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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.

Provincial Grand Charity Of The Province Of Derbyshire

Associations, Charitable activities

Grants to local organisations and individuals, mainly within the county of Derbyshire but occasionally outside the county if the body serves the Derbyshire community.

Latest Income: £95,647
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Fund For Human Need

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Makes grants of up to £200 each to refugees, asylum seekers, the homeless and others suffering personal distress. Makes limited number of grants to projects working amongst the poorest communities from restricted funds received for those specific projects.

Latest Income: £94,417
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cowley's Endowed Schools Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

To provide funds for educational purposes as the trustees see fit for beneficiaries who are under the age of 25 and have resided in the Parishes of Donington, Bicker, Quadring, Swineshead, Gosberton, Horbling, Swaton and Helpringham for no less than 2 years and who have attended for not less than 2 years either The Thomas Cowley Primary School or the Thomas Cowley High School in Donington.

Latest Income: £94,410
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Rest-Harrow Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations throughout England and Wales for general charitable purposes, at the discretion of the Trustees

Latest Income: £94,365
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Lee Charity Of William Hatcliffe

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The payment of Grants to individuals and registered charities for the relief of persons resident in the London Borough of Lewisham who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £94,341
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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The Association Of The Friends Of Lincoln Cathedral

Associations, Charitable activities, Religion

The Charity makes grants as funds permit to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral towards the worship, maintenance, preservation, improvement or repair of the fittings, ornaments, furniture and monuments in Lincoln Cathedral, and the furthering of schemes to set forward it's beauty safety or utility.

Latest Income: £94,318
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Alfred Williams Charitable Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development

To make grants for environmental and social causes in the county of Suffolk with a bias towards preservation or regeneration of the built heritage, amenity and landscape of the county. Grants to social causes are either for start-up projects, or for modest on-going support to groups involved in voluntary care, education, theatre, music and youth and community projects.

Latest Income: £93,398
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Violet M Richards Charity

Charitable activities

Grant making trust to other charitable bodies principally in the health and medical research fields.No assistance available to individuals.

Latest Income: £93,220
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities, Leisure

Providing grants to other charitable organisations with particular emphasis on the performing arts and young cricketers.

Latest Income: £93,054
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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St Pauls Church Of England School And Parish Room

Charitable activities, Education, Facilities, Religion

(1) Awarding grants to persons under the age of 25, who live or are educated within the parish, for the furtherance of their education. (2) Providing grants to St Pauls C of E School for the furtherance of religious knowledge. (3) Providing grants to the Sunday School for the furtherance of religious knowledge.

Latest Income: £93,032
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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The Michael And Anna Wix Charitable Trust

Associations, Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations throughout England and Wales for general charitable purposes, at the discretion of the trustees

Latest Income: £92,643
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Charities Of James Tilden For Baptists

Charitable activities

Once the cost of repairs, insurances and all other outgoings in respect of its properties had been met, along with all the other costs and charges associated with administration and management, the Charities continued to make various grants to support local Particular Baptist churches in the county of Kent as per the objectives of its founding scheme of 1896.

Latest Income: £92,528
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Chalfonts & Gx Community Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

To provide funds to generally support the charitable work of the hospital

Latest Income: £92,424
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Gay And Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Gay & Peter Hartley's Hillards Trust makes grants to charities that support children's welfare, care for the elderly, mental/physical health, disability, & hospices. Grants are made up to £1,000 to local charities in towns in 11 counties in north and central England - mainly in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire. See www.hillardstrust.org for more details.

Latest Income: £92,351
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Augustine Courtauld Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £92,349
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Streynsham's Charity

Charitable activities

This charity provides grants, for a wide variety of reasons, only to individuals who normally reside in the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Dunstan with Holy Cross, Canterbury, Kent, or to organisations that help, specifically, residents of the said parish.

Latest Income: £92,267
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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College Of Arms Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

The principal objects of the Charity are to provide funds for:1) the preservation and repair of the College of Arms building2) the establishment and maintenance of a Museum of Heraldry for the benefit of the public3) such other legally charitable purposes in connection with the College of Arms as the trustees and the College may determine from time-to-time

Latest Income: £91,897
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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The Comino Foundation

Charitable activities

A grant making education charity working chiefly through its Comino Centres, carefully selected beneficiaries and a programme of Seminars & Consultations.

Latest Income: £91,689
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Standing Committee Of Tamil Speaking People

Charitable activities

We support projects designed to provide relief and rehabilitation to victims or group of victimsof war in Sri Lanka. We do this through grants to recognised local NGOs and INGOs where this more effective

Latest Income: £91,334
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Headington School Oxford Limited General Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Education

The Trust was set up to receive donations for the benefit of Headington School as a separate Charitable Trust. All income is passed by way of grants to Headington School Oxford Ltd.

Latest Income: £90,889
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Poor Fund Of The Worshipful Company Of Fan Makers

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Poor Fund has general charitable objectives making grants from both donations from liverymen of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers and income derived from those donations.

Latest Income: £90,486
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Walter Swindon Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The charity makes grants to a variety of charitable institutions for such charitable purposes as the trustees at their discretion determine. The main receipients in 2007 was the Institute For Child Health and the United Synagoque.

Latest Income: £90,380
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Animal Defence Trust

Charitable activities

The charity is a grant giving charity making grants annually to other animal welfare charities throughout Great Britain and also abroad.The charity also makes representations to the European Union regarding the treatment of farm animals transported from the United Kingdom to Europe, and across European countries over often very hot long distances without adequate rest and watering.

Latest Income: £90,273
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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John Feeney Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

In or near the City of Birmingham - the promotion and cultivation of the arts, heritage and open spaces by giving grants to public charities and to Feeney Fellows

Latest Income: £90,051
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Mcgreevy No 5 Settlement

Charitable activities

To distribute grants to charitable institutions for charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £90,035
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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.