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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grant making

Discover 4,096 Charitable activities charities that specialise in Grant making. Use the search below to filter within these results.

4,096
Charities
£8,234,488,247
Total Income
£1,476,244
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Red Arrows Trust

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Making grants to charities who support serving and veteran RAF personnel and their dependents, educate the public (especially young people) about the RAF and other air forces, or are closely associated with interests of the current Red Arrows team.

Latest Income: £154,641
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Charles Clement Walker (commonly Known As The Walker Trust)

Charitable activities

The charity makes grants in the areas of education and training and health and disability to Shropshire residents and projects. Grants are made to organisations and individuals. Education and training grants may be for courses undertaken both within or outside the area of benefit. Projects must operate and provide benefit within the area.

Latest Income: £150,304
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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The Feoffee Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

For relieving need, either generally or individually persons resident in the area of benefit (the ancient Parish of Downham), who are in need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services and facilities calculated to reduce the need.

Latest Income: £149,476
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Langdale Trust

Charitable activities

The Trustees make grants to various charitable institutions. The Trustees consider applications in or around June each year with successful applicants being notified in November of the same year.

Latest Income: £147,962
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Mrs B L Robinson's Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The Trustees usually only award Grants to Charitable Organisations based in Bedfordshire or for work in Bedfordshire. Priority will be given to grants for capital projects and not for running costs.

Latest Income: £146,344
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Paddington Charitable Estates Educational Fund

Charitable activities, Education

The charity provides support for people under the age of 25 who are living in Paddington and who are in need of financial assistance to enable them to persue their education. The charity also makes annual grants to voluntary-aided schools in Paddington for repairs or physical alterations.

Latest Income: £137,400
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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The Michael And Ilse Katz Foundation

Charitable activities

The Foundation?s principal activity is making grants. The Trustees consider applications for grants from institutions and individuals on their merits.

Latest Income: £137,301
Areas of Operation: Jersey
Status: Registered
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The Sutasoma Trust

Charitable activities, Research

To advance education in particular by providing grants to graduate students in the Social Sciences and Humanities.Generally for such purposes or objects as are from time to time recognised as exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales as the Trustees in their absolute discretion think fit.

Latest Income: £134,499
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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J E Joseph Charitable Fund

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Make grants to Jewish charities for:-Relief of poverty-Relief of afflictions or suffering-Advancement of education-Advancement of Jewish religion-Other charitable objects

Latest Income: £130,041
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Ohel Torah Trust

Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The support of the advancement of orthodox Jewish education and the orthodox Jewish faith by making grants to the Ohel Torah Talmudical College in Israel.

Latest Income: £127,121
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The John And Pamela Salter Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals and organisations for general charitable purposes, education and training, arts, culture, environment, conservation and heritage.

Latest Income: £124,673
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Douglas Arter Foundation

Charitable activities

The trust makes grants for projects, within UK only, to registered charities benefiting physically and mentally disabled. Ongoing & core costs, research & major funding are not favoured. No requests from individuals. Postal appeals only accompanied by accounts, are not acknowledged. Trustees meet in March/June/Sept/Dec. Successful applicants are advised within two weeks. Email enquires only.

Latest Income: £123,654
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Primrose Trust

Charitable activities

The principle objectives of the Trust are to make donations and grants to such charitable institutions or authorities in such a manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit

Latest Income: £121,358
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Mitchell City Of London Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To offer bursaries at 6th form level for those students who attend a 'City' school or whose parents have lived or worked within the City of London for a minimum of 5 years. To offer grants to students (age 11-16) of single parent families, also with the 'City' qualification. The 'City' is the 'square mile' almost all postcodes EC3, EC4 and a small area of EC1, EC2 - not Greater London.

Latest Income: £117,185
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Richard Kirkman Trust

Charitable activities

The Richard Kirkman Trust is a grant making charity, it's income being derived solely from funds invested. Grants for general use and for the benefit of individuals, covering a wide spectrum of social needs, are made to charities and organisations which have a material effect within Hampshire. Applications are preferred by email.

Latest Income: £115,973
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Robinson's Retreat And Relief Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

RELIEVING NEED FOR MINISTERS (ACTIVE OR RETIRED) OF CONGREGATIONAL AND BAPTIST CHURCHES AND OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND FOR WIDOWS OF SUCH MINISTERS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND. THE TRUSTEES APPLY THE INCOME OF THE TRUST BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF BENEFICIARIES

Latest Income: £115,375
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Michael Marsh Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants are broadly divided between charities helping old people children disabled the poor and educationally needy.Trustees favour grants to specific projects for locally based smaller charities but will also consider larger projects.Trustees will consider pledging a grant, subject to remaining project funding found by the charity.Generally applications for running costs will not be considered.

Latest Income: £112,734
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Whitehill Chase Foundation

Charitable activities

TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE LOCAL TO BORDON. THE TRUSTEES DO NOT MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS.

Latest Income: £111,888
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting projects connected with the care, education, training, development and leisure activities of people with a learning disability.It makes grants to a variety of organisations which aim to benefit people with a learning disability and their carers. A special emphasis is given to grants that will enhance opportunity and lifestyle.

Latest Income: £110,502
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Whitechapel Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

The Charity's principal activity is to provide financial support for the Academy Trust of Davenant Foundation School, situated in Loughton, Essex.The Charity is also able to provide small grants to students who reside in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Latest Income: £107,455
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Bantam Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Bantam Charitable Trust operates in the Mole Valley area of Surrey, UK. The charity provides grants to local individuals, or organisations acting on behalf of individuals, to assist them in meeting expenses of education for themselves or their children, and to assist individual families who are disadvantaged and suffering from poverty.

Latest Income: £105,515
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Leslie Smith Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Health

The Leslie Smith Foundation is a grant making body with general charitable purposes. Without surrendering their discretion, the Trustees have decided to focus mainly on charities supporting: children in the UK with life changing medical conditions, hospices, education and special needs schools in the UK and recipients of previous grants.

Latest Income: £104,387
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Frognal Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The trust applies income for general charitable purposes at the discretion of the trustees, awarding grants to other charities for people with disabilities, the elderly/ old people, youth, medical research and environmental heritage.

Latest Income: £104,130
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Cecil King Memorial Foundation

Charitable activities

The trustees identify projects and approach organisations they wish to support. The Foundation does not make grants to people or organisations who apply speculatively.

Latest Income: £103,212
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Mcalpine Educational Endowments LTD

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The principal activity and charitable objective of the company is and will continue to be to provide grants to individual children for educational purposes.

Latest Income: £102,530
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 4,096 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 (£589.5m). 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 £8.2bn 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 100.0%. 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 £1.5m. 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.