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Economic and community development Charities That specialise in Urban areas

Discover 363 Economic and community development charities that specialise in urban areas. Use the search below to filter within these results.

363
Charities
£9,914,386,440
Total Income
£963,216
Avg Income
79.4%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Thanet Community Development Trust

Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

The company's activities are the promotion and advancement for the public benefit of urban and rural regeneration in the Isle of Thanet by the releif of poverty and unemployment and the advancement of education and training.

Latest Income: £270,274
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Cultura Trust

Economic and community development, Heritage

operating primarily throughout Yorkshire, Cumbria, the North East of England and Scotland but also nationally as a building preservation trust and an impartial advisory body offering guidance to those interested in the enhancement and protection of the historic environment in both rural and urban areas, providing training and education in traditional building and engineering heritage skills.

Latest Income: £266,626
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Pat Benson Community Sports Foundation

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

Pat Benson Community Sports Foundation uses sport, particularly boxing, in addition to mentoring and personal development to improve the life chances of young people and adults in the most challenging and deprived areas of inner-city Birmingham. The foundation is based in Small Heath and specialist staff deliver programmes ranging from mental wellbeing to homework clubs & women's only classes.

Latest Income: £265,758
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Moseley Park And Pool Trust

Economic and community development

Management of an Urban Park

Latest Income: £256,986
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Yes Outdoors

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

Yes Outdoors offers various schemes such as mentoring, training, outdoor activities, to young people at risk of offending, involvement in youth violence or joining a gang. The charity aims to get inner city youth interested in other pursuits and make better life choices.

Latest Income: £256,122
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Lancelot Hasluck Trust

Economic and community development, Housing

The Charity provides unfurnished dwellings for married couples and single persons aged over 55 who are fit and able to care for themselves, have lived for a significant period in the past 20 years within the area of benefit (London Borough of Barnet with preference given to the pre 1965 Urban Districts of East Barnet, Chipping/High Barnet and Friern Barnet) and can establish housing need.

Latest Income: £254,286
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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St Peter's Urban Village Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure

Provides accommodation and open space on site for education, accommodation and sport for children, charities, the disabled and general public.

Latest Income: £247,061
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Urban Design Group

Economic and community development

The UDG is established for the public benefit:-To promote high standards of performance and interprofessional co-operation in planning, urban design and architecture, landscape design and all other aspects of the built environment.-To educate the relevant professions and the public in matters relating to urban design.

Latest Income: £246,504
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Whitby Area Development Trust

Economic and community development

The promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular in the Whitby district and surrounding area).

Latest Income: £233,104
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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London Thunder Basketball Club

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Leisure, Social welfare

Provide activities which benefit the community and in particular to provide diversionary activities for disadvantaged young people living in the inner city of London. The company aims to reach those young people who do not normally have access to high quality coaching programmes. Young people will benefit from positive role models and the opportunity

Latest Income: £229,778
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Urbanwise.london Limited

Economic and community development

Urban Environmental Education focussing on all aspects of the local area.

Latest Income: £215,550
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Freightliners Farm Limited

Arts, Economic and community development, Leisure

Freightliners Farm is a city farm based in Islington, London. It aims to provide a rural type environment in an urban setting, which is open and accesible to all. The focus is on education, community participation and access to opportunities particularly for isolated and vulnerable people. Activities are based around farming, horticulture, animal care, crafts, food production and the environment.

Latest Income: £206,520
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Derby Urban Church

Economic and community development, Religion

The advancement of the Christian faith according to the principles of the Baptist denomination. The Church may also advance education and carry out other charitable purposes in the United Kingdom and/or other parts of the world.

Latest Income: £199,356
Areas of Operation: Derby City
Status: Registered
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Peter Coates Foundation

Economic and community development

The PETER COATES FOUNDATION, through a mixture of education, investment, and otherurban regeneration philanthropy, will apply the right ingredients to drive the urban regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent.

