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.
Stanhope (miss Butcher) Trust-Poor Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareGives small grants to the poor aged over 67 years of age in the Parish of Stanhope in Weardale
Milton Abbas Health & Disability Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareIdentifies people in Milton Abbas who are sick and poor and makes small grants to assist them financially mainly, but not exclusively, at Christmas time.
The Fryer Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesProvide grants to the elderly or infirm living in Harlton.
Staverton Reading Room Fund
Charitable activitiesIn making grants for or towards the cost of projects or activities which the Trustees considered to be for the benefit of the community of the Parish of Staverton, Northamptonshire and which are not provided for from state funding.
Drayton Drewray Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activitiesThe charity makes small grants to individuals resident in Drayton to assist in cases of need. For example grants have been made to enable adaptations required by a disabled person, and to enable purchase of equipment needed by an unwaged student with dependents in order to pursue their studies. Applications are considered by the trustees at quarterly meetings.
Church Almshouses
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Religion105 Relief of poverty202 Helps Elderly/Old People301 Makes grants to individuals
The Chesterfield And District Kidney Association
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS supportTo raise funds and give advice to local people who suffer from kidney problems. To provide funds for equipment and research into kidney related problems and treatments.To provide publicity and promote organ donation for transplantation through the National Organ Donor Register.
Talwrn Chair Eisteddfod
Arts, Charitable activitieseducation of the public in Welsh culture by holding from time to time an Eisteddfod in the village of Talwrn or elsewhere,by the holding of concerts,meetings and otherf unctions in the interest of the Eisteddfod
Fffc (the Foresters' Fund For Children)
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareGrant making trust.
Charity Of Joseph Cole
Charitable activities, Social welfareMAKES SMALL GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITHIN THE PARISH, OR ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL, WHO ARE BELIEVED TO BE SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THROUGH AGE OR OTHER HARDSHIP.
The Leaver Trust Fund
Charitable activitiesGrants to students to assist in their education
Bradford Cricket League Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfareDistribution of special grants to former players of the Bradford Premier Cricket League who may have fallen on hard times through illness, disability or poverty
Bowden Gift
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMakes grants for the relief of elderly infirmed people in Totnes
J L Hanman Bequest
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to freemen of the City of Gloucester and / or their dependants who are in need of financial assistance.
The Harley Harries Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareCharity makes annual grants to poor elderly/old people of the parish of Wem.
The Frank Richard Patrick Charity
Charitable activitiesGeneral Charitable Grants
The Johnson Memorial Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareMakes grants for the relief of the poor and needy of the parish of Packwood
Alice Rowlinson's Charity
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to individuals
Richard Pike Or Pukes
Charitable activitiesThe charity makes grants to other charities in the Newmarket area
Philip And Marjorie Robinson's Charitable Trust
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareThe Trust's principal activity is making grants for charitable purposes. ENABLING LITERACY THROUGH EDUCATION - The Trusts vision is to help equip Great Britain's disadvantaged youth with sufficient skills to enter this ever-changing world and build happy and fruitful lives for themselves. We believe that being able to read is at the forefront. We are also supporting cancer research. EMAIL ONLY
King George V Jubilee Trust Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, LeisureTo benefit children and young people by making grants for education, training and sporting activities.
The Blundell Charitable Fund
Charitable activities, Professions, ReligionProviding annual grants to Roman Catholic Priests officiating in that part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark situated within 12 miles of St Martin-le-Grand
League Of Friends Zachary Merton Community Hospital, Rustington
Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, LeisureSupplying items of equipment for residents of the hospital who require more specialist items/ to improve their stay e.g. Special Beds, Chairs, Televisions, Electric fans, Telephones, Christmas presents. Gardening services (planting, maintenance etc)Providing a Trolley shop service to the residents three times a week.Raising funds by public activities (Ploughman's Lunches, Carnival stall)
Jane Williams' Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesOne of the smaller charities of our ancient parish of South Stoke Cum Woodcote. There is only sufficient cash to warrant making grants approx. every 3 or 4 years. We hope to make awards to some 25 parishoners this year, who are deemed the poorer and needier of our community (the cash of the 4 charities are lumped together).
Charity Of Henry John Randall
Charitable activitiesGives small grants to people in the ecclesiastical parish of Coity, Nolton and Brackla who are in financial need.
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.