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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.

St Thomas And St Luke Educational Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

Promoting the edcation (including social & physical training) of persons under the age of 25 years who are resident in the area of the Ancient Parish of Dudley or who have a parent or parents so resident who are in need of financial assistance. EG. grants tenable at school/ college/ university. Fin asstnce for outfis,clothes,books to assist such persons in education or enter a profession/trade.

Latest Income: £2,237
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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The Bergman Osterberg Union Benefit Fund

Education, Health, Housing, Social care

Financial help given to meet a particular need of former students having completed initial teacher training on Dartford Campus/The University of Greenwich and ex-members of staff. Payments towards the cost of provision of service or equipment for the sick and infirm, adaptations to homes of the disabled, fuel bills, travel expenses for hospital, care home or respite care visits.

Latest Income: £2,193
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Radio Glangwili

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Education, Health

Provide a hospital radio service. Raising funds for the radio station. Train and encourage young students on using and helping to maintain the service. Close links with local secondary schools and university. Interlink with other external organisations to do recordings of concerts, interviews, etc.

Latest Income: £2,185
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Alleyne's High School

Arts, Education, Social welfare

Awarding beneficiaries Scholarships,Bursaries or Maintenance Allowances tenable at any school,university, or other place of learning, approved by the Council.In providing financial assistance, outfits,clothing,tools,instruments or books to enable beneficiaries on leaving school,a university, or any other educational establishment to prepare for or to assist their entry into a profession.

Latest Income: £2,130
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Rawdon Schools Trust: The John Emmott And Francis Layton Endowments

Beneficiary group, Education

The Charity invites applications for grants from young persons under 21 years of age. Applicants must be in full-time education at school, college or university and resident in Rawdon.

Latest Income: £2,113
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Heptonstall Exhibitions

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The Charity provides financial assistance for young people leaving school who are going on to further education (i.e. University/Polytechnic) and who make application and who live within the Ancient Chapelry of Heptonstall for the purpose of providing assistance with the purchase of books

Latest Income: £2,106
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Thomas Taylor

Beneficiary group, Education

To make awards of grant aid to young persons within the area of Dronfield to assist them when embarking upon apprenticeships or higher education

Latest Income: £2,077
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Hampshire Industrial Archaeology Society

Education, Heritage

An interest in all Industrial Archaeology sites in Hampshire, research and recording, lectures to members and occasional visits.

Latest Income: £2,055
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Shaikh Hebatbhoy Abdeali Ziauddin Trust

Education

Higher Education grants and other general charity donations

Latest Income: £2,040
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Radio Ysbyty Glan Clwyd

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Education, Health, Social welfare

Sustain continuity of radio programmes on 24/7 basis to patients and staff of Betsi Cadwalader University Health Board. Undertake ward visiting to patients to counter loneliness. Play music requests and provide news and information. Fundraising to maintain organisation including visiting events with an outside broadcast vehicle.

Latest Income: £2,039
Areas of Operation: Conwy
Status: Registered
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The Sharpe Collection Trust

Education, Heritage, Housing

Maintenance of (bells & related material comprising) The Sharpe Collection formerly housed c/o Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford now in store awaiting a new home.

Latest Income: £2,011
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Pynsent's Exhibition Foundation

Education

The Pynsent Exhibition Foundation is an old Chudleigh charity, which provides modest grants for the 18 - 25 year olds of Chudleigh, attending Full Time Further and Higher Education.

Latest Income: £2,000
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Joseph Hague's Educational Trust

Charitable activities, Education

Making grants to students to assist in university education

Latest Income: £1,974
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Richard Harrold

Arts, Education, Social welfare

Grants are paid to persons under the age of 25 who are resident in South Walsham, Norfolk, who are in need of financial assistance and who are at college or university or working under an apprenticeship. Grants are paid for clothing, tools, instruments, books or travel expenses.

Latest Income: £1,940
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Oriental Museum

Associations, Education, Heritage

The charity was formed for the purposes of providing financial and practical support to the Oriental Museum (which is part of the University of Durham) and to inform members about all aspects of the history, culture etc. of the Orient (through lectures, events, etc.).

Latest Income: £1,937
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Brecon County University Scholarship Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

The Fund awards Scholarships or Grants to undergraduate students attending or about to attend University of Wales Cardiff (also known as Cardiff University) who are, or have a parent or parents, resident in the area covered by the Borough of Brecknock in the County of Powys.

Latest Income: £1,937
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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The Foundation Of Thomas Hodges

Beneficiary group, Education

To help financially young people in higher education/starting a profession or trade

Latest Income: £1,923
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Cecil De Salis Scholarship

Education

The Charity's objects are to provide scholarships, tenable at any university, college of education or other institution of further (including professional and technical) education, to be awarded to former pupils of Bishopshalt School, in the London Borough of Hillingdon, with preference given to former pupils studying at one of the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Reading.

Latest Income: £1,874
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of Nott And Perrott

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Provision of grants to local young people upon moving to secondary school and going to University. Grants are also considered for special projects involving young people, or young person, under the age of 25, in the Parish.

Latest Income: £1,869
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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The George Wells Educational Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

To Fund & Help young people who are furthering their education by either entering university, college or entering upon an NVQ apprenticeship. Helping with costs towards books, equipment and tools.

Latest Income: £1,841
Areas of Operation: Milton Keynes
Status: Registered
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Bishop Pursglove's School Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

Provision of support for children leaving school to assist in their University education and entry into a profession, trade or calling. Provision of support to Aided schools within the parish of Tideswell for items not normally provided by the LEA and assist those schools in refurbisment of fabric.

Latest Income: £1,812
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Bristol And West Of England Appeal For A Chair In Orthopaedic Surgery At The University At Bristol

Education, Health

To promote and extent the learning and knowledge of and research into ortopaedic surgery.The activities consist of the raising and allocation of funds to support appropriate medical research, particularly that undertaken by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in Bristol.

Latest Income: £1,805
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Unitarian Historical Society

Education, Heritage

Produces annually a set of learned articles known as 'The Transactions Of The Unitarian Historical Society'. The transactions are widely distributed to historians, libraries and universities. The society meets every year for its annual general meeting and lecture. Members pay a subscription and attend the AGM. They receive a copy of the transactions in return for their subscriptions.

Latest Income: £1,803
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sir Howell J Williams' Scholarship Fund

Beneficiary group, Education

Scholarship available to pupils leaving Tywyn School whose parents reside in the parish of Talyllyn, tenable at an institution of Higher Education.

Latest Income: £1,752
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of Thomas Durrad

Beneficiary group, Education

Grants for school children,young people, University students and apprentices

Latest Income: £1,718
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
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.