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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 Godman Charitable Company Limited

Charitable activities

The objective and principal activity of the charitable company continues to be the promotion and aid of such purposes as are recognised in English law to be exclusively chartiable. This is carried out by the directors/trustees maintaining a capital fund and allocating grants to various organisations and individuals out of the surplus income arising from the fund.

Latest Income: £44,314
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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The Courage - Dyer Recreational Trust

Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

Makes grants to organisationsProvides buildings/facilities/open space.

Latest Income: £44,232
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Ashendene Trust

Charitable activities, Facilities

Grant giving in areas listed in all of categories listed in para A13. Tend towards smaller charities & core funding not buildings, individuals.

Latest Income: £43,992
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Valerie White Memorial Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Grant making to animal trusts and drama students.

Latest Income: £43,863
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Chipping Norton Welfare Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Welfare Charities provides accommodation for the poor and elderly people of Chipping Norton and makes grants to persons in need.

Latest Income: £43,801
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Artemis Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Making of grants to any charity, charitable institution or charitable activity

Latest Income: £42,657
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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George And Thomas Henry Salter Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to local organisations and individuals for educational purposes and for relief of poverty

Latest Income: £40,928
Areas of Operation: Sandwell
Status: Registered
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Dame Violet Wills Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Managing endowment to provide income, then distributing that money in the form of grants to evangelical Christian causes.

Latest Income: £40,058
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Young Men's Christian Association Metropolitan Region Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing

The Trust is Christian body making grants for YMCA Associations to provide benefits for young people in the areas of health, education, housing and support for improved employment activities. Activities are open to those of the Christian faith, other faith or no faith ? and without any restriction due to class or creed.

Latest Income: £40,017
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Mitchell Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making Trust only

Latest Income: £39,608
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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George Temperance Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

The charity makes grants to organisations engaged in activities in keeping with the trusts' objectives; prevention of the abuse of alcohol and other substances and to assist persons suffering from such abuse and to help their families and dependents.

Latest Income: £39,573
Areas of Operation: Bournemouth
Status: Registered
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Church Estate

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Religion

To provide grants to the three C of E Churches in Dorchester, to assist essential projects and especially where emergency funding is required. Grants are made to projects where the costs greatly exceed that which cannot be achieved by normal fund raising and donations for the projects.

Latest Income: £39,231
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Tollemache (buckminster) Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

General charity makes donations to other charitable bodies

Latest Income: £38,948
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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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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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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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 Cornwell Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £37,572
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
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: £37,348
Areas of Operation: Various
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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South Street United Reformed Church Ministers' Fund

Charitable activities, Religion

Makes grants to the Romford United Reformed Church.

Latest Income: £37,082
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Journal Children's Fund,royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes,grand Lodge Of England

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

To provide Grants to support the children of deceased members of the"GLE", and to support the Children of Members with their education.

Latest Income: £36,827
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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C R Burrell's Charity Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £36,734
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Old Vicarage School

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education

Friends of the Old Vicarage School undertakes activities including an annual fete, children's event and quiz night to raise funds which are used to extend the amenities of the school by providing equipment or facilities (additional to those which can or should be provided from the resources of the school's governing body) and on occasions makes donations to UK registered charities

Latest Income: £36,595
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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The Patricia Baines Trust

Charitable activities

The charity benefits such charitable purposes, charitable institutions or charitable foundations in such proportions as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit.It is a grant making charity and the trustees seek their own causes to support. Unsolicited applications are not considered.

Latest Income: £35,909
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Social Workers Educational Trust

Charitable activities, Education

provides grants and scholarships to registered social workers for their training and/or research.

Latest Income: £34,492
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
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.