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Education Charities That specialise in Student support

Discover 1,607 Education charities that specialise in student support. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,607
Charities
£41,404,805,161
Total Income
£743,247
Avg Income
88.5%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Reading List Foundation

Education

We generate and provide ?250 Scholarships to students from lower-income households in England about to start university. The Scholarship pays for all or nearly all of their reading list (textbooks) in the first year or study. This gives them some financial as well as emotional breathing space, as well as a welcome addition to their CV.

Latest Income: £144,484
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The UK Friends Of Sumbandila Scholarship Trust

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

Sumbandila aims to find intelligent and determined children from extremely deprived rural backgrounds and take them on an eight-year educational journey, with the long-term goal of creating leaders and entrepreneurs who can effect much-needed change in our society and economy. Sumbandila places a high emphasis on much-needed skills like mathematics, science, and technology.

Latest Income: £143,731
Areas of Operation: South Africa
Status: Registered
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Sierra Leone Grammar School Old Boys Association Foundation Trust (uk) Slgsoba

Education, Leisure

SLGSOBA (UK) supports the educational development of its alma mater, through scholarships, grants, sports for leisure time occupation, IT equipment to help in the development of the pupils knowledge of computer and internet. To create and deliver projects with strong enterprise nature for sustainability.

Latest Income: £143,728
Areas of Operation: Sierra Leone
Status: Registered
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The Bedgebury Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Bedgebury Foundation is currently awarding grants to individuals under two programmes: Additional Needs and Vocational Education. Grants are awarded to individuals under the age of 25 or to older individuals if they intend to teach young people under 25 within the two programmes.In addition there is an annual grant programme for schools.

Latest Income: £143,274
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Worshipful Company Of Plaisterers Charitable Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

The Trust supports individuals and charities as explained in the Grants Policy briefly described below. Grants to members, widows, and their dependants of the Plaisterers Livery Company in need. Educational Grants in the plastering industry specifically, but generally in City of London and surrounding areas. Support of HM Forces Charities. Educational bursaries to Choir Schools.

Latest Income: £143,127
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Malawi Scholarship Programme

Beneficiary group, Education

The object of the CIO is, for the public benefit, to advance the education of young people in the Mbabzi area of Malawi, Africa, in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by:a) Awarding to such persons scholarships tenable at any university, college or institution of higher or further educationb) Improving the school facilities and infrastructure

Latest Income: £141,802
Areas of Operation: Malawi
Status: Registered
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The Jackson Scholarship And Bursary Fund

Education

The charity provides educational grants which enable students to attend Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire.By means of its investment properties, the charity also provides facilities to Rossall School so that it can carry out its charitable aims.

Latest Income: £140,288
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Cumnor Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

Public benefit to promote the education of children by awarding to such persons scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at Cumnor House School, Danehill

Latest Income: £136,884
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Catenian Association Bursary Fund Limited

Beneficiary group, Education

Provides funding to individual Catholic young people aged 16 - 24 to undertake voluntary work lasting a minimum period of 15 days or who help to look after sick pilgrims visiting Lourdes.

Latest Income: £135,717
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Aks Lytham Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education

To advance the education of boys and girls by way of providing bursary awards subject to parental means testing thereby widening access to AKS School, and to improve the infrastructure of AKS School or such other area of benefit within which the Charity Trustees decide to benefit

Latest Income: £134,833
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Morse-Boycott Bursary Fund

Arts, Education

To provide bursaries for boy choristers to help them through education.

Latest Income: £133,994
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Broadway Arts Festival Trust

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Education

Arranging a biennial arts festival in Broadway, with supporting events and fund raising activities. Providing bursaries for tertiary arts students. Providing arts workshops and musical education for local junior schools.

Latest Income: £133,559
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Hope And Soul

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfare

PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AND WELLBEING OF THE CHILDREN.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN TANZANIA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:-AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN TANZANIA BY PROVIDING: -HOUSING, GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES

Latest Income: £133,484
Areas of Operation: Tanzania
Status: Registered
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Wellingborough School Foundation

Education

The advancement of education of the pupils at Wellingborough School through financial support and assistance of the school and/or wider educational initiatives projects and other associated activities, and by awarding scholarships, exhibitions, bursaries, maintenance allowances or grants tenable at the school or at any university, college of education, or other institution of further education.

