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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.

The Van Neste Foundation

Charitable activities

Make grants to charitable bodies.

Latest Income: £223,531
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Delves Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

To make charitable grants.

Latest Income: £222,363
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Richard Lawes Foundation

Charitable activities

We are a grant making charity which supports appeals and not for profit organisations where donations will have a real and immediate impact. We prefer smaller charitable institutions and specialised or local branches of larger charitable institutions. However, at present unsolicited applications are not being considered.

Latest Income: £221,925
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Vandervell Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Research

Awards grants to institutions, primarily in the fields of education, social welfare, medical care and research, environmental regeneration and the performing arts.

Latest Income: £221,517
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Heinz, Anna And Carol Kroch Foundation

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

We are making grants to assist people suffering severe poverty and financial hardship who also have ongoing medical problems. We also assist people who have recently suffered domestic violence and the homeless.

Latest Income: £221,468
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sir John Sedley Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To provide funds for young people under 25 years on proven application for further education of an academic or vocational nature. Limited to Wymondham and peripheral parishes.

Latest Income: £221,114
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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The Samuel Storey Family Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

This is a grant making charity that aim's to distribute approximately one year's income in the course of each financial year to registered charities.

Latest Income: £220,578
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Bethany Project (tanzania) UK

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social care

As per existing Trust deed. Activity is now focussed on providing grants to run the Bethany Orphanage in Tanzania for the welfare of children who were once either orphaned, abandoned or abused and providing education where possible.

Latest Income: £219,027
Areas of Operation: Tanzania
Status: Registered
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Before Trust

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Grantmaking for the relief of poverty, the advancement the Orthodox Jewish religion and education.

Latest Income: £218,745
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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St Faith's Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

To relieve children and young people in the County of Surrey in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by such means as are chaitable in law and in particular to co-operate with or make grants to other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory or local authorities in Surrey, who are working towards the same objective.

Latest Income: £217,675
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Richard Henry Holmes Masonic Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

TO MAKE GRANTS TO FREEMASONS AND THIER DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN DISTRESS AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO MASONIC CHARITIES AND NON MASONIC CHARITIES WITHIN AND OUTWITH THE UK

Latest Income: £217,633
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Kollel Gur Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to mature students studying at Kollel Gur.

Latest Income: £217,581
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The J G Graves Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £217,112
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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The Lynn Foundation

Charitable activities

The Foundation makes grants across Sussex supporting many different charitable aims. We are looking to make unrestricted, multi year grants of up to £50,000 per annum that will make a significant difference to a charity. Applications are by invitation only.

Latest Income: £216,921
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sunderland And North Durham Royal Society For The Blind

Charitable activities, Health

To provide grants, goods, services and advice to the visually impaired.

Latest Income: £215,994
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Edward Vinson 1957 Charity Settlement

Charitable activities

Makes small grants to charities and community organisations, mainly in the locality of Faversham in Kent. Applications by email only to [email protected], and please do not apply if you are an organisation working nationally or outside of the Faversham ME13 area as we will be unable to support your cause, however worthy

Latest Income: £215,660
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Bristol Eye Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

Making grants to pay for medical equipment, patient comforts and staff resources, or the provision of other assistance, to improve the care and treatment of patients of the Bristol Eye Hospital.

Latest Income: £214,680
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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The Emanuel Vincent Harris Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

General Benefit of the inhabitants of the area of benefit (London Borough of Camden) in such charitable ways as the Trustees think fit including making grants to other charitable organisations which provide facilities for the appreciation of art, or objects of historical interest primarily for the benefit of those inhabitants.

Latest Income: £214,424
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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The Mackie Foundation

Charitable activities

Grants to organisations

Latest Income: £212,696
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Grenadier Guards Association

Armed forces, Charitable activities

Provision of grants to former Grenadiers and their dependants

Latest Income: £212,250
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

In general terms, makes grants to organisations connected with the sport of rowing; primarily for the provision of facilities and resources to enable and encourage young persons receiving education or undergoing training in the UK, to row or to scull.

Latest Income: £211,736
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grants to support educational activities for young people (under the age of 25) resident in the London Borough of Southwark.

Latest Income: £210,168
Areas of Operation: Southwark
Status: Registered
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The Malvernian Society Limited

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education

Raises funds from former pupils and friends of Malvern College in order to make grants to Malvern College and means-tested grants to former pupils of Malvern College doing training or research work.

Latest Income: £209,040
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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C A Redfern Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities

The foundation is a grant making charity the trustees do not invite unsolicited grant applications.

Latest Income: £208,878
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Witney Town Charity

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

The Charity operates 18 Almshouses for the poor and needy in the town of Witney, Oxfordshire. The Charity also provides grants for those in need within the area of West Oxfordshire.

Latest Income: £208,131
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
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.