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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 Fletchers Trust

Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

Operates within the guidelines set down in its 1968 Deed of Trust to relieve poverty and hardship.Primarily supports archery for the disabled through grants to organisations and individuals.Makes grants to some City of London based Charities and to a few national charities.

Latest Income: £85,718
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Risley Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

1) PROMOTING INSTRUCTION IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND DOCTRINES. 2) PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR SCHOOLS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 3) PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, ASSISTANCES IN PURCHASE OF BOOKS OR EQUIPMENT, ONLY WITHIN THE PARISHES OF SANDIACRE, STANTON BY DALE, DRAYCOTT, BREASTON, RISLEY, CHURCH WILNE, DALE AB

Latest Income: £85,607
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Bedford Educational Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Grants and Donations to Schools in Bedfordshire.Educational Grants to school children aged 18 and under living or being educated in Bedfordshire

Latest Income: £85,573
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Charing Cross Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

To Provide funds for equipment and support projects to benefit the Hospital, the patients and the local community;Increase public awareness of the needs of patients of Charing Cross Hospital to mobilise support and raise funds;Develop and maintain an active membership of the charity;Liaise and connect with other like-minded organisations and voluntary services

Latest Income: £85,312
Areas of Operation: Hammersmith And Fulham
Status: Registered
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Horbury Common Lands Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to individuals, churches and organisations in the Horbury area.

Latest Income: £85,226
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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Friern Barnet Educational Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

FBET GIVES GRANTS TO SCHOOLS, ORGANISATIONS & INDIVIDUALS IN FRIERN BARNET, LONDON N11 & THE SURROUNDING AREA, FOR EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING PURPOSES & OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE TRADITIONS LAID DOWN BY THE TRUST FOUNDER-THE RECTOR OF FRIERN BARNET, IN 1884. THE TRUST ALSO ASSISTS THE PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN IN GROUP ACTIVITIES WHERE THEIR PARENTS ARE UNABLE TO MEET THE FULL COSTS INVOLVED

Latest Income: £85,085
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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Schass Foundation

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity makes grants to various organisations involved in education, relief of poverty and religious activities.

Latest Income: £85,067
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Village Service Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Village Service Trust makes grants to partners in south India that:- support community-based organisations of women and of marginalised communities, with the aim of enhancing their livelihoods and status - work with people affected by HIV and Aids

Latest Income: £84,946
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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The Nora And Olive Brewer Memorial Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Making grants to St Mary's Church, Putney and six nominated national charities.

Latest Income: £84,918
Areas of Operation: Wandsworth
Status: Registered
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The Titcomb Foundation

Charitable activities

The charity makes grants to a wide range of charitable organisations.

Latest Income: £84,746
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Mustard Seed Christian Ministries

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education, Facilities, Housing, Religion

Alongside selling Christian books, we run a cafe in which we offer a relaxed welcoming atmosphere where customers can talk together and with our staff and volunteers, some of whom have additional needs. We seek to support the elderly, disabled, vulnerable and homeless. We welcome secondary school pupils for work experience. Profits make grants to children and young peoples' organisations.

Latest Income: £84,723
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Dartmoor Livestock Protection Society

Charitable activities

To provide funds for the purpose of helping livestock in danger or distress on Dartmoor.

Latest Income: £84,722
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Ulting Overseas Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Making grants to those training for Christian Ministry, teachers in theological education, theological institutions in the Majority world and those seeking to assist in the Majority world.

Latest Income: £84,334
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Pennycress Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making to smaller charities with preference to charities in Cheshire and Norfolk.

Latest Income: £84,148
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Oakley Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to charitable organisations

Latest Income: £83,838
Areas of Operation: Jersey
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Gaon Yaakov

Associations, Charitable activities

TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO SUPPORT GAON YAACOV

Latest Income: £83,821
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Bowland Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Supporting individuals, charities and other charitable organisations, primarily by the provision of grants and gifting educational equipment. The majority of the support provided is to outdoor and character building activities by young people based in the North West of England and edcuational, religious and cultural activities and institutions.

Latest Income: £83,632
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Stonesfield Community Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Housing

Continued to provide affordable housing to the residents of Stonesfield. Also makes grants to assist with all levels of education.

Latest Income: £83,611
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Manifold Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants for the public benefit to appropriate charities in accordance with the Charity's objects.

Latest Income: £83,611
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Hele's Educational Trust

Charitable activities, Education

TO MAKE GRANTS TO MAINTAINED SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY OF EXETER FOR SPECIALISED EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF FACILITIES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND TO GIVE GRANTS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER 25 WHO ATTEND HAVE ATTENDED A MAINTAINED SCHOOL IN EXETER OR EXETER COLLEGE.

Latest Income: £83,364
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Foundation Of Joanna Scott And Others

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, Education, Housing

This charity makes grants for education (fairly widely defined) to individuals under 25 whose homes are within 5 miles of Norwich City Hall whose parents are not able to afford the expense involved, examples vary from playgroup fees to second degrees and include school uniform, trips, music dance and gym tuition. Funds are limited! Grants may be made to schools etc. within the area.

Latest Income: £83,242
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Sydney Black Charitable Trust Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Religion

The giving of grants and donations to individuals and institutions - maintaining an Evangelical Christian ethos and providing funding for the advancement of education, the preservation of child life, the relief of child distress, the advancement of religion and the relief and redemption of prisoners and captives.Grants will only be given to organisations, not to individuals.

Latest Income: £83,232
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of George Fentham, Hampton In Arden

Charitable activities, Education

THE AWARD OF PRIZES AND THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR THE SCHOOL OF THE FOUNDATION AND AS REGARDS PRIZES, FOR THE OTHER COUNTY AND VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION TO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. THE MAKING OF ANNUAL GRANTS TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE SCHOOL OF THE FOUNDATION.

Latest Income: £83,216
Areas of Operation: Solihull
Status: Registered
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The Loseley And Guildway Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to charitable associations, trusts, societies and corporations whether they are local or national. The major part of the available funds tend to be distributed locally to charitable institutions which the trustees consider to be particularly worthy of support.

Latest Income: £83,179
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sheffield Bluecoat And Mount Pleasant Educational Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Trustees offer grants to young people under 25 living within a 20 mile radius of Sheffield city centre, who have, in the opinion of the Trustees, demonstrated need. Grants are made for a variety of purposes: education; study of music and other arts; physical education; 'Gap year' trips abroad and to local Youth Organisations.

Latest Income: £82,805
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
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.