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.
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Ptarmigan Trust
Charitable activitiesMaking Grants
Henry Robert Bull Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesDealing with applications for aid received. Generally managing Bould Farm and applying the surplus income from this to make charitable grants.
Wakefield Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe Trust: (a) Makes grants for conservation/heritage/training purposes, mainly in Devon and exceptionally elsewhere. (b) Has links with the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
The Rowing Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, LeisureThe Rowing Foundation generates and administers funds to support participation in water sports, especially rowing, by young people (i.e.those under 18 or under 23 if still in full time education) and the disabled of all ages by giving grants to enable clubs to adapt existing or purchase new equipment, eg boats and oars/sculls. It does not make grants to individuals, but to rowing clubs etc.
Colchester Children's Charity Appeal
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HealthA GRANT GIVING BODY FOR THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND DISABILITY FOR CHILDREN IN THE COLCHESTER AREA WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR TERMINAL ILLNESS IN ANY SUCH WAY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Independent Christian Workers Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareWe give grants to individuals carrying out Christian work to poor & needy worldwide. These individuals should meet with the approval of our trustees and provide their own sponsorship.
Edmund Arnold's Charity
Charitable activitiesThe Apprenticing and Education Branch has been amalgamated with Arnolds Educational Foundation. The Poors Branch - Income shall be applied for the benefit of deserving and necessitious persons resident in the parishes of Nether Heyford, Stony Stratford and St Giles Northampton by way of grants to the individual or to organisations for various specified purposes.
The John Gilpin Trust
Charitable activitiesThe trust makes donations to charitable organisations and groups mainly in Cumbria Merseyside and East Suffolk
The Ruth And Lionel Jacobson Charitable Trust (second Fund) No 2
Charitable activities, Social welfareTo assist in the relief of poverty and sickness, provide for education and advancement of knowledge for all ages together with the provision of monies for the advancement of medical research making grants to appropriate institutions.
John Longwill's Agricultural Scheme
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentProvision of training/education by way of making grants to individuals and/or organisations.
Bradford On Avon Preservation Trust Limited
Charitable activities, HeritageRESTORE, MAINTAIN AND OPEN HISTORIC BUILDINGS, MAKE GRANTS. MOUNT EXHIBITIONS AND LECTURES, MONITOR AND COMMENT ON PLANNING ACTIVITIES
Westleague Limited
Charitable activitiesMake grants & donations in furtherance of our charitable objectives
The Michael & Nicola Sacher Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesThe Charity is a grant making trust applying funds to charitable causes at the trustees discretion.
The Bunac Educational Scholarship Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe principal activity is the advancement of education by granting scholarships and grants to persons to pursue courses of approved study or research. Grants and Travel Awards have been made to people from Britain starting such courses in the USA and Canada.
Runton Dolphin Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, LeisureGrant Making to support young people's activity and sporting holidays.
The Puebla Charitable Trust Limited
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentGrant giving to charities which assist the poorest sections of the population or are involved in community development work.
The Bradshaw Gass Trust
Charitable activitiesTo provide annual income for specified charities, to approve grants to specified organisations and individuals for Works of Art and bursery awards connected with the profession of Architects and and discretionary grants approved by the Trustees.
The Dorus Trust
Charitable activitiesThe trust makes grants out of income towards charitable purposes, primarily through other charitable organisations.
Southam Community Church
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareThe charity exists for the advancement of the Christian Gospel, the worship and service of God as revealed in the bible, the care of Christian people and the relief of persons in hardship, distress, old age or sickness. The charity conducts Christian worship and bible study and makes grants to further Christian work in Asia and Africa.
Jaffe Family Relief Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare1. Grants to descendents of Daniel Jaffe and/or their wives, widows and widowers (world wide) in need. 2. UK charities to distribute to individuals in poverty, in the UK.
Achiezer Va'achisomoch Trust
Charitable activitiesMaking grants to those institutions and individuals falling within the charities objects.
The Worshipful Company Of Chartered Secretaries And Administrators Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationThe charity's priorities for grant giving include annual donations to the Charity of the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Charity of the Master of the Livery Company, to certain affiliations of the Livery Company with schools and youth organisations. Prizes are given for excellence in Chartered Secretaries' exams. Only in exceptional circumstances are grants made to individuals.
The Moulton Harrox Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe Charity operates by making grants to Individuals and Organistations to help Children and Young People with Education and Training.
The Bacta Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe Trust is established to help people in the United Kingdom in need, hardship or distress as a result of local, national or international disaster or by their social and economic circumstances. At their discretion, the trustees can make grants for any other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
Joseph Brough Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionThe Trust provides grants to charitable organisations helping people in need in the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham. It gives priority to appeals linked to the Methodist Church as the settlor was an active Methodist.
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.