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as at 27 September 2026

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83,833 charities work on education/training

That is 48.8% of the register. Together they report £72.3bn of income, and 4,749 (5.7%) are behind with their accounts. A charity can list several purposes, so it can appear under more than one.

The largest, by income

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 Save the Children International 1076822 £1.1bn
2 The British Council 209131 £1.0bn
3 United Learning Ltd 313999 £790.0m
4 Cancer Research UK 1089464 £734.8m
5 Lloyd's Register Foundation 1145988 £691.7m
6 Cardiff University 1136855 £634.1m
7 Wellcome Trust 210183 £589.5m
8 The Ormiston Trust 1164358 £436.9m
9 The Girls' Day School Trust 306983 £373.4m
10 Canterbury Christ Church University 1098136 £353.8m
11 Oasis Charitable Trust 1026487 £344.5m
12 Barnardo's 216250 £340.3m
13 Change, Grow, Live 1079327 £339.7m
14 The Salvation Army 214779 £338.3m
15 Swansea University 1138342 £325.6m
16 The Eric Wright Charitable Trust 1002966 £308.9m
17 The British Red Cross Society 220949 £293.5m
18 The Shaw Trust Limited 287785 £291.1m
19 ST Michael's School (Leigh-On-Sea) Limited 280688 £288.8m
20 The Royal National Lifeboat Institution 209603 £286.7m
21 Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind 207544 £283.8m
22 Citb 264289 £280.2m
23 Aqa Education 1073334 £280.1m
24 The Save the Children Fund 213890 £262.5m
25 The Francis Crick Institute Limited 1140062 £246.2m
26 Founders Pledge Ltd 1162201 £245.8m
27 Macmillan Cancer Support 261017 £245.5m
28 Royal Mencap Society 222377 £244.4m
29 The Salvation Army Social Work Trust 215174 £239.7m
30 Islamic Relief Worldwide 328158 £239.0m
31 Leicester Grammar School Trust 510809 £235.7m
32 ST Andrew's Healthcare 1104951 £235.6m
33 The Archbishops' Council 1074857 £234.9m
34 Raspberry Pi Foundation 1129409 £233.3m
35 Canal & River Trust 1146792 £232.6m
36 University of South Wales/Prifysgol De Cymru 1140312 £224.9m
37 University of Wales:trinity Saint David 1149535 £209.8m
38 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 207076 £195.0m
39 United Church Schools Trust 1016538 £185.2m
40 Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation 211775 £182.1m

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