Charitable activities Charities
Discover 5,768 Charitable activities charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Mill Hill School Prizes Trust
Charitable activities, Educationmake grants to individuals
The William Reason Hough Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity receives donations and has some investments. With this income it makes donations to other charities.
The Booth Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity gives grants to aid retired and needy ex-employees of the Company
Lifeline Fellowship Trust
Charitable activities, FacilitiesProvides and maintains a coffee shop in Brecon (LD3 9DD), providing a non-threatening environment where young and other people can call for a chat.
Grangetown Community Concern
Arts, Charitable activities, LeisureWe organise a festival week - sports day - xmas & may day lunches & outings - publish 3/4 community newspapers - offer general advice direction to other agencies - support other community organisations - campaign on community issues.
The Grinstead Music Fund
Arts, Charitable activitiesThe charity provides grants towards the purchase of musical instruments or the payment for lessons or other educational or training facilities for musicians under the age of 26 years who are living or studying in the London Borough of Croydon, or who have previously attended secondary education in Croydon.
The Lily And Marcus Sieff Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesThe charity is a grant making trust applying funds to charitable causes at the trustees discretion.
The Shropshire Association Of Church Bellringers Bell Restoration Fund
Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage, ReligionProvide financial assitance by way of grants to churches in the Salop Archdeaconry of the Diocese of Lichfield for the provision, maintenance and improvement of their bells and bell installations for full circle ringing.
The Gravelines Trust
Charitable activitiesThis is a grant making trust that makes donations to registered charities only
Kelsall And District Rural Amenity Society
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, LeisureKADRAS operate as a society in the village of Kelsall in Cheshire.Main activities are publishing a village magazine every 2 months and other publications include recently a village walks leaflet+village directory.Provide theatre entertainment, arrange walks, village hanging baskets, litter picking,bursary for young people, make grants to other village societies.
Charity Of Miss Eliza Clubley Middleton
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareThe charity provides grants to women of the Roman Catholic faith who are in financial hardship and live in the city and county of Kingston Upon Hull and the region within 10 miles of the boundaries thereof.
Tamworth Municipal Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesIt makes small grants to individuals or organisations in need of financial assistance. This can be children/young people/elderly/disabled or organisations with limited budgets. Anyone given assistance must live within the Borough of Tamworth to qualify.
Great Yarmouth Exhibition Charity
Charitable activitiesThe Foundation principal objective is to provide grants to assistformer pupils of participatingschools within the Foundation to enhance their educational achievements.
Welwyn Festival Association Limited
Arts, Charitable activitiesMakes grants to amateur companies performing at the Welwyn Drama Festival
Bowls Leicestershire Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfareAt the discretion of the Trustees.grants money or gifts to necessitous bowlers who are or have been members of Clubs affiliated to the Association.Makes donations to necessitous dependants of members of Clubs and to other Charities .
Nicholson's Educational Foundation
Charitable activitiesTO MAKE GRANTS OF AN EDUCATIONAL OR WELFARE NEED TO THE RESIDENTS OF BARFORD ST MARTIN
M And H Cadbury Trust
Charitable activitiesMakes donations to charities and organisations..
Lodge Of Sympathy No 855 Masonic Charities Association
Associations, Charitable activitiesTo promote any purpose which is exclusively charitable in law and to do so by making grants toMasonic, local Charities and worthy causes.
The Church Lands
Charitable activities, ReligionMaking grants for the repair and decoration of St Mary's Church, Watford; also for the erection, repair, maintenance and improvement of any hall or building used for the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the Watford area.
Sir John Plumb Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, EducationGrants to young historians at Cambridge and other UK universities to assist in research or the publication of research.
Poor's Allotment Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareGrants to individuals in cases of hardship.
Hatch Grange Women's Institute
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Religion, Social welfarePrincess Anne Premature Baby Unit- Knitted Items, League of Friends local Hospital, local Church Lunch Club, Children's Charity, Barnados, Womens Refuge', collection of green bottle tops, collection of stamps, collection of ring-pulls for as charity in the Phillipines, collection of books for local charity shops,
Lilly Hillman Will Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareUses investment income to make grants to individuals and organisations falling within the charity's objects - relief of poverty and distress by assistance to children inpatients or outpatients at the Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford.
Bishopstone With Hinton Parva Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesWe play a unique role in providing women with educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities and to campaign on issues that matter to them and their communities.
Percy Lea Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Environment, Health, Social welfareSmall grants to charitable bodies e.g. nature & wildlife conservation,environmental protection, cancer & medical research, education and disadvantaged children
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.