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Charitable activities Charities That specialise in Charity shops

Discover 200 Charitable activities charities that specialise in charity shops. Use the search below to filter within these results.

200
Charities
£8,949,407,421
Total Income
£1,444,618
Avg Income
96.7%
Program Ratio

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

Lowestoft And District Mencap Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Social welfare, Society

The Unity Centre is a cafe/charity shop offering advice/befriending/hate crime support. Activities: karaoke, arts & crafts, Bang & Crash, wellbeing and Groove.Our Unity Youth Projects department runs The Fort, a gaming hub that specialises in improving social connectivity & life/social skills, through digital/IT-based & modernised projects & activities, such as card/board/video games, D&D & VR.

Latest Income: £68,609
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The League Of Friends Of Northwick Park Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

Runs charity shop/within Northwick Park Hospital. Draws commission from other traders in adjacent area. Provides cash for equipment/comfort to benefit patients of the hospital.

Latest Income: £68,532
Areas of Operation: Harrow
Status: Registered
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League Of Friends Of Cossham Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

Hospital shop, general fundraising including, coffee mornings, fetes, jumble sales & raffles.

Latest Income: £66,312
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Baby Blues Appeal

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

The charity's activity is the selling of donated goods in a charity shop, and occasional fundraising, organised by volunteers, in order to donate to neo-natal special care units in local hospitals.

Latest Income: £65,240
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Huddersfield South West District Scout Council

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Heritage

Activities include an active and wide ranging programme of events in the pursuit of scouting principles; a badge shop selling badges and associated items to scout groups; the maintenance and upkeep of Scammonden Activity Centre, which provides the opportunity for youth groups and commercial organisations to stay at the Centre; and a shop at the Activity Centre selling stationery and refreshments.

Latest Income: £62,345
Areas of Operation: Kirklees
Status: Registered
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Jamaica Society (leeds)

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

Educational work shops advocacy provide venue for repass for funerals family & community events. Care group that supports members of the community who are unwell, visiting in hospitals and home settings. Joint northern regional networking events social events liaising with the Jamaican High Commission to provide legal guidance and support for members and the wider community.

Latest Income: £61,670
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Community Friends Of Malton, Norton And District Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, Housing, Social welfare

Annual Fundraising Events, running of Charity Shop and Social Activities To raise Funds for Malton , Norton and District HospitalSupport Malton Hospital through the provision of medical equipment and also support ex-patients in their own homes when discharged from Hospital and requiring continuing support though care in their home

Latest Income: £59,143
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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First Church Of Christ , Scientist, Walton And Weybridge

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

Holding church services, sunday school services and testimony meetings; operating a reading room and book shop

Latest Income: £58,318
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Dartmouth Museum Association

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

Up to 10,000 visitors a year since reopened Henley Collection. Upgraded Maritime history room reopened for 2010. Dartmouth's social and WW II story in 2011. Upgraded shop 2020. Accreditation 2008, 2011 and 2018. Talks in winter. Mayflower gallery Oct 2021. Outreach activities, schools/adults. Jesse Room (ceiling Tree of Jesse) during opening hours. Open 6 days a week all year bar 3 public hols.

Latest Income: £57,006
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Southmead Hospital League Of Friends

Associations, Charitable activities, Facilities, Health

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL, WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND GENERALLY TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL. WE PURCHASE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR OTHER MEDICAL AIDS FOR THE HOSPITAL. WE RUN A COFFEE SHOP AND A TROLLY SERVICE IN THE OUTPATIENTS DEPT.

Latest Income: £51,460
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Friends Of St Mary's Hospital

Associations, Charitable activities, Health

The Friends aim is to support and supplement the services offered by Island-wide NHS services, through the funding of new equipment and facilities designed to enhance the wellbeing of NHS patients and staff across the Isle of Wight. We are funded by the running of our shop, by charity boxes around the Island and by many generous donations or by being kindly remembered in a Will.

Latest Income: £51,089
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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The Aldershot Institute

Charitable activities

Maintain the Charity's Aldershot premises to provide afordable accomodation for local charities and groups. Income is raised by the commercial letting of three shop units at street level.

Latest Income: £49,852
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Ipswich High School Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education

Fundraising through organised events such as the School Summer Fete, Christmas Fayre, and Second-Hand Uniform Shop.

Latest Income: £48,916
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Michael Jones Community Limited

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

We donate gifts and monies for fund raising. Representatives of the charities receiving items from us collect the gifts or monies from our shop. Personally or in the case of cheques receive them from us by Royal Mail. We do not have personal contact with the beneficiaries.

Latest Income: £46,455
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Jfc And Boys' Club (also Known As Jays Boys' Club)

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Leisure

At present we have six football teams from under 9 to under 16. Our income comes from signing on fees. The sale of sale of sweets and drinks from our Tuck shop. The hire of our hall to a dance school, line dancing group and a judo club. We also hold fund raising events.We receive very little outside funding. Everybody donates their time.

