Charitable activities Charities
Discover 5,768 Charitable activities charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Newbury Symphony Orchestra
Arts, Charitable activities, ResearchTo promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in the appreciation of the art and science of orchestral music in all its aspects.
Woodton United Charities
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationWoodton United Charities is a trust that provides grants for people living in the village of Woodton in Norfolk (near Bungay), whose current circumstances would allow them to benefit from financial assistance. We are particularly interested in hearing from pensioners, disabled people (or their carers), and young people embarking on an apprenticeship or a course in further/higher education.
Harford Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareWe are a small Family Trust making grants (maximum £2,000) to registered charities (not individuals). Our principal areas of interest are children and families, the disadvantaged and the disabled, small charities operating in developing countries and emphasising self help and environmental projects. In the UK, we focus on the South and South West. Appeals accepted by email only.
Staffordshire Historic Churches Trust
Associations, Charitable activities, Heritage, ReligionSupply of funds in the form of grants to places of worship for the purpose of restoration of the fabric of the building
The St Helens Housing Association Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HousingThe Trustees make grants to social housing providers operating in the St Helens area for the benefit of tenants and residents, who are elderly and live in the St Helens area. The objective is assist in the provision of housing and associated benefits for such tenant and residents.
The Polish Ex-Combatants Association In Great Britain Trust Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareGeneral charitable purposes, education/training, relief of poverty.Help to people of a particular ethnic.Makes grants to individualsMakes grants to organisations
Rotary Club Of Ewell Trust Fund
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareA grant-making charity for the relief of the poor or needy or for such other charitable purpose as the Club Council shall decide.
Sir Winston Churchill Educational Trust For The Deaf Limited
Charitable activities, HealthThe trust makes modest grants to individuals and organisations, for the benefit of the deaf and deafness in accordance with its constitution.
Worthing Symphony Society
Arts, Charitable activities, ResearchPromotion and financial support of Symphony Concerts by Worthing Symphony Orchestra and other public musical events in furtherance of its objectives to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music. Concerts could not be held for a long period due to Covid but have now resumed
South Hampshire Deaf Children's Society
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareThe aims of the society are to offer support to all families with deaf children, irrespective of level of deafness or method of communication. Provide social activities where deaf children and their families can meet with each other. To ensure that families of deaf children have access to information about education technology and services. To campaign for the rights of deaf children.
The Clifton Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Education, ReligionThe trust deed allows charitable grants to be made to any charitable foundation, institutions or individual (for charitable purposes) that the trustees see fit. The trustees continue to support principally, but not exclusively, Jewish charitable causes and have a particular interest in continuing their support in the areas of higher education, medical research and welfare support.
Cobb Charity
Charitable activitiesGrants to encourage the awareness and application of environmental care and sustainability. Smaller up & coming charities. As the climate and ecological crisis is the defining issue of our time, we are giving this priority.
Leicestershire Chorale
Arts, Charitable activitiesThe Charity is a mixed chamber choir. Five to six choral concerts are performed annually. Every year the Charity makes grants to deserving young candidates following acceptance into the Choir as choral scholars.
F H Sayers Foundation
Charitable activitiesGrant-making and for general charitable purposes
Church And Town Allotment Charities And Others
Charitable activities, ReligionGrant to Kettering Parish Church.Winter Fuel Grants to those over the statutory retirement age, who live alone in Kettering and Barton Seagrave.Grants towards education expenses to those over the age of 16 in Kettering and Barton Seagrave
The Peter Morrison Charitable Foundation
Charitable activitiesMaking grants to charitable organisations
The Tangent Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesTHE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRUST ARE FOR THE TRUSTEES TO SEEK TO APPLY THE FUNDS AND INCOME ARISING THEREON FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THEY, IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION, MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE. THE TRUSTEES HAVE DECIDED TO FULFIL THESE OBJECTIVES THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF GRANT MAKING.
The Cestrian Lodge Charity Fund
Associations, Charitable activitiesTHE CHARITY MAKES DONATIONS TO MASONIC AND NON MASONIC ORGANISATIONS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
The Dawn Christadelphian Committee For West Africa
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, ReligionAssist members of the Dawn Christadelphian fellowship in West Africa by means of visits, preaching activities and the supply of Christian literature including correspondence courses. Make welfare grants to members and their families for cost of living and medical expenses as required.
The Josephine Butler Educational Trust
Charitable activitiesWe give grants to individuals and organisations and sponsor research to advance education and the dissemination of knowledge (in particular in relation to prostitution).
Leslie Bibby Fund
Charitable activitiesTo make grants for charitable purposes.
The Benesh Institute Endowment Fund
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportRaise and invest funds and to apply the income thereof and such part of the capital as the trustees may decide for the following purposes: a)The Benesh Institute, b) promoting the use of Benesh Movement Notation in all its forms, c) the advancement of public education and learning by supporting, promoting and furthering the art of ballet.
Wansdyke Primary School Parent Teacher Association
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationWansdyke Primary is based in Bristol City and is a small school with a small PTA to provide funds for play equipment, books and improvements (ie IPOD etc )to each class as well as the school as a whole.
The Norfolk And Norwich Hospital Bicentenary Trust
Charitable activities, Health, ProfessionsThe Charity makes grants to individuals to promote and encourage the continuing education and training in medicine of doctors, nurses and midwives working in the area and of others concerned with the treatment of patients within the area. To promote medical research and its dissemination.
Regent Brass
Arts, Charitable activitiesThe support of a brass band and the provision of guidance and training to its members. The education of the public in the art of brass band music through the presentation of concerts and other musical activities.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many charitable activities charities are there in the UK?
There are 5,768 registered charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the 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 charitable activities charities?
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 charitable activities charities?
Across all 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 charitable activities charities?
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.