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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 Harborne Parish Lands Charity

Charitable activities, Housing

THE CHARITY WORKS WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF HARBORNE (HARBORNE & SMETHWICK AND PARTS OF QUINTON AND BEARWOOD). IT PROVIDES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH SUPPORT PEOPLE IN THE AREA AND ALSO PROVIDES HOUSING WITH SUPPORT FOR 100 ELDELY OR DISABLED PEOPLE

Latest Income: £1,970,340
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Entindale Limited

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

The charity makes grants to charitable institutions whose objects are to advance religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish Faith and for educational purposes and for the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £1,964,181
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Kirby Laing Foundation

Charitable activities

This is a grant-making trust offering financial support to other UK registered charities for a wide range of charitable purposes throughout the UK & overseas. Capital or project funding is favoured over revenue funding.

Latest Income: £1,961,554
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Network For Social Change Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to charities, charitable institutions, or organisations with charitable purposes from funds raised primarily through its members.

Latest Income: £1,958,828
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage, Housing, Leisure, Social welfare

Within Sutton Coldfield :To provide Almshouses and related benefits for elderly beneficiaries. Make grants for the relief of persons who may be elderly, disadvantaged, disabled or in need of medical assistance.To provide special benefits to local education authority schools, places of worship, historic buildings and support community groups, recreation and leisure.

Latest Income: £1,899,000
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Donating Charity Limited

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity's activities include the provision of grants & donations in support of educational, medical health, relief of poverty and religious institutions and organisations.

Latest Income: £1,886,656
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

GRANT-MAKING

Latest Income: £1,863,905
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Aurora Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £1,852,667
Areas of Operation: Italy
Status: Registered
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Maharishi Foundation

Charitable activities, Education, Health

Advancement of the education of the public by: 1) Offering courses of instruction to the public that will promote the mental and creative development of the individual, including Transcendental Meditation and related advanced techniques. 2) Establishing, conducting and maintaining an institution of further education and additional educational facilities. 3) Making grants to other charities.

Latest Income: £1,839,811
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Caledon Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to organisations and individuals in furtherance of the charity's objects

Latest Income: £1,827,380
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Hobson Charity Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The aim of the charity is to offer grants to registered charities seeking to raise the quality of life, particularly for those who are young, disadvantaged, deprived, disabled or elderly. Grants are usually confined to specific items or projects in England and Wales and settled after the purchase has been confirmed. See website for further details on how to apply www.hobsoncharity.org.uk

Latest Income: £1,796,906
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Vardy Foundation

Charitable activities

The Vardy Foundation was established to make grants and provide support to a range of charitable causes.

Latest Income: £1,741,646
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Marsh Christian Trust

Charitable activities

The Trustees will normally only make grants to registered charities experienced in their chosen field of work and never to individuals. Long-term core funding of appropriate work is the Trust's normal approach, taking the form of money given on a recurring annual basis subject to yearly re-submission and review. The Trust also runs an Awards Scheme in partnership with other organisations.

Latest Income: £1,670,855
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of The British Library

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities

Grants to British Library

Latest Income: £1,639,388
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Stoller Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

The Trust is solely a grant-making charity particularly in the fields of The Advancement of Young People, Healthcare Research and Development and Cancer Relief , throughout the North West Region.

Latest Income: £1,626,085
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Foundation Of Edward Storey

Charitable activities, Housing

Almshouse provision and grant making

Latest Income: £1,609,805
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Jca Charitable Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Religion

To make grants for education & research.These activities are usually in an agricultural or rural context and often relate to new immigrants to Israel

Latest Income: £1,603,291
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Alice Ellen Cooper-Dean Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The Foundation makes grants to charitable bodies in accordance with the objects set out in the trust deed. In addition to supporting local and national charities,mainly on a regular basis,the Foundation has made overseas grants to advance education,relieve poverty,sickness,and suffering some of which have been caused by conflict and disasters.

Latest Income: £1,600,539
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Headley Trust

Charitable activities

MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS

Latest Income: £1,596,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Dollond Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity operates a broad based grant making policy however the activities are often focused on health, education and religious activities.

Latest Income: £1,591,356
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of The Bobover Yeshivah

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

The charity runs a school for children over the age of 5 and also gives aid to needy Talmudical students and makes grants to the poor and needy.

Latest Income: £1,574,098
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Richard Watts And The City Of Rochester Almshouse Charities

Charitable activities, Housing

Provision of Almshouse accommodation. Grant making to relieve sickness or need to persons resident in the City of Rochester

Latest Income: £1,544,562
Areas of Operation: Medway
Status: Registered
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Lloyd's Of London Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Saving of lives

Grant making foundation supporting and working in partnership with charitable organisations with a focus on education, employment, skills and disaster relief.

Latest Income: £1,540,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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British Record Industry Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Founded by the recorded music industry in 1989, The BRIT Trust works to promote diversity and inclusion in the UK by empowering people of all backgrounds through music and the creative arts. The BRIT Trust makes donations to support education and wellbeing activities that inspire people to realise their full potential and life chances, whatever their abilities, ethnicity, gender and sexuality.

Latest Income: £1,537,466
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Richard Cloudesley

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

The Charity's area of benefit is the London Borough of Islington where, through programmes of pro-active grant-making, the Charity's aim is to help those who are sick and poor and to support twenty seven Church of England churches.

Latest Income: £1,517,000
Areas of Operation: Islington
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.