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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.

Stanley And Brocklehurst Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

An almshouse charity operating exclusively within the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, providing accommodation for poor married couples, widows or spinsters

Latest Income: £76,614
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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New Growth Ministries Trust

Beneficiary group, Religion

The Trust supports Christian ministry in the UK and Africa and mainly the work of New Growth Ministries (Zimbabwe). The work particularly supports orphans through the work led for many years by Mr Rob Mackenzie MBE. and Mrs. Hilary Mackenzie MBE.

Latest Income: £72,369
Areas of Operation: Zimbabwe
Status: Registered
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Holy Trinity & St Peter Combined Charities

Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

The relief of those in need by reason of age or financial hardship in Ilfracombe, in particular but not limited to poor widows who are members of the Parish Church of the Holy Trinity & St Peter, Ilfracombe

Latest Income: £71,666
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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West Herts Community Church

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Religion

An evangelical church known as Garston Community Church reaching out to the local community, catering for young and old with, Kidz Klub, Youth Club and Seniors Club. Also supporting other local initiatives, advancement of the Christian faith, spreading the Gospel, providing Christian education. Supporting other ministries abroad, orphans and the needy mainly in India.

Latest Income: £71,413
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Jaffe Family Relief Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

1. Grants to descendents of Daniel Jaffe and/or their wives, widows and widowers (world wide) in need. 2. UK charities to distribute to individuals in poverty, in the UK.

Latest Income: £67,944
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Thorpe And Simon Trust

Beneficiary group

To promote happiness by the provision of annuities for widows and spinsters in indigent circumstances resident in the city of Nottingham and surrounding area.

Latest Income: £67,572
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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The Torchbearers Trust

Animals, Beneficiary group, Religion

The Trust employs several people in Christian ministry in the Bridgnorth area.The Trust provides financial support to various other Christian ministries in Shropshire, in the UK and overseas.

Latest Income: £63,886
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Provincial Grand Lodge Of Nottinghamshire Charity Committee

Associations, Beneficiary group

To assist aged or indigent Freemasons.To assist widows and children of Freemasons.To distribute such other relief and charity as the Committee may direct.

Latest Income: £61,553
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Simlak Muslim Welfare Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Research, Social welfare

We provide grant to schools to buy school equipment, books, chairs, tables, computers, science lab equipment etc, school meals for children. We provide medical help to poor, sick people and those who cannot afford treatment. We also help widows and their children. We concentrate more on education which has reflected at their results (100% pass rate).

Latest Income: £60,198
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Norfolk Constabulary Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Housing, Saving of lives, Social care, Social welfare

The Norfolk Constabulary Benevolent Fund was established to assist in needy cases of members, former members, their widows, orphans or dependants. It does this by paying grants and interest free loans where necessary and by the provision of holiday homes for rest and recuperation and for respite or convalescence.

Latest Income: £56,883
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Willie Seager Memorial Homes

Beneficiary group, Housing

The almshouses are available to let to infirm persons in need, aged 60 and over and being either:1) persons having a connection by residence or otherwise with South Wales and a connection with the shipping industry whether by reason of having earned their livelihood at sea or at the docks of South Wales or otherwise; or2) be the widows/widowers of those qualified as aforesaid.

Latest Income: £52,610
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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The Reverend Dr George Richards Charity For Poor Clergy

Beneficiary group, Professions, Religion, Social welfare

Provides financial assistance to clergy of the Church of England forced to retire early owing to ill-health. Widows, widowers and dependants can also apply for assistance.

Latest Income: £51,633
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The James Capel Foundation

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of poverty for persons:1. Who are, or have been employed by James Capel & Co., or its sucessor companies in business, or any company associated therewith or who are the wives, widows, husbands, widowers, children, parents or other dependants of any such persons: and2. Are in the opinion of the Trustees necessitous and deserving.

Latest Income: £51,453
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Tamil Orphans Trust

Beneficiary group, Social care, Social welfare

Assist Tamil orphans in Sri Lanka by providing food, shelter, clothing and education through established orphanages in the North and East of Sri Lanka.

Latest Income: £48,127
Areas of Operation: Sri Lanka
Status: Registered
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Crossley And Porter Orphan Home And School

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfare

Provision of special benefits for the school conducted at the Charity's property; promotion of education of persons under 25 residing within the Borough of Calderdale or who have attended any school or former school of the Charity; relief of hardship or promotion of education of persons who have lost one or both parents (with preference to persons residing within the former County of York

Latest Income: £47,452
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Kent Charity Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Relief of poor and distressed brother masons or their poor and distressed widows and children or for the benefit of Masonic Charities or other charitable Institutions, Societies or objects.

Latest Income: £45,803
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Kitchings General Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

To provide eligible Southrey widows with a pensionTo provide grants to relieve hardship, generally or individually to people residing in the Parish of Bardney, Southrey, Tupholme or Bucknall. This by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilitiesAdvancement of Education, by making grants to Bardney & Bucknall towards the cost of provision for schools/pupils

Latest Income: £45,281
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Margate Masonic Centre Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of such poor and distressed Brother Masons or their poor and distressed Widows and Children or to or for the benefit of such Masonic Charities or other Charitable Institutions, Societies and objects as the Lodges and Degrees shall in a duly constituted meeting from time to time recommend.

Latest Income: £43,346
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Northumberland Mark Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

To receive bequests and donations from Mark Lodges, Royal Ark Mariner Lodges and Brethren of the Province of Northumberland and from other Masonic organisations. To make grants to Mark Brethren, widows and children in need and donations to the Fund of Benevolence of Grand Mark Lodge & other Masonic and non Masonic charities.

Latest Income: £41,381
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Poor's Allotment

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The charity's principal activity is that of providing a fuel allowance for the pensioners, widows and poor of East Ruston. If a surplus is available special help can be given to children in the village

Latest Income: £35,640
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Charles Newman Memorial Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To pay to the Lighthouse Club Benevolent Fund for the purpose of relieving poverty suffered as a result of accident, disability or ill health by persons employed or formerly employed within the building and civil engineering industry and allied trades in the UK including widows and children of such persons, in accordance with the Trust Deed dated 10 November 1975.

Latest Income: £35,613
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Nottinghamshire Constabulary Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To enable the fund to carry out its purpose namely A) To assist by monetary grants such members of the fund and their widows, children and dependants as may be in necessitous or impoverished circumstances. B) To make grants to police charities and subscriptions to such other charities as the trustees may decide.

Latest Income: £34,702
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Baptist Housing Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Religion

Provides grants for amenities to housing schemes belonging to English Churches Housing Group or for Baptist ministers or missionaries and their widows or widowers living in residential accommodation provided by a charitable organisation connected with the Baptist Union of Great Britain or with BMS World Mission

Latest Income: £32,248
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Salisbury Diocesan Clergy Widows And Dependants Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Professions, Social welfare

The charity makes grants to widows, widowers and dependants of members of the clergy who are resident in the Diocese of Salisbury or were last licensed in the Diocese and who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £30,890
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Coutts Staff Benevolent Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

For the relief of any person who at any time is or has been employed by the Bank and who is poor, the relief of any poor spouse, widow, widower, child, orphan, relative or dependant of any person who at any time has been employed by the Bank and such other charitable bodies as the Trustees shall from time to time decide

Latest Income: £29,576
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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.