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.
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.
The Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentThe Trust makes grants to charities and other bodies for the improvement and welfare of British agriculture.
The Paragon Trust
Arts, Charitable activitiesThe Paragon Trust makes grants to other charities for general charitable purposes.The trustees take the initiative in determining their grant-making agenda year on year and act alone in this respect. No attention is paid to funding applications or appeal literature. Fund-raisers should bear in mind that no response is made to such communications which are discarded on receipt.
The Worshipful Company Of Builders' Merchants Charitable Fund
Charitable activitiesThe Charity makes charitable grants to support worthy causes in the builders merchants industry and the City of London, and to other charities with which the Company has a connection, particularly those craft-related.
The Yves Guihannec Foundation
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to other charities and, exceptionally, to individuals.
The Ardwick Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe object of the charity is the making of grants to chartable causes chosen by the trustees at their absolute discretion.This includes many medical and relief of poverty charities
Worcestershire Masonic Charity Organisation
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareRaising of funds by donation, running sheltered accommodation and making grants/donations
The Bouttell Bequest
Charitable activitiesMaking grants to charities and for charitable purposes in England and Wales but mainly in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
The Royal Theatrical Support Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportRaising funds and making grants in support of the charity's charitable objects which are specifically restricted to the fostering and advancement of the public knowledge, experience and appreciation of theatre and drama at every level of performance and audience.
Gurudwara Guru Teg Bahadhur (sikh Temple)
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure, ReligionA PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR PERSONS PROFESSING SIKH FAITH. A MEETING PLACE FOR SADH SANGATAND PROMOTES EDUCATION & TRAINING,RELIEF OF PROVERTY,SPORTS /RECREATION TO THE SNAD SANGAT SIKH FAITH. HELPS CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE & ELDERLY/OLD PEOPLE.MAKES GRANTS TO INDIDULAS TO THE SADH SANGAT SIKH FAITH PERSONS
The Aldermaston Charity
Charitable activities, Facilities, Housing, Social welfareMaking grants to people in need who reside in Aldermaston. Providing Almshouse accomadation.
The Cleeves And Whitehead Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe Charity is a General Purpose Charity, giving Charitable help to Children and young people, the elderly and old people and people with disabilities or special needs. It makes grants to individuals and organisations.
The M Y A Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity makes donations to both educational and religious institutions and institutions helping to relieve poverty, as well as to individuals in need of financial and medical aid.
Friends Of St Pauls
Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Religion, Social welfareCouncil aims to achieve the Friends' objects of fellowship and fundraising to support St Paul's often in both time and money, by promoting membership of the Friends, producing the twice-yearly Dome magazine, organising self-financing social activities for members, and making financial grants to the Corporation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London out of net funds raised including legacies.
The Pattenmakers Company Charitable Foundation
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, ReligionTHIS CHARITY IS THE CHARITABLE ARM OF ONE OF THE CITY OF LONDON'S ANCIENT LIVERY COMPANIES. IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY PERFORM CHARITABLE WORK BUT CONCENTRATES ON (A) FUNDRAISING AND (B) MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS IN FOUR AREAS, NAMELY, (I) EDUCATION (II) THE CITY OF LONDON (III) THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY (IV) ITS GUILD CHURCH AND (V) TO ANY OTHER CHARITABLE CAUSES AT ITS DISCRETION.
Hamamelis Trust
Charitable activitiesThe main areas of work are for medical research and ecological conservation. Grants made in each year are split into approximately equal proportions between each area. Generally the trust makes grants to institutions and not to individuals. Projects outside the UK are not considered. Projects in the Godalming and Surrey areas are given special interest.
Turner Dumbrell Foundation
Charitable activities, Education, ReligionProviding of grants to charitable institutions or for charitable purposes with particular reference to 1) the parish church, 2) education, 3) other purposes situated in the parish of Ditchling and in the county of East Sussex, and 4) the practice of preventive cardiology carried our either by the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
The Pearn Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, HousingThe objects of the charity, as amended on 15 June 2004, are the provision of care for persons in need, mainly in the inner Plymouth area, and the trustees may relieve those eligible for assistance by making direct grants or providing goods and services and by making grants to other persons or bodies who provide such assistance.
The League Of Friends Of Salisbury Hospital
Associations, Charitable activities, HealthTo mobilise, encourage, foster and maintain the interest of the public in patients and the support of the work of Salisbury General Hospital.To provide funds to supplement as The League sees fit the resources of the Hospital Services, or putting such funds or any part thereof at the disposal of the Foudation Trust in supplementing such resources.
Turbary Allotment Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareProvision of grants to organisations and individuals in the area of benefit for the relief of need, hardship or distress.
The St Hilda's Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareThe Trustees main areas of concern within its overall objectives are children and young people who are disadvantaged in some way.The Trust makes grants to organisations for charitable purposes, although these organisations need not necessarily be registered charities. Also, particular consideration will be given to projects for which there is a degree of church involvement or interest.
V And E Fleming 1964 Trust
Charitable activitiesThe Trustees make grants generally to registered charities with a wide range of charitable objects. Applications for financial assistance from charities unknown to the trustees are not encouraged and in the interests of time and cost, will not normally receive a reply.
The Daisy Trust
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareThe Daisy Trust raises money by organising events. It then makes grants to charities and organisations for projects to help disadvantaged people of any age living in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Coral Samuel Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesThe charity's objects are such charitable purposes as the trustees shall think fit whether in England and Wales or elsewhere. The capital and income in the trust is held for general charitable purposes.The trustees make a number of grants to educational, cultural and socially supportive charities plus a number of donations to other charities.
The David Brooke Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe charity makes grants to institutions for such charitable purposes as the trustees may determine and in particular for those institutions concerned with the relief of children and young persons in need.
Free Church Of England Central Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionThe activities of the Charity are to act as a Central Board of Trustees for the Free Church of England, to hold as loans funds deposited for investment and to lend money and make grants to further the objects and work of the Free Church of England.
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.