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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.

Rand's Educational Foundation

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

Grants for young people up to age of 25 who are in full time education from the age of 16.Financial support for the 3 local primary schools and grants to voluntary organisations for recreational and social activities involving young people.

Latest Income: £187,494
Areas of Operation: Central Bedfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Dorset Health Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Health

Promoting the relief of sickness primarily by making grants to organisations and medical providers which it deems worthy of support.

Latest Income: £186,960
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Cheshunt College (cambridge)

Charitable activities, Education

Makes grants to individuals to enable them to visit Cambridge for theological study .

Latest Income: £186,708
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Guy Newton Research Fund

Charitable activities, Education, Research

Trustees make grants as requested to support research in the medical, biological and chemical sciences in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford.

Latest Income: £185,932
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Tottenham District Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development

The provision of assistance in the form of grants to the poorer residents in Tottenham and those who are house bound due to sickness, particularly old people

Latest Income: £185,500
Areas of Operation: Haringey
Status: Registered
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Henley Educational Trust

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education

The provision of grants to fund educational purposes within Henley on Thames and the parishes of Bix, Rotherfield Greys and Remenham. The Charity does not actively fund raise but makes educational grants to individuals, schools and organisations through careful stewardship of its existing resources.

Latest Income: £184,058
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The League Of Friends Of The Exmouth Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

PROVIDE FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT/STAFF TRAINING AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE HOSPITAL, ITS SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICES AND TRANSPORT FOR THE HEALTH WELFARE AND COMFORT OF PATIENTS AND STAFF.

Latest Income: £183,720
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Ken And Edna Morrison Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

To apply the income resources of the trust by making grants for the benefit of one or more charitable institutions or individuals, including but not restricted to people with a disability or special needs, education, training or for such other charitable purposes at the trustees discretion.

Latest Income: £183,536
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Sir Harry Pilkington Fund

Charitable activities

Established to make grants for charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £183,299
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Payne Gallwey 1989 Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trustees strongly encourage potential applicants to study our website before making an application. The charity makes a wide range of charitable grants at the discretion of the trustees. Decisions are made by all the trustees. We make one off grants with no guarantees of future funding.

Latest Income: £182,692
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Susan And Stephen James Charitable Settlement

Charitable activities

The making of grants to charitable organisations

Latest Income: £182,491
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Speech, Language And Hearing Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

The charity receives income from rent which is solely used to make grants to charities and organisations that provide support, therapy and education to children who are hearing impaired, autistic and communication delayed.

Latest Income: £182,486
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The John Gurney Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Leisure

To provide grants for the benefit of art,culture, sport, recreation for the inhabitants of the designated area of the charity

Latest Income: £182,439
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Fenton Arts Trust

Charitable activities

Awards grants to individuals and organisations for projects which advance the creative arts in the United Kingdom, particularly those which support artists at the start of their professional careers

Latest Income: £181,838
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Worshipful Company Of Glovers Of London Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £180,454
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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J F W Deacon's Mabledon Charity

Charitable activities, Religion

PROVIDES GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE TO EVANGELICAL CHURCH SOCIETIES AND SIMILAR BODIES AND THOSE WORKING FOR THEM(A) TO THOSE WORKING FOR SUCH BODIES TO ENABLE THEM TO TAKE PERIODS OF REST OR RETREAT OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES (B) IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR CONFERENCES OR ORGANISING CONFERENCES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH BODIES OR THOSE WORKING FOR THEM(C) TO FURTHER THE WORK OF SUCH BODIES.

Latest Income: £180,182
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Audrey Earle Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The making of grants to charities and voluntary bodies.

Latest Income: £179,871
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Grail Foundation Of Great Britain

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

- Establish Places of Worship according to the sense of the Grail Message.- Provide grants to maintain Places of Worship and support the dissemination of the Grail Message and associated literature in England and Scotland.

Latest Income: £179,063
Areas of Operation: Austria
Status: Registered
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The Tedworth Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant-making.

Latest Income: £178,450
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Elmgrant Trust

Charitable activities, Research

The charity considers grants to individuals living in the Southwest of England and organisations with projects in the Southwest of England for general charitable purposes but in particular the encouragement of local life through education, the arts and social sciences.

Latest Income: £178,432
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Louis And Valerie Freedman Charitable Settlement

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £177,890
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Derbyshire Archaeological Society

Charitable activities, Heritage

Arts/Culture - relative to Pure Archaeology - Industrial Archaeology - Architecture - Local HistoryEnvironment/Conservation/HeritageInvolvement with the general public/mankindMakes grants to individuals in connection with research projects. Sponsors and undertakes its own research

Latest Income: £177,789
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Western Union Of Unitarian And Free Christian Churches

Charitable activities, Religion

To support Ministry within the area of the Western Union. Constitutionally:"The Council shall transact the current business of the Union e.g. recommend to Annual and Special Meetings of the Union grants to be made towards the ministerial stipends paid by Congregations, ........"

Latest Income: £176,827
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Adar Charitable Trust

Associations, Charitable activities

MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS

Latest Income: £176,791
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Lewisham Relief In Need Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social care

Whilst the charity makes small grants to individuals and organisations it is primarily engaged in providing sheltered accommodation for the elderly at its almshouse, Lloyd Court.

Latest Income: £175,156
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
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.