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.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Streynsham's Charity
Charitable activitiesThis charity provides grants, for a wide variety of reasons, only to individuals who normally reside in the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Dunstan with Holy Cross, Canterbury, Kent, or to organisations that help, specifically, residents of the said parish.
College Of Arms Trust
Charitable activities, Education, HeritageThe principal objects of the Charity are to provide funds for:1) the preservation and repair of the College of Arms building2) the establishment and maintenance of a Museum of Heraldry for the benefit of the public3) such other legally charitable purposes in connection with the College of Arms as the trustees and the College may determine from time-to-time
The Comino Foundation
Charitable activitiesA grant making education charity working chiefly through its Comino Centres, carefully selected beneficiaries and a programme of Seminars & Consultations.
The Standing Committee Of Tamil Speaking People
Charitable activitiesWe support projects designed to provide relief and rehabilitation to victims or group of victimsof war in Sri Lanka. We do this through grants to recognised local NGOs and INGOs where this more effective
Headington School Oxford Limited General Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe Trust was set up to receive donations for the benefit of Headington School as a separate Charitable Trust. All income is passed by way of grants to Headington School Oxford Ltd.
The Poor Fund Of The Worshipful Company Of Fan Makers
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Poor Fund has general charitable objectives making grants from both donations from liverymen of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers and income derived from those donations.
The Walter Swindon Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe charity makes grants to a variety of charitable institutions for such charitable purposes as the trustees at their discretion determine. The main receipients in 2007 was the Institute For Child Health and the United Synagoque.
The Animal Defence Trust
Charitable activitiesThe charity is a grant giving charity making grants annually to other animal welfare charities throughout Great Britain and also abroad.The charity also makes representations to the European Union regarding the treatment of farm animals transported from the United Kingdom to Europe, and across European countries over often very hot long distances without adequate rest and watering.
John Feeney Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Facilities, LeisureIn or near the City of Birmingham - the promotion and cultivation of the arts, heritage and open spaces by giving grants to public charities and to Feeney Fellows
Mcgreevy No 5 Settlement
Charitable activitiesTo distribute grants to charitable institutions for charitable purposes.
The Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentThe Trust makes grants to charities and other bodies for the improvement and welfare of British agriculture.
The Paragon Trust
Arts, Charitable activitiesThe Paragon Trust makes grants to other charities for general charitable purposes.The trustees take the initiative in determining their grant-making agenda year on year and act alone in this respect. No attention is paid to funding applications or appeal literature. Fund-raisers should bear in mind that no response is made to such communications which are discarded on receipt.
The Worshipful Company Of Builders' Merchants Charitable Fund
Charitable activitiesThe Charity makes charitable grants to support worthy causes in the builders merchants industry and the City of London, and to other charities with which the Company has a connection, particularly those craft-related.
The Yves Guihannec Foundation
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to other charities and, exceptionally, to individuals.
The Ardwick Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe object of the charity is the making of grants to chartable causes chosen by the trustees at their absolute discretion.This includes many medical and relief of poverty charities
Worcestershire Masonic Charity Organisation
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareRaising of funds by donation, running sheltered accommodation and making grants/donations
The Bouttell Bequest
Charitable activitiesMaking grants to charities and for charitable purposes in England and Wales but mainly in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
The Royal Theatrical Support Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportRaising funds and making grants in support of the charity's charitable objects which are specifically restricted to the fostering and advancement of the public knowledge, experience and appreciation of theatre and drama at every level of performance and audience.
Gurudwara Guru Teg Bahadhur (sikh Temple)
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure, ReligionA PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR PERSONS PROFESSING SIKH FAITH. A MEETING PLACE FOR SADH SANGATAND PROMOTES EDUCATION & TRAINING,RELIEF OF PROVERTY,SPORTS /RECREATION TO THE SNAD SANGAT SIKH FAITH. HELPS CHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE & ELDERLY/OLD PEOPLE.MAKES GRANTS TO INDIDULAS TO THE SADH SANGAT SIKH FAITH PERSONS
The Aldermaston Charity
Charitable activities, Facilities, Housing, Social welfareMaking grants to people in need who reside in Aldermaston. Providing Almshouse accomadation.
The M Y A Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity makes donations to both educational and religious institutions and institutions helping to relieve poverty, as well as to individuals in need of financial and medical aid.
Friends Of St Pauls
Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Religion, Social welfareCouncil aims to achieve the Friends' objects of fellowship and fundraising to support St Paul's often in both time and money, by promoting membership of the Friends, producing the twice-yearly Dome magazine, organising self-financing social activities for members, and making financial grants to the Corporation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London out of net funds raised including legacies.
The Pattenmakers Company Charitable Foundation
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, ReligionTHIS CHARITY IS THE CHARITABLE ARM OF ONE OF THE CITY OF LONDON'S ANCIENT LIVERY COMPANIES. IT DOES NOT DIRECTLY PERFORM CHARITABLE WORK BUT CONCENTRATES ON (A) FUNDRAISING AND (B) MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS IN FOUR AREAS, NAMELY, (I) EDUCATION (II) THE CITY OF LONDON (III) THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY (IV) ITS GUILD CHURCH AND (V) TO ANY OTHER CHARITABLE CAUSES AT ITS DISCRETION.
Hamamelis Trust
Charitable activitiesThe main areas of work are for medical research and ecological conservation. Grants made in each year are split into approximately equal proportions between each area. Generally the trust makes grants to institutions and not to individuals. Projects outside the UK are not considered. Projects in the Godalming and Surrey areas are given special interest.
Turner Dumbrell Foundation
Charitable activities, Education, ReligionProviding of grants to charitable institutions or for charitable purposes with particular reference to 1) the parish church, 2) education, 3) other purposes situated in the parish of Ditchling and in the county of East Sussex, and 4) the practice of preventive cardiology carried our either by the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
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.