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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.

Minnie Morgan's Scholarship

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Awarding scholarships to students to study/read drama or dramatic arts at university.

Latest Income: £18,260
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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The British Music Society Of York

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The British Music Society of York puts on six Chamber Music Concerts each year in the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall at the University of York. Our purpose is to bring chamber music to as wide an audience as possible and to this end we offer annual subscription for students and young people at only £3.67 per concert and for adults at only £10.75 per concert.

Latest Income: £18,153
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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The Robert Higham Apprenticing Charity

Arts, Education, Social welfare

Grants aid towards the cost of books, travel, stationery, specialist clothing to students between ages 16 to 25 attending sixth forms, colleges and universities. Students must be residents of the Parishes of Kingsclere and Ashford Hill with Headley.

Latest Income: £17,884
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Old Oundelian Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

The objectives of the Fund are to give financial assistance to any Old Oundelian or their children at Oundle School, Laxton School or at some Preparatory School or at some recognised place of higher education. To found Scholarships, Exhibitions or Bursaries and to give financial assistance by loan or gift to any Old Oundelian or their dependants in need or in furtherance of recreational activities

Latest Income: £17,696
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Ruth First Educational Trust

Charity and VCS support, Education

Raises funds to award the annual Ruth First Scholarship to enable a student from southern Africa to take a taught Master's course at Durham University

Latest Income: £17,646
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Kurt Hahn Trust

Education

The KH Trust seeks to foster Anglo-German understanding in memory of Kurt Hahn. The Trust awards scholarships for German nationals to study at the University of Cambridge at postgraduate level, for Cambridge graduates who are non-German nationals to study or undertake research in Germany, and for non-German nationals of any level to attend language courses in Germany over the University vacations.

Latest Income: £17,586
Areas of Operation: Germany
Status: Registered
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A C Irvine Travel Fund Icw Oxford University

Education

Grants are made to assist junior members of Oxford University to take holidays in the mountains either in Britain or abroad.

Latest Income: £17,332
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Martin Scholarship Trust

Education

The establishment and maintenance of scholarships and bursaries to be known as ?The Martin Scholarships? to be awarded to students and graduates of the University of Hartford, Connecticut, USA, to enable them to attend Hertford College, Oxford

Latest Income: £17,327
Areas of Operation: United States
Status: Registered
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Ulcc

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

The choir aims to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in an appreciation of liturgical choral music by the provision of such music for Christian Church Services and by presentation of public concerts and recitals.

Latest Income: £17,089
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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South Wales Institute Of Engineers Educational Trust

Beneficiary group, Education

To promote engineering to young people, and provide financial help to students, schools, colleges, universities and other organisations promoting engineering in Wales.

Latest Income: £16,639
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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University Of Kwazulu-Natal UK Trust

Beneficiary group, Education

To support and advance at the Univeristy of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, the education of people in need so far as the same is charitable by the law of England

Latest Income: £16,512
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Act Educational Trust

Education

To provide for the education and training of individuals in treasury management and related subjects. Activities include bursary awards for students from developing countries and university prizes.

Latest Income: £16,130
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Oxford University Officer Training Corp Charitable Trust

Associations, Education

This charity is for the education and leadership training of young Officer Cadets.

Latest Income: £16,077
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Charlbury Exhibition Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

The charity promotes the education of young people from Charlbury, Oxfordshire, in particular by awarding grants for apprentices or students in further and higher education. It derives its income from its assets including a property and a field left to the town in 1666.

Latest Income: £15,946
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Lancaster University Chaplaincy Centre

Education, Religion

Religious activities

Latest Income: £15,759
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of William Malthus

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, Education

Financial assistance to young people training or entering schools,colleges/universities; educational grants to local preschool and primary school.

Latest Income: £15,582
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Great Burstead Exhibition Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Grant making to young persons in the Billericay area for university education or vocational training

Latest Income: £15,424
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Bequest Of Sir W L Travers

Education

Providing funding for individuals and organisations for the purposes of further/higher education.

Latest Income: £14,748
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Justinian Bracegirdle Exhibition Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Awards grants to students at Oxford University

Latest Income: £14,396
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Leicester Literary And Philosophical Society

Arts, Education, Heritage, Research

The Society organises an annual series of lectures, usually held in Leicester New Walk Museum, for the advancement of education in Literature, Science and the Arts. It publishes proceedings and supports the museum. Natural History and Geology Sections organise further events. The Society has close links with Leicester, De Montfort and Loughborough universities and Leicester City Council.

Latest Income: £14,161
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Flitwick Combined Charities

Education, Housing

The Charity collects income from Investments and Pays Students in their second year ay University a Grant if their home address is within Flitwick, and we also assist Applicants for Relief in Need

Latest Income: £14,028
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Southampton Film Theatre

Arts, Education, Leisure

In association with the Union Films of Southampton University Students Union, The Phoenix (Southampton Film Theatre) periodically shows a wide range of films to subscribing members of the general public and members of Union Films. Its aims are to provide entertainment, to encourage an appreciation of the medium of film and to promote the use of film as a record of contemporary life.

Latest Income: £13,918
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Bulkeley-Evans Scholarship Fund

Beneficiary group, Education

The charity awards about 30 to 35 scholarships a year to suitable girls and boys in HMC schools for appropriate gap year projects for their time between school and university. The awards are made to candidates of suitable character and promise who have some financial need, and who plan to complete a project that will benefit the community or communities in the country or countries visited.

Latest Income: £13,782
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Michael James Music Trust

Arts, Education

Awards made to Churches, Universities, Schools and Individuals to assist in education emphasis being given to music in a Christian context. Concerts are held to promote the work of the charity.

Latest Income: £13,699
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Camborne School Of Mines Trust

Education

The objective of the Trust is the promotion of education and research in (a) mineral resources disciplines and (b) other disciplines in so far as carried on in conjunction with education or research in mineral resources disciplines. The Trust predominately supports the Camborne School of Mines and its students as part of the University of Exeter.

Latest Income: £13,683
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
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.