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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.

William Charles Lee Sick Poor Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity makes small cash grants to individuals thought to be in the greatest financial need and usually does this at the Christmas season. Benefit is restricted to persons resident in Windlesham and Valley End, Chobham.

Latest Income: £559
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Giles Johnson Seven Springs Trust

Charitable activities

grants to aid independent and daily living of disabled

Latest Income: £559
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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John Salisbury Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Makes grants to two local primary schools.

Latest Income: £558
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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George Wyman's Bequest To The Curates Fund

Charitable activities, Professions

Makes grants to assist clergy in their duties in the Parish of St. John the Baptist, Peterborough

Latest Income: £557
Areas of Operation: Peterborough City
Status: Registered
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The Frances Kitching Trust For Young Musicians

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

THE TRUST, SET UP IN MEMORY OF FRANCES KITCHING, MAKES AWARDS TO YOUNG MUSICIANS WITH THE INTENTION OF INCREASING THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND LOVE OF MUSIC AND THEIR ABILITY TO PLAY TO THE MOST ADVANCED STANDARD OF WHICH THEY ARE CAPABLE.THE TRUST SUPPORTS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ACTIVITIES AS NEEDED THROUGH GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS OR SUPPORT OF THEIR CLASSES TAKEN IN SUITABLE CHARITIES.

Latest Income: £555
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes G L E Mersey Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

GRANTS TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE RAOB FOR NECESSITOUS PURPOSES. DEATH GRANTS TO BEREAVED FAMILIES TO ASSIST WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES. CONVALESCENT GRANTS FOR MEMBERS GOING ON CONVALESCENT STAY AT THE RAOB CONVALESCENT HOMES. BENEVOLENT FUND IS AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE RAOB MERSEY PROVINCE WHO ARE IN FULL FINANCIAL COMPLIANCE. THE FUND ALSO ASSISTS WIDOWS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

Latest Income: £555
Areas of Operation: Halton
Status: Registered
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Charles North Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Charles North Charity; Purpose:- "To apply the income of the charity in relieving either generally or individually, persons resident in Cerne Abbas or adjoining villages 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 such need, hardship or distress".

Latest Income: £553
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Cuerden Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Gives grants to individuals, living in the parish of Cuerden, to assist with educational expenses.

Latest Income: £552
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The White Bread Meadow

Charitable activities, Facilities

Making donations/grants to worthy local causes and organizations

Latest Income: £550
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The West Bromwich Rotary Club Charitable Trust

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Supporting children, young people and elderly with holidays who live in Sandwell MBC. Giving grants which enable young people to pursue avenues other than available in education. Organisations particulary those invloved with helping to improve/ease young and elderly peoples lives.

Latest Income: £550
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Eydon Educational Trust Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

Provision of grants for educational purposes to young people under the age of twenty-five who, or whose parents, reside in the parish of Eydon, Northamptonshire.

Latest Income: £550
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Ferguson Memorial Institute

Charitable activities, Facilities

The charity makes grants to other organisations. It does not have any other activities in its own right.

Latest Income: £548
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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William Howard's Charity

Charitable activities, Religion

Grants to members of Quaker meetings who are undertaking futher education or training to equip them for work.

Latest Income: £547
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Sir Henry Fermor

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Distribution of grants to 40 industrious poor people in the Parish of Sevenoaks annually

Latest Income: £547
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Ian Mitchell Trust

Charitable activities

to award discretionary grants to the under 25s, resident in Calderdale, seeking to pursue careers in the Arts.

Latest Income: £547
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Scarning United Charities

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The object of the charity is the relief of poverty. The trustees seek to fulfil their obligations by making grants to those in need within the parish of Scarning, or to organisations within the parish whose functions are compatible with this object.

Latest Income: £545
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Guy Howland Jackson Memorial

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Provide Grants or items to relieve poverty or ill health to those individuals residing in the parishes listed below. Grants will also be provided to charities or organisations working to alleviate poverty or ill health in the parishes listed belowThe charity only serves the Parishes of Talsarnau, Llandecwyn, Llan Ffestiniog,Trawsfynydd and Bronaber and Maentwrog in the county of Gwynedd

Latest Income: £543
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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The Serve China Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Provides Bibles, literature, and materials for Chinese (Mandarin) speaking people and co-operate with others in such work. We do not provide grants for people visiting China.

Latest Income: £543
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Fuel Allotment

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion

Annual individual small grants to elderly residents of Yaxham Parish. Annual grant to St. Peter's Anglican Church, Yaxham.

Latest Income: £542
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Church And Bridge Lands

Charitable activities, Religion

Makes grants towards maintenance of fabric of Holy Trinity Church, Eckington.

Latest Income: £542
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Parish Allotment

Charitable activities

MAKES GRANTS TO VILLAGE ORGANISATIONS

Latest Income: £540
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Holcot Old School Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Providing grants to assist young people up to 25 years old in educational activities. Applicants or their parents must be resident in the parish of Holcot, Northamptonshire

Latest Income: £540
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Elstow Abbey

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Religion

Contributes towards the upkeep, maintenance and conservation of the structure & fabrics of the Abbey Church of St.Mary and St.Helena, Elstow. To this end, commissions work or goods, or makes grants to the Parochial Church Council, at their request. Raises funds via membership subscriptions, fund-raising events, donations & bequests, "Small Society" lotteries, trading activities and seeking grants.

Latest Income: £540
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Wrington Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Grants to parishioners who are ill/elderly. Particularly at Christmas time.

Latest Income: £538
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of Meredith Maddy

Charitable activities

We provide small grants to individuals and groups for educational purposes. Applicants must reside in the parish of Dorstone in Herefordshire in order to qualify for grant funding.

Latest Income: £532
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
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.