Skip to main content Skip to navigation

Research Charities That specialise in Science

Discover 2,145 Research charities that specialise in science. Use the search below to filter within these results.

2,145
Charities
£6,700,981,361
Total Income
£2,028,756
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

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

Common Room Of The Great North Limited

Research

To advance, for the benefit of the public, education in the practice and understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, in particular in the North-East Region by:a) Owning, operating and maintaining building b) Owning, and promoting the cultural, industrial and engineering heritage of building and collection c) Promoting public knowledge and awareness of role of STEM

Latest Income: £609,652
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

The Jean Shanks Foundation

Education, Research

The advancement and promotion of medical research, education and the dissemination of results. The establishment, maintenance of scholarship grants, fellowships, research grants and prizes awarded to scientists and other persons engaged in medical research or related sciences.

Latest Income: £609,405
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

The Fisheries Society Of The British Isles

Research

The objectives of the FSBI shall be to encourage, promote and support all branches of fish biology and fisheries science and conservation.

Latest Income: £607,278
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

Castle Howard Arboretum Trust

Research

To maintain and extend plant collections, make them available to the public, ensure scientific integrity of records and develop educational and information services

Latest Income: £590,289
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
View Details

The Vascular Society

Research

The objects of the Society are to relieve sickness and to preserve, promote and protect the health of the public in Great Britain, Ireland and the world by advancing for the public benefit, the science and art of, and research into the treatment of vascular disorders, and promoting or conducting or causing to be carried out or fund all types of research relevant to vascular disease.

Latest Income: £589,846
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

Queer Britain Museum LTD

Beneficiary group, Heritage, Research, Society

The purpose is to establish and operate a museum, for the benefit of the public and primarily focused on the education of LGBTQI issues including:(1) The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation ofreligious or racial harmony or equality and diversity;(2) The advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science; and(3) The advancement of education.

Latest Income: £588,791
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

The Palaeontological Association

Research

To support the science of palaeontology and related subjects by publication of original research, by the holding of meetings, by the award of grants, and by such other means as the trustees may determine from time to time

Latest Income: £588,628
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

UK Smart Recovery

Research

UK SMART Recovery is a science-based program to help people manage their recovery from any type of addictive behaviour who provide support meetings both in the community and at some service providers who are in Partnership with us

Latest Income: £586,267
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

The Needham Research Institute

Heritage, Research

Building on the late Dr Joseph Needham's foundation, the Institute facilitates, promotes and develops academic research, publication and teaching in the fields of the history of science, medicine and technology in East Asia.

Latest Income: £583,435
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

Humane Slaughter Association

Research

The HSA is the only registered charity that works, in the UK and internationally, through educational, scientific and technical advances, exclusively towards the highest worldwide standards of welfare for food animals during transport, marketing, slaughter, and killing for disease control and welfare reasons.

Latest Income: £580,344
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

The Annals Of Botany Company

Arts, Research

The Company delivers public benefit by publishing original plant science in its journals Annals of Botany, AoB Plants, and in silico Plants. It operates on a not-for-profit basis and applies any surpluses to the creation and free distribution world-wide of the botanical media Botany One and The Week in Botany. It also makes selective grants and donations in pursuit of plant science more generally.

Latest Income: £578,216
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

Open Pathway Retreat Centre

Education, Health, Research

To serve the public good by promoting the study and practice of the art and science of Meditation and Natural Healing.

Latest Income: £576,562
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
View Details

The Anglesey Agricultural Society

Economic and community development, Leisure, Research

To promote agriculture, horticulture and forestry and to advance science and research in connection with these subjects for the benefit of the public and to promote the improvement of livestock and the prevention and eradication of disease in animals useful to man in particular in the Isle of Anglesey and other parts of Wales.

