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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grants to organisations

Discover 7,341 Charitable activities charities that specialise in grants to organisations. Use the search below to filter within these results.

7,341
Charities
£17,799,675,132
Total Income
£1,065,402
Avg Income
85.8%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Thompson Family Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £6,298,601
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Ernest Cook Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Land-owning educational grant-making charitable company, making grants throughout the United Kingdom. Grants are awarded for projects that support young people in Outdoor Learning, environmental engagement, connection to nature and Learning from the Land. The Trust also makes use of its landed estates as a direct resource for educational visits and associated activity.

Latest Income: £6,292,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Gloucester Charities Trust

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Social care

The Charity provides sheltered flats for older people in Gloucestershire as well as a Residential Home and Nursing Home. The Charity also offers day care services for those living with dementia in the wider community as well as a weekly social club.The Trust also administers a "Relief in Need" grant making branch of the charity and the former Gloucester District Nursing Charity.

Latest Income: £6,195,675
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Thirty Percy Foundation

Charitable activities

The Foundation makes grants to promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public and to advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment, and to promote study and research in such subjects.

Latest Income: £6,053,051
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The 29th May 1961 Charity

Charitable activities

The Charity is a general grant making Trust

Latest Income: £6,041,211
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Alexander Mosley Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity will make grants to other charities.

Latest Income: £5,828,022
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Mercy In Action

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Housing, Social care, Social welfare

MERCY IN ACTION WORKS IN THE PHILIPPINES IN CEBU AND MINDANAO AMONGST THE POOREST OF THE POOR. WE CURRENTLY SEND AROUND 400 CHILDREN TO SCHOOL AND COLLEGE & RUN 3 CHILDREN'S HOMES. WE HAVE FEEDING PROGRAMMES AND A DROP IN CENTRE FOR STREET CHILDREN, BUILD HOMES FOR DESTITUTE FAMILIES AND PROVIDE GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. 'FEEDING THE HUNGRY TODAY; EQUIPPING THEM FOR TOMORROW'.

Latest Income: £5,751,932
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Eranda Rothschild Foundation

Charitable activities

The Eranda Foundation is a grant making charity.

Latest Income: £5,746,389
Areas of Operation: United States
Status: Registered
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The Mainstay Foundation

Charitable activities, Religion

The Mainstay Foundation primarily awards grants to organisations to assist them in their activities in line with the objectives of the charity. The objective of the charity is to assist the advancement of Shia Muslim communities globally in the areas of Religion, Education and Development. The Mainstay Foundation also establish some initiatives, such as events, in line with its objectives.

Latest Income: £5,717,006
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Linbury Trust

Charitable activities

GRANT MAKING TO OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS

Latest Income: £5,691,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Chellaram Foundation

Charitable activities

Grant giving charity which intends to expand its operation world-wide in due course.

Latest Income: £5,610,429
Areas of Operation: Spain
Status: Registered
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Rachel Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Education

MAKING GRANTS TO RELIEVE THE SICK AND NEEDY, AND TO SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS

Latest Income: £5,357,838
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Project Giving Back

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations

Latest Income: £5,264,866
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Bedfordshire And Luton Community Foundation

Charitable activities

The Foundation makes grants to local community groups and charities.

Latest Income: £5,261,344
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Khoo Teck Puat UK Foundation

Charitable activities, Research, Social welfare

The Foundation makes grants to other charitable organisations for the purposes of achieving the charity's aims of the relief of sickness and preservation and advancement of health, the prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship of the public, the promotion and advancement of the arts, culture or science, and the advancement of the education of the public.

Latest Income: £5,206,111
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Milton Keynes Community Foundation Limited

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

We are a local Independant grant making charity. We raise funds by obtaining donations from individuals and companies. Local charities and community groups apply for grants to support their charitable activities in Milton Keynes. Via our subsidiary company, MK Community Properties Ltd, we provide local voluntary and community organisations with accomodation at a subsidised rate.

Latest Income: £5,094,489
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Nationwide Foundation

Charitable activities, Housing

The Nationwide Foundation is an independent funder of charitable causes across the UK. Our vision is for everyone in the UK to have access to a decent home which they can afford and we make grants and social investments in pursuit of this vision.

Latest Income: £5,074,969
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Little Parc Owles Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

MAKES GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS (MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, SCHOOLS, CHARITIES) TO ASSIST THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES THROUGH EVENTS, TALKS, RESEARCH PROJECTS RELATED TO WIDENING ACCESS TO APPRECIATION OF HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS IN CORNWALL.

Latest Income: £5,039,671
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Global Greengrants Fund UK

Charitable activities, Heritage

Global Greengrants Fund UK makes grants to local communities to protect people and the environment, restore places and ways of life, and transform systems to create a sustainable future where people live with dignity and in harmony with the environment.

Latest Income: £4,921,894
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cure Eb (formerly Known As Sohana Research Fund)

Charitable activities, Research

SRF seeks to assist those suffering from Epidermolysis Bullosa ("EB"), in particular but not exclusively by making grants:(1) to fund medical research and/or clinical trials anywhere in the world for the purpose of discovering, developing and delivering treatments for EB; and(2) to fund the treatment of patients who are suffering from EB.

Latest Income: £4,850,763
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Haramead Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making to other registered charities.

Latest Income: £4,823,313
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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The Biochemical Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Research

THE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY EXISTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOSCIENCES, BOTH AS AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE AND TO PROMOTE ITS IMPACT ON AREAS OF SCIENCE INCLUDING BIOTECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURE, AND MEDICINE.WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION THOUGH OUR PUBLICATIONS AND JOURNALS, SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, POLICY WORK, AWARDS AND GRANTS TO SCIENTISTS AND STUDENTS.

Latest Income: £4,802,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Physiological Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

The Society's main aims are to promote the advancement of physiology and to facilitate communication, both between scientists and with the wider public, through: the publication of scientific journals; support for scientific meetings; grants to allow physiologists to attend scientific meetings and develop research collaborations; and by supporting education and outreach activities.

Latest Income: £4,800,000
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Future Scope Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant-making

Latest Income: £4,761,977
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Wiznitz Limited

Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Religion, Social welfare

Supporting Orthodox Jewish religious education, the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish Religion and the relief of poverty by grant-making to institutions and individuals and allowing the use of a building as a school.

Latest Income: £4,734,350
Areas of Operation: Various
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 7,341 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?

Lloyd's Register Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£691.7m). 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 £17.8bn 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 85.8%. 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 £1.1m. 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.