Biggest grantmaking charities 2026

Grants to institutions reported in the detailed annual return — the biggest grantmaking charities · snapshot 2026-08-12

# Charity Grants madeLatest income
01 WELLCOME TRUST £1.41bn £589m
02 THE CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION £1.14bn £1.39bn
03 THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK) £473m £66.7m
04 CANCER RESEARCH UK £307m £735m
05 GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY £297m £140m
06 SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL £292m £1.10bn
07 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE FACILITY FOR IMMUNISATION COMPANY £286m £36.8m
08 THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND £261m £843m
09 CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND £241m £207m
10 UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation £230m £181m
11 QUADRATURE CLIMATE FOUNDATION £205m £222m
12 THE ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL £192m £235m
13 CITB £178m £280m
14 THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST £173m £155m
15 THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND £154m £263m
16 THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION £149m £150m
17 Founders Pledge Ltd £149m £246m
18 UBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION UK £144m £157m
19 THE LEVERHULME TRUST £131m £124m
20 GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION £128m £165m
21 SOUTHAMPTON ROW TRUST LIMITED £122m £147m
22 THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION £120m £95.5m
23 THE CH FOUNDATION (UK) £100m £119m
24 CHURCH OF ENGLAND CENTRAL SERVICES £99.9m £131m
25 PARISH GIVING SCHEME £99.9m £103m
26 BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION £98.6m £411m
27 AKO FOUNDATION £85.3m £70.2m
28 THE BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES £85.0m £106m
29 NPT Transatlantic Limited £84.3m £84.3m
30 THE UNITED KINGDOM COMMITTEE FOR UNICEF £84.0m £135m
31 THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY £82.9m £287m
32 BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES £78.9m £42.6m
33 ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED £71.2m £73.8m
34 OXFAM £67.3m £339m
35 Walk Wheel Cycle Trust £67.3m £111m
36 PAYPAL GIVING FUND UK £63.7m £66.6m
37 THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY £60.1m £16.4m
38 THE BRITISH COUNCIL £59.0m £1.01bn
39 MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (UK) £56.6m £95.3m
40 CARE INTERNATIONAL UK £53.7m £64.1m
41 INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION £53.2m £97.7m
42 ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION £52.7m £8.9m
43 WORLD VISION UK £52.6m £66.1m
44 THE GRACE TRUST £52.4m £60.7m
45 BREAKTHROUGH FOUNDATION £51.6m £50.0m
46 MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT £46.5m £246m
47 National Philanthropic Trust UK Limited £43.0m £225m
48 ST PETER'S COLLEGE (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WESTMINSTER SCHOOL) £42.8m £46.1m
49 THE FEDERATION OF GROUNDWORK TRUSTS £40.6m £48.7m
50 THE KATHERINE MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST £39.3m £2.5m
51 COMPASSION UK CHRISTIAN CHILD DEVELOPMENT £38.8m £53.2m
52 UK DRI LTD £38.5m £47.6m
53 BBC CHILDREN IN NEED £37.6m £61.0m
54 THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION £37.2m £26.9m
55 ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET TRUST £36.7m £41.7m
56 NATIONAL ASSISTANCE FUND £35.8m £41.8m
57 THE BOLOGNA CENTER OF THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY CHARITABLE TRUST £35.8m £9k
58 PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION £34.4m £50.7m
59 AGA KHAN FOUNDATION (UNITED KINGDOM) £34.3m £63.6m
60 PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK £34.2m £61.7m
61 WWF - UK £34.2m £89.3m
62 THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING £34.2m £71.8m
63 DAWAT-E-HADIYAH TRUST (UNITED KINGDOM) £33.2m £44.1m
64 GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION £32.8m £34.3m
65 IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION £32.1m £24.1m
66 CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU £31.0m £57.7m
67 CHARITY PROJECTS £30.7m £51.1m
68 MOONDANCE FOUNDATION £30.7m £66.4m
69 THE FEBRUARY FOUNDATION £30.5m £34.3m
70 MUSLIM HANDS £29.7m £33.4m
71 UNITED BIBLE SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION £29.3m £36.3m
72 ACTIONAID £29.3m £47.6m
73 WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION £29.3m £36.6m
74 CHRISTIAN AID £28.9m £71.4m
75 THE FARADAY INSTITUTION £28.8m £33.3m
76 AGE UK £28.6m £132m
77 LIFEARC £28.6m £205m
78 PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND £28.6m £645k
79 ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND £28.4m £30.9m
80 GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES (UK) £28.0m £27.5m
81 THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION £27.6m £28.5m
82 ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND £26.8m £286m
83 THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST £26.4m £11.5m
84 AMANAT CHARITY TRUST £26.1m £78.4m
85 CATHOLIC AGENCY FOR OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT £25.8m £56.2m
86 HOSPICE UK £25.8m £34.1m
87 ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARD £25.7m £38.8m
88 ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK £25.4m £61.9m
89 BENEFACT TRUST LIMITED £25.4m £48.9m
90 ONE UMMAH £24.7m £24.4m
91 HUMAN APPEAL £24.5m £90.2m
92 LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND & WALES £24.4m £29.6m
93 THE TRUSSELL TRUST £24.0m £62.8m
94 MOTABILITY £23.5m £54.2m
95 THE SIGRID RAUSING TRUST £22.8m £29.0m
96 THE CONGREGATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS OF LIEGE £22.1m £16.0m
97 THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION £21.8m £12.6m
98 THE EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION £21.8m £52.4m
99 THE SALVATION ARMY INTERNATIONAL TRUST £21.8m £81.8m
100 ORPHANS IN NEED £20.9m £23.5m

Figures as reported to the Charity Commission for England and Wales — Scottish and Northern Irish charities are registered separately and are not included. Reserves, headcount, grants and investment income come from each charity's detailed annual return, which only larger charities file. Annual returns lag the present by up to a year or more. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.