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.
Poor's Allotment
Charitable activities, Social welfareWe make small grants to groups or individuals that live within the Eccliastical Parish of Duston and Upton.
Clarkes Music Services Trust
Arts, Charitable activitiesTo provide grants to musicians in the Parishes of Leverington and Gorefield in need of financial help
Elizabeth Petty
Charitable activitiesGrants to needy of the Parish
The Friends Of Henley And District Citizens Advice Bureau
Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfareTo benefit the Community in the town of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire and in the neighbouring Parishes by advancing education, protecting health and relieving poverty, sickness and distress among the community, and in particular to support the charitable work of the Henley-on-Thames and District Citizens Advice Bureau
Elizabeth Eason's Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesAllocates grants to individuals resident in Barrington, Somerset, to assist with the education of their children/ young people.
Brondesbury Lodge No 2698 Trust Fund
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesDispensing grants to widows of the lodge and making grants to non masonic charities
Charity Of Mary Winfield Lambert For Coals And Clothing
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfarePoverty relief and grants to organisations such that low income families benefit.
Helping Hand Fund
Charitable activities, HealthTO MAKE GRANTS OF MONEY TO ANY INDIVIDUAL, HOSPTIAL, CLINIC OR WELFARE CENTRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, MEDICAL FURNITURE, SPECIALISED MEDICAL TREATMENT, EQUIPMENT FOR PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC PURPOSES AND VEHICLES FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF SICK OR HANDICAPPED PERSONS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHEELCHAIRS AND AMBULANCES).
The Sperring Foundation
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, EducationEconomic/Community development/Employment - makes grants to organisations.
The Community Shop
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfareThe relief of poverty by the provision of clothing & other goods at low cost to people in need & (as an equal principal object) the promotion of any general charitable purposes in the City of Leeds &, in particular by means of the realisation for cash of donations in kind made to the Trust, & the application thereof for charitable purposes.
2nd Thorpe Scout Group
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesTo promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities in accordance with the Policy Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association.
The Tomlinson And Bromehead Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesGrants to elderly people's groups.
Resourceafrica
Charitable activities, EnvironmentThe Trust supports Southern African communities efforts to exercise their rights and improve their livelihoods by promoting greater global, regional and national commitment and action towards policy, market and legal reforms that secure their rights to own, control and benefit from natural resources, especially land, wildlife, forests and water.
Lodge Of Attainment No 7090 Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareprovision of grants to deserving causes and individuals
The Patrick Scholarships
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationProvision of small grants to young people from the parish of Ravenstonedale who are taking courses in higher education.
Consolidated Charities
Charitable activitiesMakes donations to individuals and organisations within the parish of Easton-in-Gordano.
Unknown Donor
Charitable activities, Social welfareTo provide small grants to either the poor or to such deserving and necessitous persons resident in the ancient parish of Newington next Hythe as the trustees select.
The Dorothy Porteous Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesMakes small grants to individuals for educational purposes.
Smethwick Rotary Club Charitable Trust
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe charity supports other rotary charities together with young people, elderly and disabled both in the West Midlands area and internationally, by providing physical assistance and by making grants to both individuals and organisations.
Anchor Hall Trust
Charitable activitiesProvide Grants for Boys' Brigade Companys in the Barnet Area
John Pollen's Educational Foundation
Charitable activitiesEducation grants to pupils between 5 and 23 years of age living or being educated in Andover
Charity Of Mary Bastow
Charitable activitiesReligious charity making grants to individuals in the Tower Hamlets area
Three Rivers Music Society
Arts, Charitable activities, ResearchTo promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and recitals.
Henry Tireman (one Of The Municipal Charities)
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to individualsMakes grants to organisationsActs as umbrella or resource body
Yapham Poors Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe purposes of the charity are to make grants where considered appropriate by the Trustees (1) to parishioners of Yapham cum Meltonby in receipt of the state pension for the relief of need, and (2) to parishioners with children in full time education and living in the parish for the benefit of their child's/children's education.
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.