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Discover 14,985 Charitable activities charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

14,985
Charities
£17,799,675,132
Total Income
£1,065,402
Avg Income
85.8%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Odi Global

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfare

ODI is Britain's leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries.

Latest Income: £34,810,701
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Hospital Saturday Fund

Charitable activities, Health

The Charitable Company's principal activities are grant making to medical charities, hospices and hospitals and to individuals with health or disability problems. These donations and grants were made possible by the surplus profits of the Charitable Company's trading Company, HSF health plan, being gifted to The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Latest Income: £34,712,364
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The February Foundation

Charitable activities

The Foundation is an independent grant-making charity with broad-ranging charitable objectives.

Latest Income: £34,342,893
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, Professions, Saving of lives

The Charity's objects are to raise money solely to allow The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust to fund state-of-the-art equipment and groundbreaking research, create the best patient environments, and ensure its nurses, doctors and research teams can provide the very best care and develop life-saving treatments which are used here in the UK and around the world.

Latest Income: £34,043,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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This Day Foundation

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations and individuals in the UK and over seas, in line with its grant making policy

Latest Income: £33,666,514
Areas of Operation: South Africa
Status: Registered
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The National Deaf Children's Society

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

NDCS is the national charity dedicated to creating a world without barriers for deaf children and young people We represent the interests and campaign for the rights of all deaf children and young people from birth until they reach independence. NDCS supports the deaf child through the family as well as directly supporting deaf children and young people themselves.

Latest Income: £33,568,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Faraday Institution

Charitable activities

Research, training and policy advice in the fields of energy capture, conversion and storage.

Latest Income: £33,283,836
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Lighten Education Network

Arts, Charitable activities

LightEn is a charitable organisation focused on raising collective consciousness and helping humanity embody the highest levels of love and wisdom we all hold at our core. We provide grants to educational centres, research projects, teachers, and thought leaders across more than 30 countries. We also provide curated educational content in the form of the Library of Light.

Latest Income: £33,146,370
Areas of Operation: Spain
Status: Registered
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Chartered Management Institute

Charitable activities, Research

The charitable mission of the Chartered Management Institute is to promote the art and science of management. This is supported by activites such as: encouraging and supporting the development of managers, raising the level of competence and qualification of management, disseminating management thinking through our policy and research activity, and influencing employers on management issues.

Latest Income: £32,261,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Refuge

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Housing, Social welfare

Refuge provides specialist support to women and children escaping domestic violence, modern slavery, human trafficking, forced prostitution, rape, forced marriage and 'honour' based violence. Services include: 24-hr national helpline, women's refuges, outreach and floating support, independent domestic and sexual violence advocates. We raise awareness and influence policy and legislative change.

Latest Income: £31,975,898
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Ambition Institute

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Ambition Institute works to close the educational disadvantage gap and give every child the best start in life. We support educators, teachers and leaders in England with high-quality professional development throughout their careers, especially those supporting underserved communities. We work with partners and policymakers to share research, evidence and practice to help everyone in the sector.

Latest Income: £31,954,409
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The King's School, Ely

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE DOCTRINES AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

Latest Income: £31,681,655
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Dementia UK

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Professions

Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support for families through our Admiral Nurse service. Admiral Nurses work alongside families, giving them the one-to-one support, expert guidance and practical solutions they need. Dementia UK also runs Admiral Nursing Direct, a free and confidential helpline for anyone with concerns about dementia.

Latest Income: £31,423,775
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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Armed Forces Covenant Fund

Charitable activities

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust makes grants to support the Armed Forces Community. The Covenant Fund is delivered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. It has £10M a year to fund projects that support the Armed Forces Community.

Latest Income: £30,874,242
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Arthritis UK

Charitable activities, Research

The charity funds scientific and medical research into all types of arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. It is working to take the pain away from sufferers with all forms of arthritis and helping people to remain active. This will be achieved through funding high-quality research, providing services, information and campaigning.The charity's vision is a future free of arthritis.

Latest Income: £30,018,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Eden Trust

Charitable activities, Environment

The Eden Trust aims to promote public education and research in flora, fauna & other aspects of the natural world, rebuilding connections of understanding that have faded from many people's lives. The Eden Project site tells stories that illustrate our dependence on plants and resources to develop the resilience of individuals, communities and societies to face the challenges of the 21st Century.

Latest Income: £29,661,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sigrid Rausing Trust

Charitable activities, Society

The Trust gives grants to support work on human rights and rule of law, open societies, and the environment. We support groups in a number of focus regions and countries internationally. We also make occasional gifts via our Chairs Gifts and Trustees Gifts programmes.

Latest Income: £28,952,645
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Brookside Trust

Charitable activities

Christian religious activities to other Christian Charities by making grants to these Christian organisations.

Latest Income: £28,835,266
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Mayflower Theatre Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

The primary objectives of the trust as defined by the memorandum and articles of association are the encouragement of the arts, the promotion and advancement of education, and the cultivation and improvement of public education in drama, mime, opera, singing, music, dance, painting, and sculpture, cinema, literature and other arts.

Latest Income: £28,804,714
Areas of Operation: Southampton City
Status: Registered
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Groundwork London

Charitable activities, Environment, Leisure

To promote the conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment;to provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and lesiure time occupation ; advance public education in environmental matters and to help people conserve, protect and improve their environment.

Latest Income: £27,857,543
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Adferiad Recovery Limited

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

Adferiad Recovery empowers positive change in the lives of people facing complex health conditions and challenging social circumstances, people who are seldom seen and seldom heard, through a range of services, campaigns, and support delivered by skilled and experienced staff and volunteers.

Latest Income: £27,771,116
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Yorkshire Cancer Research

Charitable activities, Health

The charity's objects are the advancement of health or the saving of lives by undertaking research and other relevant activities in the Yorkshire region or elsewhere to help people avoid, survive or cope with cancer.

Latest Income: £27,719,019
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Goldman Sachs Gives (uk)

Charitable activities

The charity is a grant making charity, providing grants to a wide range of charitable projects in the UK and abroad, funded principally by donations made by affiliate and subsidiary companies of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc and by current and former senior employees of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, and its affiliates and subsidiaries.

Latest Income: £27,537,194
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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National Grocers Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

We tackle hardship amongst those who have worked or are working in the grocery trade, whether in manufacturing, distribution, wholesale or retail. We give financial help via regular and one-off crisis grants, and supply essential household items and independent living aids. We offer practical and emotional support for a wide range of personal and welfare issues via our 24/7 helpline and website.

Latest Income: £27,306,537
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Borrow Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Borrow Foundation is a grant making organisation, committed to the improvement of oral health, primarily in children, through the prevention of oral diseases. The work we support reaches many parts of the world, with the focus being firmly on population oral health and the need to reduce inequalities, within and between countries.

Latest Income: £27,011,122
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 14,985 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?

Lloyd's Register Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£691.7m). 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 £17.8bn 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 85.8%. 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 £1.1m. 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.