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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Grants to organisations

Discover 3,573 Charitable activities charities that specialise in grants to organisations. Use the search below to filter within these results.

3,573
Charities
£8,642,648,264
Total Income
£1,508,579
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

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

The League Of Friends Of The Leatherhead Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

The current activity of the charity is to support Leatherhead Hospital by the donation of equipment as required, also to provide funds to preserve and enhance the fabric of the buildings in which the hospital is housed.To provide funds to enable hospital staff to attend medical conferences etc.

Latest Income: £118,555
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Nottingham Operatic Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

To provide education and entertainment for members of the general public by giving a wide range of affordable, concessionary theatrical performances and concerts of music, drama and dance in the Nottingham area. To improve on performing or back stage skills for both amateur and professional members. Where possible to provide funds, time and performances to help charities.

Latest Income: £116,771
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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Tottenham District Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development

The provision of assistance in the form of grants to the poorer residents in Tottenham and those who are house bound due to sickness, particularly old people

Latest Income: £115,404
Areas of Operation: Haringey
Status: Registered
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Friends Of St Pauls

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Religion, Social welfare

Council 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.

Latest Income: £114,317
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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St Pancras Welfare Trust

Charitable activities, Education

During the year the Trust received around 500 applications from referral agencies on behalf of clients in need; most of these were supported. Project grants to Community Associations and Schools were also supported. Beneficiaries must live within the boundary of the former Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras.

Latest Income: £113,497
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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International Society Of Radiographers And Radiological Technologists

Charitable activities

Provides workshops and education for in health matters and radiation protection where requested throughout the world. Co-operates with United Nations, World Health Organisation and the International Atomic Agency Agency. Organises conferences related to topics in radiography, radiology and ultrasound. Provides grants for relevant research.

Latest Income: £110,410
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Michael Lowe's And Associated Charities

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Charity can only make grants to or for the benefit of residents of the City of Lichfield.As well as fuel grants, grants may be made to individuals who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress or to organisations whose aims are to provide or pay for items which will benefit the recipient.

Latest Income: £108,308
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Headley Pitt Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social care, Social welfare

The charity provides accommodation for the elderly in ten bungalows or flats. It also provides grants to organisations and individuals. These may be in respect of the Religious Society of Friends, or any charitable objects connected with the town of Ashford in Kent, or to meet expenses of education or or for the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £104,042
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Co-Operative Clinical Cancer Therapy Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Health, Research

The Lymphoma Research Trust supports research into the treatment of lymphoma. It makes grants to medical researchers at the Lymphoma Trials Office who organise clinical trials to see which treatments are most effective.

Latest Income: £104,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Freshgate Trust Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure

A grant making charity established in 1941 by Harry Brearley, the discoverer of stainless steel.The Trustees policy is to meet the objectives whilst giving priority to organisations within South Yorkshire in the following spheres: Education (including Travel & Training);Heritage, Restoration & Environment; Music & The Arts; Recreation (including Holidays & Sport; Welfare, Health & Social Care.

Latest Income: £101,008
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hawkshead Grammar School Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

Educational Charity providing grants to young people from Hawkshead for further education or for entry into one of the professions. Also providing a museum experience based on the Old Grammar School Building showing how an Elizabethan Grammar school worked.

Latest Income: £99,925
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Delius Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Makes grants towards the performance and promotion of the music of Frederick Delius. Also makes grants to organisations with a general remit to promote the music of British composers born from 1860 onwards.

Latest Income: £97,838
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Provincial Grand Charity Of The Province Of Derbyshire

Associations, Charitable activities

Grants to local organisations and individuals, mainly within the county of Derbyshire but occasionally outside the county if the body serves the Derbyshire community.

Latest Income: £95,647
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Fund For Human Need

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Makes grants of up to £200 each to refugees, asylum seekers, the homeless and others suffering personal distress. Makes limited number of grants to projects working amongst the poorest communities from restricted funds received for those specific projects.

Latest Income: £94,417
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Gibbons Family Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Leisure

The Gibbons Family Trust awards grants to children and young people up the age of 25 living in Devon (with preference for East Devon) and in the Isle of Thanet, Kent. Grants can be made for the education, training, recreation and general welfare of young people (but not private school fees). Registered charities, organisations, and individuals (references are required) are eligible to apply.

Latest Income: £94,323
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Association Of The Friends Of Lincoln Cathedral

Associations, Charitable activities, Religion

The Charity makes grants as funds permit to the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral towards the worship, maintenance, preservation, improvement or repair of the fittings, ornaments, furniture and monuments in Lincoln Cathedral, and the furthering of schemes to set forward it's beauty safety or utility.

Latest Income: £94,318
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Alfred Williams Charitable Trust

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

To make grants for environmental and social causes in the county of Suffolk with a bias towards preservation or regeneration of the built heritage, amenity and landscape of the county. Grants to social causes are either for start-up projects, or for modest on-going support to groups involved in voluntary care, education, theatre, music and youth and community projects.

Latest Income: £93,398
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Gay And Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Gay & Peter Hartley's Hillards Trust makes grants to charities that support children's welfare, care for the elderly, mental/physical health, disability, & hospices. Grants are made up to £1,000 to local charities in towns in 11 counties in north and central England - mainly in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire. See www.hillardstrust.org for more details.

Latest Income: £92,351
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Streynsham's Charity

Charitable activities

This 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.

Latest Income: £92,267
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Standing Committee Of Tamil Speaking People

Charitable activities

We 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

Latest Income: £91,334
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Headington School Oxford Limited General Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Education

The 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.

Latest Income: £90,889
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Poor Fund Of The Worshipful Company Of Fan Makers

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The 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.

Latest Income: £90,486
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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John Feeney Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

In 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

Latest Income: £90,051
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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The Worshipful Company Of Builders' Merchants Charitable Fund

Charitable activities

The 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.

Latest Income: £89,384
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal Theatrical Support Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

Raising 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.

Latest Income: £88,438
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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 3,573 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 (£589.5m). 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 £8.6bn 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 100.0%. 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 £1.5m. 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.