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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grants to organisations

Discover 3,611 Charitable activities charities that specialise in grants to organisations. Use the search below to filter within these results.

3,611
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.

Acton United Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relieving either generally or individually persons resident in Acton, Brindley, Burland or Worleston who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

Latest Income: £859
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Annie Driver Award (icw The Cowling County Primary/ove

Charitable activities

Provision of Grants

Latest Income: £856
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Holmes Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

To give grants to those living in the Village of Arley and who are in higher Education or at University who are under 25years of age. And who ,in the opinion of the Trustees, are in need of financial assistance.

Latest Income: £855
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Lady Mary Townshend

Charitable activities, Education

Give grants to persons under the age of twenty five, resident in the town of Fakenham who are need of financial assistance in preparing for entry to or engaged in, any profession, trade, occupation or service or moving to higher education.

Latest Income: £848
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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John Allatt's Educational Foundation

Charitable activities

To provide grants for educational purposes to people who have reached their 11th birthday but not reached their 26th birthday on 1 September in the year in which they apply.

Latest Income: £847
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Meifod Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities

Provide small cash grants to people in need in the Meifod area, grant can not be applied for in person.

Latest Income: £844
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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The Aged Women's Pensions Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Established to make grants for charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £841
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Benjamin Tomkins

Charitable activities

Provision of charitable grants

Latest Income: £835
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Blackdown Or Smith's Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

GRANTS TO YOUNG PERSONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. MUST HAVE HOME ADDRESS OF BROADWINDSOR, BURSTOCK, BLACKDOWN OR THORNCOMBE

Latest Income: £835
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Leverton's Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Educational grants to young people living in Waltham Abbey

Latest Income: £830
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Sir Matthew Holdworthy's Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Makes Grants to Students completing a course in Further Education

Latest Income: £825
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Town Lands Non-Ecclesiastical Charity

Charitable activities

Makes grants for the general good of the village and villagers

Latest Income: £822
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Selborne And Empshott Nursing Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

The charity gives small cash grants to village pensioners on low incomes at Christmas and support at times of stress or personal hardship.

Latest Income: £821
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Edward Beling Williams' Charity Number 1

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Provides quarterly grants to needy elderly residents.

Latest Income: £819
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Thomas Williams' Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Operates in area of parishes of Norbury and Roston and Snelston in County of Derbyshire to give cash awards under two moities. 1st moiety towards provision of religious instruction for children of Norbury School, other moiety to provide education grants to persons under 25 resident in either parish who have been educated for over 2 years at a county school and who are in need of financial assistan

Latest Income: £818
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Goggs Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Assisting, by giving grants of money or buying goods and services, individuals resident in the town of Fakenham or ancient parish of Hempton who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £817
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Alderbury Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Give aid, within the ecclesiastical parish of Alderbury for the relief of poverty by making grants to needy indivuals.

Latest Income: £817
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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William May Or Mayes

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relief of poverty by making grants to qualifying individuals

Latest Income: £815
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Swanton Abbott Poor Lands Trust

Charitable activities, Facilities, Social welfare

Provides grants to people in need according to the Trust deed.

Latest Income: £812
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Archdeacon William Thomas Parr Brymer (the General Fund)

Charitable activities

Making grants for educational activities within the Charlton Mackrell area

Latest Income: £812
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Miss Emma Couty Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Makes grants to missionaries/members of the South American Missionary Society who work with native South Americans.

Latest Income: £811
Areas of Operation: Argentina
Status: Registered
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Painswick United Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Making of grants to needy individuals and organisations catering for needy elderly or old people in the ancient parish of Painswick.

Latest Income: £811
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Jane Brigham

Charitable activities, Education

Provision of grants for residents of Cottenham entering further education

Latest Income: £811
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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East Buckland Parish Lands

Charitable activities

Makes grants for general charitable purposes including religious activities

Latest Income: £808
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Goudhurst Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities

Gives grants to students of limited means who are under the age of 25 and who are resident in the civil Parish of Goudhurst to assist with the purchase of books, equipment and outfits for training and educational purposes.

Latest Income: £808
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

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

There are 3,611 registered grants-to-organisations 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-organisations 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-organisations charitable activities charities?

Grants-to-organisations 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-organisations charitable activities charities?

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

Grants-to-organisations 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.