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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.

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

GRANT-MAKING

Latest Income: £1,863,905
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Aurora Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £1,852,667
Areas of Operation: Italy
Status: Registered
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Maharishi Foundation

Charitable activities, Education, Health

Advancement of the education of the public by: 1) Offering courses of instruction to the public that will promote the mental and creative development of the individual, including Transcendental Meditation and related advanced techniques. 2) Establishing, conducting and maintaining an institution of further education and additional educational facilities. 3) Making grants to other charities.

Latest Income: £1,839,811
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Caledon Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to organisations and individuals in furtherance of the charity's objects

Latest Income: £1,827,380
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Hobson Charity Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The aim of the charity is to offer grants to registered charities seeking to raise the quality of life, particularly for those who are young, disadvantaged, deprived, disabled or elderly. Grants are usually confined to specific items or projects in England and Wales and settled after the purchase has been confirmed. See website for further details on how to apply www.hobsoncharity.org.uk

Latest Income: £1,796,906
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Vardy Foundation

Charitable activities

The Vardy Foundation was established to make grants and provide support to a range of charitable causes.

Latest Income: £1,741,646
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Marsh Christian Trust

Charitable activities

The Trustees will normally only make grants to registered charities experienced in their chosen field of work and never to individuals. Long-term core funding of appropriate work is the Trust's normal approach, taking the form of money given on a recurring annual basis subject to yearly re-submission and review. The Trust also runs an Awards Scheme in partnership with other organisations.

Latest Income: £1,670,855
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of The British Library

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities

Grants to British Library

Latest Income: £1,639,388
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Stoller Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

The Trust is solely a grant-making charity particularly in the fields of The Advancement of Young People, Healthcare Research and Development and Cancer Relief , throughout the North West Region.

Latest Income: £1,626,085
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Foundation Of Edward Storey

Charitable activities, Housing

Almshouse provision and grant making

Latest Income: £1,609,805
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Jca Charitable Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Religion

To make grants for education & research.These activities are usually in an agricultural or rural context and often relate to new immigrants to Israel

Latest Income: £1,603,291
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Alice Ellen Cooper-Dean Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The Foundation makes grants to charitable bodies in accordance with the objects set out in the trust deed. In addition to supporting local and national charities,mainly on a regular basis,the Foundation has made overseas grants to advance education,relieve poverty,sickness,and suffering some of which have been caused by conflict and disasters.

Latest Income: £1,600,539
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Headley Trust

Charitable activities

MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS

Latest Income: £1,596,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Dollond Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity operates a broad based grant making policy however the activities are often focused on health, education and religious activities.

Latest Income: £1,591,356
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of The Bobover Yeshivah

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

The charity runs a school for children over the age of 5 and also gives aid to needy Talmudical students and makes grants to the poor and needy.

Latest Income: £1,574,098
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Richard Watts And The City Of Rochester Almshouse Charities

Charitable activities, Housing

Provision of Almshouse accommodation. Grant making to relieve sickness or need to persons resident in the City of Rochester

Latest Income: £1,544,562
Areas of Operation: Medway
Status: Registered
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Lloyd's Of London Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Saving of lives

Grant making foundation supporting and working in partnership with charitable organisations with a focus on education, employment, skills and disaster relief.

Latest Income: £1,540,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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British Record Industry Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Founded by the recorded music industry in 1989, The BRIT Trust works to promote diversity and inclusion in the UK by empowering people of all backgrounds through music and the creative arts. The BRIT Trust makes donations to support education and wellbeing activities that inspire people to realise their full potential and life chances, whatever their abilities, ethnicity, gender and sexuality.

Latest Income: £1,537,466
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Richard Cloudesley

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

The Charity's area of benefit is the London Borough of Islington where, through programmes of pro-active grant-making, the Charity's aim is to help those who are sick and poor and to support twenty seven Church of England churches.

Latest Income: £1,517,000
Areas of Operation: Islington
Status: Registered
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The Royal Signals Charity

Charitable activities, Leisure, Religion, Social welfare

To provide grants for deserving welfare cases that are within the objects of the Charity.To fund the activities of the serving, reserves and retired members of Royal Corps of Signals, that attract no or only partial funding from the Ministry of Defence, in order to foster effectiveness, morale, teamwork, fitness, professional development, comradeship and esprit de corps.

Latest Income: £1,515,171
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Charity Of John Marshall

Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

a) to support as Patrons the parish church of Christ Church, Southwark;b) to make grants for the support of parsonages to dioceses of the Church of England and the Church in Wales; c) to make restoration and repair grants to Anglican churches in the three counties of Kent, Surrey and Lincolnshire; andd) 4% of the net income is made available to Marshall's Educational Foundation

Latest Income: £1,499,433
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Earl Of Northampton's Charity

Charitable activities, Housing

1.The administration of almshouses in Greenwich, London and Shotesham, Norfolk.2 Welfare grants to support individuals and charities

Latest Income: £1,487,092
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Stobart Newlands Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Making grants to charities and charitable purposes, mainly to Christian religious and missionary organisations. New and unsolicited requests are unlikely to be successful.

Latest Income: £1,474,646
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Hedley Foundation Limited

Charitable activities

Charitable grant giving to UK registered charities.

Latest Income: £1,474,060
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Royal Engineers Central Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £1,452,731
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.