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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.

Sutton And Erdington Muslim Welfare Association

Charitable activities, Religion

The charity is faith based and carries out its activities to fulfil the social, cultural, educational, charitable and religious needs of the community.It is non political and doesn't ascribe to any particular sect. It provides supplementary education, advice and advocacy and work to improve community relations.

Latest Income: £484,973
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Queen Mary's Roehampton Trust

Armed forces, Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations which provide services for war disabled ex-Service personnel (and former members of the mercantile marine disabled in war) and their dependants.

Latest Income: £478,857
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Mrs Independent Living

Charitable activities, Housing

Working in North East London, we support people in need to stay independent, active and connected to their communities. We provide practical help through our home adaptations and therapeutic decluttering services, social and digital inclusion activities, falls prevention services, and advice and advocacy for people from marginalised and excluded communities.

Latest Income: £478,019
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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The Royal Institute Of Philosophy

Charitable activities, Research

We are devoted to creating, sharing and enabling philosophical thinking. We empower the curious of all ages and backgrounds to think about fundamental questions. We encourage a better understanding of our world and our place in it.. We look to actively support this work through grant giving programmes and a series of public lectures across the UK, encouraging positive access for many.

Latest Income: £469,318
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Ratiu Family Charitable Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage

1. Adavancement of education of the public 2. Relief of poverty3. Promotion and furtherance of education and research concerning history, geography, culture, arts, music, literature, language, industries and economy of Romania and Romanian people4. Publishing the results of any such research at the discretion of the Trustees5. Relief of Romanian refugees in the United Kingdom

Latest Income: £468,712
Areas of Operation: Romania
Status: Registered
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Tinsley Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to charities (& very occasionally to non charitable organisations or individuals).

Latest Income: £467,339
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Tameside Citizens Advice Bureau LTD

Charitable activities

Provision of advice and information, and specialist referrals

Latest Income: £466,672
Areas of Operation: Tameside
Status: Registered
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The Musical Museum

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

OPERATION OF A MUSEUM OF AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED ARCHIVES FOR THE GERERAL EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC

Latest Income: £465,781
Areas of Operation: Hounslow
Status: Registered
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The Carole And Geoffrey Lawson Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The trustee's policy is to consider appeals from charitable causes with a previous track record covering the welfare of children, relief of poverty advancement of arts and education.

Latest Income: £465,527
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Colefax Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The Trust derives the bulk of its income from investments and applies it in making grants to other registered charities.

Latest Income: £464,338
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Action Disability Kensington And Chelsea

Charitable activities, Education

Disability Resource Centre providing, among others, an Advice and Information service, an Advocacy Project, Policy Project, Lifelong Learning Project, Consultation Project and Personal Budgets Project.

Latest Income: £460,948
Areas of Operation: Kensington And Chelsea
Status: Registered
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Greenwich Charity Of William Hatcliffe And The Misses Smith

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Provision of almshouse accommodation for thirteen persons over the age of 55, with a preference for widows and single women, living in the "area of benefit" i.e. the south side of the River Thames up to a radius of 5 miles from the almshouses. Provision of grants to enable elderly people, living in the charity's area of benefit, to remain in their own homes.

Latest Income: £459,502
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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Viscount Amory's Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The trustees follow a general policy of distributing the trust's income whilst maintaining the substance of the trust's investments to enlarge its grant-giving potential.

Latest Income: £457,843
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Sir Thomas White's Northampton Charity

Charitable activities

Gives loans/grants to young men and women who reside in Northampton

Latest Income: £457,802
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Nations' Libraries

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Heritage

Grants to promote the acquisition by national and regional libraries and archives of printed books, manuscripts and records of historical, literary, artistic, architectural, musical or such like interest and to assist the libraries in any other way which the Charity considers appropriate.

Latest Income: £457,571
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Carters Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Gives financial support to South Wilford Endowed School and grants to individuals and youth groups operating in the Ancient Parish of Wilford, Nottingham. Finances are generated through commercial letting of office buildings in London.

Latest Income: £456,904
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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Ollingham Limited

Charitable activities

The income of the charity is derived from investments and donations. The charity makes grants and donations to support religious educational and other charitable institutions.

Latest Income: £452,628
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Herts Vision Loss

Associations, Charitable activities, Health, Housing

Herts Vision Loss services:Home Visits by staff and trained volunteersA Hospital Information Service located in eye clinicsA central Resource Centre and outreach locations Information for visually impaired people through a help/advice line A regular Newsletter and full information via our website. Support to local social clubs across the countyChildren's services, social clubs

Latest Income: £452,525
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Norfolk Churches Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

The trust supports the preservation of churches or chapels of any christian denomination in Norfolk or the dioceses of Norwich. The trust makes grants to parishes and congregations to repair restore and preserve christian churches and chapels.

Latest Income: £451,173
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Emmott Foundation Limited

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

The present policy of the Council is to make grants direct to schools to assist towards Sixth Form school fees for students with high academic standards and whose families are experiencing severe financial hardship.

Latest Income: £450,914
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Land And Possessions Of The Poor Of Ely Otherwise Parsons' Charity

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

Making grants towards the relief of financial hardship, education, training and for medical needs including grants to other charities and community organisations.Also providing dwellings (almshouses) and supporting the residents who live them.All above activities are limited to an area of benefit which corresponds with the LocalGovernment area administered by the City of Ely Council

Latest Income: £449,847
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Aim Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage

AIM awards grants to charitable organisations working to improve the wellbeing of infants, children & young people, as well to organisations who are helping to restore and protect UK rivers and coastal waters. Grants are only made to registered charities or CICs that Trustees have proactively approached. Unsolicited applications are not processed.

Latest Income: £448,988
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Kelsick's Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To provide grants for educational needs to young people under 25 and resident in the Lakes Parish, and to the voluntary schools (and to academies that were formerly voluntary schools) in the Lakes Parish. Grants may also be given to groups or organisations where the members satisfy the age and residence requirements. Considerable aid is given to young people with special needs.

Latest Income: £448,969
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Charities Administered In Connection With The Bunyan Meeting

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion

The Charity aims to a) provide grants to individuals in Bedford, usually members of the Bunyan Meeting non-conformist Church, b) provide a grant towards the Church ministry,c) maintain the fabric of the church, manse and other investment buildings, d) maintain, operate and publicise the world - renowned John Bunyan Museum and library.

Latest Income: £445,226
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

makes grants to charitable causes, typically those within Tyne and Wear and its immediate surrounds which aim to ease social deprivation and / or enrich the fabric of the local community and / or the quality of life of individuals within that community

Latest Income: £444,482
Areas of Operation: Various
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.