Charitable activities Charities
Discover 5,768 Charitable activities charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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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.
A R Luttrell
Charitable activitiesGRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS
Concord (leeds Inter-Faith Fellowship)
Charitable activities, SocietyAims:to advance knowledge and understanding of the teachings and practices of the different faith communities in Leeds, and to nurture respect and friendly relations by facilitating interfaith dialogue and organising educational and cultural events;to promote justice, peace and social harmony by advocacy, by focused public events and projects, working with other groups
The Oswestry Dispensary Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareMake grants to sick poor persons resident in the Oswestry Area
Sir Thomas Wilbraham
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesEducational grants to children under the age of 21 years, resident for at least two years in the parishes of Weston-under-Lizard and Blymhill as they were in 1912
The Edward Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesThis is a very small charity with limited funds. It usually only makes grants to other charities already known to the trustees. Unsolicited requests for funds will almost certainly be rejected and result in wasted postage costs.
The Chadwick Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareThe Trustees award grants to schools in Bolton of a kind not normally provided by the LEA. The charity also award grants to students under 25 who are in financial hardship.
Cyril D'arcy Leaver Trust For The Poor
Charitable activities, Social welfareMakes grants to individuals
Kingston St Mary Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationTo make grants to the primary school and for other educational and social purposes for the benefit of people under the age of 25 living within the parish of Kingston St Mary.
Frank Hodgson Memorial Fund
Charitable activities, EducationMakes grants to individuals
The Morgan Scholarship Fund
Charitable activities, EducationGrants to individuals in the Dwyfor area of Gwynedd.
Radyr Comprehensive School Association
Charitable activities, EducationTo provide funds for use by Radyr Comprehensive School for the benefit of students at Radyr Comprehensive School
The Strand Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe charity is required by its trust to further, for the benefit of the public, the study of law at King's College London. The charity currently makes grants in the form of scholarships and prizes to students reading law at undergraduate and graduate level.
The Langley Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareMaking grants to those in need, hardship or distress who are residents of Hemingford Grey or to organisations which provide services or facilities for such persons leasing Hemingford Grey reading room to the Hemingford Grey reading room charity.
Shelley Copthorne Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe charity awards small grants to assist the education of young persons under 25 in and around the Parish of Worth. Application deadline 1st November.
Franklyn, Harvey And School Allotment
Charitable activities, EducationMake grants to help maintain schools, and school activities in this Parish.
Edgmond United Charities
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesSmall grants to local elderly/disabled people.
Hethersett And District Aid In Sickness Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HealthAssistance, for residents in the villages of Hethersett, Ketteringham and Little Melton only, with:one-off donations towards:-Medical/Health/SicknessDisabilityRelief of PovertyHelps:Children/Young peopleElderly/old peoplePeople with disabilitiesThe general public/mankindOperates by:Making Grants to individualsMakes grants to organisations
Dorstone Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareFOR RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF DORSTONE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY MAKING GRANTS OR MONEY OR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES
The Gallagher Lunen Travelling Scholarship Trust Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationMaking grants to provide travelling scholarships between the cities for young people of Salford or Lunen.
The Kimberley Undenominational School Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationTo provide grants for the promotion of education and trianing, social and physical, of persons under the age of 25 years who live or who have attended schools in the Parish of Kimberley or adjoining Parishes, or whose parents are resident in the said Parishes and who are in need of financial assistance
The John Fernley Educational Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMakes grants to individuals (children and young people) for Education/Training within the Sefton area
Lawson Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationProvides grants for further education. Funds prizes for academic excellence. Raises and distributes funds for educational purposes.
Dorothy Bathurst's Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareProvides grants to individuals at Christmas, and at other times to a range of deserving organisations that provide support services to the disadvantaged in the civil Parish of Goudhurst.
Bromley Cross Womens Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesProvide women with educational opportunities, chance to build new skills and take part in a wide variety of activities. Also to campaign on issues that matter to the women and their communities.
The Anthony Asquith Memorial Fund
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to organisations
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.