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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.

Halebank Primary School Pre-School Playgroup

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, Education

Pre-school Play Group is a non profit organisation that endeavours to enrich the lives of the children in the community. The children learn through play experiences following the national curriculum.We offer full day care for 2 year olds up to the age of 5 and provision for children with disabilities.We rely heavily on donations and grants to continually improve the quality of our environment.

Latest Income: £95,770
Areas of Operation: Halton
Status: Registered
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Provincial Grand Charity Of The Province Of Derbyshire

Associations, Charitable activities

Grants to local organisations and individuals, mainly within the county of Derbyshire but occasionally outside the county if the body serves the Derbyshire community.

Latest Income: £95,647
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Grove Books Limited

Arts, Charitable activities

PublishingProvides advocacy/advice/information

Latest Income: £95,417
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Worcester District Scout Council

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

To provide support for Scout Groups, Scout Network and the Explorer Scout Sections in Worcester District and to give active support to the District Lead Volunteer, who is responsible for both the development of Scouting in the District and for promoting and maintaining the policy of the Association.

Latest Income: £94,977
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Bewdley Festival Limited

Arts, Charitable activities

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BEWDLEY BY THE PROMOTION OF PLAYS AND OTHER FORMS OF ART. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE ORGANISATION OF THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL FOR NINE DAYS EACH OCTOBER.

Latest Income: £94,475
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Fund For Human Need

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing

Makes grants of up to £200 each to refugees, asylum seekers, the homeless and others suffering personal distress. Makes limited number of grants to projects working amongst the poorest communities from restricted funds received for those specific projects.

Latest Income: £94,417
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cowley's Endowed Schools Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

To provide funds for educational purposes as the trustees see fit for beneficiaries who are under the age of 25 and have resided in the Parishes of Donington, Bicker, Quadring, Swineshead, Gosberton, Horbling, Swaton and Helpringham for no less than 2 years and who have attended for not less than 2 years either The Thomas Cowley Primary School or the Thomas Cowley High School in Donington.

Latest Income: £94,410
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Rest-Harrow Trust

Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations throughout England and Wales for general charitable purposes, at the discretion of the Trustees

Latest Income: £94,365
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Lee Charity Of William Hatcliffe

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The payment of Grants to individuals and registered charities for the relief of persons resident in the London Borough of Lewisham who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £94,341
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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The Association Of The Friends Of Lincoln Cathedral

Associations, Charitable activities, Religion

The Charity makes grants as funds permit to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral towards the worship, maintenance, preservation, improvement or repair of the fittings, ornaments, furniture and monuments in Lincoln Cathedral, and the furthering of schemes to set forward it's beauty safety or utility.

Latest Income: £94,318
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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St Albans Mencap Society

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Firstly to campaign to ensure that learning disabled individuals of all ages receive apropriate services from statutory authorities. Secondly to support, advise and provide services to learning disabled individuals and their carers.

Latest Income: £94,019
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Hospital Of The Holy Trinity, Aylesford

Charitable activities, Health

We provide 14 self-contained flats for self-caring residents over the age of 60 years and ideally with some local connection to the village of Aylesford, Kent. Three of the flats have larger bedrooms and can accommodate couples. There is a common room and adjacent small kitchen but no other communal facilities are provided. There are some local shops and services and some bus links to Maidstone

Latest Income: £93,867
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Alfred Williams Charitable Trust

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

To make grants for environmental and social causes in the county of Suffolk with a bias towards preservation or regeneration of the built heritage, amenity and landscape of the county. Grants to social causes are either for start-up projects, or for modest on-going support to groups involved in voluntary care, education, theatre, music and youth and community projects.

Latest Income: £93,398
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Violet M Richards Charity

Charitable activities

Grant making trust to other charitable bodies principally in the health and medical research fields.No assistance available to individuals.

Latest Income: £93,220
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Age Concern Appleby And District

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

Age Concern Appleby & District have two shops in the town. both run entirely by volunteers. We have no paid staff what so ever and all money raised, after expenses, rates, rents etc is given to local charities and groups which help and care for older people in the Appleby District.

Latest Income: £93,219
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities, Leisure

Providing grants to other charitable organisations with particular emphasis on the performing arts and young cricketers.

Latest Income: £93,054
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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St Pauls Church Of England School And Parish Room

Charitable activities, Education, Facilities, Religion

(1) Awarding grants to persons under the age of 25, who live or are educated within the parish, for the furtherance of their education. (2) Providing grants to St Pauls C of E School for the furtherance of religious knowledge. (3) Providing grants to the Sunday School for the furtherance of religious knowledge.

Latest Income: £93,032
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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The Waynflete Singers

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

a) the education of the public in the art and science of music; andb) the promotion of choral singing and of the performance of choral and other musical works.

Latest Income: £92,866
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Michael And Anna Wix Charitable Trust

Associations, Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisations throughout England and Wales for general charitable purposes, at the discretion of the trustees

Latest Income: £92,643
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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RSPCA Poole, East Dorset & South Wiltshire Branch

Animals, Charitable activities

The primary activity of the Charity is welfare assistance whereby assistance is given towards the cost of treating owned animals and in the case of feral and stray animals all of the cost is met.We have a telephone 'help line' whereby we receive calls from members of the public and deal with their enquiries.Continuation of a cat neutering scheme incorporating a micro-chipping arrangement.

Latest Income: £92,563
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Charities Of James Tilden For Baptists

Charitable activities

Once the cost of repairs, insurances and all other outgoings in respect of its properties had been met, along with all the other costs and charges associated with administration and management, the Charities continued to make various grants to support local Particular Baptist churches in the county of Kent as per the objectives of its founding scheme of 1896.

Latest Income: £92,528
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Merseyside Somali And Community Association

Associations, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Facilities, Housing

-We provide a community centre that is open 12 hours per day, 7 day week-Lunch club for the elders serving a daily average of 10 breakfasts, 20 lunches and innumerable hot drinks-Advice sessions on: Welfare rights, Health and drugs, Benefits, Jobs and training and Housing.-an advocacy and interpreting service for dealing with the authorities

Latest Income: £92,455
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Chalfonts & Gx Community Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

To provide funds to generally support the charitable work of the hospital

Latest Income: £92,424
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Gay And Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

Gay & Peter Hartley's Hillards Trust makes grants to charities that support children's welfare, care for the elderly, mental/physical health, disability, & hospices. Grants are made up to £1,000 to local charities in towns in 11 counties in north and central England - mainly in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire. See www.hillardstrust.org for more details.

Latest Income: £92,351
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Augustine Courtauld Trust

Charitable activities

Grant making charity

Latest Income: £92,349
Areas of Operation: Essex
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.