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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.

Charity Of John Rogers

Charitable activities

Makes grants to enable conservation of heritage and the environment.

Latest Income: £7,191
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Ellsworth Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Provides small grants to the "Foundation Schools" (First schools of Cutcombe and Timberscombe) and small grants to children and young people in the wider West Somerset area for the purposes of education and training.

Latest Income: £7,169
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Rochdale United Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

To relieve persons resident in the Ancient Parish of Rochdale, the Ancient Township of Castleton, or Whitworth, Lancashire, or Todmorden or Saddleworth, West Yorkshire, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. Income generated is applied for these purposes by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £7,163
Areas of Operation: Oldham
Status: Registered
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B D Tomlins Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

general charitable grants made

Latest Income: £7,136
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Lowestoft Church And Town Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

This Charity makes grants to Higher Education Students aged under 25 from Lowestoft, and to State Schools in the Lowestoft area

Latest Income: £7,100
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Reads Exhibition Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Provision of grants to children of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire for purpose of education and further education.

Latest Income: £7,083
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Drawing Matter Trust

Charitable activities

To make grants to charities/voluntary bodies of the trustees choosing.

Latest Income: £7,064
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Sainer Charity

Arts, Charitable activities

GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES: PARTICULAR INTERESTS -- MUSIC, THE ARTS, HEALTHCARE, HELP TO OLD AND YOUNG, INSTITUTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE FOUNDER.

Latest Income: £7,024
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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G B Caird Memorial Trust

Charitable activities, Education

The Charity receives income from various sources including copyright payments and investment income and makes grants to Mansfield College in support of theology teaching, and awards bursaries and scholarships to students.

Latest Income: £7,019
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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St Aloysius Parents Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To raise and provide funds and activities to improve and enrichen the social and educational welfare of the children within our school, parish and surrounding area.

Latest Income: £7,011
Areas of Operation: Knowsley
Status: Registered
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Causeway Estate Charity

Charitable activities

Makes grants to the voluntary organizations charged with the care of burial grounds in the Parish of Cottenham

Latest Income: £7,000
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Macclesfield And District Lions Club Charity Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Saving of lives

General Charitable PurposesMedical/Health/SicknessDisabilityRelief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine relief/Disaster reliefHelp Children/Young people, elderly, disabled and groups by making grants.

Latest Income: £7,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Pipe-Cum-Lyde Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Professions

This charity makes grants for educational purposes to parishoners of Pipe-cum-Lyde, Hereford. In addition financial assistance can be given to those in need living in the parish of Pipe-cum-Lyde. The trustees meet three times per year before the beginning of each academic term. The Parish vicar is ex officio chairman, and the two churchwardens are ex officio trustees.

Latest Income: £6,958
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Bunbury Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to other charities

Latest Income: £6,925
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sproughton Almshouse And Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

Letting and maintenance of two alms houses in Sproughton village. Provision of grants to relieve hardship.

Latest Income: £6,897
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Arthur Welton Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities

The charity makes grants to published authors who need extra funding while working on a book.

Latest Income: £6,878
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Poor's Land

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

We provide grants to individuals and organisations in the parish of Kingston Cambridgeshire for education and training and for the relief of poverty. We provide help especially for children and young people, elderly people and people with disabilities.

Latest Income: £6,876
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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W A Herbert Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The principal objectives are the relief of poverty and the promotion of Christian Faith & Values. Because of our limited resources, we normally work through grants to individuals or small organisations known to the trustees. We value training grants, encouragement of young people, and investment in small groups which can influence others in achieving our main aims.

Latest Income: £6,876
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Worle Village Club

Charitable activities, Education

Make grants to organisations (local schools charities etc) General charitable purposes

Latest Income: £6,823
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Marcia Blakenham Charity Trust

Charitable activities

Grant Making

Latest Income: £6,774
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Feoffee Or Town Lands

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

THE CHARITY MAKES TWICE-YEARLY PAYMENTS TO VILLAGERS IN HARDSHIP IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. AT PRESENT ALL RECIPIENTS ARE PENSIONERS. IT ALSO MAKES GRANTS TO HELP STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL VISITS OR IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, WHERE LACK OF FAMILY INCOME WOULD HAVE PREVENTED SUCH PARTICIPATION. IT HAS ALSO ENABLED THE VILLAGE TO BUY A SMALL PIECE OF LAND WHERE GROWS A VETERAN OAK, PROVIDING ACCESS T

Latest Income: £6,768
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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School Lands Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

upkeep of property grants to parish church and any needy people in parish

Latest Income: £6,750
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Sidcup Educational Trust

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Awarding bursaries or grants to young people up to the age of 25, living, working or attending a place of education in the Sidcup area who wish to undertake a course, project or challenge of a character forming nature

Latest Income: £6,736
Areas of Operation: Bexley
Status: Registered
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Mdm Memorial Trust

Charitable activities

The charity does not often make grants to charities with which the Trustees are not already acquainted personally.

Latest Income: £6,723
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The B R Jardine Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Established to make grants for charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £6,708
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 4,202 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.