Latest Income: £574,717
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Anglesey
Status: Registered
View Details

Olive Ridley Project

Health, Research

ORP is on a mission to protect sea turtles and their habitats. We do this through rescue and rehabilitation of injured sea turtles, scientific research, and education and community outreach. Our rescue and rehabilitation facilities include a fully-equipped, veterinary run marine turtle rescue centre with laboratory and surgical facilities, and a sea turtle rehabilitation centre in the Maldives .

Latest Income: £574,350
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

Institute Of Imagination

Beneficiary group, Heritage, Research

The Institute of Imagination works to advance the education for the public benefit in the subject of the arts, sciences and digital technologies by offering learning programmes to young people across the UK and internationally

Latest Income: £572,531
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
View Details

London Mathematical Laboratory

Research

The charity's objects are to advance education, learning and research, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, by establishing, maintaining, managing and developing a research institute for theoretical and applied science and mathematics.

Latest Income: £572,243
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
View Details

The Society For Radiological Protection

Research

THE LEADING SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY FOR ALL IN THE UK WHO ARE PROFESSIONALLY CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF IONISING AND NON-IONISING RADIATION IN INDUSTRY, MEDICINE, RESEARCH, POWER GENERATION, DEFENCE, EDUCATION, AND CENTRAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

Latest Income: £563,715
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

Petworth Festival

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the arts and sciences including music, opera, literature, painting, drawing, architecture design and other arts and sciences in all their aspects in such ways as the charity shall from time to time determine. The charity is aware of its responsibilities under the public benefit requirement as set out in the accompany

Latest Income: £559,946
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
View Details

Science Of The Soul - British Isles

Arts, Research

Organises weekly discourses, free of charge, on the philosophy of Sant Mat at each of its 24 regional centres situated across the British Isles. Distribute books, audio and visual materials about spirituality. The trustees prepared and distributed a quarterly newsletter containing a spiritual message and information about the charity's activities to the public, without charge.

Latest Income: £551,136
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

The Portico Library And Newsroom

Arts, Research

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, LITERACY, THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE PROVISION OF LITERATURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE WIDENING OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN MATTERS OF LITERACY, ARTISTIC, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INTEREST OF EVERY KIND; TO CONDUCT A LIBRARY IN THE PREMISES AT MOSLEY STREET, MANCHESTER, AND BUY OR HIRE AND LEND BOOKS, MAGAZINES, MUSIC, PERIODICALS AND PUBLICATIONS GENERALLY.

Latest Income: £549,959
Areas of Operation: Manchester City
Status: Registered
View Details

The Faraday Institute For Science And Religion

Arts, Research

The Charity's objects are to advance education in the field of science and religion by carrying out research in all aspects of that subject, publishing the useful results in academic journals and books and improving the public understanding of issues in the field of science and religion by disseminating research results.

Latest Income: £547,444
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
View Details

Society For Reproduction And Fertility

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

Supports research, education and training in reproductive biology and reproductive science.Holds one or two national or international conferences each year, sometimes in association with other learned societies.Provides grants in support of travel, special publications and other activities as agreed by the the Society's Council of Management.Owns and publishes an academic journal: Reproduction

Latest Income: £547,320
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Limited

Arts, Heritage, Research

The principal activities of the charity are to educate and encourage the public in all aspects of the Arts Sciences Crafts and History with particular reference to the County of Cornwall.

Latest Income: £543,790
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
View Details

British Society Of Blood And Marrow Transplantation And Cellular Therapy

Research

To promote education and research in blood and marrow stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Latest Income: £540,723
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
View Details

British Division Of The International Academy Of Pathology CIO

Research

The BDIAP promotes the advancement of pathology by co-ordination with allied sciences, by the encouragement of research, by the improvement of teaching and technical methods, through scientific meetings in Britain and overseas.

Latest Income: £537,544
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details
Previous Page 16 of 86 Next

Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many science research charities are there in the UK?

There are 2,145 registered science research charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the science research charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). 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 science research charities?

Science research charities reported a combined annual income of £6.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for science research charities?

Across all science research charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of science research charities?

Science research charities have an average annual income of £2.0m. 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.