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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 Swan Mountain Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

We make grants of money to organisations actively involved in the support and care of refugees and asylum seekers, with special reference to those with mental health problems and young people.

Latest Income: £59,916
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Dunnington And Grimston Playing Fields

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

Provides sport and recreation facilities for all ages/genders/abilities in the community and surrounding areas. Sporting facilities as well as buildings are made available as well as making grants available to organisations. Sports are football, cricket, bowls, squash, tennis, table tennis, Indoor facilities for elderly e.g. chair aerobics and for young people e.g. dance. Large play park.

Latest Income: £59,895
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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King's Cliffe School Foundation

Charitable activities, Education, Housing

Supply of accommodation/housing. grants to individuals for further education.

Latest Income: £59,727
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Basil Samuel Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The objects of the charity are such charitable purposes as the trustees think fit whether in England and Wales or elsewhere. The capital and income of the Trust is held for general charitable purposes.The trustees make a number of grants to medical, socially supportive, educational and cultural charities plus a number of donations to other charities.

Latest Income: £59,702
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Ann Beaumont's Educational Foundation

Charitable activities

Educational grants to students under the age of 25 and educational organisations.

Latest Income: £58,917
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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W T Mattock Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The principal objects of the charity are to provide grants, donations and other financial assistance to charitable institutions

Latest Income: £58,916
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Normansfield And Richmond Foundation

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

The object of the charity is to provide grants to and/or for the benefit of people with learning disabilities formerly living in Normansfield and for others living in the borough of Richmond Upon Thames or having strong connections with the borough.

Latest Income: £58,744
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Philological Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Gives grants to schools within the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden and to pupils in or from those schools seeking further or higher education but not beyond the age of 25 years.

Latest Income: £58,734
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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F J Wallis Charitable Settlement

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Charity making grants to other charities in different sectors which are brought to the Trustees by members of the Wallis family and which the Trustees decide to support.

Latest Income: £58,652
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Olga Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trustees make grants to charities in relation to which they have a direct knowledge or personal involvement.

Latest Income: £58,599
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Oxford Diocesan Bell Fund

Charitable activities, Religion

Using the income from investment to make grants towards the maintance of church bells within the Diocese of Oxford

Latest Income: £58,581
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Buntingford Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

RELIEVING, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BUNTINGFORD, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO RELIEVE SUCH CONDITIONS.

Latest Income: £58,376
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Kendrick Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

The charity makes grants to Kendrick School in Reading and to pupils and former pupils of the school.

Latest Income: £57,984
Areas of Operation: Reading
Status: Registered
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The Medicash Foundation

Charitable activities, Health

The charity makes donations to charities, local authority departments or other trusts where the recipient organisation is using the funds to assist with improving the quality of health of those individuals being supported by that organisation.

Latest Income: £57,966
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Institute Of Amateur Cinematographers Limited

Arts, Charitable activities

Our annual showcase event British International Film Festival (BIAFF) will be held in May 2023 and takes place in Birmingham. Film & Video Maker magazine is proudly published bi-monthly. Our website continues to help promote and support amateur film making activities. We allocate grants to promote these objectives. For more information, please visit www.theiac.org.uk.

Latest Income: £57,922
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Wills Davis Atwell

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Gives grants to young people under 21 who are going to university or college, or embarking on apprenticeships/training to help meet their costs.

Latest Income: £57,759
Areas of Operation: South Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Eric W Vincent Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Eric W Vincent Trust Fund is a small charity based in and operating in the West Midlands. It makes small grants to local organisations (usually registered charities) and sometimes to disadvantaged individuals in the local area. It does not make grants towards salaries or running costs, or to clear existing debts or outside the local area.

Latest Income: £57,444
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Musica Britannica Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

The Trust promotes, supports, and develops research into British music by the continuing publication of Musica Britannica and by awarding grants to support new recordings of the Musica Britannica repertoire.Additionally, the Trust runs the annual Lewis Memorial Prize to provide support and opportunities for student performers.

Latest Income: £57,391
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Ammco Trust

Charitable activities

Grant giving charity for Oxfordshire and adjoining counties see accounts for details of expenditure.

Latest Income: £57,267
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Fonnereau Road Health Foundation

Charitable activities, Health, Housing

The relief of sickness and the protection of health by making grants for the provision of general medical health services

Latest Income: £57,130
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Paul Lunn-Rockliffe Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The object of the Charity is to make grants to any charity for any charitable purpose, at the Trustees' discretion, but preferably to those recipients likely to further Christianity, support the relief of poverty and assist the aged and infirm.

Latest Income: £57,036
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Saffron Walden Pig Market

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations that work within the Saffron Walden area.

Latest Income: £56,949
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Robert Clayton Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grants to individuals and organisations to provide for the elderly

Latest Income: £56,319
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Lady Forte Foundation

Charitable activities

The charity makes grants for charitable purposes and to charitable institutions at the discretion of the Trustees.

Latest Income: £56,270
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant-making with particular interest in Hertfordshire and Cheshire

Latest Income: £56,246
Areas of Operation: Scotland
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.