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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 Reuben Burton Foundation

Charitable activities, Education

Grants to former pupils of Newchurch and Roughlee Schools, attending University or other Higher Education Establishment, paid annually for the course's duration on confirmation of each year's study.

Latest Income: £254
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Joseph Neale

Education

The Trustees meet once a year to award a bursary to any senior scholar who has applied to the charity. Usually 2, 3 or 4 students at university receive a bursary of about ·25 each.

Latest Income: £250
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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The Frank Squires' Trust Fund

Education

Advancing the course of education within the County of West Glamorgan and in particular of assisting former pupils of Dan-y-Graig and St Thomas Junior Schools to pursue courses of higher education.

Latest Income: £226
Areas of Operation: City Of Swansea
Status: Registered
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The Arthur Hopkin Memorial Scholarship Fund In Connexion With Porth County Grammar School For Boys

Education

A PRIZE TO A STUDENT OF THE SCHOOL WHO ENTERS ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

Latest Income: £216
Areas of Operation: Rhondda Cynon Taff
Status: Registered
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The Charity Of Florence Baber

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

Founded in 1715 to help, poor children apprentices to some honest calling. The Charity seeks to assist young people under the age of 25 in their preparation for work, training or higher education.This has included: Equipment for training. Travel or living expenses for training courses. Purchase of books and voluntary work. Awards are modest but seek to facilitate learning, access and opportunity.

Latest Income: £185
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Trevenen Exhibition Endowment

Education

Support students in higher education

Latest Income: £184
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The H J Cutler Trust Fund Icw Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College

Education

To aid needy persons to commence or continue to study .

Latest Income: £181
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Patrick Scholarships

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Provision of small grants to young people from the parish of Ravenstonedale who are taking courses in higher education.

Latest Income: £181
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The John Banner Scholarship Fund

Education

Provision of Scholarship Grants, financial support and prizes for college and university students, within the East Midlands region, intent on a career in the Hospitality Industry.

Latest Income: £175
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Lavenham Exhibition Endowment

Beneficiary group, Education

The Charity operates in Lavenham, Suffolk only, for the benefit of young people continuing further/higher education.

Latest Income: £159
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Norton-Juxta-Kempsey Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

Money may be available for the advancement of Education for children who or whose parents are bona-fide resident in the parish of Norton-Juxta-Kempsey by way of rewards to children at school, payments for continuance at school and exhibitions for higher education subject to certain specified conditions.

Latest Income: £149
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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The Jones-Roberts Bequest Icw Ysgol Y Moelwyn

Education, Social welfare

To aid beneficiaries at a University or other institution of Further Education, to travel to pursue their education, to provide financial assistance, outfits, clothing, tools, etc., to prepare for or to enter a profession, trade or calling.

Latest Income: £142
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Priors Charity

Arts, Education

Grants for students of the Chesham Bucks area for education books at university

Latest Income: £140
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Francis Bradford

Arts, Education

Gives a small grant to students in their second year of higher education toward books and equiptment

Latest Income: £120
Areas of Operation: Monmouthshire
Status: Registered
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Lady Northampton's Charity

Education

The charity provides limited financial assistance for students resident within the Parish of Moulsoe and about to start college/university/similar.

Latest Income: £115
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Bacon Exhibition Endowment

Arts, Education, Housing

Our charity helps individuals who live or attend school in the area specified by the terms of the charity with books for educational purposes, with travel to & from school, with uniform, with further educational studies at university abroad or at home. This year we had four applicants.

Latest Income: £112
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Rogers Exhibition Or Scholarship Foundation

Education

to provide financial assistance for residents of Cottenham, Cambs wishing to enter further or higher education or take up an apprenticeship

Latest Income: £107
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Society For The Advancement Of Buddhist Understanding

Arts, Education, Religion

Distribution of the book The Teaching of Buddha and promotion of buddhist studies at universities.

Latest Income: £98
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Harlestone Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

Promotion of education to young people under the age of 25 and resident in Harlestone, awarding bursaries or maintenance allowances where there is a financial need to anyone in secondary school or higher education. Also provides financial assistance for any school student, also resident in the parish, towards items not provided by the local authority.Trustees consider applications confidentially.

Latest Income: £81
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Hannah Anderton's School Charity

Childcare, Education

Money is provided for students after school leaving age when they are persuing further or higher education or an apprenticeship.

Latest Income: £77
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Wales Educational Foundation

Education

To consider annual bursaries to recommended students going on to University or further education from the Wales High School, Kiveton Park.

Latest Income: £75
Areas of Operation: Rotherham
Status: Registered
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The Swanland Education Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Grants towards books for children attending University from Swanland.

Latest Income: £75
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Apprenticing And Eleemosynary Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Providing student grants to the young people of Hoby. Grants provided for university and vocational students living in the village

Latest Income: £62
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Charlotte Wilson Educational Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

SMALL GRANTS GIVEN (ON APPLICATION) TO CHILDREN OF THE PARISH TO FURTHER THEIR STUDIES, IE. BOOKS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION OR UNIVERSITY.

Latest Income: £58
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Thomas Young

Arts, Education

Grants given for books, equipment etc to students from Pattishall Parish who are in higher education. This includes University, colleges of higher education training courses, apprenticeships, placements etc.

Latest Income: £27
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
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.