchase clothing) to men aged 75 and over and Ascension Day Gifts (vouchers to purchase food and clothing) to persons aged 75 and over. Grants to local organisations.All individuals must live in Sudbury, Suffolk. All organisations must benefit the inhabitants of Sudbury, Suffolk.

Latest Income: £7,509
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Health, Social welfare

Weekly befriending coffee sessions for multicultual communities especially the isolated; setting up of a community info point. Weekly children & youths activities including, group discussions, games, setting up of community library. Educational trips and half term music workshop. Community Visitations. Evangelistic outreach. Advice and counselling. Donations to individuals and charities.

Latest Income: £7,327
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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The Ellsworth Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Provides small grants to the "Foundation Schools" (First schools of Cutcombe and Timberscombe) and small grants to children and young people in the wider West Somerset area for the purposes of education and training.

Latest Income: £7,310
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Eridge Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage, Housing

Makes grants to schools, colleges and local education authorities towards the cost of trips or projects at home or abroad which will encourage young people to enjoy and appreciate visual art, especially painting. Also makes grants to museums and galleries for educational projects with similar aims.

Latest Income: £7,272
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Council Of Manchester And Salford Jews Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Religion, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The Charity deals with general charitable purposes. In particular we promote education/training, relief of poverty, overseas aid and famine relief, religious activities. We help children/young people, elderly/old people, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities/voluntary bodies. In general we carry out the above by making grants available to individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £7,202
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Mary Cochrane Memorial Fund

Charitable activities, Health, Professions, Social welfare

The Trustees shall apply the clear income of the Charity in relieving either generally or individually, persons who trained as nurses at Charing Cross Hospital and are over the age of 65 years, who are in a condition of need, hardship or distress, by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce need, hardship or distress of such persons'.

Latest Income: £7,105
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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G B Caird Memorial Trust

Charitable activities, Education

The Charity receives income from various sources including copyright payments and investment income and makes grants to Mansfield College in support of theology teaching, and awards bursaries and scholarships to students.

Latest Income: £7,019
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Macclesfield And District Lions Club Charity Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Saving of lives

General Charitable PurposesMedical/Health/SicknessDisabilityRelief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine relief/Disaster reliefHelp Children/Young people, elderly, disabled and groups by making grants.

Latest Income: £7,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Sidcup Educational Trust

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Awarding bursaries or grants to young people up to the age of 25, living, working or attending a place of education in the Sidcup area who wish to undertake a course, project or challenge of a character forming nature

Latest Income: £6,736
Areas of Operation: Bexley
Status: Registered
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Warton Village Society

Charitable activities

Grants to individuals are for particular studies and projects important for the local community. Similarly, grants to local organisations are to assist in the provision of public amenities. Many varied public events are organised frequently. Attention is given to local planning notices.

Latest Income: £6,664
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Belling Educational Foundation

Charitable activities

The advancement of education, in particular electrical engineering and electroni in the London Borough of Enfield including for this purpose the provision of educational facilities within the london Borough of Enfield not restricted to persons resident or working therein and the provision of maintenance allowances or other grants to enable persons to take advantage of such educational facilities.

Latest Income: £6,596
Areas of Operation: Enfield
Status: Registered
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Willenhall Christian Fellowship

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity provides religious instruction and supports individuals experiencing hardship known to the charity. The charity also supports Christian endeavours in Guyana, and provides grants to other charities in its area of operation for the alleviation of hardship.

Latest Income: £6,413
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Sheldon Memorial Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

The charity promotes education in history and the arts relating to the City of York. It makes grants or loans to secure the publication of information relating to York's history and promotes public lectures. It holds an essay competition and offers a university history prize. It also offers a schools' project.

Latest Income: £6,360
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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George Hill-Snook Charity For The Aged

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The purpose of the funds held by the Charity is to provide practical benefits in the form of grants to persons who are residing in the City of Cardiff and are not less than 60 years of age and are infirm

Latest Income: £6,334
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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The Simpson Scholarship Fund

Charitable activities, Education

The Simpson Scholarship Fund was set up to provide scholarships to ACCA students. The Fund supports the further education of ACCA students who have already proven themselves to be of sufficient merit and distinction in ACCA examinations by providing grants to pay for the annual subscriptions and exam fees.

Latest Income: £6,027
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Duke Of Wellington's Regimental Association Fund

Armed forces, Charitable activities, Religion

In making grants towards: (1) Relief of need to serving, ex serving members of the regiment and/or their dependants. (2) To promote the efficiency and Esprit de Corps of the regiment. (3) Maintenance of regimental chapels.

Latest Income: £5,835
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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The Elland Society

Charitable activities, Religion

We give grants to men and women who are in training for the ordained ministry of the Church of England who are sponsored by an english diocese. Grants are only given for items not included in a main church grant.

Latest Income: £5,652
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Prince George Galitzine Memorial Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage

We gave grants to projects in Russia helping families with children with muscular dystrophy. Since 2022, we no longer work in Russia, nor finance the library we created, The Prince George Galitzine Memorial Library at 46 Fontanka Embankment, St Petersburg, our aim was to preserve Russian history of the 20th Century through books. We hope to continue to find cultural projects to promote elsewhere

Latest Income: £5,574
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Andrews School Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

The foundation was established to support Andrews Endowed School in Holybourne, Hampshire. This is achieved by making grants to the school from the income of the foundation.

Latest Income: £5,431
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Mayor Of Bath's Relief Fund

Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

To relieve Bath residents who are in need by making grants of between 50 and 350 GBP to those who have already exhausted all other sources of financial support. Grants help to pay bills (but not tuition fees or rent arrears), provide carpets, second-hand furniture and appliances, school uniforms and other clothing.

Latest Income: £5,280
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Library Services Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Housing

Making grants to individuals, groups and organisations who are members of or are associated with the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) to help further their educational and or professional development including attendance at courses, conferences weekend, schools and educational visits at home and overseas and other promotional activities.

Latest Income: £5,264
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Maharishi World Development Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Makes grants to organisations in any part of the world for purposes of general charity, education and training, medical treatment and health, and relief of poverty, using the programmes brought out by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for all areas of life.

Latest Income: £5,030
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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North Staffordshire Association Of Change Ringers Bell Restoration Fund

Charitable activities, Heritage

The object of the fund shall be to advance the Christian religion by providing financial assistance to Churches in the diocese of Lichfield and in the Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent, for the purposes of maintaining and improving their bell installations by making grants to them.

Latest Income: £4,885
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Manchester And Salford Medical Charities Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Trust makes grants to charities in the Manchester and Salford area, particularly for the provision of comforts, amenities and assistance to the poor, the sick and the infirm.

Latest Income: £4,870
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Watton Relief-In-Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The income of the Charity is used to relieve, either generally or individually, persons resident in the town of Watton 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: £4,847
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
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 (£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.