Research RS¶
Research is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Research category.
10,688 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 5.28% 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(research|researching)\b
Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 3,343 | 4.43% |
| £10k - £100k | 2,964 | 4.35% |
| £100k - £250k | 999 | 4.82% |
| £250k - £500k | 660 | 6.70% |
| £500k - £1m | 520 | 8.45% |
| £1m - £10m | 984 | 11.57% |
| Over £10m | 362 | 17.78% |
| Total | 9,832 | 5.15% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 7,626 | 4.48% |
| oscr | 2,790 | 11.18% |
| ccni | 272 | 3.77% |
| Total | 10,688 | 5.28% |
Ten largest charities (by income)¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| University Of Glasgow Court [Charity number: SC004401] The advancement of education. The advancement of health. The advancement of, arts, heritage, culture, or science. |
£960,700,000 |
| Cancer Research UK [Charity number: SC041666] The objects for which the Company is established are to protect and promote the health of the public in particular by research into the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure of all forms of cancer, including the development of findings of research into practical applications for the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and in furtherance of that primary object, to provide information and raise public understanding of such matters. |
£718,793,137 |
| CANCER RESEARCH UK [Charity number: 1089464] Cancer Research UK is dedicated to saving lives through research. Our mission is to prevent, control and cure cancer through our ground-breaking research and in the last 40 years our work has helped double survival rates. But there is more work to be done. The only charity fighting over 200 types of cancer, we rely on every pound donated to help get us closer to beating cancer. |
£718,793,137 |
| CARDIFF UNIVERSITY [Charity number: 1136855] The University provides Higher Education to the general public which will also include numerous research activities. For more detail see the Public Benefit Statement within the Annual Financial Statements. |
£635,205,042 |
| The Open University [Charity number: SC038302] The objects of the University shall be the advancement and dissemination of learning and knowledge by teaching and research by a diversity of means such as broadcasting and technological devices appropriate to higher education, by correspondence tuition, residential courses and seminars and in other relevant ways, and shall be to provide education of University and professional standards for its students and to promote the educational well-being of the community generally. |
£561,900,000 |
| WELLCOME TRUST [Charity number: 210183] Wellcome exists to improve health by helping great ideas to thrive.We support researchers, we take on big health challenges, we campaign for better science, and we help everyone get involved with science and health research. We are a politically and financially independent foundation. |
£541,832,807 |
| University Of Strathclyde [Charity number: SC015263] The advancement of education. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science. |
£486,051,000 |
| The Queen's University of Belfast [Charity number: NI101788] The University provides teaching and research in both a local, a national and international context. It is an autonomous body, established under the Irish Universities Act 1908 and bound by the provisions of its Charter and Statutes. |
£460,525,000 |
| SWANSEA UNIVERSITY [Charity number: 1138342] The University advances learning and knowledge by teaching and research, and engages in activities to promote and contribute to cultural, social and economic development within Wales and beyond. |
£412,628,000 |
| BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION [Charity number: 225971] The BHF is the UK's largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK. For over 60 years BHF has pioneered life-saving research that has helped halve the number of deaths from heart and circulatory disease in the UK. BHF also helps provide vital support and information for the 7.4m people living in the UK with heart and circulatory disease. |
£381,300,000 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| THE FILTRATION SOCIETY [Charity number: 326503] The Filtration Society promotes the use of filtration in all Industrial Applications and promotes new technology and technical developments to interest groups in the UK and abroad. The Filtration Society also monitors technical papers presented at research level and makes a number of awards to students and academics. |
£8 |
| RAMBERT SCHOOL OF BALLET AND CONTEMPORARY DANCE [Charity number: 1098900] To advance the education of the public in the arts of ballet and contemporary dance, to promote further and higher education in, and knowledge, understanding and appreciation of, those arts and to promote research. |
£3,340,336 |
| THE JOHN ANDERSON CANCER REASEARCH TRUST [Charity number: 1068127] The funding of medical research related to the survivorship of head and neck cancer. Aim is to publish he results of this in peer reviewed journals.Lyons et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Mar 15;82(4):1479-84). Presently the charity is helping to fund a multicentre trial into the influence of genotype on swallowing problems after radiotherapy to the head and neck. |
£50 |
| THE THOMPSON EDUCATIONAL TRUST [Charity number: 1060745] The Thompson Educational Trust was set up in February 1997 with the aim of providing funding for the advancement of the education of young people, particularly in the areas of medical research, science, literature, music and sport. |
£45,786 |
| CYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU [Charity number: 1034245] The Arts Council of Wales is responsible for developing and funding the arts in Wales for the benefit of people throughout Wales. We formulate arts strategies, undertake research, and provide recurrent and one-off grants to organisations and individuals. We also manage a range of non-grant activities and services, often in partnership with local authorities and others. |
£78,547,000 |
| THE CHADWICK TRUST [Charity number: 210643] The Chadwick Trust was set up through a Trust Deed executed in 1890 by Sir Edwin Chadwick to embrace promotion of sanitary science and health, the prevention of disease and the physical training of the population. The Trust supports research and teaching in Public Health and Public Health Engineering at University College London, through the award of prizes, scholarships and fellowships. |
£18,112 |
| UNIVERSAL CONFLUENCE OF YOGA VEDANTA LUMINARY TRUST [Charity number: 1051590] The Trust teaches Yoga and Vedanta applied philosophy, through Hatha Yoga and meditation courses, Yoga Days and Retreats. We work for the wellbeing and upliftment of everyone irrespective of sexual orientation, age, religion, colour or profession covering physical and mental health issues, domestic abuse, poverty, unemployment, housing and homelessness, bereavements, public service sector etc. |
£134,487 |
| Broughton Primary School Trust [Charity number: SC044041] 4.1 the advancement of education. and 4.2 to advancement of environmental protection or improvement. and 4.3 the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage, and science. and 4.4 the advancement of public participation in sport. |
£10,294 |
| IN-VISION [Charity number: 1142597] Funding research to find a cure for Infantile Nystagmus |
£1,685 |
| THE GODFREY HOLMES FOUNDATION [Charity number: 267921] We seek to distribute the trust income to promote the study of and research into mental health, nervous and neurological diseases. We aim to provide facilities to assist or support persons disabled through age, sickness, infirmity, accident or disease. |
£4,948 |
