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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Policy campaigning and advocacy

Discover 1,065 Charitable activities charities that specialise in policy campaigning and advocacy. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,065
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.

British Machine Vision Association And Society For Pattern Recognition

Charitable activities

Advance the education of the public in machine vision and pattern recognition

Latest Income: £298,881
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Shaldon Wildlife Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Environment

The objectives of the charity are to promote for the benefit of the public the preservation and conservation of rare and endangered species together with plants and trees. The charity also aims to advance the education of the public about such endangered species and to conduct research throughout the world and publish reports and findings.

Latest Income: £293,361
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (princess Royal's Volunteer Corps) (fany(prvc))

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

The Corps is established to:a) support both civil and military authorities within the UK, in particular during any military or civil emergency or incident to protect life and relieve human suffering; and b) advance the education of the public, in particular by providing training and other courses designed to protect life and relieve human suffering.

Latest Income: £289,356
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society

Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure, Research

The SVAS exists to advance the education of the public in the science, practice and history of aviation and automotive transport by providing financial support and voluntary labour to maintain in working order the assets of the Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Rememberance Trust.

Latest Income: £289,028
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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169 Bristol Scout Group

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The activities of the Group reflect those laid down by the Scout Movement reflecting the training scheme for young people based on Policy Organisation and Rules and led by trained leaders.

Latest Income: £286,306
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grants are made to other charitable or appropriately constituted bodies in response to specific written applications. Policy favours, but not exclusively, initiatives that benefit communities that are linked in some reasonably direct way to the Fitzwilliam Estates in Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire or the Naylor-Leyland Estate near Ruthin. Grants tend to be one off, not merely for annual expenses.

Latest Income: £282,298
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Wokingham Theatre

Arts, Charitable activities

To promote, maintain, improve and advance public education, particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of arts, including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music and to formulate, prepare and establish schemes therefore, provided that all objects of the company shall be of a charitable nature.

Latest Income: £280,977
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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Horse And Bamboo Theatre

Animals, Arts, Charitable activities

The promotion of public education and the encouragement of the arts through the visual and performance arts. It achieves its charitable objectives through its principal activities. Horse + Bamboo exists to pursue excellence in visual theatre and related activities and to take innovative theatre to sections of the community who may not easily access it.

Latest Income: £279,971
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Norwich Centre For Personal Professional And Spiritual Development

Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

-The relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship, or distress; or who are aged, or sick by the provision of counselling services to individuals and groups-The advancement of public education especially education in counselling skills Through the following activities:-Individual counselling-Couple counselling-personal development workshops and groups.

Latest Income: £278,965
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Royal Surgical Aid Society

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Dementia Carers Count is the working name for The Royal Surgical Aid Society. We provide space for family carers of people with dementia to inspire them to learn, connect and receive practical support to feel empowered in their caring role. We invest in research to understand family carers? experiences, needs and desired outcomes, and campaign to improve the support they receive.

Latest Income: £278,007
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Foundation For Science And Technology

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

The Foundation is a neutral body set up to facilitate debate on policy issues that have a science, engineering, technology or medical element. The Foundation publishes a journal and a website that communicates to the public the outcomes of the debates - see www.foundation.org.uk . The Foundation also provides guidance to learned and professional societies.

Latest Income: £277,656
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Dorset Environmental Records Centre Trust Company Limited

Charitable activities, Heritage

The principal activity of the charity is the advancement of public education in the natural history and geology of Dorset.

Latest Income: £277,083
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

Musical Theatre Group staging musicals and concerts for the benefit of its members, supporters, and the wider community.Promotion and furtherance of education of the public in the appreciation of the performing arts. Support and encouragement of young people in the above.Participation in fund-raising activities for a variety of charities and good causes.

Latest Income: £270,581
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Institute For Food, Brain And Behaviour

Charitable activities

The Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour exists to improve the lives of individuals and communities by conducting and evaluating research into the link between nutrition and behaviour, promoting public understanding, influencing policy, and - working as Think Through Nutrition - creating and implementing nutritional educational programmes.

Latest Income: £269,246
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Greater Manchester Transport Society

Charitable activities, Heritage

The Greater Manchester Transport Society exists to maintain a museum for the purpose of advancing the education of the public in the nature of public transport within the United Kingdom and the historical development of all aspects of such public transport with particular emphasis upon the historical aspects of road passenger transport in the counties of Greater Manchester Cheshire and Lancashire.

Latest Income: £262,704
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Lake District Music Limited

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

Founded in 1985, Lake District Music has consistently pursued a clear policy of bringing to Cumbria an annual festival and professional summer school of quality and purpose centred principally, but not exclusively, on chamber music.

Latest Income: £262,558
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Wales Environment Link

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Environment

Our mission is for the WEL network to be the primary NGO sector influencer of environmental policy, legislation and practice in Wales, respected for our members expertise and advice and at the centre of government decision making.

Latest Income: £261,900
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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The Buddhist Society Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Religious Activities. The Charity exists to advance the education of the public in the principles of Buddhism and to encourage and promote the study and application of those principles.

Latest Income: £257,275
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sisters Of The Cross And Passion

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

It is the policy of the Charity to engage in a broad range of Charitable activities: Education, Health Care, Pastoral, Spiritual, Social Care and Financial help in U.K. and Ireland. We fund two projects in Bosnia providing palliative care for the terminally ill. In all our activities we try to respond where the need is greatest.

Latest Income: £252,433
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Hoops Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

The principal activity is to provide facilities and support for young people and vulnerable adults to play football and other sports and to develop sport generally. Our policy is sport for all - to cover all ranges of skills and abilities.

Latest Income: £251,041
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Stockport District Scout Council

Charitable activities

Scout Association 'Policy organisation and rule'

Latest Income: £247,672
Areas of Operation: Stockport
Status: Registered
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The Brighouse And Rastrick Band

Arts, Charitable activities

The encouragement of the study of music and the art of playing brass band instruments, together with the education of the public in this sphere of the musical art.

Latest Income: £242,728
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Midlands Air Museum Limited

Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure

Advance the education of the public in the preservation of aircraft and aeronautical equipment of historical, technical or other public interest relating to Coventry in particular and to the Midlands and aviation generally.The Museum's mission is to be recognised as one of the leading independent collections, renowned for its friendly atmosphere and exceptional standards of customer service.

Latest Income: £235,321
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Action On Pre-Eclampsia

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Research

- supporting women who have been diagnosed with or are at risk of pre-eclampsia, and their families by helpline, information and facilitated access to medical experts. - support of health professionals in diagnosing & treating pre-eclampsia by providing meetings,study days and guidelines - promotion of research priorities into pre-eclampsia and campaigning for increased awareness

Latest Income: £230,736
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Stoke-On-Trent Repertory Theatre Limited

Arts, Charitable activities

The charity was established to promote, maintain, improve and advance public education, particularly by the production of plays and encouragement of the Arts.The charity is predominately involved with the promotion and maintenance of a theatre building, situate on Leek Road, Stoke on Trent with priority of use given to the Stoke on Trent Repertory Players.

Latest Income: £229,799
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,065 registered policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the policy-campaigning-and-advocacy 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 policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities?

Policy-campaigning-and-advocacy 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 policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities?

Across all policy-campaigning-and-advocacy 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 policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities?

Policy-campaigning-and-advocacy 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.