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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.

Charity Of Mary Bastow

Charitable activities

Religious charity making grants to individuals in the Tower Hamlets area

Latest Income: £173
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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Whilton Relief In Need Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to individuals resident within the Parish of Whilton to relieve poverty defined as living solely on state benefit or for a family living on income half the national average wage or pre-empting debt that young people would otherwise occur in providing formative experiences for future work.

Latest Income: £166
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Parish Nurse Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Professions

Make grants to individuals living in the Civil Parish of Edlesborough who are elderly, or ill, or disabled and require medical and/or surgical equipment or comforts which are unavailable from any other source.

Latest Income: £159
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Parochial Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to individuals and schools in the ancient parish of Gedling.

Latest Income: £151
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Burdekin Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

TO MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SITUATED WITHIN THE PARISH OF CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH

Latest Income: £150
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Hartburn Educational Foundation

Charitable activities

Make small grants to individuals and groups for educational purposes, beneficionaries must be resident or have been residents of the ancient parish of Hartburn.

Latest Income: £143
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Watson's School

Charitable activities, Education

Makes grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £139
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Jane Churton Bequest

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Providing grants to individuals for education, religious activities and the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £135
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Lock's Legacy

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Income from small investments used to relieve poverty within the Torbay area by grants to individuals and organisations administered through Central Church (United Reformed and Methodist) Benevolent Fund.

Latest Income: £130
Areas of Operation: Torbay
Status: Registered
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Eaton Socon Charities

Charitable activities

The charity makes small grants to individuals on low incomes who apply. The grants are made throughout the year, including Hampers at Christmas time.

Latest Income: £127
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Edward Richard And Dorothea Oliver

Charitable activities

Makes Grants to individuals

Latest Income: £119
Areas of Operation: Ceredigion
Status: Registered
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Poor's Land (including Augmentation Of George Goode)

Charitable activities, Social welfare

We make one off grants to individuals living in the parish if proved to be in need.

Latest Income: £118
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Stockport Arts Federation

Charitable activities

PROMOTES ARTS AND CULTURE IN STOCKPORT. MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE FEDERATION. not now operating since 2006

Latest Income: £116
Areas of Operation: Stockport
Status: Registered
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The Joseph William Harris Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to individuals and schools in the Carlton and Netherfield area of Nottinghamshire.

Latest Income: £116
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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William Dickason's Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to individuals on roll at Banbury School to support educational activities.

Latest Income: £115
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Chobham And West End Relief In Sickness Charity

Charitable activities, Health

Gives grants to individuals in need

Latest Income: £111
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Charity Of Joseph Bassett

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity helps with the prevention or relief of poverty. It assists old and elderly people and makes grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £109
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Gibson Collinson Prize Fund

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £101
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Harescombe Charity Of Cox And Bedwell

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Gives grants to individuals who live within the Parish of Harescombe, for the prevention/relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £99
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Emma Wells

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Making grants to individuals and organisations in Hertfordshire for the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £97
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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United Charities (sir Rowland Berkeley)

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Making small grants to community groups providing services and /or activities for young or elderly people. Making small grants to individuals for educational purposes or to relieve poverty. This only applies to people living in the parish of Cotheridge, Worcestershire

Latest Income: £96
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Holme Meal Charity

Charitable activities

Grants to individuals & groups within the Parish of Great Longstone in Derbyshire

Latest Income: £95
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Drayton Drewray Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities

The charity makes small grants to individuals resident in Drayton to assist in cases of need. For example grants have been made to enable adaptations required by a disabled person, and to enable purchase of equipment needed by an unwaged student with dependents in order to pursue their studies. Applications are considered by the trustees at quarterly meetings.

Latest Income: £82
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Church Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Religion

105 Relief of poverty202 Helps Elderly/Old People301 Makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £82
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Joseph Cole

Charitable activities, Social welfare

MAKES SMALL GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITHIN THE PARISH, OR ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL, WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH AGE OR OTHER HARDSHIP.

Latest Income: £76
Areas of Operation: Dudley
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.