Charitable activities Charities
Discover 5,768 Charitable activities charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Bedwas Christian Resource Centre
Arts, Charitable activitiesThe Rock operates a Christian book shop and tea rooms at the entrance to the village of Bedwas. It also has a small conference room for use by Christian organisations, and provides a holiday flat for use by full time Christian workers.
Westleague Limited
Charitable activitiesMake grants & donations in furtherance of our charitable objectives
The Selborne Society Limited
Charitable activities, Heritage, ResearchTo promote public education and research in natural history and antiquities and to publish the results of that education and research. To preserve and maintain, for the benefit of the public, places of natural beauty, scientific value and antiquarian interest.
The Michael & Nicola Sacher Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesThe Charity is a grant making trust applying funds to charitable causes at the trustees discretion.
The Bunac Educational Scholarship Trust
Charitable activities, EducationThe principal activity is the advancement of education by granting scholarships and grants to persons to pursue courses of approved study or research. Grants and Travel Awards have been made to people from Britain starting such courses in the USA and Canada.
Runton Dolphin Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, LeisureGrant Making to support young people's activity and sporting holidays.
Lowestoft And District Mencap Society
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Social welfare, SocietyThe Unity Centre is a cafe/charity shop offering advice/befriending/hate crime support. Activities: karaoke, arts & crafts, Bang & Crash, wellbeing and Groove.Our Unity Youth Projects department runs The Fort, a gaming hub that specialises in improving social connectivity & life/social skills, through digital/IT-based & modernised projects & activities, such as card/board/video games, D&D & VR.
The League Of Friends Of Northwick Park Hospital
Associations, Charitable activities, HealthRuns charity shop/within Northwick Park Hospital. Draws commission from other traders in adjacent area. Provides cash for equipment/comfort to benefit patients of the hospital.
The Puebla Charitable Trust Limited
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentGrant giving to charities which assist the poorest sections of the population or are involved in community development work.
The Bradshaw Gass Trust
Charitable activitiesTo provide annual income for specified charities, to approve grants to specified organisations and individuals for Works of Art and bursery awards connected with the profession of Architects and and discretionary grants approved by the Trustees.
The Dorus Trust
Charitable activitiesThe trust makes grants out of income towards charitable purposes, primarily through other charitable organisations.
The Wildlife For All Trust
Charitable activities, Environment, FacilitiesManage nature reserves and public education.
Southam Community Church
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareThe charity exists for the advancement of the Christian Gospel, the worship and service of God as revealed in the bible, the care of Christian people and the relief of persons in hardship, distress, old age or sickness. The charity conducts Christian worship and bible study and makes grants to further Christian work in Asia and Africa.
Jaffe Family Relief Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare1. Grants to descendents of Daniel Jaffe and/or their wives, widows and widowers (world wide) in need. 2. UK charities to distribute to individuals in poverty, in the UK.
Achiezer Va'achisomoch Trust
Charitable activitiesMaking grants to those institutions and individuals falling within the charities objects.
The Worshipful Company Of Chartered Secretaries And Administrators Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationThe charity's priorities for grant giving include annual donations to the Charity of the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Charity of the Master of the Livery Company, to certain affiliations of the Livery Company with schools and youth organisations. Prizes are given for excellence in Chartered Secretaries' exams. Only in exceptional circumstances are grants made to individuals.
The Moulton Harrox Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesThe Charity operates by making grants to Individuals and Organistations to help Children and Young People with Education and Training.
New English Art Club
Arts, Charitable activities, EducationThe principal activities of the charity are the promotion and advancement of public education of the art of drawing and painting. This is achieved through running life classes and workshops, the mounting of an annual open exhibition in London, the award of annual scholarships and the distribution by e-mail of a monthly newsletter that is circulated to Friends and a mailing list of supporters.
The Bacta Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe Trust is established to help people in the United Kingdom in need, hardship or distress as a result of local, national or international disaster or by their social and economic circumstances. At their discretion, the trustees can make grants for any other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
Joseph Brough Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionThe Trust provides grants to charitable organisations helping people in need in the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham. It gives priority to appeals linked to the Methodist Church as the settlor was an active Methodist.
Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionMaking Grants to Churches and Chapels etc of all denominations in the Archdeaconery of Buckingham
Rita And David Slowe Charitable Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Housing- donations to charities for vulnerable people in the UK, especially support of homelessness and trafficking people charities. -grants to UK charities that help the poorest people in Africa (and occasionally other continents) to help thenselves. This includes charities that redistribute materials such as books/computers from the West to where they are needed in Africa
Beckenham Theatre Trust
Arts, Charitable activitiesTO ADVANCE THE THEATRICAL ARTS, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE THEATRICAL ARTS, BY THE AWARDING OF GRANTS TO CHARITIES OR OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, PROJECTS AND ORGANISATIONS, WORKING TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Wolverhampton Rotary Club Charitable Trust
Associations, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfareEconomic & community development together with the relief of poverty locally, nationally and internationally by the making of grants to individuals and organisations.
Mirfield Educational Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, EducationThe charity makes grants to advance, either generally or individually, the education (including social and physical training) of persons under the age of 25 who are resident, or who have a parent or parents resident, in the area of the former Urban District of Mirfield. The trustees meet in February, May and October each year to consider written applications received by the clerk.
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.