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Science RS103

Science is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Research category.

4,070 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 2.02% 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(scien(ces?|tific)|stem|mathematics)\b

Distribution by size of charity

Income band Charities with tag Percent of all charities
Under £10k 1,606 1.94%
£10k - £100k 1,093 1.68%
£100k - £250k 300 1.55%
£250k - £500k 181 2.00%
£500k - £1m 163 2.83%
£1m - £10m 313 3.94%
Over £10m 116 6.26%
Total 3,772 1.97%

Distribution by charity regulator

Regulator Charities with tag Percent of all charities
ccew 2,392 1.42%
oscr 1,637 6.44%
ccni 41 0.58%
Total 4,070 2.02%

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.
£857,941,000
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.
£410,257,213
University Of Strathclyde [Charity number: SC015263]
The advancement of education. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science.
£389,252,000
University Of St Andrews [Charity number: SC013532]
The advancement of education. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science
£309,659,727
University Of Aberdeen [Charity number: SC013683]
The advancement of education. The advancement of health. The advance ment of civic responsibility and community development. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science
£274,282,000
GENOME RESEARCH LIMITED [Charity number: 1021457]
A) TO ADVANCE RESEARCH INTO AND INVESTIGATION OF THE HUMAN GENOME AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH B) TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
£185,940,000
TRUSTEES OF THE LONDON CLINIC LIMITED [Charity number: 211136]
The provision of medical care to patients and the sick and the promotion and advancement of scientific research, good clinical practice and training.
£155,572,000
The City and Guilds of London Institute [Charity number: SC039576]
There shall from henceforth for ever be a Corporation aggregate by the name and style of 'The City and Guilds of London Institute' and such Corporation is hereby instituted exclusively for the purposes of all such branches of Science and the Fine Arts and for the advancement dissemination propagation promotion culture and application of all such branches of Science and the Fine Arts as benefit or are of use to or may benefit or be of use to productive and technical industries especially and to commerce and industry generally or any branch thereof and for the utilization of such means as will promote the several exclusive purposes aforesaid.
£129,900,000
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY) [Charity number: 207043]
The Royal Society has three roles: A learned society; The UK's Academy of Science; And as a funding agency. We- Promote science and its benefits- Recognise excellence in science- Support outstanding science- Provide scientific advice for policy- Foster international and global cooperation- Provide education and public engagement
£124,581,000
Culture and Sport Glasgow [Charity number: SC037844]
4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.2 To advance education. 4.3 To advance public participation in sport which involves physical skill and exertion. 4.4 To advance health. 4.5 To promote civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. 4.6 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, where such facilities/activities are available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.8 To advance citizenship and community development (including urban regeneration) by harnessing the cultural and leisure assets of Glasgow, the contribution made by activities in furtherance of paragraphs 4.1 to 4.7, and a range of other measures, to increase vibrancy and promote positive perceptions of Glasgow as a place to work, live, study play, visit and invest - in a common effort with other public, private and third sector partners to address issues of social, economic and physical deprivation across the City of Glasgow, including health inequalities, social exclusion and unemployment. 4.9 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time. through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by Glasgow City Council) which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily the wellbeing of residents of Glasgow) including (i) the operation, management and development of museums, art galleries and other facilities which provide public access to collections of works of art, antiquities and objects of scientific interest. (ii) the development and delivery of arts and cultural activities and events, artistic programmes, scientific/research programmes and educational projects. (iii) the operation, management and development of libraries and the provision of library and archive services. (iv) the operation, management and development of indoor and outdoor sports facilities (including arrangements to facilitate access to such facilities by those on lower incomes or having special needs and to encourage wider participation in healthy exercise).(maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the Charity)
£123,430,000

Ten random charities

Name Latest income
NOTTINGHAM FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE AND CURIOSITY LIMITED [Charity number: 1192135]
The charity's objects are to advance public understanding of science technology engineering and maths by providing activities as an annual festival of science and curiosity.Opportunities are targeted for the people of Nottingham and the East Midlands region and are designed to stimulate and nurture curiosity, creativity and innovation and to facilitate dialogue between researchers and public.
£89,973
AAGBI Foundation [Charity number: SC040697]
2.1 the advancement of public education in and the promotion of those branches of medical science concerned with anaesthesia, including its history. 2.2 the promotion of study and research into anaesthesia and related sciences and the publication of the results of all such study and research. and 2.3 the advancement of patient care and safety in the field of anaesthesia and disciplines allies to anaesthesia, in the United Kingdom, Ireland and anywhere else in the world.
£3,998,114
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS [Charity number: 313014]
CILIP works for the benefit of the public to promote education and knowledge through the establishment and development of libraries and information services and to advance information science (being the science and practice of the collection, collation, evaluation and organized dissemination of information)
£4,032,534
TRUST FOR THE USHER GALLERY [Charity number: 1020311]
To purchase for the Usher Gallery, for the benefit of the public, such paintings, drawings etc. As the trustees shall consider to be of national scientific historic interest or of interest by virtue of association with Lincolnshire to make financial provision for research and exhibitions relating to the above.
£444
SHIFT-ED [Charity number: 1198399]
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 IN LONDON AND THROUGHOUT THE UK, BY ORGANISING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PROJECT BASED LEARNING WITH A FOCUS ON THE ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES.
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SCHOOL OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE [Charity number: 313115]
The School of Philosophy & Economic Science offers courses in Philosophy, Economics and other subjects founded on spiritual principles expressing the natural laws applicable to humanity as discerned from the world's major spiritual and philosophical teachings. It also promotes arts & sciences through lectures, seminars and concerts, and supports other charities with similar activities and objects.
£3,882,000
THE PORTICO LIBRARY AND NEWSROOM [Charity number: 1143639]
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.
£433,351
THE SUFFOLK FLORA PRESERVATION TRUST [Charity number: 802804]
Promoting the permanent preservation for the benefit of the public generally and especially the inhabitants of the County of Suffolk of nature reserves of beauty, historic and ecological interest and scientific importance, in particularly, the natural flora of the County of Suffolk.
£5,806
Crail Settlement Trust [Charity number: SC042150]
We direct the Trustees to hold such sums of money, stocks and shares and other assets as may in the future from time to time be paid or conveyed to the Trustees by us or other persons and the investments and property from time to time representing the same (all hereinafter referred to as 'the Trust Fund') as capital and to disburse from the Revenue income generated therefrom grants and donations to the beneficiaries as described in the Trust Conditions for the following purposes (hereinafter 'the Purposes'): (a) the prevention or relief of poverty. (b) the advancement of education. (d) the advancement of health. (e) the saving of lives. (f) the advancement of citizenship or community development. (g) the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. (h) the advancement of public participation in sport. (i) the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. (j) the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. (k) the promotion of religious or racial harmony. (I) the promotion of equality and diversity. (m) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement: (n) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. (o) the advancement of animal welfare. (p) any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.
£2,252
New College Lanarkshire [Charity number: SC021206]
The advancement of education. The advancement of civic responsibility or community development. The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science.
£75,418,000

Last update: January 2, 2024
Created: January 2, 2024