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.
Ncl Investments Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to organisations
Dyfed Mark Benevolent Fund
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Mark Master Masons of Dyfed Benevolent Fund collects money from Lodges in the Province of Dyfed and their members. The fund is used to support Masonic and Non-Masonic charitable causes by making grants or providing equipment.
Great Gate School And School House Trust
Charitable activities, EducationGrants to individuals for Educational and Religious purposes
The Willingham British School Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, LeisureTo provide grants to Willingham Primary School and local secondary and post secondary educational institutions such as Cottenham Village College to support their educational activities.To provide grants to youth groups in Willingham to support educational and sports activities.To provide grants to individual young people in Willingham to help them in further education and job training.
The T B Hunt Trust Fund
Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareThe purpose of the Charity is to make donations or grants to any individual, charitable society, institution or organisation within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham, which includes Leicester and Market Harborough which are within the objects of St Vincent de Paul Society (England and Wales) charity number 1053992 i.e. the general benefit of poor persons and other charitable work.
Stoborough School Parent, Teacher & Friends Association
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationStoborough School Parent Teacher Association works to provide funds for additional activities and resources for the local children at Stoborough First School.
I M Group Charitable Discretionary Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareMakes grants in cases of hardship to U.K. based current and ex-employees of I.M.Group Ltd.
The Duchess Of Leeds Assumption Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesWe make grants to young women living in the North East of England, under 26 years of age, to enable them to undertake courses or experiences which will enable them to: - deepen their understanding of the Christian faith and/or - develop their human and spiritual potential and/or - develop their capacity for leadership and/or - contribute to the life of their local Christian community.
Frances Muers' Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe advancement of education by the provision at least every three years of grants to be applied to encourage and develop creative writing by children resident in the counties of North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Humberside or any part or parts thereof such grants to be determined by the Trustees.
The Pocklington & The Thomas Huggett Apprenticeship Aid Fund Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThis Trust can make grants to boys and girls born in Kensington and Chelsea whose parents or either of them have been resident in the Borough for not less than 10 years prior to the application for assistance and who, in the opinion of the Trustees, are in need of financial assistance.
Tickhill Music Society
Arts, Charitable activities, ResearchThe objects of the society shall be to advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public events
Woodside School Parent Teacher Association
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, EducationTO ORGANISE FUNDRAISING EVENTS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR WOODSIDE SCHOOL FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES FOR THE CHILDREN AT WOODSIDE SCHOOL
Association Of Friends Of Home Nursing In Birmingham
Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Social welfareThe provision of grants for nursing equipment,nursing books and leaflets,patient aids and food parcels.
Baddiley Consolidated Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareRELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISHES OF BADDILEY, BRINDLEY, BURLAND AND FADDILEY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF IN THE COUNTY OF CHESHIRE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS.
Malmesbury Area Community Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentThe trust was originally known as the Barnes Trust. It is solely for the benefit of elderly and other vulnerable people within the Malmesbury area and gives grants to individuals and organisations. The charity also provides educational support to people living or studying in the Malmesbury area.The Malmesbury area is determined by the area covered by the Malmesbury Area Board.
The Harley Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Religion, Social welfareGENERAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MAKING OF GRANTS TO CLERGYMEN'S WIDOWS AND TO POOR BLIND PERSONS. THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL AND OTHER CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCHES IN DIOCESE OF HEREFORD. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER CHARITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE HEREFORDSHIRE AREA WHERE FUNDS ALLOW.
The Energy, Petroleum, Mineral And Natural Resources Law And Policy Education Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe trust provides grants, prizes and other funding to support the education of post-graduate students from around the world in subjects relating to energy, petroleum, mineral and natural resources law and policy, primarily at the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy.
The Caffyn Family Charitable Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMakes grants to charities
Consolidated Charities - Central Trustees
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareGrants to churches, schools, elderly or poor individuals in the area of Hanmer, Bronington, Bettisfield, Tybroughton, Halghton, and Willington
Wing Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareGives grants to people living in the Parish of Wing with Grove to help alleviate hardship.
Ecclesiastical Music Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, EducationMakes grants to individuals (includes loans) and makes grants to organisations (incl. schools, charities etc.)
Long Bennington Charities
Charitable activities, Social welfareTo relieve either generally or individually persons resident in the Parishes of Long Bennington and Foston who are in condition of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress on such persons.
Charity Of Walter Stanley
Charitable activities, ReligionProvision of grants for eccelestical purposes in the deanery of West Bromwich, including church buildings.
Campaign To Protect Rural England - Isle Of Wight Branch
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentEnvironmental campaigns and monitoring of planning applications. Awards for IW Best Kept Village, Good Lighting Awards, Litter awareness and reduction, and voluntary community contribution.
Salisbury Cathedral Close Preservation Society
Charitable activities, Environment, Heritage, ReligionThe Society's aim is to preserve the unique quality of Salisbury Cathedral Close for future generations, and to educate the public about the history, buildings, environment and wildlife of The Close. The Society normally organises an annual lecture to promote interest in and support for its objectives. The Society may also make grants towards the costs of preserving and enhancing The Close.
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.