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.
The Great Yarmouth Grammar School Foundation
Charitable activities, EducationEDUCATION/TRAINING.The Foundation investment Income is used to finance projects by participating schools and making grants available to students within these schools.
The Tysoe Utility Estate
Charitable activitiesIncome for the charity is generated from properties owned by the charity leased to village residents/businesses as well as investments. The charity awards grants to eligible residents of Tysoe village who have been resident for seven years or longer.
Adam C I Naylor Charitable Trust
Charitable activitiesEstablished to make grants for charitable purposes.
2nd Swanwick Scout Group
Associations, Charitable activitiesScout Group operating in accordance with the Policy Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association
Egham United Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity's purpose is to relive "persons resident in the area who are in need, hardship or distress by making grants of money or paying for items, services or facilities". The area is the electoral wards of Egham, Englefield Green, Hythe and Virginia Water and a beneficiary should, normally, have resided there for not less than five years.
Friends Of Worcester Cathedral
Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, ReligionThe Friends is a membership organisation which raises funds from subscriptions, donations, investments and other activities. The Friends' purpose is to make grants to the chapter of Worcester cathedral and other groups within the cathedral in preserving, maintaining and developing the cathedral's mission, resources, music and other aspects of the worship and life of the cathedral.
The C Paul Thackray General Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, SocietyGrant making in Yorkshire particularly within a ten mile radius of Harrogate for the care, rehabilitation and education of those with special needs, the protection of the local environment and complimentary medicine. Internationally, grants can be made for training and technology in developing countries, medical assistance, the protection of human rights, ecology and conservation.
The Sir Geoffrey Todd Trust
Charitable activitiesGrants to individuals and organisations for medical and related purposes.
William Medley's Charity
Charitable activities, Economic and community developmentTHE CHARITY OPERATES TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO THE NEEDY OF THE PARISH BY THE ISSUE OF DOLE PAYMENTS TOWARDS, ELECTRICITY, GAS OR COAL. IT ALSO PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS TO STUDENTS
Lister Area Kidney Patients Association
Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareThe LAKPA provides support to persons suffering from kidney disease in particular patients from Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire receiving treatment via the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. We provide services or items to improve the welfare of renal patients and carers e.g. equipment, printed information, speakers, grants to patients and subsidised social events.
Rycroft Children's Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity makes grants to the classes shown in A8c for the benefit of children and young persons in need, hardship or distress for the purposes shown in A8a. Grants are made entirely at the discretion of the trustees. We do not make grants for computer equipment, education, overseas travel or individual holidays.
Rayleigh Christian Ministries Trust
Charitable activities, Facilities, ReligionFacilitates the activities of the various Christian activities in Rayleigh, Essex.
South Devon And Cornwall Institution For The Blind
Charitable activities, HealthThe object of the charity is to help promote the welfare of state registered blind people within the South Devon and Cornwall area. This is done mainly by providing grants to help them purchase educational equipment and living aids.
Sussex Chorus
Arts, Charitable activities, ResearchThe Choir's object is to provide,improve,develop and maintain public education in appreciation of the art and science of choral music in all its aspects
All Saints Foundation
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Heritage, ReligionRaises funds & makes grants in furtherance of the:- worship, ministry, music & work of All Saints Margaret Street- restoration, improvement, development, maintenance & repair of the Parish Church, its furniture, ornaments, churchyard & the ecclesiastical property connected with it (including Nos 6 & 8 Margaret St) - work of the Institute of Christian Studies (as existing from time to time)
S C And M E Morland's Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, ReligionThe Trust gives to Quaker, local and national charities which have a strong social bias, and also to some UK based international charities. The Charity's grant making programme is fully committed and so the Trustees are not considering unsolicited grant applications at the current time.
The Public Purposes Charity
Charitable activitiesThis Charity provides grants for the benefit of the parishioners of STANFORD IN THE VALE from the interest from a Trust portfolio
The Strathspey Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareGrants to organisations operating in areas of Poverty, in many countries of the world, either directly or usually through other charities (Countries shown below are countries within which the beneficiary charities are located, but frequently the grants are solely for their work in a particular country in Africa, South America or Asia)
The Rotary Club Of Taunton Vale Trust Fund
Associations, Charitable activities, Education101 General Charitable Purposes207 General Public/Mankind302 Makes grants to organisations (including schools,charities etc.)
Dorchester Round Table Charitable Trust Fund
Charitable activitiesMakes grants to individuals and organisations via monies raised through events held during the year.
Alderley And Knutsford District Scout Council
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, ReligionProvide scouting activities for young people in the area between Holmes Chapel and Handforth in accordance with the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association.
Marshall's Educational Foundation
Charitable activities, Education1) To provide a grant for the support of students attending Stamford Endowed Schools.2) To provide grants for students in financial need who are resident in north Southwark, with preference for those attending St Olave's & St Saviour's Grammar School.
Nottinghamshire Constabulary Benevolent Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfareTo enable the fund to carry out its purpose namely A) To assist by monetary grants such members of the fund and their widows, children and dependants as may be in necessitous or impoverished circumstances. B) To make grants to police charities and subscriptions to such other charities as the trustees may decide.
Caspian Cultural Centre
Arts, Charitable activitiesTHE LIBRARY FOR IRANIAN STUDIES INVOLVES IN ACTIVITIES IN ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN IRANIAN CULTURE.
The Norman Lockyer Observatory Society
Charitable activities, Leisure, ResearchThe Principal Activity of the Company is to promote, develop and encourage public education in, awareness and study of science, engineering and technology, science education and research and the recreational study of science, especially sciences related to Astronomy and all forms of communication
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.