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.
Fauconberge Educational Foundation
Charitable activitiesThe foundation makes grants for educational purposes to students aged between 11 and 18 who are domiciled in the Beccles area and can show financial need.
Kingston St Mary Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to those resident within the parish of Kingston St Mary and those with close connections with the parish.
Poor Allotment
Charitable activities, Social welfareMake grants for the alleviation of poverty in the area of Pyrford (Surrey).
Town School Foundation With Clarkson's Endowment
Charitable activities, Educationprovision of educational grants to students in higher education in the parish of Silkstone Barnsley
The Dobson Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe Trust was set up in 1981 by a bequest from Mr W. H. Dobson (a former Gillingham Borough Council engineer) for the purpose of providing enjoyment and welfare to elderly people in the Gillingham Borough Area. The trust exercise this duty by giving grants to groups providing welfare for the elderly, as well as making direct grants to individuals.
Rebecca's Trust
Charitable activitiesGrants to advance education and to relieve needy folk
Rochester Relief In Need Charity Of The Reverend Robert Gunsley
Charitable activities, Social welfareRELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF THE FORMER CITY OF ROCHESTER AS CONSTITUTED ON 31ST MARCH 1974 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 OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF SUCH PERSONS..
Mayor's Fund For Necessitous Children
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareThe trust makes grants to individuals to provide footwear and relieve poverty for school age children.
The Fitzgerald Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareMaking charitable donations to other charities and donations to individuals for relief of poverty.
Poor's Land
Charitable activities, Social welfareAs described under ClassificationThe charity currently makes grants for the relief of those experiencing financial hardship by the awarding of grants in response to specific application. Applicants must be over 18 and resident in the ecclesiastical group of parishes of which Oxwick and Pattersley are a part, currently the Upper Wensum Benefice, near Fakenham, Norfolk.
South Wales Area Miners' Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Professions, Social welfareThe charity is a grant making and service providing charity which promotes the relief of poverty and hardship and the advancement of education and any other charitable purpose for the benefit of all employees and former employees of the coal mining industry in South Wales.
Montagu Hospital Pension Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HealthThe charity awards grants to local pensioners on an annual basis.
The Mijoda Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareWe give grants to individuals and organisations (normally between £250 and £500 with exceptional awards that can exceed £1,500) to alleviate poverty and help with education.Grants to individuals will normally only be made to people educated in the state education system.Grants may be awarded over multiple years but the trust will require evidence of continued need.
Thormanby United Charities
Charitable activities, Social welfareIssues grants to residents of Thormanby when facing personal hardship. Provides a grocery gift voucher as a Christmas gift for all Thormanby residents over retirement age.
The Barton Educational Foundation
Charitable activitiesgrants to students in higher and tertiary education who live in the historic parish of Barton, Cumbria
Poor's Allotment
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareIngham, Norfolk. Makes grants to individuals within groups elderley/old people, those with disabilities. Relief of poverty.
The Bicester Feoffee Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity's purpose is "to relieve ... 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 items, services or facilities." The area of benefit is the area of the Bicester Town Council, but exceptionally the Trustees may grant relief to persons resident immediately outside the area.
Fyfield United Charities
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, ReligionMakes grants to elderly people and to disabled people in the village of Fyfield also provides yearly xmas boxes toSt Nicholas Church Fyfield and Fyfield Chapel.
Ward And Smyth Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, Education, ReligionPromoting the education and welfare of pupils attending Little Houghton Church of England (Aided) Primary School by making grants for specific purposes.
The Cosens Institute
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to organisations and individuals.
Aston Welfare Trust
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareGIVE GRANTS TO NEEDY PERSONS FOR HEALTH/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (USUALLY AGE RELATED)
Dr Rogers' Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesGrants to young people between the ages of 14 and 21 who are resident in Holton
The Blanch Woollaston Walsall Charity
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareTo make small grants to disadvantaged individuals resident in the borough of Walsall in particular for school uniforms and small household items; the charity cannot use any part of its income to make cash payments directly to individuals in relief of taxes, public funds etc.
The Warren-Swettenham Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesSupporting a wide variety of charities in Uk and abroad by making grants of very small amounts of money
Campaign To Protect Rural England, Gloucestershire Branch
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentTo promote and encourage, for the benefit of the public, the improvement and protection of the Gloucestershire countryside and its towns and villages, and the better development of the rural environment, and to act upon any matters affecting the planning, improvement and protection of the countryside and landscape.
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.