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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grants to individuals

Discover 621 Charitable activities charities that specialise in grants to individuals. Use the search below to filter within these results.

621
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.

Governors Of The Charity For Relief Of The Poor Widows And Children Of Clergymen (commonly Called Clergy Support Trust)

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

Clergy Support Trust, formerly Sons & Friends of the Clergy, is a clergy support charity established in 1655. Our mission is to support Anglican clergy families through difficult times, whether caused by financial hardship, health problems or other difficulties. We do this mainly through cash grants to individual beneficiaries and through working with other clergy wellbeing organisations.

Latest Income: £4,498,565
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Moor Park Charitable Trust Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Education and training for children and young people by providing buildings and facilities, providing services, making grants to individuals and by acting as an umbrella body.

Latest Income: £3,875,689
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Wyggestons And Trinity Almshouses

Charitable activities, Education, Health, Housing, Social care

Almshouses in the West end area of the city of Leicester for people over the age of 60 years.Residential Care Home with 26 single en suite rooms.Annual grant to the Wyggeston School Foundation.Grants to individuals paid through Leicester Charity Link.Provision of property for housing homeless people managed via an external agency

Latest Income: £3,477,910
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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London School Of Theology

Charitable activities, Education, Health

The provision of tertiary education and training (both undergraduate and postgraduate);Making grants to individuals to facilitate their education / training;Providing care / counselling services.

Latest Income: £2,827,888
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to other registered charities, either national charities or local charities in South Wales, Suffolk, Norfolk or Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. No grants to individuals

Latest Income: £2,647,828
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Grand Lodge Of Mark Master Masons' Fund Of Benevolence

Associations, Charitable activities

Grants to individuals and Charitable Organisation

Latest Income: £2,237,300
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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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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Calverley Charity - The Workhouse Allotment

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relief of absolute and relative poverty within the parish of Calverley by the provision of small grants to individuals or voluntary organisations who assist in the furtherance of this activity.

Latest Income: £1,408,354
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Bikur Cholim And Gemiluth Chesed Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion

The three main areas of direct charitable activity are :-1. Direct grants and food support for families on low income.2. Direct grants to individuals to support further religious education.3. Direct grants to newly married couples and their families on low income.The split between institutional and individual grants is as set out in the accounts.

Latest Income: £1,343,652
Areas of Operation: Salford City
Status: Registered
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The Joshua Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

Support of religious organisations, institutions of higher and further education, and institutions caring for the poor and sick together with grants to individuals who qualify as Charitable beneficiaries in accordance with English Law.

Latest Income: £1,165,166
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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Bristol Masons' Charity

Associations, Charitable activities

1. To make grants to Masons and / or their dependents who are living in reduced circumstances.2. To make grants to individuals at the discretion of the management Committee3. To make grants to other Registered Charities

Latest Income: £995,922
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Westminster Almshouses Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Provision of almshouses for older people and grants to individuals

Latest Income: £861,098
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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The Street Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

make grants to individuals and organisations involved with children/young people with adisability/special needs.

Latest Income: £750,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Batchworth Trust

Charitable activities

Grants made primarily to nationally recognised charities. The Trust Deed specifically prohibits grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £620,532
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Academy For Talmudical Research (kolel Harabanim)

Charitable activities, Religion

EDUCATION/TRAINING, RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES, MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS

Latest Income: £592,522
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Dartmouth United Charities

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

Dartmouth United Charities provides almshouse accommodation to poor persons of good character, who have lived in Dartmouth for two years before their appointment, or in exceptional circumstances, live outside the area but are otherwise qualified.It also makes grants to individuals and to organisations supporting Dartmouth residents who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £510,739
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Carters Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Gives financial support to South Wilford Endowed School and grants to individuals and youth groups operating in the Ancient Parish of Wilford, Nottingham. Finances are generated through commercial letting of office buildings in London.

Latest Income: £456,904
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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Charities Administered In Connection With The Bunyan Meeting

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

The Charity aims to a) provide grants to individuals in Bedford, usually members of the Bunyan Meeting non-conformist Church, b) provide a grant towards the Church ministry,c) maintain the fabric of the church, manse and other investment buildings, d) maintain, operate and publicise the world - renowned John Bunyan Museum and library.

Latest Income: £445,226
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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John A Thompson Memorial Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

The Charity provides for the relief of poverty, need and financial hardship to the elderly by the provision of subsidised accommodation, care and counselling and grants to individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £421,470
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Sheffield Town Trust

Charitable activities

A grant making charity whose charitable objects are charitable and public uses within the city of Sheffield. The trust is not empowered to make grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £419,617
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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J V Trust

Charitable activities

Religious activities makes grants to individuals and organisations

Latest Income: £343,653
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Christadelphian Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Housing, Social care, Social welfare

The trust was established to relieve conditions of need, hardship or distress of the Christadelphian Community in the British Isles by providing grants. The trust has a policy of making regular grants, the largest of which is the Christadelphian care homes and irregular compassionate grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £307,306
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of Robert Oldfield

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £299,655
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Aldgate And Allhallows Foundation

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Foundation awards grants to individuals and organisations to meet the cost of education that is not the statutory responsibility of either central or local Government. Beneficaries must be permanent residents of either the City of London or the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Priority is given to those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Latest Income: £297,318
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Housing

Makes grants to individuals and organisations within the parish of Wendover, the Moor Park Estate and the houses to the right of Halton Lane from Moor Park up to Perch Bridge.

Latest Income: £281,350
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities are there in the UK?

There are 621 registered grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the grants-to-individuals 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 grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities?

Grants-to-individuals 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 grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities?

Across all grants-to-individuals 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 grants-to-individuals charitable activities charities?

Grants-to-individuals 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.