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.
The Holmes Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationTo give grants to those living in the Village of Arley and who are in higher Education or at University who are under 25years of age. And who ,in the opinion of the Trustees, are in need of financial assistance.
Tewkesbury Dispensary Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesgeneral chariitble purposes to assist elderly/old people and elderly disabled and make grants to individuals make grants to organisations an provide services
Mrs Ann Wheeler
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to individuals.
Lady Mary Townshend
Charitable activities, EducationGive grants to persons under the age of twenty five, resident in the town of Fakenham who are need of financial assistance in preparing for entry to or engaged in, any profession, trade, occupation or service or moving to higher education.
John Allatt's Educational Foundation
Charitable activitiesTo provide grants for educational purposes to people who have reached their 11th birthday but not reached their 26th birthday on 1 September in the year in which they apply.
Meifod Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activitiesProvide small cash grants to people in need in the Meifod area, grant can not be applied for in person.
The Aged Women's Pensions Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesEstablished to make grants for charitable purposes.
Widow Turpin's Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMakes small grants to persons in need within the Parish of Weston Turville in the form of locally-redeemable foodstuffs vouchers. Also makes small grants to individuals or local organisations within the Parish to aid those who are sick or in medical need in the Parish.
Benjamin Tomkins
Charitable activitiesProvision of charitable grants
Blackdown Or Smith's Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HousingGRANTS TO YOUNG PERSONS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. MUST HAVE HOME ADDRESS OF BROADWINDSOR, BURSTOCK, BLACKDOWN OR THORNCOMBE
Keevil And District Womens Institute
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesTo provide 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.
Leverton's Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesEducational grants to young people living in Waltham Abbey
Rose Cottage Mickleton Charity Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe Rose Cottage Charity Mickleton funds provides gift voucher for exchange at local shops each christmas. The recipients are the elderly and sick.
Sir Matthew Holdworthy's Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationMakes Grants to Students completing a course in Further Education
The Town Lands Non-Ecclesiastical Charity
Charitable activitiesMakes grants for the general good of the village and villagers
Selborne And Empshott Nursing Association
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareThe charity gives small cash grants to village pensioners on low incomes at Christmas and support at times of stress or personal hardship.
Edward Beling Williams' Charity Number 1
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesProvides quarterly grants to needy elderly residents.
Farningham United Charities
Charitable activitieswe make grants to individuals and organisations to support education and training
Nantwich Civic Society
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentProvides advocacy and advice on planning permissions, etc
Thomas Williams' Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationOperates in area of parishes of Norbury and Roston and Snelston in County of Derbyshire to give cash awards under two moities. 1st moiety towards provision of religious instruction for children of Norbury School, other moiety to provide education grants to persons under 25 resident in either parish who have been educated for over 2 years at a county school and who are in need of financial assistan
The Goggs Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareAssisting, by giving grants of money or buying goods and services, individuals resident in the town of Fakenham or ancient parish of Hempton who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
The Alderbury Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareGive aid, within the ecclesiastical parish of Alderbury for the relief of poverty by making grants to needy indivuals.
William May Or Mayes
Charitable activities, Social welfareRelief of poverty by making grants to qualifying individuals
Swanton Abbott Poor Lands Trust
Charitable activities, Facilities, Social welfareProvides grants to people in need according to the Trust deed.
Archdeacon William Thomas Parr Brymer (the General Fund)
Charitable activitiesMaking grants for educational activities within the Charlton Mackrell area
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.