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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.

The Royal Burnham Lodge No 4904 Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

Fund raising by members' donations and by fund raising at social events. Annual distribution of funds to other Masonic Charities and general National and Local charities. Grants to assist members in financial need.

Latest Income: £3,384
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Saint Marys Gamlingay

Associations, Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

Provide funds to St.Mary's Gamlingay for the upkeep andd restoration of the church building

Latest Income: £3,381
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Cecil Lodge Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Makes grants to other registered charities primarily concerned with health and the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £3,375
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Ross Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing

Ross Educational Foundation offers grants to students up to the age of 25 whose homes are within the boundaries of Ross Urban or Ross Rural Parish Council. Grants are awarded for books, equipment, etc, to students following higher education courses & those learning professional or skilled trades. Students studying music & other arts may also apply.

Latest Income: £3,375
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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The Hibbert Almshouse Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Makes grants to the elderly and others in need who are residents of the Parish of Chalfont St.Peter.

Latest Income: £3,373
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Perranzabuloe Trust Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Education

Make grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations including schools, charities etc

Latest Income: £3,370
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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J E Whitehead Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To make grants to assist in the education of school children

Latest Income: £3,368
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Jean Gallagher Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Distribution of grants to elderly in the parish of Milton

Latest Income: £3,361
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Tiverton Recreational Trust

Charitable activities, Leisure

Grants to persons resident in the former Borough of Tiverton for recreational purposes.

Latest Income: £3,360
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Preston-Under-Scar Village Hall

Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

Our purpose is to provide entertainment and an opportunity for socialising in a village where there is no pub, shop or other place for villagers to meet up. We have a structured programme of events and add to these throughout the year as we feel the village would like. These include a weekly soup gathering, harvest supper, christmas party, summer feast, quiz nights and others

Latest Income: £3,355
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Huntingdonshire Local History Society

Charitable activities, Heritage

The advancement of public education through the study of Local History in the former County of Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire.

Latest Income: £3,352
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Ampthill And Meppershall Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

Within the parishes of Ampthill and Meppershall, to make grants for repairs or maintenance of any voluntary aided school or to persons under the age of 25 in connection with their education having regard to the promotion of education in the principles of the Church of England.

Latest Income: £3,350
Areas of Operation: Central Bedfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Godson-Kendal Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making trust

Latest Income: £3,345
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Peter Greenwood Memorial Trust For Deaf People

Arts, Charitable activities, Health

The trust supports deaf people who wish to continue or return to study.It does this by making small cash grants to individuals, to buy books and equipment to support them in their studies, and to organisations that work with deaf people.

Latest Income: £3,339
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Great And Little Hampton Educational Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grant making, for young persons under the age of 25 who reside in the Parish of Great & Little Hampton, for education purposes.

Latest Income: £3,335
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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South Cumbria Dyslexia Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

The objects of the charity as contained in its constitution are to help children and adults to overcome the problems of dyslexia and associated learning difficulties by:Providing human resources; Providing care and counselling; Providing advocacy, advice and information.The principal activity for the financial year under review was to help children and only limited guidance given to adults.

Latest Income: £3,333
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Sandwith School

Charitable activities, Education

The Trust issues small grants to students within the restricted area of the old Parish Councils of Sandwith and Rottington and a small section of Abbey Vale estate, St Bees.

Latest Income: £3,324
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Roe's Educational Charity

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

From our income received from rental of agriculture land we apply this to grants to students for further education - universities etc.

Latest Income: £3,314
Areas of Operation: Central Bedfordshire
Status: Registered
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Clive Pare Memorial Fund

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

To provide for the advancement of education of any individual person who is or has been a Chorister or admitted as a Singing Boy in the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral by the granting of scholarships or grants to assist any such person in undertaking any course at any school, college, university, conservatoire or training establishment in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.

Latest Income: £3,302
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Herschel Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The objects of the Society shall be to advance the education of the public in the life and work of William Herschel (astronomer, scientist and musician) and his family, and to encourage greater understanding today of those same subjects.

Latest Income: £3,298
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Gelliswick Bay Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Grants to Students, Youth, School and local organisations

Latest Income: £3,297
Areas of Operation: Pembrokeshire
Status: Registered
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Public Service Broadcasting Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

PSBT delivers public service across the UK through Fixers which engages vulnerable and marginalised young people in using their past experiences to change the future for themselves and others in their communities. We use mass media platforms to extend the reach and value of their work, tackling disadvantage for the benefit of society, building evidence to support change in policy and practice.

Latest Income: £3,288
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Dunchurch And Thurlaston Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Making grants for educational purposes to young persons who have not attained the age of 25 years and who reside, or whose parents reside, in the parishes of Dunchurch and Thurlaston. Also making grants to voluntary organisations which provide educational or certain other benefits for such young persons.

Latest Income: £3,285
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Peter Nevill

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The charity provides grants for young people in the parish of Long Riston and Arnold, to assist with educational needs.

Latest Income: £3,282
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Wycombe High School Prize Fund

Charitable activities, Education

Awards grants to students for academic and personal achievements

Latest Income: £3,280
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
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.