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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 M And L Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

THE CHARITY PROVIDES GRANTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE UK, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Latest Income: £206,207
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The William Arthur Rudd Memorial Trust

Charitable activities

The trust is a grant making charity and the trustees distribute the available income to a wide range of charities in the United Kingdom and a few select ones in Spain.

Latest Income: £205,972
Areas of Operation: Spain
Status: Registered
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The Ashworth Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations

Latest Income: £205,904
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Berlin Infantry Brigade Memorial Trust Fund

Armed forces, Charitable activities, Leisure

The trust aims to make soldiering fun. It does this by making a very wide range of grants to units, formations & individuals. These are mainly, but not exclusively, in support of adventurous training or sport not paid for out of public moneys.

Latest Income: £205,501
Areas of Operation: Germany
Status: Registered
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Sebright's Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Offers financial assistance, further education grants, bursaries to assist with the payment of school fees and capital grants to schools and other charitable educational organisations.

Latest Income: £205,325
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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Cardiff Further Education Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Education

1) Makes grants, subject to certain conditions, to students in Cardiff to enable them to continue their education. 2) Provides premises to certain educational establishments. 3) Makes an annual grant, subject to certain conditions to the University Of Wales Cardiff.

Latest Income: £205,208
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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The Hilborne Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

THE CHARITY IS A GRANT MAKING CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS PUPILS ATTENDING COLSTON'S COLLEGIATE SCHOOL BY MEANS OF BURSARIES AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Latest Income: £204,712
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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The Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Making of grants to various charitable bodies

Latest Income: £204,589
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust

Charitable activities, Saving of lives

The Trust provides grants to projects designed to fight crime and the fear of crime in Greater Manchester.

Latest Income: £204,424
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of The Keighley And Worth Valley Railway

Associations, Charitable activities

The trust was formed in 1995 as a means of rasing capital sums for the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The trust supports the maintenance and protection of the structures, buildings, rolling stock and equipment of the railway by making grants in support of projects recommended by the Preservation Society's governing council.

Latest Income: £203,942
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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The Carlton Hayes Mental Health Charity

Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

Provision of grants for the relief of poor persons who are experiencing/have experienced mental health problems who are resident in Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. Grants are made for the benefit of qualifying recipients within the National Health Service and within the private and voluntary sectors. Grants are not made for costs that should be met from public funds.

Latest Income: £203,867
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting projects connected with the care, education, training, development and leisure activities of people with a learning disability.It makes grants to a variety of organisations which aim to benefit people with a learning disability and their carers. A special emphasis is given to grants that will enhance opportunity and lifestyle.

Latest Income: £203,800
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to Charities in Devonshire both Masonic and non Masonic

Latest Income: £203,179
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Edgar E Lawley Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Giving grants to charitable bodies for the provision of medical care, services to children and the aged, the advancement of medicine and for educational purposes.

Latest Income: £203,163
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Freemasons' Fund For Surgical Research

Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Health

The charity makes grants to the Royal College of Surgeons of England to support surgical research fellowships.

Latest Income: £202,515
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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Egerton Will Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £200,864
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Pali Text Society

Charitable activities, Religion

The Pali Text Society fosters and promotes the study of Pali Buddhist texts for the benefit of scholars and the general public by publishing editions and translations, as well as other works relevant to the study of Pali, such as dictionaries and grammars. The charity also awards grants to qualified scholars working on projects relevant to the Society's aims.

Latest Income: £200,577
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Yardley Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

The giving of grants to students at secondary educational establishments for clothing, sport kit and books. Other grants for the furthering of vocational training and assisting apprentices. Grants to educational establishments for students 11 years and over

Latest Income: £199,952
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Tarporley War Memorial Hospital Trust

Charitable activities, Health, Heritage

The Charity works in partnership with others and provides grants to enhance health and social care services for the local community, going above and beyond what the NHS provides.

Latest Income: £199,804
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Bournemouth Chest Diseases Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity provides grants for the relief of persons under the care of chest physicians in the East Dorset Health Authority. Such grants are provided for the development and equipping of thoracic units in the area and for research and training of appropriate staff.

Latest Income: £199,527
Areas of Operation: Bournemouth
Status: Registered
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The Dentons UK And Middle East LLP Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Housing, Social welfare

The Dentons UK & Middle East LLP Charitable Trust makes donations to small charities in the UK and Ireland that have a connection to our local communities. The Trust has a particular focus on charities working to support the elderly, disabled, homelessness, poverty, ex offenders and their families, refugees, education and youth projects.

Latest Income: £199,424
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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Inner London Magistrates Court Poor Box

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

............... in relieving either generally or individually persons concerned directly or indirectly in any proceedings at Inner London Magistrates Courts including the Inner London Family Proceedings Court and the Inner London Youth Courts who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money.

Latest Income: £199,022
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Charity Of Hervey And Elizabeth Ekins

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The object of the charity is to promote education in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England of young persons residing in the area of benefit, that is the borough of Northampton and the parish of Great Doddington. It does this through grants to the school of the charity, Weston Favell CE Primary School, to individual young people and to churches and other organisations.

Latest Income: £198,765
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Dr Radcliffe's School Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

To provide finance to Dr Radcliffe's School Steeple Aston, to meet expenditure on building repairs and alterations to the School and special benefits that would not otherwise be provided by the LEA and to provide grants to eligible applicants for higher or further education or training and to local charities

Latest Income: £197,930
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Newdawn India

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grant making for the relief of poverty, particularly among children, including care and education, in southern India.

Latest Income: £197,613
Areas of Operation: India
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.