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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 Kathleen Hannay Memorial Charity

Charitable activities

The Trustees DO NOT accept unsolicited requests.The Trustees support a wide variety of UK and worldwide charitable causes. In furtherance of the objects, the Trustees make a substantial number of grants to charitable organisations both on a one off and recurring basis.

Latest Income: £193,358
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Ken And Edna Morrison Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

To apply the income resources of the trust by making grants for the benefit of one or more charitable institutions or individuals, including but not restricted to people with a disability or special needs, education, training or for such other charitable purposes at the trustees discretion.

Latest Income: £183,536
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The John Gurney Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Leisure

To provide grants for the benefit of art,culture, sport, recreation for the inhabitants of the designated area of the charity

Latest Income: £182,439
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Worshipful Company Of Glovers Of London Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £180,454
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Audrey Earle Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The making of grants to charities and voluntary bodies.

Latest Income: £179,871
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Dorset Health Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Health

Promoting the relief of sickness primarily by making grants to organisations and medical providers which it deems worthy of support.

Latest Income: £178,705
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Louis And Valerie Freedman Charitable Settlement

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £177,890
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Staffordshire Masonic Charitable Association

Associations, Charitable activities

Makes grants to individualsMakes grants to small local organisations

Latest Income: £174,410
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Rabbi Meir And Rafael Pinto Talmudical Centre

Charitable activities

EDUCATION/ TRAINING, RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS

Latest Income: £172,501
Areas of Operation: Salford City
Status: Registered
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The Freemasons' Fund For Surgical Research

Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Health

The charity makes grants to the Royal College of Surgeons of England to support surgical research fellowships.

Latest Income: £170,013
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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The Windrush Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

The charity makes occasional grants to organisations and individuals to assist Christian Ministry.

Latest Income: £169,552
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Inter-Church Caring Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion

Our Trust fulfils its objectives by making grants to charities and asociated organisations. This is carried out within our area of operation.

Latest Income: £162,058
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cecil And Hilda Lewis Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Cecil and Hilda Lewis Charitable Trust is a grant making trust that makes awards to other registered charities engaged in the welfare of the elderly, disabled and children, and to educational and cultural organisations.

Latest Income: £157,545
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Trapnell Fund

Charitable activities, Education

To support or promote the advancement of education by the provision of bursaries and scholarships at Rossall School and by the provision of grants and scholarships to persons leaving Rossall School in full-time education at any university, college, school or other educational establishment.

Latest Income: £155,547
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Sir Samuel Scott Of Yews Trust

Charitable activities

The Trustees policy is to make grants to or for the benefit of medical research

Latest Income: £153,476
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Warwick Trust

Charitable activities

This charity gives grants to organisations only - never individuals. Donations made are relevant to the trustees and are therefore organisations known to them.

Latest Income: £152,911
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Godinton Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity is a privately funded grant-making charity. It issues no appeals for funding.

Latest Income: £152,901
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Health

Awarding scholarships to support research in orthorpedic surgery; awarding other scholarships and grants to support the study and practice of orthopaedic surgery and its associated nursing care.

Latest Income: £151,233
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Northcott Devon Medical Foundation

Charitable activities, Research

The provision of grants to support medical research carried on in the county of Devon.

Latest Income: £147,096
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Lob's Charity

Charitable activities

The charity makes donations to other charities and occasionally to individuals on each case chosen by the Trustees.

Latest Income: £145,200
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Bothwell Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trustees have a policy of making annual grants to chosen charitable institutions in the categories indicated elsewhere in this return.

Latest Income: £144,920
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Waterbeach Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The Charity's purpose is to provide funds for the children who attend Church of England Schools in the Diocese of Ely, to give support to the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Waterbeach and to the people of Waterbeach Parish who are in need of financial help.

Latest Income: £143,427
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Invesco Cares Foundation

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations.

Latest Income: £142,295
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Sybil Shine Memorial Trust

Charitable activities

The Charity's objectives are to make grants for charitable purposes in any part of the world as the trustees shall in their discretion think fit. In applying income and capital, the trustees of the Charity are supportive of such charitable causes that are for public benefit.

Latest Income: £140,908
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The League Of Friends Of West Cornwall Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

The League raises funds to provide assistance to the patients and staff of West Cornwall Hospital. The assistance usually takes the form of grants to purchase equipment at the request of the hospitals.

Latest Income: £136,198
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
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.