Our Top Rated Charities

The Charities listed on this page have been analysed by The EQ Foundation and selected because they deliver high impact within their areas of specialisation. Read how we select charities here.

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Type of Impact:

Improving the Environment
Increasing Gender Equality
Increasing Health & Wellbeing
Creating Work/Better Education

Mainly working in:

UK
Africa
Worldwide
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CITY HARVEST
Established: 8 years
City Harvest collects surplus food from food manufacturers, farmers and retailers to distribute to organisations that feed the hungry across London

Spending: £2,884,113
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

7 major donors in last 5 years?

FOODCYCLE
Established: 13 years
Foodcycle support people who are hungry and lonely by serving tasty lunches and dinners each day in towns and cities across the country. Many guests struggle to afford the basics to eat and will eat alone without company or conversation so volunteers are able to serve surplus food cooked in spare kitchen space and keep them connected to the community

Spending: £1,326,776
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

8 major donors in last 5 years?

ACTION TUTORING
Established: 11 years
Action Tutoring provides free tuition to pupils from low-income backgrounds through partnerships with schools, using high quality volunteer tutors who aim to ensure pupils are equipped in English and Maths for progress into further education, employment or training.

Spending: £2,154,554
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

5 major donors in last 5 years?

CLIENTEARTH
Established: 27 years
ClientEarth apply their expertise in EU law, international law, common, and civil law to combat climate change and pollution, secure people's environmental rights and protect and restore habitats, wildlife and natural resources. They do this by driving strong action from governments; shifting financial flow; changing markets, trade and business practices; and empowering citizens and communities.

Spending: £21,635,509
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: Worldwide

11 major donors in last 5 years?

SURFERS AGAINST SEWAGE
Established: 11 years
Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning organisation that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife

Spending: £2,036,464
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

4 major donors in last 5 years?

THE LISTENING PLACE
Established: 7 years
Established in 2015 by senior Samaritan volunteers and supported by mental health professionals at the frontline of suicide prevention, the charity provides free, face-to-face support from trained volunteers to those with chronic suicidal feelings

Spending: £1,140,110
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: London

9 major donors in last 5 years?

UPREACH CHARITABLE COMPANY
Established: 8 years
upReach supports undergraduates from less-privileged backgrounds to secure graduate jobs and internships by running a needs-focused professional development programmes in partnership with foundations, universities and employers. Students are guided by Programme Co-ordinators who support them through practice online ....more

Spending: £1,627,869
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

5 major donors in last 5 years?

WEST LONDON ZONE
Established: 8 years
West London Zone aims to promote the care and upbringing of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who live in or have a close connection to the West of London. By supporting positive family relationships, advancing education and promoting health they provide opportunities for each young person to reach their potential

Spending: £4,062,203
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea

14 major donors in last 5 years?

BLUE MARINE FOUNDATION
Established: 13 years
Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) exists to combat overfishing and the destruction of biodiversity through the creation of large-scale marine reserves and by delivering new models of sustainable fishing.

Spending: £6,208,722
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: Saint Helena, Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, Belize, Chile, British Indian Ocean Territory, Maldives

6 major donors in last 5 years?

RESURGO TRUST
Established: 19 years
Resurgo's mission is to help communities overcome social challenges through outstanding church-based social ventures. Their current initiatives include the Spear programme (a year-long programme helping young people facing barriers to work into sustainable employment), ReWork (equipping unemployed adults from all backgrounds with the skills, mindset and confidence to re-enter the workplace) and ....more

Spending: £2,123,080
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: London, Brighton

10 major donors in last 5 years?

SPORT 4 LIFE UK
Established: 17 years
Sport 4 Life UK provide the opportunity for young people aged 11-29 to prepare for, and move into, sustained employment, education or training (EET) by improving their employability and key life skills through sports-themed personal development services

Spending: £1,259,102
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Worcestershire

10 major donors in last 5 years?

ACTION FOR CONSERVATION
Established: 9 years
Action for Conservation educate young people about environmental conservation by running workshops and events in schools, providing learning materials, organising work experience placements, and building online networks to develop a proactive youth conservation movement in the UK

Spending: £1,130,053
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

7 major donors in last 5 years?

SUSTAINABLE FOOD TRUST
Established: 11 years
The Sustainable Food Trust enables a transition to more sustainable food systems by working catalytically and collaboratively, through a combination of high-level lobbying, coalition building, public campaigning, education and media networking. This is based on three key pillars of work – policy advocacy, measuring ....more

Spending: £1,516,947
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

4 major donors in last 5 years?

JUSTLIFE FOUNDATION
Established: 12 years
Justlife provides innovative, strategic and frontline responses to community needs, working specifically to raise aspirations for vulnerable adults. Justlife has three core workstreams:Regeneration: Enabling innovative physical regenerationResourcing: Ensuring that the most vulnerable have access to relevant services.Research: Gaining a deeper understanding of the needs of communitiesd

Spending: £1,093,733
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: East Sussex, Brighton And Hove, Manchester City

15 major donors in last 5 years?

