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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.

Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra

Arts, Education

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THE MORE MODERN REPERTOIRE, BY PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS ONCE A TERM (ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY CALENDAR) AND BY SUCH WAYS AS THE ORCHESTRA THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Latest Income: £4,885
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Kirton-In-Lindsey Exhibition Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

Book Grants to students attending higher education (ie University).Students must live in the following parishes: Kirton in Lindsey,Blyborough, Grayingham, Hibaldstow, Manton, Northorpe, Redbourne, Scotter, Scotton and Waddingham.Students must also have attended one of the following Primary Schools for at least 2 years:Kirton in Lindsey, Scotter, Messingham, Waddingham or Hibaldstow

Latest Income: £4,837
Areas of Operation: North Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of Thomas Thompson

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Facilities

Grants to college & university students living in the parish. Grants to playing field. Grants to childrens and young peoples activities within the parish.

Latest Income: £4,826
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Jack Leighton Charitable Endowment Trust Fund

Education, Heritage

The furtherance of the b-iannual Earl Lecture given at Keele University, encouragement of historical research into the history of Staffordshire and its environs, assistance in the publication of such research and supporting purposes of an educational nature as connected with Keele University

Latest Income: £4,820
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Peel Foundation Scholarship Fund

Education

The charity makes awards to students, under 25 years of age, resident in or in the neighbourhood of Blackburn, who are entering university or other institutions of higher education for degree courses. Candidates must be nominated by the head teacher or principal of the college attended and will be selected using set criteria: academic excellence, career ambitions and financial need.

Latest Income: £4,813
Areas of Operation: Blackburn With Darwen
Status: Registered
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Hope One World

Economic and community development, Education

Hope One World provides educational workshops, training and support for less advantaged communities around the world.

Latest Income: £4,767
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Bromfield Educational Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

We give grants to young people in higher education and donations to educational projects for young people.

Latest Income: £4,764
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Nottingham Hospitals Radio

Arts, Education, Health

Broadcast radio to patients of Nottingham City Hospital and the Queens Medical Centre. Both hospitals are governed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.In addition we now broadcast on the Alexa Smart speaker.However, content is hospital based.

Latest Income: £4,721
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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The Sutton Charity Icw The Leicester Royal Infirmary

Charitable activities, Education, Health, Social welfare

TO PROVIDE GRANTS OF UP TO £200 TO COVER TRAVEL EXPENSES, PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT/CLOTHING FOR ANYONE WHO IS, OR HAS RECEIVED IN PATIENT TREATMENT WITHIN THE 3 HOSPITALS CONSISTING OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER I.E. LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY, LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL, GLENFIELD HOSPITAL.

Latest Income: £4,706
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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The Foundation Of St Augustine Reading (eleanor Palmer Trust)

Education, Religion

To provide financial and other support to the Anglican Chaplain appointed to, but not employed by, the University of Reading.

Latest Income: £4,584
Areas of Operation: Reading
Status: Registered
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Jane Palmer's Educational Foundation

Arts, Education, Religion

Providing income for students at College, University & Further Education for residents of Burgh le Marsh up to the age of 25. To provide the local C of E School with extra money for books, etc. The money is provided from rent income from a parcel of land left for this purpose.

Latest Income: £4,574
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Thynne And Weymouth Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

St. James' School year 6 leavers who live in the parish, receive a small grant. If they transfer to Chipping Campden School, another grant is paid when they move to higher education. A third payment is made at the start of their 3rd year provided their permanent address has not changed. Some support is provided for the school, governors, Sunday school and youth worker costs.

Latest Income: £4,570
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Cripps Hall Trust

Education, Social welfare

To support existing and past members of Cripps Hall of Residence (University of Nottingham) through the provision of travel scholarships to encourage personal development and benefits to the wider community, discretionary grants for additional Hall facilities and support for cases of individual hardship, and on-going membership / communication services.

Latest Income: £4,460
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Yorkshire R F U Youth Trust

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The organisation, provision or assistance to encourage pupils at schools and universities or other places of higher education as well as persons under the age of 21 to play Rugby Union Football.

Latest Income: £4,448
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Thomas Whitham Sixth Form

Beneficiary group, Education

Provision of Scholarship Grants / Awards to young people going to higher education or training.

Latest Income: £4,300
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Mary Smith Scholarship Fund

Education

Payments to Pupils & Past pupils going onto higher education

Latest Income: £4,105
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Faith Clerkson's Exhibition Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to individuals going to university or other further education who live in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

Latest Income: £4,006
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Claire Jarvis Memorial Fund

Education, Religion

Support for the Universities Chaplaincy in Leeds

Latest Income: £3,850
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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The Norfolk And Norwich University Hospital Nurses League

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Professions

We help members of the 'league', aid their families, dependents and colleagues with small financial gifts where necessary, required and applied for. We produce an annual journal and have an AGM requesting for updated information on colleagues/members and their families who may be in need of our assistance. Membership currently 397.

Latest Income: £3,814
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sir John Plumb Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to young historians at Cambridge and other UK universities to assist in research or the publication of research.

Latest Income: £3,734
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Christopher Robinson Fund

Education

The CR Fund exists to support and encourage links and visits between Christians in the University of Cambridge and the Christian organisations in Delhi which have developed out of the Cambridge Mission to Delhi.

Latest Income: £3,636
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Broughton In Furness Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

Providing financial support for the education of young people (under 25yrs old - residing within the West Broughton Parish boundary). For example -help with sixth form education, university costs & help for the local primary school.

Latest Income: £3,634
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Hugh Stewart Hall Association Trust

Charitable activities, Education

Provision of grants to individuals and institutions at The University of Nottingham to further the education of its students.

Latest Income: £3,616
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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John Morris

Charitable activities, Education

Provide Grants to aid students from the Caernarfon and Llanrug parish with their higher education costs.

Latest Income: £3,478
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Haddenham Educational Charity

Charitable activities, Education

Makes grants to Haddenham residents going on to further education - college/university and to Haddenham schools for education needs.

Latest Income: £3,461
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
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.