Skip to main content Skip to navigation

Charitable activities Charities

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.

The Rix-Thompson-Rothenberg Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting projects connected with the care, education, training, development and leisure activities of people with a learning disability.It makes grants to a variety of organisations which aim to benefit people with a learning disability and their carers. A special emphasis is given to grants that will enhance opportunity and lifestyle.

Latest Income: £203,800
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

The Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to Charities in Devonshire both Masonic and non Masonic

Latest Income: £203,179
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
View Details

The Edgar E Lawley Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Giving grants to charitable bodies for the provision of medical care, services to children and the aged, the advancement of medicine and for educational purposes.

Latest Income: £203,163
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

The Freemasons' Fund For Surgical Research

Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Health

The charity makes grants to the Royal College of Surgeons of England to support surgical research fellowships.

Latest Income: £202,515
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
View Details

Professionals Aid Council

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

101 General Charitable Purposes102 Education/Training104 Disability105 Relief of Poverty201 Children/Young People202 Elderly/Old People203 People with Disabilities301 Makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £202,100
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

The Institute For Policy Research

Charitable activities, Research

Funding research studies, conferences and seminars which promote the education of the public concerning major social science, management studies and economic policy issues.

Latest Income: £201,302
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

Egerton Will Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making

Latest Income: £200,864
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

The Pali Text Society

Charitable activities, Religion

The Pali Text Society fosters and promotes the study of Pali Buddhist texts for the benefit of scholars and the general public by publishing editions and translations, as well as other works relevant to the study of Pali, such as dictionaries and grammars. The charity also awards grants to qualified scholars working on projects relevant to the Society's aims.

Latest Income: £200,577
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
View Details

Yardley Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

The giving of grants to students at secondary educational establishments for clothing, sport kit and books. Other grants for the furthering of vocational training and assisting apprentices. Grants to educational establishments for students 11 years and over

Latest Income: £199,952
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
View Details

Oriel Myrddin

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

To promote the education of the public in arts and crafts by the provision and maintenance of an arts and crafts gallery and museum in Carmarthen, for the exhibition to the public of collections and items of fine art and crafts.Provision and support of facilities for the education and research in arts and crafts and the dissemination of such research.

Latest Income: £199,923
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

Tarporley War Memorial Hospital Trust

Charitable activities, Health, Heritage

The Charity works in partnership with others and provides grants to enhance health and social care services for the local community, going above and beyond what the NHS provides.

Latest Income: £199,804
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
View Details

Sarum St Michael Educational Charity

Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The Charity awards grants to individuals, schools, parishes and corporate bodies to further the following objectives: in the promotion of the education of persons involved with religious education; the provision of instruction and resources to schools and parishes; to assist persons financially so they can attend an establishment of further education to pursue their education.

Latest Income: £199,629
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

The Bournemouth Chest Diseases Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The charity provides grants for the relief of persons under the care of chest physicians in the East Dorset Health Authority. Such grants are provided for the development and equipping of thoracic units in the area and for research and training of appropriate staff.

Latest Income: £199,527
Areas of Operation: Bournemouth
Status: Registered
View Details

The Dentons UK And Middle East LLP Charitable Trust

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

The Dentons UK & Middle East LLP Charitable Trust makes donations to small charities in the UK and Ireland that have a connection to our local communities. The Trust has a particular focus on charities working to support the elderly, disabled, homelessness, poverty, ex offenders and their families, refugees, education and youth projects.

Latest Income: £199,424
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

Inner London Magistrates Court Poor Box

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

............... in relieving either generally or individually persons concerned directly or indirectly in any proceedings at Inner London Magistrates Courts including the Inner London Family Proceedings Court and the Inner London Youth Courts who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money.

Latest Income: £199,022
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
View Details

The Charity Of Hervey And Elizabeth Ekins

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The object of the charity is to promote education in accordance with the doctrines of the Church of England of young persons residing in the area of benefit, that is the borough of Northampton and the parish of Great Doddington. It does this through grants to the school of the charity, Weston Favell CE Primary School, to individual young people and to churches and other organisations.

Latest Income: £198,765
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
View Details

Furness Maritime Trust

Charitable activities, Heritage

To advance the education of the public by the establishment of a Maritime Museum in the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness and to collect, preserve restore, improve enhance, use and maintain features and objects of historical, industrial and social interest relating to the past and in particular the Maritime history of the Furness District.

Latest Income: £198,033
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
View Details

Dr Radcliffe's School Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

To provide finance to Dr Radcliffe's School Steeple Aston, to meet expenditure on building repairs and alterations to the School and special benefits that would not otherwise be provided by the LEA and to provide grants to eligible applicants for higher or further education or training and to local charities

Latest Income: £197,930
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
View Details

Newdawn India

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grant making for the relief of poverty, particularly among children, including care and education, in southern India.

Latest Income: £197,613
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
View Details

C A Rookes Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS FOR ELDERLY AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC/ MANKIND

Latest Income: £197,140
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
View Details

The Chevras Ezras Nitzrochim Trust

Charitable activities

Making grants to other charities and individuals.

Latest Income: £196,173
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
View Details

The Author's Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities

The Foundation gives grants to professional writers working on a book, in order to help cover research expenditure or to buy time

Latest Income: £195,394
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

Cor Meibion De Cymru - The South Wales Male Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Housing

Staging concerts to further the aims of the charity in performing male choral music, supporting young artists, and contributing to education of the public, at home and abroad, about choral music and Welsh male choir tradition. In addition, to work with selected charitable causes, mainly through the staging of fundraising concerts, to support their work.

Latest Income: £194,735
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

Thanet Countryside Trust Fund

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure, Research

Advancement of public education in ecology and natural history and the conservation, protection and restoration for public benefit of natural resources, natural beauty, animal and plant life and land of ecological or scientific importance throughout the Isle of Thanet. Provide for the benefit of the public facilities of a charitable nature for outdoor recreation in the Isle of Thanet.

Latest Income: £194,678
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
View Details

Maritime Volunteer Service

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

The charity (MVS) trains its members in maritime, engineering, operations and communications skills.The MVS has a policy of positive social inclusion and around 30% of members are from the disadvantaged sectors of society.MVS members use their skills to support local and national authorities in times of major events, emergencies both real and exercised and in civil resilience.

Latest Income: £194,594
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details
Previous Page 41 of 231 Next

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.