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Student support ED105

Student support is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Education category.

2,229 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 1.10% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

\b(scholarships?|bursar(y|ies)|grants for (student|pupil)s?)\b

Distribution by size of charity

Income band Charities with tag Percent of all charities
Under £10k 937 1.24%
£10k - £100k 622 0.91%
£100k - £250k 207 1.00%
£250k - £500k 78 0.79%
£500k - £1m 55 0.89%
£1m - £10m 114 1.34%
Over £10m 44 2.16%
Total 2,057 1.08%

Distribution by charity regulator

Regulator Charities with tag Percent of all charities
ccew 1,931 1.13%
oscr 250 1.00%
ccni 48 0.67%
Total 2,229 1.10%

Ten largest charities (by income)

Name Latest income
Heriot-Watt University [Charity number: SC000278]
The University shall engage in, and promote, original research and shall be a teaching, examining and awarding body. Its objects shall be to advance education, knowledge and wisdom by research, knowledge exchange, scholarship, learning and teaching, for the benefit of individuals and society at large (hereinafter called 'the Objects').
£273,214,000
UNIVERSITY OF WALES:TRINITY SAINT DAVID [Charity number: 1149535]
Scholarship and a commitment to the quality of the learning experience are central to the mission of the UoW: Trinity Saint David. Through academic programmes delivered on campus and in the workplace, and the range of activities delivered in schools and community venues, existing initiatives will be built upon to widen access to HE and encourage participation from under-represented groups.
£183,116,000
Court of the University of the West of Scotland [Charity number: SC002520]
The objects of the University are to provide education, to undertake and carry out research and to promote teaching, scholarship research and innovation
£166,386,000
THE LEVERHULME TRUST [Charity number: 1159154]
The Trust provides scholarships and other similar support for education and research. by making grants across a broad range of schemes, by identifying individuals who can demonstrate high-quality scholarship, originality, and excellence, in their chosen research proposal.
£92,219,000
THE WHITGIFT FOUNDATION [Charity number: 312612]
The charity has three independent schools in the Croydon Area. Fee assistance is provided to over 500 pupils by way of a means tested bursaries scheme.The charity also runs two care homes and Almshouses providing full care,residential care and sheltered accommodation to the elderly in the region.
£78,919,524
BRIGHTON COLLEGE [Charity number: 307061]
Provision of a first class independent education for children between the ages of 3 to 18. Subject to donations and budgetary limits, scholarship awards are made on the basis of the individual's educational potential and bursary awards are made to enable academically able children to benefit where financial hardship might otherwise preclude.
£69,043,246
BRE TRUST [Charity number: 1092193]
Funds and supports research, education, publications and other activities in the built environment for public benefit. Awards post graduate research scholarships and supports university chairs.Commissions, facilitate and supports carbon emission reduction projects and such other activities and services as are beneficial to the built environment.
£59,780,000
MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE [Charity number: 1137498]
The College's objects are to advance education, scholarship and research through the provision of a college in the University of Oxford.
£55,322,000
THE VOGELGEZANG CHARITABLE TRUST [Charity number: 1191572]
The charity makes grants for the purposes of (a) the advancement of education and health through the development of treatments and therapeutic interventions for eating disorders (including anorexia nervosa) and (b) the advancement of education and learning through scholarship in relation to early Judeo-Christian art and culture and its impact on European society.
£49,000,479
AHMADIYYA MUSLIM JAMAAT INTERNATIONAL [Charity number: 1102949]
Our activities are as follows:- the propagation of Islam worldwide;- the building of mosques, hospitals and schools;- scientific research and development;- the award of scholarships for higher education;- the provision of emergency relief in cases of natural disasters; and- assistance to the deserving and needy.
£45,665,000

