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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.

British Society For Developmental Biology

Charitable activities, Research

The BSDB aims to promote and advance the research, teaching and public education of developmental biology in the United Kingdom by organising research meetings, awarding grants to individuals and organisations. The BSDB supports young scientists and awards grants to enable them to attend scientific meetings. In addition we aim to further public education in the science of developmental biology.

Latest Income: £150,100
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Harris Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grant Making Charity assisting financially Persons Under the age of 25 with grants to Individuals and Organisations supporting young persons.

Latest Income: £145,406
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Bedgebury Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Bedgebury Foundation is currently awarding grants to individuals under two programmes: Additional Needs and Vocational Education. Grants are awarded to individuals under the age of 25 or to older individuals if they intend to teach young people under 25 within the two programmes.In addition there is an annual grant programme for schools.

Latest Income: £143,274
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Anglo-Catholic Ordination Candidates Fund

Charitable activities, Education

Giving grants to individuals preparing to be ordained and by making grants to certain theological colleges.

Latest Income: £129,663
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The John And Pamela Salter Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals and organisations for general charitable purposes, education and training, arts, culture, environment, conservation and heritage.

Latest Income: £124,673
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Dunwich Town Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Awarding grants to institutions or individuals for purposes which benefit the community of Dunwich as a whole. A restricted fund awards grants to individuals in need within Dunwich (and occasionally in neighbouring parishes) and the elderly for a range of purposes from provision of care alarms to help with tertiary education expenses, emergency problems in the home and help with fuel costs.

Latest Income: £123,182
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Gunter Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals and organisations

Latest Income: £112,018
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Whitehill Chase Foundation

Charitable activities

TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR OTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE LOCAL TO BORDON. THE TRUSTEES DO NOT MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS.

Latest Income: £111,888
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Britten Foundation

Charitable activities

The Britten Foundation is an entirely private charity, formed for the purpose of supporting a handful of causes personally known to and supported by the Trustees. The Britten Foundation does not in any circumstances make donations to individuals, or to any organisation or charity other than those selected. Unsolicited applications will not be responded to.

Latest Income: £108,255
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Cyril And Yvonne Korn Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

The charity was established to provide benefits mainly to Jewish Charities and to medical and educational charities which it has always supported. The charity only donate to charities registered with the Charities Commission and DOES NOT MAKE GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS. THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE CHARITIES IT SUPPORTS.

Latest Income: £105,000
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Mcalpine Educational Endowments LTD

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The principal activity and charitable objective of the company is and will continue to be to provide grants to individual children for educational purposes.

Latest Income: £102,530
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Housing Bursary Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Education, Housing

Makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £102,178
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Hastings Area Community Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development

The provision of accommodation for charities and other organisations and providing an administration service to other grant making bodies. Also making Grants to individuals in line with the Charity's objects.

Latest Income: £101,800
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Farrer And Co Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The main purpose of the Trust is to apply income for the benefit of such charitable bodies or for such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall decide. The Trustees do not make grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £101,509
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Houghton Trust Limited

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £101,301
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cheltonian Endowment Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Education/training young people. Making grants to individuals

Latest Income: £99,270
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals and organisations. Does not routinely make educational grants.

Latest Income: £96,087
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Lee Charity Of William Hatcliffe

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The payment of Grants to individuals and registered charities for the relief of persons resident in the London Borough of Lewisham who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £94,341
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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The Cleeves And Whitehead Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Charity is a General Purpose Charity, giving Charitable help to Children and young people, the elderly and old people and people with disabilities or special needs. It makes grants to individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £87,669
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Horbury Common Lands Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to individuals, churches and organisations in the Horbury area.

Latest Income: £85,226
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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The Sydney Black Charitable Trust Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Religion

The giving of grants and donations to individuals and institutions - maintaining an Evangelical Christian ethos and providing funding for the advancement of education, the preservation of child life, the relief of child distress, the advancement of religion and the relief and redemption of prisoners and captives.Grants will only be given to organisations, not to individuals.

Latest Income: £83,232
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Roger And Ingrid Pilkington Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals or charities

Latest Income: £81,664
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Pasold Research Fund Limited

Charitable activities, Education

Classification 112 - Environment/Conservation/Heritage .. 206 - Other defined groups .. 301 - Makes grants to individuals (includes loans) .. 302 - Makes grants to organisations (incl. schools, charities etc) .. 307 - Provides advocacy/advice/information .. 308 - Sponsors or undertakes research

Latest Income: £80,748
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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British Dietetic Association General And Education Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Research

The BDA GET exists to advance education and other purposes related to the science of dietetics. The Trust can make grants to individuals and to recognised associations or groups of people engaged in dietetic research and associated activities.

Latest Income: £80,741
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The William Barry Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

The William Barry Trust offers financial grants to individuals and organisations related to vocational studies examples include Hospitality and Hotel management, singing, dancing, acting studies. The trust has limitations on individual grants. We do not give grants for career development or Master's degrees.

Latest Income: £79,821
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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.