Charitable activities Charities
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The Hart And Parker Trust
Charitable activitiesProviding small one off grants to needy individuals or local non profit making organisations in or around Potters Bar in Hertfordshire.
The George Fox School Educational Charity
Charitable activities, EducationMaking grants to individuals from income from invested permanent endowment
The Sailors' Institute
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesGrants to benefit sailors, fishermen, sea-faring men and inhabitants in the area of Penzance Harbour/Mounts Bay
Bluecoat School Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationEducational grants to schools and individuals in Wotton under Edge.
Margaret Ann Smith Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesTo make grants to children and young people for the purpose of educational visits abroad in the Tottington area of Bury.
The Dick Harrison Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, EnvironmentGives charitable grants to students who are undertaking further education in rural land management and livestock auctioneering. Grants may be given in the form of money or books and equipment
The Gilfrere Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareGRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE PARISHES OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD AND THORLEY FOR MEDICAL/HEALTH/SICKNESS AND RELIEF OF POVERTY
The Shimpling Trust Limited
Charitable activitiesThe charity makes grants and donations for charitable purposes connected primarily with the environment and animal welfare
St Mary Magdalen Educational Charity
Charitable activities, Education, ReligionThe Charity offers cash grants to individuals and organisations that will tend to facilitate education in accordance with the principles of the Church of England. The Charity mainly operates in the parish of Christ Church, St Mary Magdalen and St Peter & Paul, St Leonards on Sea or in the wider Borough of Hastings.
Owen Jones Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationMakes grants to individuals to help them with their education. Offers grants, generally in the form of one-off payments to persons or families in financial need. Before awards are made, the financial backgrounds of applicants are checked by questionnare.Supports educational projects in local primary schools, in areas not funded by the local authority.
Parents And Friends Of Newbridge And Hatchside Schools Association
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationMakes grants to organisations supporting children with diabilities
Bowcocks Trust Fund For Keighley
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe trustees apply the trust income in relieving either generally or individually persons resident in the municipal borough of Keighley as constituted on 31st March 1974 who are in condition of need hardship or distress by making grants of money or providing items calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons. Grants do not exceed ·350.
Basildon Hospital Radio
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, LeisureBasildon Hospital Radio provide an entertainment and information service to the patients, staff and visitors to the hospital. Most of our programmes are music based with our daily request shows and our weekly programme aimed at the hospital staff being the most popular. We are staffed entirely by volunteers and broadcast 24 hours per day with both live and computer-controlled programmes.
The Endowed Schools, Stonehouse
Charitable activities, EducationThree meetings a year to make grants to individuals and organisations to support education and training of persons aged 25 or under resident in the ecclesiastical parishes of Stonehouse and Cainscross Gloucestershire.
Oxfordshire Local History Association
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, HeritageFosters and promotes the study and publication of local history in Oxfordshire. Publishes a regular news bulletin and an occasional journal and organises two study days a year. Acts as an umbrella organisation for parish and other local history groups. Makes occasional small grants to individuals and organisations to facilitate the study of Oxfordshire local history.
The Wynkcoombe Trust
Charitable activitiesIt is the trustees' policy to distribute approximately one year's income in the course of each financial year and to retain as a reserve only sufficient to be able to respond expeditiously and when appropriate to urgent appeals
Gilbert Murray Trust
Charitable activitiesThe Trust makes grants and awards to promote the understanding of classical Greek language and and culture and the study of the purposes and work of the United Nations.
Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Powys/powys Family History Society
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HeritageTo promote, for the benefit and education of the public, the study of genealogy, family history and local history, with particular reference to the County of Powys; and to promote the preservation, security and accessability of library and archival materials.
Church House Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, ReligionMakes grants for educational and training purposes
William Rathbone Family Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesSmall family grant giving charity, empowered to give donations to any charitable body or institution with charitable purposes. It concentrates its grants on those charities in which the trustees or the settlors take or have taken a personal interest.
Otser Gemillus Chasodim
Charitable activitiesGiving grants to individuals and organisations in line with the charity's criteria.
Pargeter And Wand Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Trusts objective is to relieve either generally or individually, women, never having been married, of the age of 55 years and upwards, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by its activities of making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.
Queda Educational Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe object of the Charity is to make grants and provide other financial assistance to beneficiary students from India to advance their education outside of that country.
Richard Cadbury Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareThe objectives of the Trust are as follows:What: General Charitable Purposes; Relief of Poverty; Environment/Conservation/HeritageWho: Children/Young people; Elderly/Old peopleHow: Make grants to organisations (including schools, charities etc)
Carlby Village Hall
Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Facilities, LeisureWe do not provide any financial assistance - only provide the building & facilities for local organisations etc to use. As there are no other shops/pub/school in the village the hall is the 'hub' of the community & used for many functions including W.I., childrens parties, karate, bowls etc. We are an 'emergency base' for the parish councils new emergency plan (storing generator/food/lighting/blan
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.