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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.

Fitton Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charitable trust

Latest Income: £99,864
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The C J M Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to other charities primarily involved in community and social matters.

Latest Income: £99,835
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Royal Institute Of Painters In Water Colours

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

The objectives of the RI are for the advancement of the aesthetic education of the public by the promotion of the fine arts and in particular the art of painting in watercolours. (These objectives are mainly realised through an annual exhibition. This year was the 209th and held at the Mall Galleries, London).

Latest Income: £99,388
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Cheltonian Endowment Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Education/training young people. Making grants to individuals

Latest Income: £99,270
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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South Street United Reformed Church Ministers' Fund

Charitable activities, Religion

Makes grants to the Romford United Reformed Church.

Latest Income: £99,177
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Bedford And Ouse Valley District Scout Council

Associations, Charitable activities

Every Scout District is an autonomous organisation holding its own property and equipment and admitting people to membership of the Scout District subject to the Policy and Rules of The Scout Association. The District exists to support the District Commissioner in meeting the responsibilities of his/her appointment and to provide support for Scout Groups and Explorer Scout Units in the District.

Latest Income: £98,865
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Secular Clergy New Common Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Professions

Grants to sick and elderly priests

Latest Income: £98,798
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Florence Cohen Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

To make grants to any charitable institution or body (whether incorporated or unincorporated) established for the relief of aged persons to be applied by such institution or body either for its general purposes or for some specific charitable purpose for the relief of aged persons. Appeals are to be made in writing for the Trustees' consideration

Latest Income: £98,310
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Province Of Hampshire & Isle Of Wight Masonic Charitable Trust

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

To provide funds for the relief and benefit of Freemasons their wives, widows and dependants who are in distressed circumstances.

Latest Income: £97,974
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Hartsheath Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Gives grants to people and projects in North Wales

Latest Income: £97,935
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Alcohol Services Kingston & Richmond

Charitable activities, Health

To help those people who misuse alcohol and/or drugs and the friends, relatives and partners affected by someone else's substance misuse through the providision of assessment, advice information, one to one counselling and group support. To improve public education by encouraging early recognition and prevention of alcohol and drug related harm.

Latest Income: £97,867
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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P And C Hickinbotham Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Make grants to other charitable bodies.

Latest Income: £97,475
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hollis's Hospital

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

The provision of sheltered accommodation for female pensioners, the payment of pensions and the payment of grants to the Ministers of certain nominated nonconformist chapels.Additionally through designated funds the payment of educational grants and grants to specified disadvantaged people all within Sheffield.

Latest Income: £97,286
Areas of Operation: Doncaster
Status: Registered
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Entosa Limited

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

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

Latest Income: £96,943
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The Delius Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Makes grants towards the performance and promotion of the music of Frederick Delius. Also makes grants to organisations with a general remit to promote the music of British composers born from 1860 onwards.

Latest Income: £96,851
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (winlaton)

Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Leisure, Religion, Saving of lives, Social care, Social welfare

Activities to relieve suffering, distress & poverty via ourselves & other outlets. Help to RBC Ministries/Gt. Nth. Air Ambulance/Unicef/Barnabus Fund & Various other Charities plus Disaster requests.Human resources & Church space (disability ok!) available to community for advocacy, advice & leisure. Church Services:- general, weekly Am; 1st Pm monthly at nearby sheltered housing complex.

Latest Income: £96,501
Areas of Operation: Gateshead
Status: Registered
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Wandsworth Work And Play

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

To provide/assist in the provision of resources & facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation/leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstancesTo advance the education of the public generally on reuse of scrap and waste materials for environmental protection

Latest Income: £96,386
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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International Journal Of Experimental Pathology

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

The principal activity is the publication of the Journal. Our policy is to publish research into the cause, diagnosis and cure of disease in man. Any profits from such publication are used to promote research in this field.

Latest Income: £96,329
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Burges Salmon Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

General Charitable Purposes, making grants to local organisations.

Latest Income: £96,268
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Mitchell City Of London Charity

Charitable activities

To offer pensions to those of state pension age, there may be exceptions slightly below that age, who have lived or worked within the City of London for a minimum of 5 years. To offer grants to charities in the City of London, or with a connection to the City of London. The 'City' is the 'square mile', almost all EC3, EC4, small area of EC1, EC2 - not Greater London.

Latest Income: £96,241
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to individuals and organisations. Does not routinely make educational grants.

Latest Income: £96,087
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Wax Chandlers' Charitable Trust

Charitable activities

The Charity makes grants, principally in support of bee keeping, candlemaking, the modern wax industry, and various City of London related charities.

Latest Income: £96,059
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Families In Care

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Families in Care provides independent Support, Advocacy, Counselling and Mindfulness for birth families involved in Child Protection and Care Proceedings.

Latest Income: £95,843
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Lady Lumley's Educational Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

Awarding grants to Lady Lumley's School Pickering North Yorkshire and to individuals under twenty-five living in the locality for educational purposes and assisting them into employment

Latest Income: £95,814
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The League Of Friends Of Newport Cottage Hospital, Shropshire

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

The League of Friends helps to support the Newport Cottage Care Centre, Upper Bar, Newport. Shropshire - also finance the xray unit at the care centre with the proceeds of a charity shop in Baddeley Court, Newport.

Latest Income: £95,793
Areas of Operation: Telford & Wrekin
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.