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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.

Cecil And Hilda Lewis Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Cecil and Hilda Lewis Charitable Trust is a grant making trust that makes awards to other registered charities engaged in the welfare of the elderly, disabled and children, and to educational and cultural organisations.

Latest Income: £157,545
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Sir William Boreman's Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Foundation aims to promote the education of young people under the age of 25, supporting a broad range of educational initiatives within the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham by the award of grants to institutions and individuals, particularly those from low income or otherwise disadvantaged backgrounds.

Latest Income: £157,478
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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The Reta Lila Howard Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Charity's principal objective is to promote charitable purposes within British Isles & the Republic of Ireland by the provision of financial grants to other charitable bodies. The funds will be directed to selected projects to support the education of young people (up to the age of 16) or to ameliorate their physical and emotional environment. The charity does not accept unsolicited proposals

Latest Income: £156,802
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Bedales Grants Trust Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To provide grants to parents of pupils at Bedales School in need of financial aid to pay their tuition fees, with a preference for parents who were themselves pupils at the School

Latest Income: £156,761
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Becker Family Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

GRANTS TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Latest Income: £155,888
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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The Trapnell Fund

Charitable activities, Education

To support or promote the advancement of education by the provision of bursaries and scholarships at Rossall School and by the provision of grants and scholarships to persons leaving Rossall School in full-time education at any university, college, school or other educational establishment.

Latest Income: £155,547
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Society Of Saint Francis Central Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Defrays the costs of the Central Administration of the SSF & the expenses of its Ministers' General & First Order General Secretaries.Through its Development Fund, makes grants for the work of the Society of St Francis throughout the world.Through its Legacy Fund funds capital projects in Europe, provides long term support of elderly First Order Brothers & of SSF's work throughout the world.

Latest Income: £155,103
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Red Arrows Trust

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Making grants to charities who support serving and veteran RAF personnel and their dependents, educate the public (especially young people) about the RAF and other air forces, or are closely associated with interests of the current Red Arrows team.

Latest Income: £154,641
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Bower Trust

Charitable activities

Activities involve making grants in the main for general charitable purposes .

Latest Income: £154,103
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Cvc Trust Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Education

Collecting and investing funds for the benefit of pupils at a secondary school. Making grants to support pupils of the school.

Latest Income: £154,024
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust

Charitable activities

The sole activity of the trust is the giving of grants

Latest Income: £153,882
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Sir Samuel Scott Of Yews Trust

Charitable activities

The Trustees policy is to make grants to or for the benefit of medical research

Latest Income: £153,476
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Hermes Trust

Charitable activities

Hermes Trust makes grants and loans to cultural, educational, medical and other charitable projects inspired by Rudolf Steiner's anthroposophy.

Latest Income: £153,085
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Warwick Trust

Charitable activities

This charity gives grants to organisations only - never individuals. Donations made are relevant to the trustees and are therefore organisations known to them.

Latest Income: £152,911
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Godinton Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity is a privately funded grant-making charity. It issues no appeals for funding.

Latest Income: £152,901
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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E F And M G Hall Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity was established for general charitable purposes, providing grants to other charities at the discretion of the trustees.

Latest Income: £152,163
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Horners Charity Fund

Charitable activities, Education

The charity operates through separate sub-committees of the Trustees in considering grant applications, scholarships and educational endowments, and in monitoring the investment performance of the funds and the availability of cash to make grants

Latest Income: £151,933
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Health

Awarding scholarships to support research in orthorpedic surgery; awarding other scholarships and grants to support the study and practice of orthopaedic surgery and its associated nursing care.

Latest Income: £151,233
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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South Hackney Parochial Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Charity makes grants for the relief of poverty and advancement in life.

Latest Income: £151,103
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The Rutlish Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

To provide grants primarily to persons under the age of 25 years in higher education who are resident or born in the ancient parish of Merton or who have attended Rutlish School for three years and to provide land and buildings and other benefits for Rutlish School.

Latest Income: £150,765
Areas of Operation: Merton
Status: Registered
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West Hackney Parochial Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity makes grants to relieve poverty and for advancement in life.

Latest Income: £150,612
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Harefield Parochial Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Housing

The Trust is an almshouse and grant-making charity operating only in the Parish of Harefield. It provides alms accommodation for qualifying elderly women and families and also playing fields. At Christmas cash grants are made in lieu of traditional coal allocations to qualifying elderly. Grants are also made from time to time to individuals or groups with an established need.

Latest Income: £150,470
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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The Ruth Hayman Trust For The Advancement Of The Education Of Adults Resident In The United Kingdom Whose First Language Is Not English

Charitable activities, Education

The Ruth Hayman Trust gives educational grants to adults who have come to settle in the UK and whose first language is not English.

Latest Income: £150,399
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Charles Clement Walker (commonly Known As The Walker Trust)

Charitable activities

The charity makes grants in the areas of education and training and health and disability to Shropshire residents and projects. Grants are made to organisations and individuals. Education and training grants may be for courses undertaken both within or outside the area of benefit. Projects must operate and provide benefit within the area.

Latest Income: £150,304
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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British Society For Developmental Biology

Charitable activities, Research

The BSDB aims to promote and advance the research, teaching and public education of developmental biology in the United Kingdom by organising research meetings, awarding grants to individuals and organisations. The BSDB supports young scientists and awards grants to enable them to attend scientific meetings. In addition we aim to further public education in the science of developmental biology.

Latest Income: £150,100
Areas of Operation: Scotland
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.