Charitable activities Charities
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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.
William Lee
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity awards small grants to Royston residents in financial difficulty, including students needing help with fees and living-expenses. Applicants must be resident in the town, & a means test is applied. Application forms are available from the contact person, who is clerk to the trustees.
Educational Charity Of Dr Curteis And Others
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity provides relief in need and educational grants to individuals living within the town and hundred of Tenterden.
The Langford Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareIn relieving either gernerally or individually persons resident in the area of benefit who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by making grants of money or providing or paying for such items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons
The Betty And Charles Stilwell Fund
Charitable activitiesMaking grants for the relief of persons suffering from heart disease or for the furtherance of resarch into diseases of the heart or purchase of medical or other equipment for use in treatment of diseases of the heart.
Edith Strain (nursing)
Charitable activities, HealthGrants to people with medical problems living in Wotton-under-Edge and to Organisations that support people living in Wotton-under-Edge
The Turner Exhibition Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, ReligionGrants to assist girls or women for education or training expenses after leaving primary school. Candidates must live in the Diocese of London, or the Diocese of Southwark within Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Wandsworth, a member of the Church of England, and a present or past pupil for not less than two years of a school wholly or partly maintained out of public funds.
Wheatley Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education, ResearchWe make grants available to our member by way of Bursaries for educational purposes. We have a stall in the village Christmas Fayre selling Jams, chocolate tombola. This event enable us to raise money for the nominated charity for the current year .For our monthly meeting we hire very good speakers including craft, science and health Outings of educational interest are enjoyed throughout the year.
Solent Evening Women's Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesSolent Evening WI is part of the National Organisation. We are a voluntary organisation for women in the UK providing educational opportunities and the chance to build new skills, to take part in a wide variety of activities, to form lasting friendships and to campaign on issues that matter to themselves and their communities.
Peter S Winfield Foundation
Charitable activitiesGrant making charity with wide general charitable purposes
The Help In Need Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareRelief of poverty in the Parish of Bourton-on-the-Hill, by giving grants to individuals, with particular focus on the young and the elderly.
Richard Gaitskill And Sir Thomas Preston
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareAwards grants to young people, the elderly, people with disabilities and long term health problems and voluntary groups to aid with continuing education, the advancement of health, wellbeing and social care and the relief of financial hardship for those who reside within the Borough of Barrow in Furness.
The Yardley Hastings Society
Charitable activitiesThe charity's objects are the maintenance, extension and improvement of public amenities within the parish of Yardley Hastings in Northamptonshire. These objects are mainly achieved by making grants to relevant organisations.
St Benedicts Trust
Charitable activitiesThe main object is making grants to charitable bodies whose objects are the advancement of the christian religion or education
Flaxby Free School Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationProvides Grants for further education for children of both Flaxby and the children of the Parish of Goldsborough
The Statute Law Society
Charitable activitiesThe Statute Law Society was founded in 1968 and has members throughout Britain and abroad. The Society is a charitable body which aims to educate the legal profession and the public about the legislative process, with a view to encouraging improvements in statute law. The Society organises lectures and conferences for its members and others interested in Statute law.
The Edgar Lee Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe Charity makes donations to local charities, national charities and projects across a broad spectrum of differing causes.
Cartmel Institution
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMaintenance of premises in village comprising a meeting room for general hire to the public and 2 low cost units for local small businesses (currently a ladies hairdresser and a craft shop).
International Biodeterioration Society
Charitable activities, ResearchThe holding of events and conferences covering the scientific areas of bioderioration, biodegration and industrial microbiology for educational purposes. We make occasional grants to students studying in these areas or provide financial support for them to attend events.
Friends Of Summerhill School Association
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, EducationFund Raising Events to provide funds for resources to further the education of the children at the school.
West Riding Artillery Trust
Armed forces, Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareWRAT supports former or existing members of 269 (West Riding) Battery RA who fall on hard times. It makes grants to 269 Battery in aid of Battery social activities. It publishes, from time to time, regimental histories of former artillery units in the West Riding of Yorkshire and donates copies of these to local libraries.
Sir John Amory's Old People's Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe trustees follow a general policy of distributing the trust's income whilst maintaining the substance of the trust's investments to enlarge its grant-giving potential.
The Bishoftu Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionProvide funds to help church and missionary organisations share the good news that God has provided the opportunity for all of us to be forgiven and have our relationship with God restored because Jesus died in our place.
The Fakenham Town Gas Works Museum Trust
Charitable activities, HeritageTo advance the education of the public by providing access to and maintaining the only surviving town gasworks in England and Wales.
Eugene Vinaver Fund
Charitable activitiesThe Vinaver Trust offers grants to aid the publication of scholarly works in the field of Arthurian studies. It also offers grants for postgraduate study for research degrees under the terms of the Barron Bequest.
The Sycamore Trust
Charitable activitiesMaking grants for Christian charities with a special emphasis on Africa.
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.