Ten random charities

Name Latest income
Susan Aitchison Scholarship Fund [Charity number: SC044015]
The aim of the Fund is to relieve and where possible prevent Poverty by providing financial support for people of the Lalibela region of Ethiopia, which will enable them to begin, continue and/or complete their Education. Through Education and the acquiring of skills whether in Grade School, Vocational College and/or University the standard of living of the individual can be greatly improved and by the contribution they will subsequently make, so too that of their Communities.
£7,317
MARINEL FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1174730]
THE MARINEL FOUNDATION IS A CHARITY THAT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND LIVELIHOOD OF SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE CHARITY WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING MUCH-NEEDED FUNDING FOR RESOURCES SUCH AS BOOKS, COMPUTERS, SCHOOL BUSSES, CLASSROOMS, FOOD AND FREE EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMMES. MARINEL FOUNDATION OPERATES THROUGHOUT THE UK AND GHANA
£360
THE SHIPSTON ON STOUR EDUCATIONAL CHARITY [Charity number: 507400]
Distribution of small grants for students entering further education
£2,783
WINDLESHAM FOUNDATION TRUST CIO [Charity number: 1187583]
The object of the CIO is to promote and to advance education by the provision of funding (including bursary and grant funding), assistance and support to Windlesham House School, Pulborough West Sussex and in particular its students and potential students.
Dundas Foundation [Charity number: SC027860]
(i) To protect and preserve the good health both physical and mental of the public generally but particularly the public in the communities of South Queensferry, Dalmeny and Kirkliston (ii) To advance the education of the public concerning the conditions of society which affect young people particularly in the field of drug abuse by promoting scholarship and understanding of such conditions and by fostering inter-disciplinary enquiries relating to such conditions (iii) To advance the education of the public concerning the conditions of society affecting elderly people particularly their loneliness and social isolation by promoting scholarship and understanding of such conditions and by fostering inter-disciplinary enquiries relating to such conditions (iv) To provide, or assist in the provision of, facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for those in need thereof particularly the inhabitants of the communities of South Queensferry, Dalmeny and Kirkliston
QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1113376]
To promote for the public benefit education and scholarship by, in particular, promoting and supporting the provision of education, teaching and research and the publication of the results of such research at Queen Mary University of London and any other charitable bodies that Queen Mary acts in co-operation.
£2,184,151
WEST YORKSHIRE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS [Charity number: 1177816]
The Trustees have determined that their priorities for funding; The Dennis Mason-Jones Award, The Bedford Scholarship and Academic Awards (tertiary & secondary education). There remain funds available for grants and support to be dispersed as the Society sees fit and subject to satisfying the objects of the society in the areas of Social and Education support of Architectural and urban design.
£25,251
KIDSHELP CAMBODIA - ENGLAND [Charity number: 1199367]
The objective of the association is the advancement of education of children and young adults from identified villages in communes of Prek Dambang, Prek Tamak and Rokakoang2 in Kandal Province in the Kingdom of Cambodia in particular but not exclusively by providing educational scholarships, educational materials and supplementing teacher salaries.
£7,937
Dr James Pirie Trust [Charity number: SC009672]
To utilise as a Memorial to the memory of Dr James Pirie's daughter, Muriel, the net revenue in each year in providing:- (1) Two prizes, each to the value of £50.00 (or such larger sum as the Trustees may from time to time agree) to be called 'The Muriel Pirie Sports Prize', one prize for the female pupil and one prize for the male pupil of Elgin Academy, judged by the Trustees in consultation with the Rector of Elgin Academy as the best all round female and male athletes. and (2) A bursary or bursaries to be called 'The Muriel Pirie Scholarship' to Scholars of Elgin Academy who are desirous of pursuing study at Aberdeen University leading to a First Degree in any discipline. declaring that the Trustees shall have full powers and discretion to make the choice and to decide as to whether in any particular year the scholarship should be divided and more than one beneficiary supported.
£15,183
THE HIBBERT TRUST [Charity number: 233121]
Promotion of Liberal Religion, Interfaith understanding and Unitarian Christianity through public interest and personal scholarship.
£73,743