Latest Income: £132,207
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Nasfat Thamesmead-Woolwich, UK

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Religion

- Welfare visitation to the less privileged homes;- Prayer / Lecture session every Sunday;- Arabic and Islamic classes for children and adults to learn the Holy Quran and to inculcate Islam;- Economic empowerment and skills building for members;- Scholarship award to students

Latest Income: £130,593
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Manava Trust

Education, Social welfare

The Manava Trust is a Charity whose object is relief of poverty and religious activities. It also grants educational scholarships.

Latest Income: £129,256
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Besiyata

Charitable activities, Education, Health, Religion, Social welfare

To promote the education of people of all ages around the world including awarding grants and scholarships, the prevention and relief of poverty by providing loans and grants to individuals and organisations, advancing the Orthodox Jewish religion in accordance with the Shulchan Aruch ( Code of Jewish Law), protecting the physical and mental health of the sufferers of any medical condition.

Latest Income: £128,588
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Kinus Hashluchim Lubavitch UK

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

Promote education and in-service training of Youth Workers, University Chaplains, Rabbis, Teachers, Community Workers and others engaged in community outreach work to promote continued development of their individual capabilities, competencies and skills.Awarding scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants to further such study.

Latest Income: £128,359
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal Archaeological Institute

Arts, Education, Heritage

Runs a lecture programme from October to May; Organises field trips to archaeological and historical sites;Holds an annual conference;Publishes the annual Archaeological Journal; Publishes two newsletters per year;Awards grants for archaeological research;Awards student prizes and bursaries

Latest Income: £128,295
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Byron Society

Arts, Education, Heritage, Research

Activities centre on promoting education, knowledge and research into the life and works of the poet Lord Byron and the history, literature, philosophy and culture associated with him. The society arranges regular lectures and seminars on these topics, sponsors associated conferences and cultural events and grants a PhD Bursary as a funding contribution to postgraduate academic research.

Latest Income: £126,041
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Reardon Smith Nautical Trust

Beneficiary group, Education

The object of the trust is the advancement of education of young persons up to the age of 25, resident in Wales, and Devon in particular those resident in the City of Cardiff, including, but so as not to limit the foregoing, by payment of grants, scholarships, exhibitions and bursaries to individuals to attend recognised or maritime courses relating to shipping, maritime law and commerce.

Latest Income: £125,549
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Foundation For Argentinian Development UK

Charitable activities, Education

We advance education in public policy studies by providing scholarships, bursaries, grants and other resources to students and academics working in the field. We also seek to conduct and disseminate research in the above-mentioned field and to make the results of such research available to the general public.

Latest Income: £125,180
Areas of Operation: Argentina
Status: Registered
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Baleap

Education

BALEAP supports the professional development of those involved in learning, teaching scholarship and research in English for Academic Purposes (EAP).

Latest Income: £124,298
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Masambiro UK

Arts, Education, Research, Social welfare

We pursues the advancement of education and the relief of poverty for the people of Malawi. Activities include supporting the building of educational facilities such as classrooms, supporting bursaries to school and university students, supporting teacher training, supporting vocational training for school graduates and providing educational resources such as text books, science equipment.

Latest Income: £123,812
Areas of Operation: Malawi
Status: Registered
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The Kerusso Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education

The Kerusso Trust is an enabling charity that supports Christian training and education programmes in Malawi. We partner with Malawian Christian organisations and trusted individuals to provide non-denominational Bible-based training programmes for 1000s of pastors, church leaders, village chiefs, youth and children in rural Malawi, and bursaries for girls to attend a Christian secondary school.

Latest Income: £123,234
Areas of Operation: Malawi
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many student-support education charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,607 registered student-support education charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the student-support education charities by income?

United Learning LTD is the largest by latest reported annual income (£786.0m). 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 student-support education charities?

Student-support education charities reported a combined annual income of £41.4bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for student-support education charities?

Across all student-support education charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 88.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of student-support education charities?

Student-support education charities have an average annual income of £743k. 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.