Latest Income: £190,329
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Tottenham District Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development

The provision of assistance in the form of grants to the poorer residents in Tottenham and those who are house bound due to sickness, particularly old people

Latest Income: £185,500
Areas of Operation: Haringey
Status: Registered
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Pollinating London Together

Economic and community development, Education, Facilities, Research

Pollinating London Together will directly help to redress the decline in pollinators in urban environments through its educational resources, public events series, educating schools, promoting citizen science, developing and carrying out audits of green spaces and encouraging pollinator-friendly planting in the City of London, its immediate environs and then to the rest of the UK.

Latest Income: £184,407
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Container Based Sanitation Alliance

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development

Our vision is a world where access to dignified, safe and affordable sanitation is no longer out of reach for families and communities in dense urban areas. To support, this we aim to support greater quality and availability of container based sanitation (CBS) services through researching, sharing, and promoting CBS as a cost effective, climate-smart solution to the urban sanitation crisis.

Latest Income: £176,158
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Create Streets Foundation

Economic and community development, Social welfare

(a) providing training to community groups (above all in economically and socially disadvantaged areas) in the context of neighbourhood planning and urban design activities; and (b) promoting study and research in such subjects and disseminating the useful results of such study to the public at large.?

Latest Income: £174,501
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Ijurr Foundation Ltd.

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

The Foundation focuses its activities on encouraging the training and career development of young researchers in the field of urban and regional studies, mainly those from low and middle-income countries. It does this by supporting studentships and writing up grants, as well as grants to attend international conferences and summer schools.

Latest Income: £173,963
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Farm Urban

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Environment

We undertake research in and to advance the education of the public in the protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by the promotion of sustainable development of urban food production and promote for the benefit of the public, the protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment by the sustainable development techniques for urban food production.

Latest Income: £172,044
Areas of Operation: Flintshire
Status: Registered
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Mercian Community Trust

Economic and community development, Social welfare

Tackling issues of deprivation, poverty and social exclusion across the geographical area covered by the Diocese of Lichfield in both urban and rural communities

Latest Income: £167,922
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Alpha Tutorials

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Social welfare

As an Educational Charity in the Inner City, We provide free Basic Numeracy ansd Literacy help to adults who cannot read or write. Over 90% of the Adults who come to our venue are unemployed and cannot engage in meaningful employment due to poor Literacy Skills. These adults do not have access to an Internet connection or a home Computer. They come to our centre for advice and guidance.

Latest Income: £161,925
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sail Training Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development

The Trust uses sail training as a method of raising the aspirations of inner city young people through their teenage years. Their training is both on the water and on dry land and results in the growth of confidence, teamwork and leadership skills whilst gaining valuable qualifications to enhance their careers and enable them to actively participate in the regeneration of our community.

Latest Income: £159,477
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Fassnidge Memorial Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Facilities

The objects of the Trust in order of priority are:1) To benefit old persons residing in the area of the former Urban District of Uxbridge;2) To benefit such persons residing elsewhere in the London Borough of Hillingdon;3) For any charitable purpose for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the said London Borough.

Latest Income: £158,503
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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The Tam O'shanter Cottage Urban Farm Trust

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure

Manage a city farm on the outskirts of Birkenhead, Wirral for public recreation and education. With a small collection of farm animals, cafe, nature trail, special events and gift shop the farm also provides opportunities for volunteers to be involved from maual tasks to fundraising.

Latest Income: £149,112
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many urban-areas economic and community development charities are there in the UK?

There are 363 registered urban-areas economic and community development charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the urban-areas economic and community development charities by income?

Lloyd's Register Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£691.7m). 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 urban-areas economic and community development charities?

Urban-areas economic and community development charities reported a combined annual income of £9.9bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for urban-areas economic and community development charities?

Across all urban-areas economic and community development charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 79.4%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of urban-areas economic and community development charities?

Urban-areas economic and community development charities have an average annual income of £963k. 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.