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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.

Princes Risborough Rotary Club Charity Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations, elderly/old people, other charities or voluntary bodies, children/young people, provides human resources, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, people with disabilities, makes grants to individuals and general charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £46,142
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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High Halstow Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

To provide relief either generally or individually to residents in the parish of High Halstow who are in conditions of need or hardship, by making grants of money or providing goods and services calculated to reduce the need.

Latest Income: £46,137
Areas of Operation: Medway
Status: Registered
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The Plumbers Charity

Charitable activities, Economic and community development

Changing lives for the better by supporting plumbing education & training, promoting the 'craft of plumbing' (including provision of clean water, sanitation, public health and community welfare), and making grants to charities connected with the City of London.

Latest Income: £46,115
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Queen Elizabeth's Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Provision of grants to students for higher education

Latest Income: £46,105
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Lady Monica Cockfield Memorial Trust

Charitable activities

Educational grant making trust

Latest Income: £46,104
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Wrvs Benevolent Trust

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

To make grants to persons who are or who have been a member, employee or volunteer of WVS, WRVS or Royal Voluntary Service, who being of limited means are in need of financial assistance

Latest Income: £46,056
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Williams Church Music Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The provision of grants to assist the study, practice and improvement of instrumental music (including in particular organ music), and singing (in particular choral singing) especially in connection with the services of the Church of England and of Churches in communion with the Church of England.

Latest Income: £46,011
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Dr Richard Solomons' Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development

Grant making to small-scale charitable organisations usually with an annual income of under ?500,000 and minimal admin costs. Charities should have a focus on long-term sustainability and integrated community development and are usually based outside the UK. Donations usually around ?3000, ongoing funding is possible once a relationship has been established. Must have UK bank account.

Latest Income: £45,990
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Lowther School And Exhibition Endowment

Charitable activities, Education

Education and Training - helps with grant to maintain the school buildings.Provides grants to individuals going on to further education and vocational training.

Latest Income: £45,824
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Margaret Hayman Charitable Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Environment

Makes grants in areas determined by Trustees from time to time. Current focus is on the intersection between climate change and social justice in low income countries.

Latest Income: £45,823
Areas of Operation: Burkina Faso
Status: Registered
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Scarr-Hall Memorial Trust

Charitable activities

Provision of grants and donations to assist in the education and training of students

Latest Income: £45,757
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Italia Conti Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

The provision of education and training in the performing arts both directly through the Charity's own school operation, and indirectly by providing grants to talented children to enable them to obtain performing arts education in other institutions.

Latest Income: £45,751
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Sir Alastair Pilkington Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Established to make grants for charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £45,719
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Ruth Wolfe Charitable Settlement C

Charitable activities

Makes donations to individuals and groups for general charitable purposes

Latest Income: £45,665
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Dorothy Bayles Trust

Charitable activities

Provide funds to charities and individuals, especially in Lincolnshire.We have far more requests than available funds.

Latest Income: £45,647
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of St Mary's Mapledurwell

Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

The Charity makes contributions for the maintenance, restoration and improvement of the Church of Mary's Mapledurwell in the County of Hampshire. Also the Charity supports local students with a contributions towards Tertiary education fees, makes grants to support local , village activities and schools and makes donations to local , national and international Charities.

Latest Income: £45,598
Areas of Operation: Pakistan
Status: Registered
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Charities In Association With The League Of St Bartholomews Nurses

Charitable activities, Health, Professions, Social welfare

Educational grants to members of the League of St. Bartholomew's Nurses and Benevolent Grants to League members and nurses who have trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital (EC1A 7BE) and are in financial difficulty or in need of friendship and advice.

Latest Income: £45,370
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The John Lucy Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The trust manages its property which is situated in the parish of Hampton Lucy. From the net proceeds of income, the trust makes grants for the benefit of Hampton Lucy C of E Primary School, Hampton Lucy Parish Church and to promote the education of persons under the age of 25 who are, or whose parents are resident in the parish of Hampton Lucy, and who are in need of financial assistance.

Latest Income: £45,363
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Kitchings General Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

To provide eligible Southrey widows with a pensionTo provide grants to relieve hardship, generally or individually to people residing in the Parish of Bardney, Southrey, Tupholme or Bucknall. This by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilitiesAdvancement of Education, by making grants to Bardney & Bucknall towards the cost of provision for schools/pupils

Latest Income: £45,281
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Duke Of Marlborough's Charitable Settlement

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individualsMakes grants to organisations

Latest Income: £45,198
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Penny Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charity to support and encourage faith-based organisations and people known to the trustees.

Latest Income: £45,051
Areas of Operation: Canada
Status: Registered
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Ct 10 Parochial Charities

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity distributes grants to the poor and needy within the area postcode CT10. The grants are made where there is no other source of money available, i.e. grants are not made in place of benefits, etc. Income is from the letting of land and the receipt of dividends from our investments.

Latest Income: £44,913
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Auerbach Trust

Charitable activities

Make grants to other charities involved in medical, religious and cultural activities.

Latest Income: £44,878
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Elder Stubbs Charity

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfare

Owning and leasing 12 acres of Grade 1 agricultural land for allotment purposes. Making grants to benefit the deserving poor in East Oxford.

Latest Income: £44,819
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Fred Towler Charity Trust

Charitable activities, Environment, Social care

The Trust provides grants and work with Respite and holiday organizations like Joined-Up Holidays, born of a desire to connect people with animals, nature and the natural environment regardless of anyone's special needs or disabilities. By offering farm visits with activities individually tailored to the needs and wishes of each guest

Latest Income: £44,805
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.