MY LIFE FILMS LIMITED
Established: 9 years
My Life Films creates a range of film-based services that improve the mental health and wellbeing of people living with dementia, enable their care staff to deliver person-centred care and give their primary carers opportunities for respite and shared, meaningful activity

Spending: £264,170
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

7 major donors in last 5 years?

THE PANATHLON FOUNDATION LIMITED
Established: 24 years
The Panathlon Foundation promote the physical and personal development of young disabled people, through organising school sports competitions and by the provision of resources including coaching, training, equipment and sports leadership opportunities.

Spending: £659,379
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

2 major donors in last 5 years?

THE ACCESS PROJECT
Established: 12 years
The Access Project help motivated students from disadvantaged backgrounds win places at top universities. This is accomplished through a unique combination of tuition and in-school mentoring, creating applications, improving grades and helping young people transition successfully to the next stage of their education

Spending: £2,750,751
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: London

8 major donors in last 5 years?

KIDS OPERATING ROOM
Established: 5 years
Kids Operating Room (KidsOR) works with local surgeons and their teams to create fully equipped operating rooms for children's surgery. This enables those teams to use their dedication and talents to treat greater numbers of children, transforming lives one operation at a time

Spending: £20,212,874
3Y Trend:

Area of operations: Africa

1 major donor in last 5 years?

SAND DAMS WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Established: 20 years
Sand Dams Worldwide supports some of the world’s poorest people to transform their own lives through water and soil conservation in drylands. They do this by supporting the application of sand dam technology in rural communities so they can gain access to clean water close to their homes and invest in sustainable ....more

Spending: £991,038
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: India, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini

4 major donors in last 5 years?

THE CARES FAMILY LIMITED
Established: 4 years
The Cares Family is a group of community networks that bring young professionals and older neighbours together, allowing them to hang out and help one another while combating loneliness and isolation

Spending: £628,764

Area of operations: National

5 major donors in last 5 years?

AFRIKIDS LIMITED
Established: 12 years
We listen to local people and empower them to make sustainable changes themselves so that every child in northern Ghana can be happy, healthy, safe and in school. We do this by focusing our programmes in 3 main areas: education, health and child protection.

Spending: £1,525,805
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: Ghana, Camden

4 major donors in last 5 years?

BREAKING BARRIERS
Established: 8 years
Breaking Barriers empowers refugees to find stable and fulfilling employment through bespoke, 1-1 support. They work in partnership with the private, non-profit and public sectors to provide paid work placements and permanent job opportunities as well as offering practical skills workshops like English language and IT classes.

Spending: £2,297,573
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

10 major donors in last 5 years?

RAINFOREST TRUST UK
Established: 7 years
Rainforest Trust UK works in partnership with Rainforest Trust in the US to preserve and protect rainforests and other tropical habitat, particularly areas that are home to endangered species. They work in collaboration with trusted local NGOs and indigenous communities to place land under protection, either by land purchase or land designation as community forests or national parks.

Spending: £1,971,494
3Y Trend:

Area of operations: Worldwide

1 major donor in last 5 years?

CARBON180
Established: 7 years
Carbon180 is a new breed of climate-focused NGO partnering with policymakers, scientists and businesses around the globe to build a world that removes more carbon than it emits. They move carbon removal into the mainstream and catalyse its potential through increased funding for innovative technologies, new federal laws, and coalition building

Spending: $2,699,933
3Y Trend:

Area of operations: Worldwide

CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE
Established: 27 years
Through technology innovation, policy change, and thought leadership, the Clean Air Task Force drives impact to prevent climate change through realistic solutions. They have a unique position to apply pressure to some of the biggest contributors and effect change in the biggest influencers that aids in reduction of carbon and other climate warming emissions

Spending: $8,905,111
3Y Trend:

Area of operations: Worldwide

GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE
Established: 7 years
Good Food Institute are developing the roadmap for a sustainable, secure, and just protein supply. They identify the most effective solutions, mobilise resources and talent, and empower partners across the food system to make alternative proteins accessible, affordable, and delicious.

Spending: $13,273,604
3Y Trend:

Area of operations: Worldwide

THE HUMAN MILK FOUNDATION
Established: 6 years
The Human Milk Foundation provides screened donor milk to babies in hospital or the community, where breastfeeding is impossible or taking time to establish. The HMF also makes grants available for research and educational purposes, and develops programmes of education related to disseminating the science of human ....more

Spending: £448,140
3Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

1 major donor in last 5 years?

SOLAR AID
Established: 17 years
SolarAid combats poverty and climate change by providing access to solar lights in Africa to help catalyse solar markets and eradicate the kerosene lamp. We have created a social enterprise, SunnyMoney, who sell lights via sustainable school networks and local enterprises.

Spending: £2,438,054
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: Uganda, Zambia, Malawi

1 major donor in last 5 years?

THE BORNE FOUNDATION
Established: 7 years
The Borne Foundation is a medical research charity based in Imperial College School of Medicine's facilities at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Their aim is to identify the causes of premature birth to save lives, prevent disability and create lifelong health for mothers and babies through clinical studies and funding of expert research in the field.

Spending: £1,287,863
5Y Trend:

Area of operations: National

1 major donor in last 5 years?

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. Click on each icon below for more detailed information about the targets.

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
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