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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

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Lincolnshire Police Charitable Fund

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To give grants and where appropriate distress loans in accordance with our agreed fund objectives. The recipients will be individual members of the fund and their widows, widowers and dependants who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress and similary former employees of other Police Authorities or Committees who have retired on pension or grautity, their widows, widowers and dependants

Latest Income: £27,735
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Woodhouse Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The relief of poverty and in particular the relief of need among the employees of Hall & Woodhouse Limited (and its successors and associated companies) and widows, children and other dependents of such employees and former employees at such time and in such manner as the trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit. The trustees usually make loans or grants to beneficiaries.

Latest Income: £27,411
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Dame Vera Lynn Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Income and capital held on charitable trusts at the discretion of the Trustees to relieve need, hardship or distress amongst former members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces and their widows, widowers, dependents and families or for such other charitable purposes may from time to time decide.

Latest Income: £27,277
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Knight And Palmer

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Provides grants to young people under the age of 25 who are resident in the parish of East Carlton for training or education.Provides relief in need grants to widows or retired people in the parish of East Carlton

Latest Income: £27,128
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Charles Benjamin Wilson Bequest

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of persons who are in need, hardship or distress, in the following order of priority: former officers of the regiment or of the former regiments, or their dependants, members or former members of the regiment or of the former regiments, or their dependants. Grants are made to deserving families and widows. Grants are also made to individuals and institutions.

Latest Income: £26,880
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The War Memorial Trust Deed Of The Grand Lodge Of England Of The Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage

The War Memorial Charity is established to provide Grants to aged members of the "GLE", and their dependents/widows with grants that include, annuities and disability support.

Latest Income: £25,467
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Sedbergh United Charities And Widows' Hospital

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Social welfare

One Fund provides grants for educational purposes to people under 25 years old and a second provides grants to people in financial hardship. These are restricted to inhabitants of the civil parish of Sedbergh. A third owns a building rented by Cumbria CC as a library,the income can be used to give grants for charitable purposes in Sedbergh and its neighbourhood. A fourth fund owns an almshouse.

Latest Income: £24,066
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The British Fire Services Association Members Welfare Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To assist necessitious members, ex members and dependants of the British Fire Services Association. To look after the welfare of same by visits, telephone and electronic communications and by letter.

Latest Income: £23,938
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The North And East Yorkshire Mark Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Pupose of the charity is to raise income from the Mark Lodges within Yorkshire North & East Yorkshireand apply that income to the benefit of;a) Distressed Mark Mason's, their widows or other family membersb) To assist other Masonic Charities including the Mark Grand Charityc) To support other charitable institutions within the Province of Yorkshire North & East Yorkshire.

Latest Income: £22,871
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Warrens Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing

Provision of housing for widows or spinsters in the Warminster area over the age of 60 who are in distress or need and are of limited means. Preference is given to those professing the Protestant faith.

Latest Income: £22,406
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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The Molyneux And Warbrick Charity

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Payment of quarterly pensions to poor and/or aged seamen or their widows: and to widowswho are in need, hardship or distressPensioners must be resident in Merseyside

Latest Income: £21,550
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Berryman Annuity Trust

Beneficiary group, Religion

The principle objective of the charity is to pay Annuities to unmarried or widowed women baptised of the Church of England. Investments are used to fund current and future annuities.

Latest Income: £19,672
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Old Stortfordian Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

The Charity at its discretion: -helps any Old Stortfordian, and/or wife,husband,widow,widower, child or dependant of an Old Stortfordian in need or deserving assistance by reason of poverty, illness, injury or other misfortune-education or maintenance of a child in need at the College

Latest Income: £18,861
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Orphan Aid Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfare

To relieve children in need particularly those living on the streets and in sewers, also orphanages/hospitals in Romania by providing them with aid that is not available in their own country. Including example in date food, childrens and adults clothing, toys, educational items (writing books/pens etc), basic medical supplies (plasters etc), toiletries and of course money when available

Latest Income: £18,550
Areas of Operation: Romania
Status: Registered
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The Hull Trinity House Fund

Beneficiary group

Provide relief to the Elder Brethren and Assistants of the Corporation of the Hull Trinity House, their widows and spinster daughters as may be in need of assistance

Latest Income: £18,524
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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English Council Of The Ramabai Mukti Mission

Beneficiary group, Religion

The provision of assistance by food, shelter and moral training (in accordance with the evangelical teachings of the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible) for widows, deserted wives, orphan girls and other underprivileged peoples in India.

Latest Income: £17,995
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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The Hospital Of John Langham

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfare

Provision and maintenance of Almshouses for poor women or widowers of character not less than 60 years of age at the time of appointment, preference shall first be given to the aforesaid and resident in Cottesbrooke.

Latest Income: £17,466
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Charles William Willock Dawes

Beneficiary group, Professions, Religion, Social welfare

To assist the maintenance and education of ecclesiastical students for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark, and for the maintenance and support of all or any of the Roman Catholic Priests or the maintenance of Roman Catholic Churches or Chapels in the Diocese, or for the support of poor Roman Catholic orphans in the Diocese.

Latest Income: £16,738
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Mrs R J Colman Trust

Beneficiary group, Professions

PROVIDES RELIEF IN NEED TO RETIRED CLERGY WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH AND TO THE WIDOWED DIVORCED OR LEGALLY SEPARATED SPOUSES OR SURVIVING CIVIL PARTNERS OF DECEASED CLERGY WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE DIOCESE OF NORWICH.

Latest Income: £16,019
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Mark Master Masons Of The Province Of Nottinghamshire

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The Fund is devoted to extending immediate relief to any Mark Master Mason who has been a regular subscribing member of a Mark or Royal Ark Mariner Lodge within the Province of Nottinghamshire for a period of not less than three years, to his Widow or to his dependants, when satisfactory reasons are produced of necessity, or to the support of Masonic and non-Masonic Charities as deemed appropriate

Latest Income: £15,898
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Sudbury Freemen's Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The Trust was established by deed in 1987 as part of the settlement of a new scheme for the Sudbury Common Lands Charity. The trustees are elected by The Freement of Sudbury in quinqueniel meeting. The Trust is able to make grants to deserving Freemen of Sudbury or Widows of Freemen.The Trust makes donations to support deserving projects in the town of Sudbury.

Latest Income: £15,405
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Neptons Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

To make annual payments to a number of poor and needy in the London boroughs of Barking and Redbridge.To provide grants to students connected with the City of London.To provide grants to liverymen of the worshipful company of Poulters, their widows and dependants who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £15,345
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Pattishall Parochial Charities

Beneficiary group, Education

Monthly pension to 18 elderly widows or widowers. Christmas fuel grant to persons of pensionable age. Other grants given in case of specific need-not age dependent. Beneficiaries in Pattishall parish.

Latest Income: £15,076
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Thomas Sanderson's Charity

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To relieve, either generally or individually, mariners or former mariners, or the widows of mariners, or former mariners, resident in the Borough of Boston, who are in condition of need, hardship or distress. Charge sufficient rents to run and maintain 3 properties and to invest capital to provide cash grants and other expenses. Christmas grants given to qualifiying persons who apply for them.

Latest Income: £14,506
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Wells Clerical Charity

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Professions, Social welfare

to provide financial assistance to the clergy and their families who are serving in the historic Archdeaconry of Wells. Includes assisting children of the clergy, under the age of 25, by making grants to enable them to earn their living; otherwise providing for their education; providing relief for clergy, their spouses, widows, widowers or other dependants.

Latest Income: £14,072
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
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.