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Education Charities That specialise in Higher education

Discover 579 Education charities that specialise in higher education. Use the search below to filter within these results.

579
Charities
£19,730,821,908
Total Income
£995,601
Avg Income
91.7%
Program Ratio

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

Francon Trust

Education

Financial support for school examination high achievers but limited financial resources, from London, to attend first degree courses in subjects related to careers in accountancy, medicine, engineering and similar professions. Applications, supported by head teachers, are required nine months before attendance at university. A brief letter should be sent initially. There is an application process.

Latest Income: £36,418
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Henry Lester Trust Limited

Education, Health

Grants and awards to persons from the Peoples Republic of China to study and research in certain specified fields at post-graduate level and above at UK Universities and hospitals

Latest Income: £36,240
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Radio City 1386am - The Swansea Bay Uhb Hospital Radio Service

Arts, Education, Health

Hospital Radio. Provision of Hospital Radio programmes for the Patients, Staff and Visitors to the Swansea Bay University Health Board Hospitals.

Latest Income: £35,717
Areas of Operation: City Of Swansea
Status: Registered
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Sir Richard Winfrey Memorial Scholarship

Education

Giving pupils the opportunity to continue into higher education at Mill Hill School through financial assistance.

Latest Income: £35,221
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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West Middlesex University Hospital Postgraduate Medical Educational Trust

Education, Health

Generates funding to support medical education

Latest Income: £35,172
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Bosbury Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

The charity gives grants to young people to assist with the cost of higher education. It can only help people who have lived in the parish of Bosbury for at least 3 years.

Latest Income: £33,026
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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The Edith Evelyn Wali Mohammad Memorial Fund

Charitable activities, Education, Research

The WMT gives grants to deserving students from Pakistan at Universities in the UK who are in need of funds to complete their course of study. The grants are restricted to science, medicine and technology.

Latest Income: £32,837
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Concord Video And Film Council Limited

Arts, Education, Heritage

Provides training DVDs and Videos to Social Services, Higher Education and Universities.Provides DVDs and Videos about the Arts to Higher & Further Education bodies plus Museums and Art Galleries etc.

Latest Income: £32,327
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Eric Twiname Trust

Education, Leisure, Social welfare

To give financial assistance towards the organisation of events & facilities which will enable & encourage pupils of schools & universities in the UK to participate in activities associated with sailing. To assist in the provision of boats & sailing equipment for such pupils, to provide bursaries for disadvantaged youngsters to enable them to pursue sailing activities, provision of coach boats.

Latest Income: £32,134
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Grundy Educational Trust

Education, Research

Provision of awards to post-graduate students in the fields of science and technology at five nominated universities.

Latest Income: £31,995
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cambridge University Rifle Association

Education

Supporting Target and Match Rifle shooting for members of Cambridge University.

Latest Income: £31,877
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Otago University Trust

Charity and VCS support, Education

Fundraising from UK Alumni and Supporters.

Latest Income: £31,514
Areas of Operation: New Zealand
Status: Registered
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Bishop Otter Trust

Education

The Charity supports higher and further education by the provision of freehold land to the University of Chichester, the loan of an art collection to the University and by the making of grants in accordance with the Objects of the Charity.

Latest Income: £31,030
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Ralph Bates Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund

Education, Health

To promote, carry out or participate in research into pancreatic cancer and associated diseases by way of grant, loans, remuneration etc to hospitals, universities, colleges and similar bodies engaged in research. To provide relief and comfort to pancreatic cancer sufferers.

Latest Income: £30,945
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Heinrich Wolfgang Donner Settlement

Arts, Education

For travelling scholarships or other financial aid to Nationals of Scandinavian Countries to assist and encourage them in research in English Literature and general education assistance as decided by the Governors of Abo Akademi University

Latest Income: £29,127
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Restore - Burn And Wound Research

Education, Health, Heritage

Restore is dedicated to working towards a future free from the physical and psychological damage of scarring, supporting outstanding doctors as Research Fellows, supervised from Oxford and London Universities. This vital work can benefit anyone suffering from scarring, whether sustained through burning, trauma, essential surgery, birth defects or cancer, regardless of age, race or gender.

