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Economic and community development Charities

Discover 2,554 Economic and community development charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

2,554
Charities
£3,952,035,051
Total Income
£1,366,540
Avg Income
87.3%
Program Ratio

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

The Heathfield Trust

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

Income from property,owned by the trust,used for Overseas aid/famine relief and Religious activities.

Latest Income: £66,896
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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East Kent Ploughing Match Association

Animals, Economic and community development

To encourage those employed in Agriculture and to award prizes for skills in ploughing with Tractors, Vintage & Horses, also for excellence in Crop Husbandry.The Charity also aims to educate the general public in the fundamentals of Agriculture and to impart a greater understanding on the relationship between Farming and the Environment.

Latest Income: £66,888
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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World Ploughing Organisation

Economic and community development

To foster and preserve the art and improve the skill of ploughing the land. To promote World Championship Ploughing Contests. . To urge the developement and adoption of improved trchniques and aids to man in all branches of agriculture.. ll To support and co-operate with other charitable bodies or associations in thr furtherance of these objects.

Latest Income: £66,833
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Farmers' Club Charitable Trust

Economic and community development

Supporting learning and leadership within the food, farming and associated industries.

Latest Income: £66,762
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The East Riding Of Yorkshire Federation Of Young Farmers Club

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development

A YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION RAISING AWARENESS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE

Latest Income: £66,677
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Community Trust Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

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

Grant Making to other charities and organisations in the Brighton and Hove area particularly those involving impoverished or disadvantaged women and children and the local Church of England Primary Schools

Latest Income: £66,468
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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Teesside Federation Of Women's Institutes

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Housing, Research, Society

To advance the education of women in all areas including local, national and international issues of political and social importance, music, drama, other cultural subjects, all branches of agriculture, crafts, home economics, science, health, social welfare, to promote sustainable development, to advance citizenship for the public benefit by the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering.

Latest Income: £66,325
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Craven U3a

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

1. To advance the learning of the public in the Craven district and its surrounding locality and in particular middle aged and older people who are not in full time gainful employment.2. To provide facilities for leisure and recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the above persons in the interests of their social welfare

Latest Income: £66,120
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The New Mechanics Institution Preservation Trust Limited

Economic and community development, Heritage, Leisure

Benefiting the people of the Swindon area by preserving the built heritage (of particular historical, architectural or constructional interest); by developing and operating facilities for the education, recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare; and providing activities supportive of community development, and of regeneration and renewal.

Latest Income: £66,030
Areas of Operation: Swindon
Status: Registered
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Priority Management LTD

Economic and community development, Education

Education/TrainingEconomic/Community development/Employment

Latest Income: £65,793
Areas of Operation: Knowsley
Status: Registered
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Maruti Trust

Arts, Economic and community development, Health, Social welfare

We provide health services to poor, needy and suffering people. We promote education and prepare poor and needy people for jobs. We provide meals to 100,000 poor and hungry people. We provide hospital care for over half a million poor and suffering people with eye problems and crippled people.We promote education. We train crippled people for IT, TV, Mobile phone and Radio repairing for jobs.

Latest Income: £65,572
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Humanitarian Aid Limited

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social care

Collecting Aid and raising funds in England to enable us to help and supply the Aid to the Ukraine. The funds are raised to carry this out. The Charity supports centres and orphanages in the Ukraine. The people we help are mainly children, disabled and elderly.

Latest Income: £65,494
Areas of Operation: Ukraine
Status: Registered
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Cwmavon And District Boys' Club

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

Providing a fun safe supervised environment for recreational and educational activities where all youngsters can develop selfesteem and the qualities needed to become caring responsible citizens, showing youngsters that someone cares. The club ethos is to maximise potential of all young people, increasing their opportunity of employment, enabling them to become active members of the community.

Latest Income: £65,414
Areas of Operation: Neath Port Talbot
Status: Registered
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The Wiltshire County Federation Of Young Farmers' Clubs

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development

Youth work

Latest Income: £65,038
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Bridgwater Agricultural Society Limited

Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

USE OF INVESTMENT INCOME FOR ADVANCEMENT OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SOCIETY'S OBJECTIVES; IE TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THOSE AREAS.

Latest Income: £64,812
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Barnabas Charitable Trust

Economic and community development, Social welfare

To apply grants and provide management and administrative support when required to inner city projects in Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool which aim to give help to the disadvantaged people in our society; and to childrens projects in N Derbyshire, Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool

Latest Income: £64,780
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Swinton Playgroup

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Economic and community development, Education

RUNS A PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUP FOR TEN 3 HOUR SESSIONS A WEEK, OVER FIVE DAYS, IN A COMMUNITY BUILDING IN A SMALL VILLAGE IN RURAL NORTH YORKSHIRE

Latest Income: £64,433
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Campaign To Protect Rural England - Dorset Branch

Charitable activities, Economic and community development

The objects of the Branch shall be seek to improve, protect and preserve for the benefit of the public, the countryside and the market towns and rural villages of the County of Dorset.

Latest Income: £64,238
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Collaborative International Pesticides Analytical Council Limited

Economic and community development

The promotion of agriculture in the field of pesticides for the benefit of the community.

Latest Income: £64,167
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Chester Civic Trust

Economic and community development

WE HELP TO CONSERVE CHESTER'S HERITAGE, WE INFLUENCE THE NATURE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND WE PROVIDE CONSTRUCTIVE OPINIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

Latest Income: £64,015
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Barn Outdoor Pursuits Association

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Leisure

The charity aims to provide an accommodation centre to enable programmes for personal and social development of young people in Rural & Wild Country. This is founded upon the principle of equality of opportunity and the principal that it should be affordable to all, irrespective of social standing or background.

Latest Income: £63,756
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Gloucestershire Federation Of Young Farmer's Clubs

Economic and community development, Leisure

a) To advance the education of youbg members of the public in agriculture, homecrafts, country life and related subjectsb) in the interests of social welfare to provide and promote the provision of facilities for recreation, to improve conditions of life, encourage self reliance and individual responsibility so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of the community

Latest Income: £63,394
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Electrical Contracting Industry Further Education Fund

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

Provides grants to JIB operatives and JIB registered apprentices, who wish to undertake further education or training in the Electrotechnical sector over and above what is required under the JIB grading structure. Funding is also open to anybody who wishes to undertake research as a whole and there is discretionary funding for the unemployed within the sector.

Latest Income: £63,056
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Ambleside Welfare Charity

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfare

Makes grants and donations to applicants who must be resident in the Ambleside ward of the Lakes Urban Council, for "Need, Hardship and Distress". Monies for distribution from leasing out of two town centre properties as retail outlets.

Latest Income: £62,960
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Cumbria Federation Of Young Farmers' Clubs - Northern District

Economic and community development

YFC has 15 Clubs in North Cumbria.

Latest Income: £62,910
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

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

There are 2,554 registered 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 economic and community development charities by income?

Barnardo's is the largest by latest reported annual income (£340.3m). 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 economic and community development charities?

Economic and community development charities reported a combined annual income of £4.0bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

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

Across all economic and community development charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 87.3%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

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

Economic and community development 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.