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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grants to individuals

Discover 977 Charitable activities charities that specialise in grants to individuals. Use the search below to filter within these results.

977
Charities
£17,799,675,132
Total Income
£1,065,402
Avg Income
85.8%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Saunderson Foundation

Charitable activities

Making grants to individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £237,796
Areas of Operation: Peru
Status: Registered
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The Princess Anne's Charities

Charitable activities

To support charitable bodies or for other such charitable purposes as the Trustees shall decide and in particular those in which The Princess Royal has an interest. The Trustees do not make grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £237,402
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Bmta Trust

Charitable activities

Making of welfare grants to individuals, with a preference for individuals or their related dependents who are employed in the Motor Trade or Motor Industry.

Latest Income: £226,386
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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St Luke's College Foundation

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

Makes grants to individuals for university level studies in theology and religious education, and provides resources to universities for these subjects.

Latest Income: £224,304
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Robanna Charitable Organisation

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

To advance the Orthodox Jewish religion through grants to synagogues and religious organisations, support Jewish and general education, relieve poverty and financial hardship, and assist in the relief of sickness and infirmity through grants to individuals and charities.

Latest Income: £214,237
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sir Walter St.john's Educational Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to individuals under the age of 25 for educational activity resident in the area of benefit, and for work of an educational nature done by organisations in the area.

Latest Income: £210,168
Areas of Operation: Lambeth
Status: Registered
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The Ratcliff Foundation

Charitable activities

Grants are made to such charitable organisations as the trustees decide, particularly but not exclusively to those based in The Midlands and Wales. The Charity is not able to make grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £208,507
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Reach Charity Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Reach provides support and information for families who have children with upper limb deficiency. They organise local and national events so that families can meet and support each other. We operate a Bursary Grant scheme to make grants to individuals with skeletal upper limb defects where there is a proven need.

Latest Income: £207,758
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Cirsium Trust

Charitable activities

The Cirsium Trust is a charity established to award grants to individuals and/or organisations in accordance with its charitable objects, principally in England, Wales and Scotland, and with a wide remit in terms of need and benefit but with environmental and conservation issues being central themes. The Charity is open to consider donations but not accept unsolicited grant applications.

Latest Income: £206,104
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Burden Trust

Charitable activities

The trust objectives are broad and its resources limited. Applicants should either on-line using the charity's web-site. If the trustees wish to follow up an application the secretary will request additional information. The trust does not give grants to individuals. The trustees meet annually in June to approve grant requests received by the preceding 31st March.

Latest Income: £205,603
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Professionals Aid Council

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

101 General Charitable Purposes102 Education/Training104 Disability105 Relief of Poverty201 Children/Young People202 Elderly/Old People203 People with Disabilities301 Makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £202,100
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Robert Harlow Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

What : General Charitable PurposesWho : Children / Young PeopleHow : Makes Grants to Individuals / organisations

Latest Income: £200,300
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Erica Lawson Charitable Trust

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The relief of current and former Israeli soldiers and their families, including the widows of Israeli soldiers who have died in the course of their service, who are conditions of need due to their poverty or financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage through the provision of grants to individuals in need and/or charities or other organisations working to relieve such needs.

Latest Income: £199,763
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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C A Rookes Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS FOR ELDERLY AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC/ MANKIND

Latest Income: £197,140
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Sarum St Michael Educational Charity

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The Charity awards grants to individuals, schools, parishes and corporate bodies to further the following objectives: in the promotion of the education of persons involved with religious education; the provision of instruction and resources to schools and parishes; to assist persons financially so they can attend an establishment of further education to pursue their education.

Latest Income: £193,496
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Coleshill Grammar School Endowment Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To support the education of local young people, through grants to individuals in financial need, schools, or community/voluntary organisations. Young people being those under the age of 25 years, who live in the parish of Coleshill, Maxstoke, Shustoke, Whitacres, Curdworth, Lea Marston, Water Orton, or attend a school in one of these parishes, or previously attended The Coleshill School.

Latest Income: £189,188
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Cheshunt College (cambridge)

Charitable activities, Education

Makes grants to individuals to enable them to visit Cambridge for theological study .

Latest Income: £186,708
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Henley Educational Trust

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education

The provision of grants to fund educational purposes within Henley on Thames and the parishes of Bix, Rotherfield Greys and Remenham. The Charity does not actively fund raise but makes educational grants to individuals, schools and organisations through careful stewardship of its existing resources.

Latest Income: £184,058
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Willow Tree Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to individuals and organisations which are consistent with the objects of the Trust and general charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £183,872
Areas of Operation: Ethiopia
Status: Registered
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The Fenton Arts Trust

Charitable activities

Awards grants to individuals and organisations for projects which advance the creative arts in the United Kingdom, particularly those which support artists at the start of their professional careers

Latest Income: £181,838
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Josh Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Receives and makes donations to individuals and organisations in England and Israel.

Latest Income: £179,980
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Elmgrant Trust

Charitable activities, Research

The charity considers grants to individuals living in the Southwest of England and organisations with projects in the Southwest of England for general charitable purposes but in particular the encouragement of local life through education, the arts and social sciences.

Latest Income: £178,432
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Derbyshire Archaeological Society

Charitable activities, Heritage

Arts/Culture - relative to Pure Archaeology - Industrial Archaeology - Architecture - Local HistoryEnvironment/Conservation/HeritageInvolvement with the general public/mankindMakes grants to individuals in connection with research projects. Sponsors and undertakes its own research

Latest Income: £177,789
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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St Giles-In-The-Fields And Bloomsbury United Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Housing

Provision of Almshouse accommodation for 8 elderly females in Covent Garden area; making grants to individuals in financial need and/or in ill health, and to organisations that assist such individuals within the Bloomsbury area

Latest Income: £177,274
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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The Baywind Energy Community Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Environment, Social welfare

Providing grants to individuals, clubs, schools and groups, for projects that generate renewable energy, or save energy, or address fuel poverty. Provide advice and information on energy saving measures.

Latest Income: £177,152
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
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 977 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?

Lloyd's Register Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£691.7m). 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 £17.8bn 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 85.8%. 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 £1.1m. 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.