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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 Monmouthshire Farm School Endowment

Charitable activities, Education

Providing Grants to individuals for land based couses who live in the area of receipt

Latest Income: £38,669
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Overseas Service Pensioners Benevolent Society

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

To relieve poverty by giving grants to members of the Overseas Service Pensioners' Association who are in need. Other pensioners may be eligible for a grant, at the Committee's discretion, if they are eligible for membership of the Association (see OSPA website).

Latest Income: £38,657
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Y-Notts

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

y-notts is an independent charity based in Nottingham and gives financial assistance in the form of grants to young people aged between 15 and 30 for the purpose of furthering their education, training and personal development, in a wide sense.

Latest Income: £38,643
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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Henry Blank Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity makes grants to other charitable institutions and to individuals for the prevention or relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £38,450
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Ormskirk School Foundation Trust

Charitable activities, Childcare, Education

1. Charity makes grants to students attending the school who are taking part in a variety of out-of-school activities of adventure, experiance training etc and 2. For school projects-to help and enrich student learning and experience, not normally provided from the "education budget", and 3. Provides awards to students for achievement, endeavour and reliability.

Latest Income: £38,412
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Cromarty Trust

Charitable activities

Applications for the support of educational and environmental projects in the parishes of Cromarty and Nigg in Ross and Cromarty are welcomed. Unsolicited appeals from outwith these parishes will not receive a response since the trustees take a proactive approach to grantmaking and the development of projects which they wish to support.

Latest Income: £38,411
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Charities Of John Ansell

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion

1. Annual prescribed donations to nominated charities & organisations. 2. Provision & maintenance of chapel premises for use by the United Reformed Churches in nominated villages in Suffolk. 3. Educational grants to students who reside/or whose parents reside in Hadleigh, Suffolk.

Latest Income: £38,292
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Huddersfield War Memorial Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Heritage

Monitoring the state of the War Memorial in Greenhead Park and providing grants to charitable organisations in the Huddersfield area which provide for Ex Servicemen and for the Sick and Needy.

Latest Income: £38,156
Areas of Operation: Kirklees
Status: Registered
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Nottingham Gordon Memorial Trust For Boys And Girls

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

1. To promote education and assist persons under the age of 25 resident in Nottingham to pursue their education or training and may also provide grants for clothing, tools, instruments, or books and may include overseas travel to pursue education.2. To provide grants for persons under the age of 25 resident in Nottingham to relieve conditions of need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £38,057
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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The Bernard Thorpe Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Awarding grants to schools and groups for educational and cultural activities in Shepshed, Leics.

Latest Income: £37,946
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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The Spanish And Portuguese Jews' Childrens Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion

To provide maintenance and education grants to Sephardi children and educational establishments

Latest Income: £37,928
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Handsworth Charity

Charitable activities

The charity provides grants to needy people in the ancient parish of Handsworth.

Latest Income: £37,851
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association

Associations, Charitable activities

Makes grants to individualsMakes grants to small local organisations

Latest Income: £37,842
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Edith Maud Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

To give small grants to a broad range of Quaker & other UK registered charities or Non-Governmental organisations.

Latest Income: £37,813
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Streams In The Desert Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

The main activities currently are the payment of grants to two Israel-registered non-profit organisations, of which one is for the purpose of providing housing for elderly people who need financial assistance, and the other provides help for Holocaust Survivors and other people in need.

Latest Income: £37,770
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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Leeds Diocese Charitable Society Trust

Charitable activities, Professions

The object of the charity is to apply the clear income in relieving the need among clergy, deaconesses and licensed lay workers who are resident in or have served in the Diocese of Leeds and among persons who are dependent relatives of any members of the clergy by making grants of money.

Latest Income: £37,649
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Gibraltar Naval Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Gibraltar Naval Trust awards grants to provide maximum benefit to the welfare of uniformed service personnel - and their dependent family members - while they are serving under the Command of Commander British Forces Gibraltar.

Latest Income: £37,610
Areas of Operation: Gibraltar
Status: Registered
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The Cornwell Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £37,572
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Holliday Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Health

The Trustees administer the charity in accordance with the objectives of the trust deed. The Trustees make grants to registered charities. There is a separate Cancer Fund within the charity the income of which is used to support charities involved in any major way with cancer treatment, research or relief.

Latest Income: £37,548
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Malling Memorial Institute

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure, Religion

Through rental income from our building, the Malling Memorial Institute makes grants to individuals or projects working with children and young people in the West Malling area. Grants must support their intellectual, emotional or physical improvement and recreation, and/or the propagation amongst them of the principles of the Christian faith as expressed by the Church of England.

Latest Income: £37,541
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Friends Of St Mary's School

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The charity is the parent-teacher association for St Mary's Church of England primary school. It makes grants to organisations to buy resources to enhance the children's school activities.

Latest Income: £37,524
Areas of Operation: Wandsworth
Status: Registered
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Gerald Leigh Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

General charitable purposes. Grants to institutions.

Latest Income: £37,243
Areas of Operation: United States
Status: Registered
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The Triumph Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations

Latest Income: £37,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Saye And Sele Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

Provides grants for educational/life skills development and sport to children/young people under the age of 25. Provides building and recreation space in the community.

Latest Income: £36,927
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Kentish's Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

This 300 year old charity makes grants to young people of secondary school age and normally up to first degree level for expenses arising from education. Some priority is given to needy young people with the family name Kentish. Otherwise, applicants need to be permanently resident in Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire.

Latest Income: £36,834
Areas of Operation: Various
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.