Latest Income: £27,900
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Finnart House School Trust

Beneficiary group, Education, Religion

Bursaries are awarded to 14 to 21 year old Jewish pupils who are in danger of under-achieving because of adverse family and/or financial pressures. Scholarships are available for Jewish students who have the ability to enter university but might not do so because of their circumstances. If funds allow, grants are made to agencies giving care and/or education to Jewish children and young people.

Latest Income: £27,867
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Higgs And Cooper's Educational Charity

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

The charity provides grants to young people who live in or were born in Charlton Kings and are under the age of 25. These grants are made for educational purposes - e.g. funding towards National Curriculum history trips, music lessons, activities associated with Guiding and Scouting (such as international gatherings), support for university or college education.

Latest Income: £27,572
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Anglo Jewish Association

Beneficiary group, Education, Religion

Providing financial assistance to qualifying students either directly from the charity or indirectly from other bodies. Providing useful information regarding Higher Education in the UK and providing support to other organisations that offer Financial support to Scholars, Survivors and Refugees.

Latest Income: £26,782
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Brian Large Bursary Fund

Education

The Fund's focus is on furthering education and research in transport at UK universities. It does this primarily by providing bursaries for UK residents studying full time for a taught Masters degree in Transport at a UK university.

Latest Income: £26,239
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Hartshorne Charities

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

Provision of clothes, shoes etc for school childrenAssisting local organisations in the village - cricket club, Dethick Educational Trust, Medical centres. Full time students at universities given assistance with books, equipment etc.Bedding and furniture for low income families.Funding only for residents of Hartshorne Parish

Latest Income: £26,062
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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T A Delcomyn Bequest In Connection With 1st East Putney Scout Group

Associations, Education, Leisure

Scouts are do-ers and give-it-a-go-ers. Yes, we go camping, hiking, swimming, abseiling and canoeing. But we also get to hang out with our friends, having fun, playing games, working in a team and taking on new challenges. Every week we give almost half a million 6-25 year olds the skills they need for school, college, university, the tricky challenge and the big dreams: the skills for life.

Latest Income: £25,899
Areas of Operation: Wandsworth
Status: Registered
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Joseph Conrad Society (uk)

Arts, Education

We publish the premier Conrad journal, The Conradian, appearing twice annually, hold an annual international conference in the early summer, award an annual essay prize, and promote the study of Conrad by offering, when possible, resources and support to scholars without, or with limited access to, university or other sources of funding.

Latest Income: £25,479
Areas of Operation: Hammersmith And Fulham
Status: Registered
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Cleveland Scientific Institution

Charitable activities, Education, Professions, Research

Advancement of metallurgical, mining, chemical, engineering and shipbuilding sciences. Provision of rooms for study and facilities for lectures. Making grants for research, or study solely or jointly with other bodies. Provision of grants to schools for the encouragement of science & engineering subjects. Provision of grants for students to attend university.

Latest Income: £25,206
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Thomas Ryder Wilton Bequest

Beneficiary group, Education

Promoting or furthering the education of or affording educational benefit to male or female persons who are being educated at either Liverpool College or Liverpool College Independent School Trust (LCIST) or who having been educated by Liverpool College or LCIST are registered students as under-graduates or post-graduates of the University of Cambridge or the University of Oxford.

Latest Income: £24,556
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many higher-education education charities are there in the UK?

There are 579 registered higher-education education charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the higher-education education charities by income?

United Learning LTD is the largest by latest reported annual income (£790.0m). 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 higher-education education charities?

Higher-education education charities reported a combined annual income of £19.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for higher-education education charities?

Across all higher-education education charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 91.7%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of higher-education education charities?

Higher-education education charities have an average annual income of £996k. 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.