Latest Income: £45,446
Areas of Operation: Barking And Dagenham
Status: Registered
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The Saved To Serve Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relieving need hardship and distress either in gifts in kind or grants of money.The area of benefit of the trust are the Boroughs of Rushcliffe and Broxtow and the city of Nottingham and also elsewhere in Great Britain and Overseas.

Latest Income: £44,984
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Teddington And Hampton Wick Voluntary Care Group

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

Door to door transport for those in need using volunteer drivers. Shopping buses with escorts for those who wish to shop for themselves but need assistance with accessible transport and carrying bags. Shopping for the housebound. Social activities for the lonely with transport provided, using accessible transport buses if needed.

Latest Income: £44,804
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Militia Immaculatae

Charitable activities, Religion

To promote the Roman Catholic faith and Roman Catholic institutions anywhere in the world so that the Roman Catholic faith may be propagated. The charity operates shop premises selling products associated with the Catholic faith and Christianity generally. The charity's premises also provides a Chapel with the Blessed Sacrament where local leaders of the Catholic community lead worship.

Latest Income: £44,783
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Rochdale Borough Shopmobility

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

SHOPMOBILITY PROVIDES MANUAL AND POWERED WHEELCHAIRS,POWERED SCOOTERS AND VOLUNTEER ESCORTS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY SHOP WITH EASE AND ENJOYMENT IN ROCHDALE TOWN CENTRE. IT IS FOR ANYONE REGARDLESS OF AGE WHETHER THEIR DISABILITY IS TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT. SHOPMOBILITY ALSO PROVIDES ESCORTS FOR PEOPLE WITH SENSORY DIFFICULTIES TO HELP WITH SHOPPING.

Latest Income: £41,885
Areas of Operation: Rochdale
Status: Registered
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The Spencer Homes Charity

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing

Providing seven social housing units in a rural area with no public transport or shop and which provides often low income employment.

Latest Income: £41,820
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Bolton Society For Mentally Handicapped Children And Adults

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

TO W0RK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY. TO PROMOTE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENES FOR OUR MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.TO CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SERVICE PROVISION.RUN PROJECTS WITHIN A SAFE ENVIOROMENT,A CHARITY SHOP, WHICH ENABLES OUR MEMEBERS TO HAVE WORK EXPERIANCE, WITH RENUMERATION.ENABLE SOCIALISEATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THEY WORK, LIFE SKILLS, EDUCATION SESSIONS WITH QUALIFIED STAFF

Latest Income: £41,583
Areas of Operation: Bolton
Status: Registered
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Pets In Need (p I N )

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education

Pets in Need provides sanctuary for unwanted, neglected and abandoned animals. It ensures all animals taken in have comfortable and warm accomodation, are well fed and receive whatever veterinary care required. Both charity shops are manned by volunteers. Voluntary help is also acquired by providing work experience for its animal loving students from schools.

Latest Income: £40,109
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Seaham Action 1978 Training Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

OUR CHARITABLE ORGANISATION WILL BE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING A ;OW COST SUPPORTIVE ENVIROMENT TO PROMOTE BUSINESS START UPS .WE WILL PROVIDE A SUPPORTED SHELTERED AND COST EFFECTIVE WORKSHOP TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO BUILD A BUSINESS. THE WORK SHOPS PROVIDE INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AREAS RESIDENTS THROUGH ASSISTANCE TO START UP AND EXPAND SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.

Latest Income: £39,831
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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League Of Friends Of South Tyneside Hospitals

Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

The League's activities are personal service and fund raising. The League is responsible for the Hospital shop which opens each weekday from 10 am until 8pm and restricted hours at the weekend and public holidays. The profits from sales along with other moneys raised are used to purchase items for the benefit of the hospital and patients.

Latest Income: £38,926
Areas of Operation: South Tyneside
Status: Registered
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Chorley Christian Book Centre Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Health

We mainly work within the Chorley, Lancashire area and provide support to Churches and other organisations. We are a Christian charity and support the work of local hospices and other caring charities. We sell Christian literature, CDs, DVDs, cards, music, etc. including church and school supplies. We carry a large stock. The shop was extended during 2011.

Latest Income: £36,899
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many charity-shops charitable activities charities are there in the UK?

There are 200 registered charity-shops charitable activities charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the charity-shops charitable activities charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). 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 charity-shops charitable activities charities?

Charity-shops charitable activities charities reported a combined annual income of £8.9bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for charity-shops charitable activities charities?

Across all charity-shops charitable activities charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 96.7%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of charity-shops charitable activities charities?

Charity-shops charitable activities charities have an average annual income of £1.4m. 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.