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.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
George Jackson's Educational Foundation
EducationTrustees issue awards annually to students in the final year of their studentship at Birmingham City University (Department of the Arts, Design & Media) to enable them to further their studies by travelling, usually for research purposes.
Arthur Gaell For Apprenticing Foundation
Arts, Education, Social welfareBY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUT-FITS, CLOTHING,TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS,TO BENEFICIARIES ON LEAVING SCHOOL, A UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO PREPARE FOR, OR TO ASSIST THE ENTRY INTO, A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING.
Mrs Mary Montague's Charity
Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareMakes charitable donations to the following categories of local people: the elderly in need; those in poor health; those who are unemployed; 6th Form, College or University students; and parents/guardians of children needing help with the cost of school books or uniforms.
Charities In Connection With Bolton Institute Of Higher Education
EducationTo provide Scholarships for individuals and group art students, as part of their academic programme whilst at the University of Bolton with a preference given to European study
Oxford University Society Of Change Ringers Bell Restoration Fund
Education, Heritage, ReligionProvides financial assistance to churches and college chapels situated in or near the City of Oxford, in which the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers has an interest, for the purpose of maintaining and improving bell installations.
Kirkby Overblow Educational Foundation
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, EducationCharity gives one off grants to young adults who live in the village of Kirkby Overblow who are starting university to help towards books or equipment needed for the course. It also gives grants to the local primary school to help children to go on educational trips.
Afcea (uk) Academic Trust
EducationThe aim of the AFCEA (UK) Academic Trust is to encourage excellence in the study of subjects relating to command, control, communications and information systems at universities, colleges of further education and military and civil service teaching institutions.
Hugh Smith Memorial Fund Icw University College London
Arts, EducationAn award to students in the department of English or Scandinavian studies for English or scandinavian literature
Charity Of Richard Naylor
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationThe Charity provides financial assistance to young persons leaving school who make application to the Charity and who are going on to further education (i.e. University or Polytechnic) and who live within the Ancient Chapelry of Heptonstall. The award to assist them in purchase of books for their studies.
Friends Of The Hebrew University, Medical And Dental Branch, (manchester)
Associations, Charity and VCS support, EducationPostgraduate dental education and fund raising
Heythrop Institute
EducationProvision of Higher Education
Mary Hamer Hoyle Technical Scholarship Fund
Charitable activities, EducationProvide grants for ex pupils of Rowlands Methodist primary school and Sunday school who are proceeding to higher education
School Lands Charity
Beneficiary group, EducationThis Trust has a small income which can be applied in promoting the education of young people who are resident in the Parish of North Tawton. Small grants can be made towards expenses of students going to University, undertaking courses in Further Education or taking Apprenticeships etc.
Anne Fishers Charity
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationThe Anne Fisher Charity gives modest grants (average -£30) to students who are studying at university to purchase books relevant to their course/degree. It also makes small donations to the needy and elderly who are over 75 years of age. All applicants must be residents of Thurlby or Northorpe, Lincolnshire.
The Reve Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, EducationThe objects of The Reve Educational Foundation as stated in the governing document are to assist boys and girls resident in the Parish for the purposes of both elementary and higher education with the purchase of materials or related expenses necessary in the promotion of education
University Of York Chaplaincy Centre
Education, Religion"THE TRUST PROPERTY SHALL BE HELD UPON TRUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF AN ECCLESIASTICAL CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE METHODIST CHURCH THEREFOF FOR USE AS A CHAPLAINCY CENTRE FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF YORK"
Chess (children's Health And Education Secured By Sponsorship)
Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareSponsors children through their education and provides medical treatment through three clinics in Mombasa Kenya. Supports students through university and assists with the relief of poverty through the provision of food and other basic necessities such as clothing etc. School uniforms and other essential school items also provided. Now funding building work for educational facilities.
Sir William Stede's Charity
Education, Social welfareThe Charity exists to assist people suffering financial hardship, who are entering further/higher education, or apprenticeship schemes who live within the boundaries of the ancient Parish of Milton-next-Sittingbourne.
The Harold Caldecott Lake Scholarship
Arts, EducationGrants given to pupils of Isleworth & Syon School to study Engineering at University or Music at school.
John Barker Bursary Fund
Arts, EducationThe charity awards bursaries to students in need who are going on to study music at university or conservatoire.
The Fortieth Birthday Scholarship Fund
Charitable activities, EducationMakes grants to aid students improve their chances of gaining a Higher Education place.
William Lishman And Alice Sarah Lishman Exhibitions
EducationThe award of funding to assist pupils to attend schools, universities and other institutions or classes for the purposes of education.
Lomans Trust
EducationTo provide bursaries for the education of pupils in South Africa who are not of European descent, in particular to assist pupils to qualify for University entrance and to help teachers-in-training.
Jopson's Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, ProfessionsGrant making to young people from the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. James, Staveley, entering or continuing in further or higher education and to the Vicar and Churchwardens of the parish for the provision of religious instruction for the children of the parish by means of Sunday Schools or otherwise.
University Of Bristol School Of Law Appeal
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareDistributing hardship grants to students studying Law in the University of Bristol's School of Law.
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.