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.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Jca Charitable Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, ReligionTo make grants for education & research.These activities are usually in an agricultural or rural context and often relate to new immigrants to Israel
The Headley Trust
Charitable activitiesMAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS
Richard Watts And The City Of Rochester Almshouse Charities
Charitable activities, HousingProvision of Almshouse accommodation. Grant making to relieve sickness or need to persons resident in the City of Rochester
The Earl Of Northampton's Charity
Charitable activities, Housing1.The administration of almshouses in Greenwich, London and Shotesham, Norfolk.2 Welfare grants to support individuals and charities
Hedley Foundation Limited
Charitable activitiesCharitable grant giving to UK registered charities.
The Charity Service Limited
Charitable activitiesTrust administration, grant making and support for CSR.
The Metropolitan And City Police Orphans Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Professions, Saving of livesTo providing grants to necessitous orphans of members of the Metropolitan and City Police Officers to further their educational and welfare needs.
Francis C Scott Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesGrant giving
The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesCOLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST IS A GRANT-MAKING CHARITY THAT FUNDS CHARITIES AND CHURCHES IN KENT.
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
Charitable activities, Crime and JusticeTo provide grants to not-for-profit organisations working with carers or the rehabilitation of offenders
The J J Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesGrant making
Westminster Almshouses Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HousingProvision of almshouses for older people and grants to individuals
Santander UK Foundation Limited
Charitable activitiesGrantmaking to UK charities working within the published charitable priorities of the Santander Foundation.
The Friends Of Wells Cathedral
Associations, Charitable activities, ReligionGrant making to Cathedral Chapter & Departments. Membership activities such as talks and outings.
The Christian Science Trust In Great Britain
Charitable activities, ResearchMakes grants to organisations.
The Allen Lane Foundation
Charitable activitiesGrant-making Trust
Prosper Wakefield District LTD
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, HealthA local place-based grant maker based in Wakefield district. We give grants to local organisations who are benefitting their communities.
The Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareMakes grants to charitable organisations around the world whose purposes are to help young or disadvantaged people, especially anyone suffering deprivation and discrimination, such as poor, homeless and vulnerable women and children, minority communities, particularly where people are affected by: poverty, a lack of education, malnutrition and disease
Pilkington Charities Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity awards grants to registered charities in the Merseyside area for the relief of poverty and sickness.
The Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesThe Charity is a grant-making trust.
Educational Opportunity Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationThe Foundation seeks to enhance the lives of people throughout the world by promoting the advancement of opportunity for education, that is the physical, intellectual, moral, religious and spiritual development of the whole person regardless of ethnicity, nationality or religious belief. It makes grants for educational projects principally to organisations and institutions.
British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
Charitable activities, HealthSupporting research, making grants
Bill Brown's Charitable Settlement Of 1989
Charitable activitiesThe trustees operate a grant giving policy, providing funds for such charitable object or instituion as the trustees think fit.
Allan And Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentThe trustees award grants to UK registered charities, supporting educational projects, the promotion of world peace and overseas development.
Schroder Charity Trust
Charitable activitiesThe Schroder Charity Trust is a grant making charity that aims to support a broad range of charitable causes. For our current priorities and application process please refer to: www.schrodercharitytrust.org for full details.
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.