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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 Morgan Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities

To provide funds for the benefit of worthy Charitable Organisations.

Latest Income: £140,359
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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St Mary's Priory Fernham Residual Fund

Charitable activities, Religion

The activities of the charity can be divided into two main areas: caring for the members of the community, including supporting the ministries of the individuals, and the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion-primarily by giving grants.

Latest Income: £139,680
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Shropshire Historic Churches Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

Provision of grants to churches and chapels in Shropshire to assist with their repair and maintenance,especially those of architectural or historical significance.

Latest Income: £138,149
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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The Vanneck Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Established to make grants for charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £137,797
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Michael And Ilse Katz Foundation

Charitable activities

The Foundation?s principal activity is making grants. The Trustees consider applications for grants from institutions and individuals on their merits.

Latest Income: £137,301
Areas of Operation: Jersey
Status: Registered
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Landscape Research Group

Arts, Charitable activities

LRG is concerned with promoting research, ideas and knowledge about all types and aspects of landscape, from wilderness to cities. It has a worldwide membership. It publishes the respected academic journal "Landscape Research", provides grants for research and organises conferences and workshops on varied landscape themes.

Latest Income: £136,739
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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King George V Fund For Actors And Actresses

Charitable activities

To pay grants to British Actors & Actresses (a) who have rendered such service to the acting profession as to merit recognition, and (b) who, through altered circumstances, are in a position to require such assistance

Latest Income: £136,722
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The League Of Friends Of West Cornwall Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

The League raises funds to provide assistance to the patients and staff of West Cornwall Hospital. The assistance usually takes the form of grants to purchase equipment at the request of the hospitals.

Latest Income: £136,198
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Sumner Wilson Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

MAKES GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE WITHIN THE CURRENT GRANT MAKING POLICY. THE TRUSTEES DO NOT CONSIDER UNSOLICITED APPLICATIONS.

Latest Income: £136,139
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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J E Joseph Charitable Fund

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Make grants to Jewish charities for:-Relief of poverty-Relief of afflictions or suffering-Advancement of education-Advancement of Jewish religion-Other charitable objects

Latest Income: £136,119
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Jewish Philanthropic Association For Israel And The Middle East

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion

The Charity makes grants in accordance with its principle ojectives and mission statement which are to invest in young people and education in Israel.

Latest Income: £135,000
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Sutasoma Trust

Charitable activities, Research

To advance education in particular by providing grants to graduate students in the Social Sciences and Humanities.Generally for such purposes or objects as are from time to time recognised as exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales as the Trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.

Latest Income: £134,499
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Henry Wood Accommodation Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Housing

To advance the education of students attending colleges or courses in London for the purpose of receiving instruction in music, particularly those attending the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Trinity Laban by making grants or otherwise to needy or deserving students to assist them with the cost of accommodation.

Latest Income: £134,249
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Gur Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

To advance the Jewish religion by making grants to Talmudical Colleges and other approprate indtitutions and individuals.

Latest Income: £134,034
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Singer Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities

Awards grants to charitable organisations which support enterprise of individuals

Latest Income: £134,025
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Everard Foundation

Charitable activities

This charity is a grant making trust which only makes grants or loans to other registered charities.

Latest Income: £133,427
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Cheshire Freemasons' Charity

Associations, Charitable activities

To relieve in cases of need Freemasons of the Province of Cheshire & their dependentsTo make grants to other Masonic CharitiesTo make grants to Non Masonic Charities

Latest Income: £132,675
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The James Henry Green Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

Maintaining and providing access to a collection of burmese textiles and artefacts, housed at Brighton Museum, and financing various activities at the Green Centre for World Art at the museum and giving grants to students for various educational projects, mainly related to South East Asia.

Latest Income: £132,085
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Peter Dixon Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Giving grants to other charities

Latest Income: £131,998
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Francis W Reckitt Arts Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Housing

To provide grants towards board and accommodation costs for men and women professionally engaged in literature, music or the fine arts, where those in need would be able to work or rest in peaceful surroundings for short periods.

Latest Income: £131,028
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Idlewild Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of the performing and fine arts and crafts, the advancement of education within the arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of lands, buildings and other objects of beauty or historic interest in the United Kingdom.

Latest Income: £130,777
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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All Saints Derby General Charity

Charitable activities

Making grants to charitable bodies who carry out purposes within the objects of the charity.

Latest Income: £130,747
Areas of Operation: Derby City
Status: Registered
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The British Society For The Philosophy Of Science

Charitable activities, Education, Research

The BSPS holds an annual conference with invited speakers and contributed papers, and monthly meetings at which invited speakers present papers. It makes grants to support conferences relevant to research and education in its areas of study and awards annual studentships for doctoral work in philosophy of science in a UK university. Other activities are decided by the committee from time to time.

Latest Income: £130,245
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Parish Feoffment And Ann Wright Charity

Charitable activities

This Charity makes grants within North Yorkshire.

Latest Income: £130,209
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Brian Mitchell Charitable Settlement

Charitable activities

Grant making from income received from an investment portfolio.

Latest Income: £130,177
Areas of Operation: Various
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.