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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.

Mill Hill School Scholarships And Bursaries Trust

Charitable activities, Education

MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS

Latest Income: £46,567
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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Princes Risborough Rotary Club Charity Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations, elderly/old people, other charities or voluntary bodies, children/young people, provides human resources, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, people with disabilities, makes grants to individuals and general charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £46,142
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Lowther School And Exhibition Endowment

Charitable activities, Education

Education and Training - helps with grant to maintain the school buildings.Provides grants to individuals going on to further education and vocational training.

Latest Income: £45,824
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Ruth Wolfe Charitable Settlement C

Charitable activities

Makes donations to individuals and groups for general charitable purposes

Latest Income: £45,665
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Ohr Yechiel Trust

Associations, Charitable activities

grants to individuals

Latest Income: £44,560
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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Unknown Donor

Charitable activities

This Charity makes grants to individuals or groups who reside in the Parish of Calverton Milton Keynes. In particular the Charity makes educational grants to students and apprentices up to the age of 21 years and for the residents of the Parish of Calverton over the age of 65 years of age who are in need of assistance.

Latest Income: £43,971
Areas of Operation: Milton Keynes
Status: Registered
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The Dewar Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The prevention or relief of poverty among women and girls in the borough of Bury by providing grants to individuals in need and/or to charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

Latest Income: £43,716
Areas of Operation: Bury
Status: Registered
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The United Charity Of William Avery And Others

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Makes grants to individuals for the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £42,899
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Bernadette Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trust supports general charitable purposes and only causes known to trustees are considered. The trust does not respond to unsolicited applications and does not make grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £41,427
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Shaftesbury Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The Shaftesbury Charitable Trust makes grants to individuals and organisations to improve the life of people in Shaftesbury.

Latest Income: £39,720
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Medicines For Muheza

Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

Supports hospitals and medical education in African countriesMakes grants to individuals in African countries for the relief of poverty

Latest Income: £39,466
Areas of Operation: Lesotho
Status: Registered
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The Sway Welfare Aid Group

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Provides Grants to individuals and organizations for the relief of financial hardship or to assist the sick, disabled or aged.Provides services to assist with medical transport and a lunch club for elderly people living alone.The area of operation is restricted to the civil parish of Sway, Hampshire.

Latest Income: £39,446
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Monmouthshire Farm School Endowment

Charitable activities, Education

Providing Grants to individuals for land based couses who live in the area of receipt

Latest Income: £38,669
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Malling Memorial Institute

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure, Religion

Through rental income from our building, the Malling Memorial Institute makes grants to individuals or projects working with children and young people in the West Malling area. Grants must support their intellectual, emotional or physical improvement and recreation, and/or the propagation amongst them of the principles of the Christian faith as expressed by the Church of England.

Latest Income: £37,541
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Sir Geoffrey Todd Trust

Charitable activities

Grants to individuals and organisations for medical and related purposes.

Latest Income: £35,253
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Dorchester Round Table Charitable Trust Fund

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals and organisations via monies raised through events held during the year.

Latest Income: £34,734
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Philip Reckitt Educational Trust Fund

Charitable activities

The primary activity of the charity is the provision of grants to individuals and groups of individuals towards the costs of travel, residence and attendances at conferences, lectures and educational courses.

Latest Income: £33,877
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Hodnet Consolidated Eleemosynary Charities

Charitable activities

Provide grants to individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £33,732
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Chelmsford Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

An educational trust that awards grants to individuals to assist with education or training such as books, fees, tools or equipment to help them achieve employment or professional qualification. Applicants must live (and have had 5 years residence) in Chelmsford Borough or former Chelmsford Rural District or have been a student at a school or equivalent in these areas.

Latest Income: £33,234
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Excel Fund

Charitable activities

Provision of grants to individuals and organisations

Latest Income: £32,614
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Alexandra Trust

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

The charity gives grants to other charities or voluntary organisations to help to relieve the effects of poverty and homelessness. We do not give grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £32,457
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Harriet Burton Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grants are normally made to cover health, arts, education and social needs, preference being given to any institutions assisting in the welfare or care of children. Donations to individuals will not be considered. Unsuccessful appeals will not necessarily be acknowledged.

Latest Income: £29,223
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Ratcliffe Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Donating to existing charitable causes. Makes grants to individuals, voluntary organisations and other charitable organisations for the benefit of young people in the south east England area.

Latest Income: £28,589
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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War Memorial Library - Tiverton

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

See classification sectionWar Memorial Library is charity with general charitable purposes with a policy of giving grants to individuals or organisations for education or training and provides buildings and sponsors or undertakes research.

Latest Income: £27,621
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Leeds Philosophical And Literary Society Limited

Arts, Charitable activities

The charity: 1. Arranges public meetings, including lectures and events. 2. Makes grants to individuals and organisations to support research, publications, education and related activities, in Leeds and its local area.

Latest Income: £27,345
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
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.