Biggest charity investment incomes 2026

Investment income reported in the detailed annual return — the register's biggest endowments at work · snapshot 2026-09-05

# Charity Investment incomeLatest income
01 WELLCOME TRUST £538m £589m
02 CHURCH COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND £204m £207m
03 GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION £165m £165m
04 THE LEVERHULME TRUST £124m £124m
05 THE CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION £100m £1.39bn
06 TRINITY COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE £83.5m £106m
07 THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK) £66.7m £66.7m
08 REUBEN FOUNDATION £63.5m £64.3m
09 MOTABILITY £52.4m £54.2m
10 SUTL CAZENOVE CHARITY NON-UCITS FUND £50.8m £50.8m
11 CANAL & RIVER TRUST £50.6m £233m
12 THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION £47.9m £55.4m
13 THE EQUITIES INVESTMENT FUND FOR CHARITIES (CHARIFUND) £46.4m £46.4m
14 MOONDANCE FOUNDATION £41.5m £66.4m
15 BLACKROCK CHARITIES FUNDS £37.2m £37.2m
16 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE FACILITY FOR IMMUNISATION COMPANY £35.9m £36.8m
17 BENEFACT TRUST LIMITED £35.8m £48.9m
18 THE COLLEGE OF ST MARY MAGDALEN IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD £32.8m £53.5m
19 BRIDGE HOUSE ESTATES £31.2m £42.6m
20 ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE £29.3m £58.7m
21 GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION £27.4m £34.3m
22 THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN OXFORD OF THE FOUNDATION OF KING HENRY VIII £27.1m £50.0m
23 THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST £27.0m £29.1m
24 THE WOLFSON FOUNDATION £26.9m £26.9m
25 CHRISTIAN VISION £26.4m £31.5m
26 SAINT JOHN BAPTIST COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD £24.2m £35.4m
27 THE ROTHERWICK FOUNDATION £24.2m £24.2m
28 THE HELPING FOUNDATION £23.6m £34.8m
29 THE KYNGE'S COLLEGE OF OUR LADYE OF ETON BESYDE WINDESORE £23.4m £99.6m
30 THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION £22.5m £95.5m
31 LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION £22.0m £692m
32 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON FOR IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ROYAL SOCIETY) £21.9m £158m
33 THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES £21.8m £23.0m
34 SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES £18.9m £48.9m
35 THE COLLEGE OF ALL SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED, OF OXFORD £18.5m £19.2m
36 A W CHARITABLE TRUST £17.6m £17.6m
37 THE NESTA TRUST £17.3m £17.3m
38 CHARITY ASSETS TRUST £17.3m £17.3m
39 DELAPAGE LIMITED £16.6m £19.7m
40 THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION £16.2m £27.2m
41 THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY £16.2m £16.4m
42 NESTA £15.0m £55.3m
43 THE HEALTH FOUNDATION £14.9m £17.2m
44 THE MERCHANT TAYLORS' BOONE'S CHARITY £14.8m £2.0m
45 THE DULWICH ESTATE £14.6m £14.6m
46 DENISE COATES FOUNDATION £14.0m £144m
47 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION £13.2m £20.0m
48 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL £13.2m £56.4m
49 MORDEN COLLEGE £12.7m £16.1m
50 THE UNDERWOOD TRUST £12.4m £12.4m
51 THE ARTS COUNCIL OF ENGLAND £12.1m £843m
52 NUFFIELD COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD £11.9m £14.0m
53 MASONIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION £11.7m £90.8m
54 JOHN LYON'S CHARITY £11.5m £11.5m
55 LIFEARC £11.4m £86.7m
56 UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation £11.1m £181m
57 MILTON KEYNES PARKS TRUST LIMITED £11.1m £17.9m
58 THE KENNEDY TRUST FOR RHEUMATOLOGY RESEARCH £10.9m £11.3m
59 GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S CHARITY £10.8m £140m
60 M&G MULTI-ASSET FUND FOR CHARITIES £10.7m £10.7m
61 CARDIFF UNIVERSITY £10.5m £634m
62 THE BRITISH COUNCIL £10.4m £1.01bn
63 THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD £10.2m £19.9m
64 ST MONICA TRUST £10.2m £53.7m
65 BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION £10.0m £411m
66 WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUST AND OTHER TRUST FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE WESTMINSTER ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESAN TRUSTEE £9.9m £75.1m
67 THE CLOTHWORKERS' FOUNDATION £9.7m £10.7m
68 THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION £9.7m £11.7m
69 BARTS CHARITY £9.7m £12.9m
70 GREENHAM TRUST LTD £9.6m £16.3m
71 THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION £9.5m £114m
72 FIA FOUNDATION £9.5m £9.5m
73 THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND £9.5m £13.5m
74 PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION £9.4m £50.7m
75 GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE FOUNDED IN HONOUR OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED MARY THE VIRGIN £9.2m £26.4m
76 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION £9.2m £168m
77 THE SALVATION ARMY £9.1m £338m
78 THE KING'S HALL AND COLLEGE OF BRASENOSE IN OXFORD £9.0m £18.3m
79 MSI REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES £9.0m £310m
80 SHLOMO MEMORIAL FUND LIMITED £8.9m £14.6m
81 THE WATERLOO FOUNDATION £8.9m £15.5m
82 THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST £8.8m £155m
83 THE WHITGIFT FOUNDATION £8.8m £77.1m
84 THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR NATURAL BEAUTY £8.6m £766m
85 THE TUDOR TRUST £8.5m £8.5m
86 THE WARDEN AND SCHOLARS OF ST MARY COLLEGE OF WINCHESTER £8.5m £45.9m
87 THE WARDEN AND SCHOLARS OF THE HOUSE OR COLLEGE OF SCHOLARS OF MERTON IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD £8.5m £20.4m
88 ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION £8.4m £8.9m
89 Becht Foundation £8.4m £8.5m
90 SHELL FOUNDATION £8.3m £29.3m
91 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES/PRIFYSGOL DE CYMRU £8.2m £225m
92 THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION £8.2m £14.3m
93 SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL £8.1m £1.10bn
94 CANCER RESEARCH UK £8.1m £735m
95 The Portal Trust £8.1m £8.2m
96 THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION £8.0m £8.0m
97 THE MASTER FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE £7.9m £22.9m
98 JESUS COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE £7.9m £31.1m
99 STEWARDSHIP SERVICES (UKET) LIMITED £7.8m £171m
100 THE LAND RESTORATION TRUST £7.8m £10.3m

Figures as reported to the Charity Commission for England and Wales — Scottish and Northern Irish charities are registered separately and are not included. Reserves, headcount, grants and investment income come from each charity's detailed annual return, which only larger charities file. Annual returns lag the present by up to a year or more. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.