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Discover 5,768 Charitable activities charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

5,768
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.

Christ Church Exhibition Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion

Grants to support the choristers at Christ Church, Bristol: Individual grants and exhibitions for the education of children and students in the City of Bristol

Latest Income: £3,920
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Ann Estcourt Educational Charity

Charitable activities

Makes grants to eligible individuals and organisations

Latest Income: £3,916
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Association Of Men Of Kent And Kentish Men Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

To provide financial support by way of grants to elderly people resident, or formerly resident, in Kent.

Latest Income: £3,915
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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George And Alfred Lewis (of Chigwell) Memorial Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Makes grants to 1939-1945 war ex service personnel who resided in parishes of Chigwell and Chigwell Row at date of their enlistment and who are suffering as a result of that service or are in necessitous circumstances and their widows.

Latest Income: £3,912
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Mount Carmel Spiritual Baptist Church

Arts, Charitable activities, Housing, Religion

ADVOCACY FOR THE DISABLEDARTS AND CULTURE (DRUMMING, SINGING AND DANCING)ENTERTAIN THE EDLERLY IN NHS AND PRIVATELY FUNDED HOMES (SINGING, DANCING, INTRODUCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

Latest Income: £3,911
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Violet Melchett Children's Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

We fund work for the welfare of mothers and children in Greater London. We are currently making grants that exceed our icome. We continue to fund Women + Health (-ú8,000 in 2010 - 2011), a charity assisting disadvantaged women in Camden. We do not fund individuals, and given our low income and existing committments, we discourage applications except from charities we have funded in the past.

Latest Income: £3,902
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Michael Woodhead Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to people mainly within the Yorkshire region

Latest Income: £3,900
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Trust Property Held In Connection With Derby Girl Guides Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Rooms for meetings, scout & guide shops.

Latest Income: £3,892
Areas of Operation: Derby City
Status: Registered
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Herefordshire Mencap

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

We enable voices of local people with learning disabilities and family carers to be heard.We work with people with learning disabilities and family carers to campaign; to challenge providers of local and national services; to raise awareness of learning disability and local and national issues relating to learning disability and fundraise to support our work.

Latest Income: £3,886
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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John Chapman's Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to people or families in financial hardship or distress in the Parish of Dedham and/or voluntary/charitable organisations within the Parish

Latest Income: £3,885
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Sumray Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

To advance for the public health, medical and welfare and public education.

Latest Income: £3,881
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Radio Poplar

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Internet radio service offering music, chat, the spoken word and helpline telephone numbers operating within the medical/health/sickness circle. Radio service aimed at the disabled/elderly/frail people. Inviting children/young people to broadcast covering the main city of Leeds Metropolitan area.

Latest Income: £3,881
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Dame Jane Maynard

Charitable activities

The charity provides relief in need and educational grants to individuals within town and hundred of Tenterden.

Latest Income: £3,874
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Lee Street Chapel Fund

Charitable activities, Religion

We make grants to help strict and particular Baptist churches maintain their chapels.

Latest Income: £3,871
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Berwick Charity School Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Making of grants to a local primary schools.

Latest Income: £3,870
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Mouse News Letter Limited

Charitable activities, Research

Mouse News Letter Limited aims to promote the advancement of knowledge in the science of genetics through supporting members of the biomedical research community in various ways, such as providing grants to attend conferences.

Latest Income: £3,869
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Cloughfoot School Trust

Charitable activities, Education

GRANTS TO STUDENTS

Latest Income: £3,869
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Cockermouth And District Civic Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development

We campaign for Cockermouth to be a good place in which people can live, work and relax. By examining planning applications we try to ensure that buildings are designed to respond to the needs of the people who use them. We try to educate people about their heritage and so preserve the best of the past and help design for the future. A Winter series of lectures and Summer visits are organised.

Latest Income: £3,864
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The London Free Legal Advice Society

Charitable activities

Providing free legal advice

Latest Income: £3,864
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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St John Fisher Schools Parent Teachers Association

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

WE ARE A PTA IN A SMALL CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, WE FUNDRAISE TO PROVIDE EXTRA RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE CHILDRENS LEARNING, WE CONTRIBUTE TO TRIPS AND OTHER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. WE RELY ON LOCAL SUPPORT FROM, FAMILIES, SHOPS AND BUSINESSES.

Latest Income: £3,849
Areas of Operation: Halton
Status: Registered
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The Butterfield Trust

Charitable activities

Provides charitable grants to the needy in the Parish of Baildon

Latest Income: £3,841
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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The Springsyde Foundation

Charitable activities

The charity makes donations to other registered charities, particularly those supporting the environment and heritage.

Latest Income: £3,837
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Holme Hale Fuel Allotment Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

To relieve either generally or individually persons normally resident in the parish of Holme Hale and the neighbourhood thereof 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.

Latest Income: £3,833
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Sir David Evans-Bevan Bursary

Charitable activities, Education

Grant making for the work of St John Cymru Wales

Latest Income: £3,819
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Newcastle Upon Tyne Children's Mission And Institute Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grants to organisations. Grants made to organisations for the benefit of children and adults in Newcastle upon Tyne

Latest Income: £3,818
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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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.