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Beneficiary group Charities That specialise in Widows widowers and orphans

Discover 601 Beneficiary group charities that specialise in widows widowers and orphans. Use the search below to filter within these results.

601
Charities
£28,389,754,778
Total Income
£1,022,465
Avg Income
85.5%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Military Knights Of Windsor Widows, Orphans And Supernumary Knights Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

SUPPORT TO MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND SUPERNUMERARY KNIGHTS

Latest Income: £10,989
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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Ann Elizabeth Mason For Old People

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

We provide almshouses for senior citizens in need of a home

Latest Income: £10,778
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Mrs Mary Barfield

Beneficiary group

Provide bedsit accommodation for widows & spinsters of Dedham (single not sharing).

Latest Income: £10,661
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Naval Base Devonport Area Fund

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Health, Leisure

Assisting in the area of Plymouth Naval Command, in cases of need, persons serving or having served as members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Nursing, Womens Services, Reserves or Auxilliary services or being dependent spouse, widow or widower and to Promote the efficiency of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines by providing recreational facilities and amenities.

Latest Income: £10,240
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Skegness Masonic Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The main object of the fund is the relief of such poor and distressed Brother Masons and their poor and distressed widows and children or for the benefit of such Masonic Charities or other charitable institutions, societies and objects as they shall in their absolute discretion from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £10,228
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Hester Clark's Charity

Beneficiary group, Housing

The charity is responsible for the management of four Almshouses. The persons eligible are local widows over the age of 60.

Latest Income: £9,923
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Nicholson Charity

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Housing

The Charities objects are to maintain the gifted cottages and land for housing former agricultural workers or their widows whose homes are required for present workers.

Latest Income: £9,671
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Rashleigh Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The Charity provides simple,comfortable and affordable accommodation for four local, needy, elderly persons. It was primarily established to help house poor widows in the Town or locality of Fowey.

Latest Income: £9,297
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Harley Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Religion, Social welfare

GENERAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING MAKING OF GRANTS TO CLERGYMEN'S WIDOWS AND TO POOR BLIND PERSONS. THE CONSERVATION, MAINTENANCE, UPKEEP, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEREFORD CATHEDRAL AND OTHER CHURCH OF ENGLAND CHURCHES IN DIOCESE OF HEREFORD. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER CHARITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE HEREFORDSHIRE AREA WHERE FUNDS ALLOW.

Latest Income: £8,875
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Mhg Staff Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

Making grants, payments, gratuities pensions or allowances to or for the benefit of persons who shall be or shall have been in the employment of the Maybourne Group, or wives, widows, husbands, widowers, children, parents or other dependants of such persons. No grant shall be made or paid to or for the benefit of any person unless they are in need of the financial assistance so afforded.

Latest Income: £8,712
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The John Martin Beaty And Lily Beaty Trust

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Upon trust to apply the income of the benevolent fund for the relief of poor and distressed brother masons or their poor and distressed widows and children. In addition, for the benefit of such masonic charities or other charitable institutions, societies and objects as the bective lodge of freemasons shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £8,364
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Grand Stewards' Lodge Tercentenary Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

TO FUND POOR AND DISTRESSED BROTHER MASONS OR THEIR POOR AND DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AND TO FUND SUCH MASONIC CHARITIES OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR SOCIETIES AS THE LODGE SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Latest Income: £8,354
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association Bexhill-On-Sea Branch

Armed forces, Beneficiary group

Charity objects: The object for which the Association is established is to promote, through the comradeship engendered by its members, the welfare by charitable means of all serving and former members of Her Majesty's Air Forces, their spouses and dependants, together with the widows and widowers and dependants of those who died whilst serving or subsequently.

Latest Income: £7,969
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Widow's Glebe

Beneficiary group, Religion

Religious. C of E in the ecclesiastical parish of Pitminster

Latest Income: £7,951
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Market Hill Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion

To provide housing for retired single or widowed ladies or retired married couples of the parish of St. Mary's Church, Cowes.

Latest Income: £7,370
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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Mavesyn Ridware Relief In Need Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relief of Poverty for Parishioners, makes grants to individuals in particular widows and widowers and those in need of assistance

Latest Income: £7,339
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Paynters Stainers Lodge Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To apply both capital and income for the relief of such poor and distressed Brother masons or their poor and distressed widows and children. For the benefit of such masonic charities and other charitable institutions, societies and objects as the Lodge shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £7,104
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Reverend Anthony Barnes Charity

Beneficiary group, Professions, Religion

Payment of defined proportions of annual income to four Lincolnshire Charities. Annuities to widows and widowers of Church of England clergy with preference to those resident in Lincolnshire; second preference to those in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire or the District of Huntingdon,Cambridgeshire. Small educational grants are available to children of clergy resident in Lincolnshire.

Latest Income: £6,897
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Vassar-Smith Lodge Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To help and assist poor and distressed members of Vassar-Smith Lodge, or their family, widows and children, and to similarly assist other like charities/institutions as the Executive Committee for Gloucestershire shall from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £6,706
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Everton Lodge Benevolent Fund (823)

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Private charity primarily formed to assist Widows and aged members of the Everton Lodge No 823. It also makes donations to Masonic and non-masonic charities, organisations and individuals for the good and benefit of mankind.

Latest Income: £6,592
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Preston Guild Lodge No 4408 Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

the provision of relief for the benefit of distressed Brother Masons their widows and children or to or for the benefit of such masonic charities or other charitable institutions societies and objects as the Lodge shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £5,941
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Mabel Noble Homes

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

To provide almshouse accomodation for poor widows and of good character.

Latest Income: £5,861
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Victoria Lodge No 1056 Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of poor and distressed Freemasons and their widows and children and support for other Masonic Charities or other charitable organisations.

Latest Income: £5,720
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Shakespear Charity Fund

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To apply both the capital and the income for the relief of such poor and distressed Brother Masons or their poor and distressed widows and children.For the benefit of such Masonic Charities or other Charitable Institutions, Societies and Objects as the Lodge shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £5,547
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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King's Court Masonic Charities Association

Associations, Beneficiary group

for the benefit of distressed masons or their distressed widows and children or the benefit of such masonic charities or other charitable institutions societies and objects as the association shall direct.

Latest Income: £5,314
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities are there in the UK?

There are 601 registered widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities by income?

British Heart Foundation is the largest by latest reported annual income (£410.6m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities?

Widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities reported a combined annual income of £28.4bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities?

Across all widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 85.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities?

Widows-widowers-and-orphans beneficiary group charities have an average annual income of £1.0m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.