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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Established:
7 years
Action for Conservation work with young people from diverse backgrounds through environmental workshop activities in schools that enable students to take conservation actions in their communities.
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Spending: £279,852
5Y Trend: 
Employees: n/a
Area of operations: National
3 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
9 years
Action Tutoring provides free tuition to pupils from low-income backgrounds through partnerships with schools, using the skills of high quality volunteer tutors. Their aim is to ensure pupils are equip in English and Mathematics so they are prepared
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Spending: £1,197,873
5Y Trend: Employees: 15
Area of operations: National
5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
14 years
Best Beginnings creates and disseminates engaging, evidence-based resources that help educate and empower parents and parents-to-be, increasing their confidence, knowledge and skills to give their children the best start in life. Their Baby Buddy
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Spending: £1,069,959
5Y Trend: 
Employees: 12
Area of operations: National
5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
14 years
Birth Companions support women experiencing severe disadvantages in the period before, during and after the birth of their babies. They run groups and give one to one support to women in four prisons and in the community in London. They have a
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Spending: £445,742
5Y Trend: Employees: 7
Area of operations: Throughout London, Surrey, Peterborough City
6 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
11 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: £3,620,842
5Y Trend: Employees: 6
Area of operations: Saint Helena, Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, Belize, Chile, British Indian Ocean Territory, Maldives
2 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
6 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
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Spending: £1,277,825
3Y Trend: Employees: 8
Area of operations: National
5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
29 years
Chance for Childhood is an award-winning charity working in Africa to support the most vulnerable children, often invisible from society, such as street children, disabled children, children affected by conflict and children in conflict with the
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Spending: £1,327,157
5Y Trend: 
Employees: 5
Area of operations: Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia, Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, Congo (Democratic Republic)
1 major donor in last 3 years?
Established:
6 years
City Harvest collects surplus food from food manufacturers and retailers, then distributes it to organisations that feed the hungry in London. There is strict control over food quality, trying to ensure that recipients have healthy diets. Much of it
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Spending: £1,066,373
3Y Trend: Employees: 9
Area of operations: National
6 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
25 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
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Spending: £14,198,480
5Y Trend: Employees: 72
Area of operations: Worldwide
4 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: Charity Times 2017 Awards Charity of the Year, income > £5m
Established:
19 years
Excellent Development supports rural dryland communities to work their way out of poverty with dignity. Working with local partners, they support rural communities to gain access to clean water close
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Spending: £1,147,174
5Y Trend: 
Employees: 11
Area of operations: India, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini
3 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: Charity Times 2019 Awards Charity of the Year, Income £1-10m Charity Awards 2021 International aid & development
Established:
11 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
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Spending: £998,003
5Y Trend: Employees: 13
Area of operations: National
5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
5 years
Givedirectly UK gives financial aid to households in developing countries via mobile phone-linked payment services. It targets extremely low-income households and people affected by humanitarian crises with the aim of relieve poverty by allowing
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Spending: £2,176,241
3Y Trend: Employees: n/a
Area of operations: Kenya, Uganda
Established:
7 years
The Hubbub Foundation creates environmental campaigns with positive and playful designs that inspire people to make healthier, greener lifestyle choices. Their campaigns are designed to give people easy and actionable ways of living that are good
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Spending: £2,342,969
3Y Trend: Employees: 6
Area of operations: National
4 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
10 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 regeneration
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Spending: £876,093
5Y Trend: Employees: 19
Area of operations: East Sussex, Brighton And Hove, Manchester City
9 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
7 years
My Life Films create free biographical films for people living with dementia by capturing their unique story in a film to help celebrate and remember their lives. The films help to improve the
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Spending: £239,845
5Y Trend: Employees: n/a
Area of operations: National
5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
5 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
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Spending: £392,692
Employees: n/a
Area of operations: Worldwide
Established:
18 years
Resurgo's mission is to help communities overcome social challenges through outstanding church-based social ventures. Their current initiatives include the Spear Programme, supporting unemployed young adults into work, Resurgo Ventures that supports
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Spending: £2,399,698
5Y Trend: Employees: 40
Area of operations: London, Brighton
7 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
15 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. Their social enterprise, SunnyMoney, sell lights via sustainable school networks and local
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Spending: £1,931,848
5Y Trend: 
Employees: 76
Area of operations: Uganda, Zambia, Malawi
1 major donor in last 3 years?
