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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Policy campaigning and advocacy

Discover 981 Charitable activities charities that specialise in policy campaigning and advocacy. Use the search below to filter within these results.

981
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.

Shape London

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

- To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular by educational plays production and encouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music- Provision for facilities for recreation to disabled or aged persons- To promote the relief of people with disability- Works throughout London and rest of UK

Latest Income: £609,416
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Tourette Syndrome (uk) Association Trading As Tourettes Action

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

We're the only UK-wide charity dedicated to supporting those with Tourette syndrome. We provide practical advice, resources, and advocacy; deliver training within education, employment, and healthcare; build peer networks through our groups and residential weekends; campaign to tackle stigma; lobby for better NHS services; and promote research to improve treatments and quality of life.

Latest Income: £599,143
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Stokenchurch Dog Rescue

Animals, Charitable activities, Housing

To rescue, board and place stray and unwanted dogs in good homes. To continue to care for and protect dogs in need. In line with our non-destruct policy, we endeavour to save abandoned dogs from being put to sleep in the specified areas.

Latest Income: £583,603
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Animal Rescue

Animals, Charitable activities, Housing

The animal rescue charity provides sanctuary (safe haven) throughout the UK for all animals whether domesticated or wild. Without exception, the prevention of suffering and preservation of life is paramount. The ultimate objective is to re-home or re-habilitate. Operates save a dog (SAD) campaign to rescue dogs facing euthanasia from Uk dog pounds.

Latest Income: £575,626
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Homeopathy UK

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

To ensure that homeopathy is available to all by fundraising and campaigning for: (1) public information and awareness, (2) access to homeopathic services, (3) professional education and training, (4) research

Latest Income: £574,092
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Women's Engineering Society

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

Promotes education, training & practice of engineering among women. Increases public awareness of women in engineering. Forum for the exchange of opinions for women with interests in engineering. Sustains contacts with women engineers on career breaks & facilitates their return to paid employment. Ensures voice of women engineers is heard in Government & policy-making institutions.

Latest Income: £569,174
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Corps Of Royal Electrical And Mechanical Engineers Museum

Charitable activities, Heritage

To preserve the heritage of the Corps of REME and to make it available for the education of the public and the Armed Services. To assist the public in appropriate military historical research.

Latest Income: £567,104
Areas of Operation: Swindon
Status: Registered
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Collections Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

The Collections Trust is the UK's independent organisation for cultural collections. We campaign for the public right to access and engage with collections.We do this by:-Promoting best practiceEncouraging InnovationRepresenting the interests of the sector

Latest Income: £535,092
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Campaign For National Parks

Charitable activities, Facilities

Campaign for National Parks is the only independent charity dedicated to securing the future of National Parks in England and Wales. We campaign for a world where nature and people are thriving in National Parks that are nature-rich and accessible to everyone. Our mission is to inspire action for wilder, inclusive National Parks.

Latest Income: £518,615
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Steve Ross Foundation For The Arts

Charitable activities

Steve Ross Foundation for the Arts is an independent organisation based at Quay Arts in Newport Isle of Wight. Its purposes are the fostering and development of artistic knowledge, practice and understanding for the education of the public in the arts, creative practice and their presentation and development.

Latest Income: £505,780
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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Viscount Amory's Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trustees follow a general policy of distributing the trust's income whilst maintaining the substance of the trust's investments to enlarge its grant-giving potential.

Latest Income: £457,843
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Forest Dog Rescue

Animals, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Housing

The charity raises funds to house and care for lost and unwanted dogs in the area. It holds a non-destruction policy and will look after every dog until a suitable, loving home is found.

Latest Income: £436,328
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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The Courtauld Institute Of Art Fund

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Heritage

To promote the advancement of public education in the history of art and architecture and the care, conservation and restoration of works of art for the public benefit by raising funds to support the Courtauld Institute of Art

Latest Income: £434,415
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
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: £428,352
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Esea Contemporary LTD

Arts, Charitable activities

Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art aims to advance the education of the public in contemporary Chinese arts and culture. Our work covers four main areas; exhibitions, education, agency work and advocacy which includes training, conferences and publications.

Latest Income: £421,798
Areas of Operation: Manchester City
Status: Registered
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Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple (east London)

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

(1) To promote the Hindu Faith in accordance with the principles and faiths of Lord Swaminarayan and to advance the religious education of the public in such principles as laid down in Shikshapatri and Vachhanamrat and as per the General Direction of the Shree Narnarayan Dev Temple Bhuj (Kutch). (2) To relieve the aged the poor the sick and the disabled

Latest Income: £415,966
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: £410,263
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Birwa Kurdish Community

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development

BKC organizes community activities: religious services and gatherings via volunteer support; supervised youth programs and educational circles following the strict "Rule of Two" safeguarding policy; heritage classes and development workshops for all ages; and community fundraising and support.

Latest Income: £387,668
Areas of Operation: London
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: £383,745
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Cranleigh And South Eastern Agricultural Society

Animals, Charitable activities, Economic and community development

To promote, maintain, improve and advance agriculture, to promote good farming and the advancement of the breeding and rearing of lviestock, poultry and horses and to foster and maintain the education of the public and its interest and awarenessin agricultural industry generally.

Latest Income: £378,204
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Spode Museum Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

Museum comprising an extensive collection of ceramics, copper plates, tools, pattern books, paper records and other items recording the history of the manufacture of Spode china from its origin in 1770 all which archive is held upon trust to preserve it as a collection and to advance the education of the public by its exhibition; and a visitor centre on the former factory site at Stoke.

Latest Income: £376,810
Areas of Operation: Stoke-on-trent City
Status: Registered
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The Exeter Canal And Quay Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Heritage, Leisure

The preservation of land, buildings around the Canal and Quay Basin The promotion and encouragement of high standards of architecture The promotion of educational and cultural activities and support of community participation in any form of healthy recreation, including waterborne sportsThe education of the public about the historic trade passing through Canal and Quay.

Latest Income: £376,580
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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British Educational Leadership, Management And Administration Society

Charitable activities

To promote,maintain,improve and advance education of the public by the advancement of the practice,teaching,and study of,and research into,educational administration.

Latest Income: £373,957
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The World Of Glass (st Helens) Limited

Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure, Research

To educate the public generally in respect of science and technology with particular reference to the glass industry. To promote and advance public education by the maintenance of a museum to provide facilities for leisure-time occupation. To promote education in the sciences. To promote education in the arts and history

Latest Income: £369,027
Areas of Operation: St Helens
Status: Registered
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Kidscape Campaign For Children's Safety

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Helpline for parents of bullied childrenFree anti-bullying courses, ZAP, for children and parentstraining for professionalswebsitebooks, leaflets and other educational materialsinformation on child safety

Latest Income: £368,896
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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 981 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 (£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 policy-campaigning-and-advocacy charitable activities charities?

Policy-campaigning-and-advocacy 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 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 100.0%. 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 £1.5m. 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.