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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.

The Friends Of The Bate Collection Of Musical Instruments

Arts, Associations, Education, Heritage

Financial and technical support and an expert resource for the Bate Collection of Musical Instruments at the University of Oxford

Latest Income: £11,196
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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William Akroyd's Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

The charity awards scholarships tenable at a university or other education establishment in the UK to a) Kindred of William Akroyd who died in or about 1518 and b) Persons who have attended secondary school in the County of York. It also makes grants to Batley Grammar School Foundation and the Council of the University of Leeds.

Latest Income: £11,168
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Pike And Eure And George Walker Educational Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The aim of the Foundation is to provide financial assistance to young people who live in Washingborough and Heighington, Lincolnshire, and who in the opinion of its Trustees are in need of help in order to undertake courses at college, university or join apprenticeship schemes. For example, help towards the purchase of tools or books and also sporting activities.

Latest Income: £11,084
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Poor's Estate

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfare

Annual Christmas donations to the poor and elderly in the Parish. Annual Education grant to full time students at college or University away from home. Charitable donations as decided by the Trustees.

Latest Income: £10,776
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Newcastle Hillel

Education, Religion

Providing facilities, including accommodation, to promote the general education and religious and social welfare of students of the Jewish faith and the Jewish societies attached to the universities and other educational establishments in the North East of England.

Latest Income: £10,728
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Cantate Youth Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Cantate was formed by Michael Kibblewhite in 1994 as a mixed voice youth choir, to provide keen young singers with high quality training in singing and performance skills. The membership of almost 180 boys and girls represent about 80 schools, colleges and universities mostly in Essex, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. A Chamber Choir and a Parents Choir perform and support the youth choirs.

Latest Income: £10,705
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Freda Ashmore Scholarship Fund

Charitable activities, Education

The provision of awards and grants to personnel or projects within the Healthcare profession linked to The University of Birmingham School of Medicine

Latest Income: £10,327
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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The Chelmsford Science And Engineering Society

Beneficiary group, Education, Research

We run school's technology competition yearly. We hold engineering related talks in the winter period, September to April. We give award to Anglia Ruskin University top engineering degree student. We promote children taking STEM subjects.

Latest Income: £10,320
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Sheffield Hillel Association

Education, Religion

Advancement of education (and, in particular, religious cultural and social development) by provision of appropriate accommodation for the benefit of Jewish students undertaking higher education in Sheffield and its environs.

Latest Income: £9,918
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Webster's Whittington School Charity And Estates

Charitable activities, Education

We give an initial grant to students attending college or university full time to help with their expenses. The Trustees may from time to time make one-off grants to schools within the parish of Whittington, or those outside the parish which are attended by students resident in the parish of Whittington.

Latest Income: £9,563
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Norcross Scholarship Fund

Beneficiary group, Education

Scholarships / grants awarded to young persons under the age of 30 who have completed a course of study at any University, College or other place of further education approved by the Trustees. Scholarship / grant awarded to enable travel, within the UK or abroad, to further their education or to enable them to attend a course at any educational establishment approved by the Trustees.

Latest Income: £9,338
Areas of Operation: Rochdale
Status: Registered
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The Exeter Advancement In Life Charity

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

Awarding grants to individuals, who must be aged under 25 at the time of application and living within a radius of 15 miles of Exeter, for educational purposes, such as assisting towards the purchase of clothing, tools, books and other course equipment, or for help towards fees and relevant expenses at recognised schools, training colleges and universities.

Latest Income: £9,091
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Stapleford Feoffee Charity

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education

Inhabitants of the village of Stapleford, or who identify with it. Young people, playgroups, school field events, students going to University, adults in need of aids.

Latest Income: £9,050
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Bologna Center Of The Johns Hopkins University Charitable Trust

Education

The advancement of education by the promotion in the United Kingdom of post graduate study courses offered by the Bologna Center.

Latest Income: £8,896
Areas of Operation: Italy
Status: Registered
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The Energy, Petroleum, Mineral And Natural Resources Law And Policy Education Trust

Charitable activities, Education

The trust provides grants, prizes and other funding to support the education of post-graduate students from around the world in subjects relating to energy, petroleum, mineral and natural resources law and policy, primarily at the University of Dundee's Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy.

Latest Income: £8,873
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Boloz-Kulesza Trust Fund

Education, Research

Supporting Polish medical students wishing to study at Edinburgh University.

Latest Income: £8,843
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Litton Cheney Trust

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

Request for grants are considered from residents of Litton Cheney only.1. School leavers going to university, apprenticeships or first full time employment.2. Elderly on limited income towards cost of heating etc.3. Those needing financial help resulting from sudden illness or bereavement etc.4. Other Litton Cheney charities eg. School, Church and Community Associations.

Latest Income: £8,548
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Robert Pleydell Educational Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To provide support for educational facilities provided by Ampney Crucis Primary School and to provide grants to eligible young people who are resident in Ampney Crucis or have a qualifying connection to the village, to help with their further or higher education, vocational training or apprenticeships.

Latest Income: £8,438
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Henry Green Scholarships In Connection With Council Schools

Charitable activities, Education

Awards small annual grants to students who are undertaking a full-time course at either Oxford, Cambridge or London University. Applicants must be residents of Waltham Forest and have attended certain borough schools for not less than two years.

Latest Income: £8,101
Areas of Operation: Waltham Forest
Status: Registered
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Nancie Reckitt Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to students in higher education who reside in the parishes of Patrington, Rimswell and Winestead, aged 16-25 years and must have a residency of 5 years

Latest Income: £8,087
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Peveril Exhibition Endowment

Beneficiary group, Education

Awards to persons who have not attained the age of 25 years and who or whose parents are resident within the boundaries of the City of Nottingham, tenable at any secondary school, college of education, university or other institution of further (including professional and technical) education, approved by the Trustees.

Latest Income: £8,000
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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North Eastern Skin Research Fund

Charity and VCS support, Education

Local fund raising for research in to skin diseases based in the Dermatology Department, University of Newcastle-upon-Tye

Latest Income: £7,922
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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St Loe's, Seys And Bridges Foundation

Arts, Education, Social welfare

Providing books for the benefit of pupils in Woodchester and AmberleyAwarding Exhibitions to beneficiaries attending colleges, universities etcProviding financial assistance, clothes, tools etc to beneficiaries leaving schools etcProviding Financial assistance for extra curricula activities such as music

Latest Income: £7,799
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Radio Glamorgan (morgannwg) Hospital Radio Service

Arts, Education, Health

Hospital broadcasting service, based at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff

Latest Income: £7,717
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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School Of Industry Or Girls' School

Beneficiary group, Education

Grants for the benefit of young persons resident in the area of Hampton and Hampton Hill who are under 21 years of age and who need financial assistance towards payment of fees, travelling or maintenance expenses or by such other means while undertaking an apprenticeship or attending college/university.

Latest Income: £7,701
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
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.