Established:
15 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 by improving their employability and key life skills through sports-themed personal development services.
Spending: £753,877
5Y Trend: Employees: 19
Area of operations: Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Worcestershire
7 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
32 years
Provision of services offering advice, advocacy and support to those facing severe social disadvantage and multiple barriers in their lives. Particular focus on provision of training and support for those with lived experience to become professional
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Spending: £13,319,546
5Y Trend: Employees: 177
Area of operations: National
12 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
9 years
Surfers Against Sewage is a national marine conservation and campaigning charity that inspires, unites and empowers communities to take action to protect oceans, beaches, waves and wildlife. They
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Spending: £1,780,343
5Y Trend: Employees: 11
Area of operations: National
3 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: Charity Awards 2018 Environment & Conservation Charity
Established:
7 years
Tempus Novo is an award-winning charity that works with serving prisoners and ex-offenders who want to change their lives by stopping the cycle of crime.
Tempus Novo has a unique strength; it’s
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Spending: £261,869
5Y Trend: Employees: n/a
Area of operations: Leeds City
2 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: CSJ Awards 2019 Criminal Justice Award
Established:
10 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
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Spending: £2,136,077
5Y Trend: Employees: 20
Area of operations: London
5 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
26 years
Amber provides relief for persons aged 17-30, particularly those who are unemployed and/or homeless, by providing opportunities and facilities for training and work experience. Young people who come to Amber share their home with a community of
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Spending: £2,321,803
5Y Trend: 
Employees: 62
Area of operations: Surrey, Devon, Wiltshire
8 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
8 years
The Bike Project matches refugees and asylum seekers without the means or money to travel on public transport, with the thousands of bikes abandoned or unwanted in the UK. Claiming asylum in the UK can take years, during which time asylum seekers
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Spending: £1,154,143
5Y Trend: Employees: 10
Area of operations: National
10 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
5 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
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Spending: £1,528,706
3Y Trend: Employees: 3
Area of operations: National
1 major donor in last 3 years?
Established:
3 years
The Cares Family Limited is a group of community networks of young professionals and older neighbours hanging out and helping one another in a rapidly changing world.
Spending: £283,901
Employees: n/a
Area of operations: National
3 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
13 years
Our resources are overwhelmingly committed to 'For Baby's Sake', our major and expanding programme to help parents to break the cycle of domestic abuse and give babies the best start in life. Our
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Spending: £987,138
5Y Trend: Employees: 18
Area of operations: Hertfordshire, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea
1 major donor in last 3 years?
Established:
6 years
Suicide remains the largest single cause of death in men and women under the age of 35 and The Listening Place aims to change this. Established in 2015 by senior Samaritan volunteers and supported by mental health professionals at the frontline of
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Spending: £490,415
3Y Trend: Employees: 4
Area of operations: London
6 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: FSI Small Charity Big Impact Awards 2018 Charity with turnover £50,000-£150,000
Established:
23 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,
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Spending: £731,066
5Y Trend: Employees: 5
Area of operations: National
2 major donors in last 3 years?
Established:
27 years
Trees for Cities is an independent charity working with local communities on tree planting projects. Our aim is to tackle global warming, create social cohesion and beautify our cities through tree planting, community, education and training
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Spending: £3,311,520
5Y Trend: Employees: 19
Area of operations: National
6 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: Charity Awards 2021 Environment & Conservation
Established:
7 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
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Spending: £849,680
3Y Trend: Employees: 15
Area of operations: National
2 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: Charity Times 2019 Awards Charity of the Year, Income < £1m
Established:
6 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
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Spending: £2,384,190
3Y Trend: Employees: 8
Area of operations: Hammersmith And Fulham, Kensington And Chelsea
10 major donors in last 3 years?
Awards won: CSJ Awards 2019 Education Award
Established:
31 years
World Land Trust is an international conservation charity that protects the world’s most biologically significant and threatened habitats acre by acre. Through a network of partner organisations around the world, they fund the creation of reserves
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Spending: £6,228,000
5Y Trend: Employees: 21
Area of operations: Colombia, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Vietnam, Gloucestershire, Mexico, Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica, Philippines, Armenia, Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador,
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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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