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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.

Blanchminster Trust

Charitable activities

To make grants for the relief of local need, promotion of education and aid to local charitable organistations for the benefit of the community

Latest Income: £573,929
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Theatre Porto

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The company is established to advance the performing arts and the visual arts for the benefit and education of the public and in particular young people.

Latest Income: £572,160
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Base 51

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Base 51 supports the holistic well-being of young people aged 11 to 25 through: Counselling, Safe Space : one to one support, advice and guidance, youth Groups, LGBTQ youth group :Outburst,Evolution: support for young people affected by serious violence, food, laundry and showers. Base 51 runs a professional training academy ( accredited) , and is based in NGY myplace centre in Nottingham

Latest Income: £569,922
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Women's Engineering Society

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

Promotes education, training & practice of engineering among women. Increases public awareness of women in engineering. Forum for the exchange of opinions for women with interests in engineering. Sustains contacts with women engineers on career breaks & facilitates their return to paid employment. Ensures voice of women engineers is heard in Government & policy-making institutions.

Latest Income: £569,174
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Corps Of Royal Electrical And Mechanical Engineers Museum

Charitable activities, Heritage

To preserve the heritage of the Corps of REME and to make it available for the education of the public and the Armed Services. To assist the public in appropriate military historical research.

Latest Income: £567,104
Areas of Operation: Swindon
Status: Registered
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The St Michaels And All Saints Charity

Arts, Charitable activities, Housing, Professions, Religion

Income is applied to defray the cost of repairs to the fabric, fittings and organ of the Parish Church and of insurance of the Parish Church, to the maintanance of music and provision of music, in aid of the stipends of clergy, to the maintenance of property and in making grants for such religious and other charitable purposes as the Feoffees decide after consultation with the PCC.

Latest Income: £560,661
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Ipswich Institute Reading Room And Library

Arts, Charitable activities

Lending library & educational facilities - including courses, lectures and visits - and provision of grants.

Latest Income: £559,813
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Wokingham And District Citizens Advice Bureau

Charitable activities

To provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect peoples lives.

Latest Income: £559,787
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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The Hospital Of Gilbert, Earl Of Shrewsbury At Sheffield

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Housing

1. Maintenance of Almshouses which are occupied by in-pensioners. 2. Grants to other local charities.

Latest Income: £557,199
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Jill And Norman Franklin Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Heritage, Social welfare

Grants to organisations working with refugees and asylum seekers, people with mental health or learning disabilities, desistance from crime, domestic violence. Grants are given to organisations working in NE England and Central Scotland. A small number of grants are given for restoration of architecturally important churches. Refer to our website for current application policies.

Latest Income: £556,611
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust

Charitable activities

Providing grants to encourage initiatives designed to improve animal welfare and protection, promote alternative methods to the use of animals in experiments and encourage practical work in alleviating suffering, preventing cruelty and improving conditions for animals.

Latest Income: £555,534
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Doris Field Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trustees support a diverse range of charities and projects, ranging from small individual grants to contributions to large projects, in accordance with the Trust's charitable objectives and in line with the grant making policy.

Latest Income: £555,419
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Additional Curates Society

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The additional curates society awards grants to poor and populous parishes, and parishes in new areas, so that they can employ a curate. A work they have been doing since 1837. The society also encourages and fosters vocations to the priesthood.

Latest Income: £555,224
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sussex Rural Community Council

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfare

Reducing the incidence and impact of disadvantage and poverty on people living in rural areas, increasing the capacity of rural communities to manage change for the benefit of all their members, informing and amplifying the voice of rural communities to influence public policy

Latest Income: £553,872
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Ofenheim Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The objective of the trust during the year was to distribute its income to charitable bodies to use at their discretion. It continues to be the policy of the trustees to distribute all the income within a reasonable period of its receipt. Decisions about distributions are made by the trustees primarily at their annual meeting to consider distributions.

Latest Income: £553,673
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Boots Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

A grant making Trust wholly funded by Boots UK Ltd. The Trust funds charities and voluntary organisations working in the areas of health, lifelong learning, community development and social care.Currently the Trust focuses its giving in the county of Nottinghamshire.

Latest Income: £553,029
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Congregational And General Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Religion

Independent grant-making charity supporting churches, particularly United Reformed & Congregational denominations in the provision and repair of suitable buildings. Grants awarded for care and extension of churches, towards capital costs of church community projects and to promote the Christian religion including the United Reformed, Congregational and other churches of the Protestant tradition.

Latest Income: £548,548
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Society For Reproduction And Fertility

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

Supports research, education and training in reproductive biology and reproductive science.Holds one or two national or international conferences each year, sometimes in association with other learned societies.Provides grants in support of travel, special publications and other activities as agreed by the the Society's Council of Management.Owns and publishes an academic journal: Reproduction

Latest Income: £547,320
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Seafarers Hospital Society

Charitable activities, Health

The Society assists seafarers and their dependants in need by making grants to qualifying individuals, as well as to selected organisations. Applications for individual assistance may be made at any time

Latest Income: £544,019
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Cumbria Law Centre

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Social welfare, Society

Free legal advice and representation in Carlisle, Allerdale, Copeland and Barrow. (Future plan for Eden). We tackle poverty and oppression for those who cannot access help elsewhere. Telephone advice (01228 515 129) every weekday, and clinics throughout Cumbria. Specialists in Housing, Employment, Community Care, Welfare Benefits, Debt, Discrimination, Public law and Human Rights & Education.

Latest Income: £538,488
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Bradley Trust

Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

Provide village hall for use of residents of Bradley parish at subsidised rates for leisure and educational purposes. Gives grants to organisations in Bradley and some individual educational grants. All grants strictly limited to residents of Bradley parish.

Latest Income: £538,134
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Reifer Memorial Limited

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Provision of grants to institutions to assist Jewish religious education and for the general charitable purposes, including relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £535,965
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Locker Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Make grants to organisations (including schools, charities, etc.)

Latest Income: £535,223
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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Collections Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

The Collections Trust is the UK's independent organisation for cultural collections. We campaign for the public right to access and engage with collections.We do this by:-Promoting best practiceEncouraging InnovationRepresenting the interests of the sector

Latest Income: £535,092
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Green Hall Foundation

Charitable activities

Grant making charity. Grants can only be made to registered charities. Preference is for grants to assist in funding special projects rather than general grants. Full guidelines obtainable from the Correspondent or through the website of the Foundation.

Latest Income: £534,774
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
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.