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Economic and community development Charities That specialise in International development

Discover 142 Economic and community development charities that specialise in international development. Use the search below to filter within these results.

142
Charities
£3,952,035,051
Total Income
£1,366,540
Avg Income
87.3%
Program Ratio

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

The Leonard Trust

Economic and community development, Health, Saving of lives

The Leonard Trust distributes its income in amounts varying from £500 to £5000 to registered charities ranging from small local ones (Hampshire) to large nationals. Historically we have tended to concentrate on Christian based charities, mental health, and overseas aid, often in response to specific disaster relief. Our remit is wide and we also support many smaller and diverse charities.

Latest Income: £24,959
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Anthony And Deirdre Montagu Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Research, Saving of lives, Social welfare

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR SAVING OF LIVES THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OVERSEAS AID / FAMINE RELIEFARTS / CULTURE / HERITAGE / SCIENCE ANIMALS ECONOMIC / COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT / EMPLOYMENTCHILDREN / YOUNG PEOPLE

Latest Income: £24,833
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Saltwell Will Trust (research Branch)

Economic and community development, Health

Income used to aid research work in connection with and the cure and prevention of cancer, rheumatism, malaria and morbid conditions of the prostate gland.

Latest Income: £24,604
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Crown Of Thorns

Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Housing

Promotion of the holy rosary as a means to bring peace and personal comfort to suffering people. Correspondence maintained supporting prisoners, the sick, the fearful. Shipments of donated aid and church items to assist diocesan schools and hospitals in the third world. Support of local homeless has increased to help with increased numbers.

Latest Income: £22,831
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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H T And L B Cadbury Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Housing, Religion

The objects of the trust deed are to make grants for general charitable purposes at the discretion of the trustees. In practice, a policy reflecting the interests of the settlers has been implemented, whereby grants are made under the following headings, health, homelessness, Quaker causes/institutions, support groups and third world. The trust does not accept unsolicited applications.

Latest Income: £21,324
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Adventist Development And Relief Agency - Trans European Division

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

ADRA is an international humanitarian aid agency. ADRA Trans-Europe is a regional office, supporting 19 country offices with: Resources, strategic planning, disaster response assistance, electronically accessible tools, training and education, assistance in obtaining government funds, staffing support and new personnel placement, general support as needed.

Latest Income: £21,033
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Bluarrow Trust

Arts, Economic and community development, Saving of lives

Development of personal Skills, active support for foreign aid workers, emergency relief support.

Latest Income: £20,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Bethel Mission (uk)charity

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Saving of lives

We work primarily with the Portuguese speaking community in the UK, by offering pastoral and spiritual support and care.We support newly arrived immigrants by assisting in their settling down and offering English language lessons. We are also involved in charity work in the UK as well as abroad through financial, humanitarian aid and social projects in partnership with churches or charities.

Latest Income: £20,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Mizpah Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The Trustees make distributions pro-actively and do not respond to enquiries/requests for funding.The purpose of the Trust is to provide grants to other charities/ voluntary bodies and individuals for general charitable purposes and operating in the following areas; the relief of poverty, overseas aid/ famine relief and the promotion of the Christian religion.

Latest Income: £19,176
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Shaftesbury Trust Fund

Associations, Economic and community development, Saving of lives

General Chaitable PurposesOverseas aid and famine relief

Latest Income: £18,569
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Jubilee Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Provision of humanitarian aid including relief of poverty and education throughout the world. Also promotion of the Christian Gospel in UK and throughout the world by making donations to such Charitable Institutions and providing grants to individuals at such time or times and in such manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.

Latest Income: £17,104
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Tobit Trust

Economic and community development

The charity uses funds for a wide variety of charitable purposes including Christian and cultural projects, support for international aid and community care.

Latest Income: £16,501
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Beacon Trust

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

The Trust continues in being active in Christian agencies working in the developing world, being engaged in work as widely varied as transport, emergency relief aid, education and the support of expatriate staff involved in long term mission and development

Latest Income: £16,464
Areas of Operation: Nepal
Status: Registered
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The Town Lands Charity

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Religion

General charitable purposes. Overseas aid. Religious activities & church maintenance. Young people.

Latest Income: £16,155
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Sir Kenneth Cork Charitable Trust

Economic and community development, Saving of lives

To give donations to General Charitable Purposes including animal welfare in the UK. Also Overseas aid and famine relief.

Latest Income: £16,012
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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St Mark's Overseas Aid Trust

Economic and community development

We raise and distribute funds to carefully selected development projects in the developing world. We also organise educational events locally, often hosting talks by people who have been working on projects we have supported.

Latest Income: £16,008
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Biggin Hill Romania Group

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Saving of lives

Humanitarian Aid to Children with special needs

Latest Income: £15,784
Areas of Operation: Romania
Status: Registered
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The Suzy Trust

Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development

To raise funds to relieve suffering and starvation in third world countries

Latest Income: £14,700
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Third World Foundation For Social And Economic Studies

Economic and community development, Social welfare

The object of the charity is to provide relief from poverty, sickness and advance education among inhabitants of the developing countries.

Latest Income: £13,711
Areas of Operation: Croydon
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Bulgaria

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Friends of Bulgaria provides humanitarian aid to Bulgaria focusing on improving the quality of life of disadvantaged children and young people through fund-raising raising initiatives and events. Financial grants are awarded by the Committee to Bulgarian NGOs and institutions on the basis of project proposals.

Latest Income: £13,399
Areas of Operation: Bulgaria
Status: Registered
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Caterham Overseas Aid Trust

Economic and community development, Social welfare

In our own small way Caterham Overseas Aid Trust are committed to help the two thirds of the desperately poor people in Third World countries help themselves. By way of recognised NGOs working on the ground, such as Self Help Africa and Practical Action and other small charities, we finance projects which will enable local self-help and development of individuals. We give NO aid handouts.

Latest Income: £12,788
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Nailsea And Backwell Trust Fund

Associations, Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Relief of the poor and needy or to or for such other charitable purpose, institution, society or object as the club shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.Recent activities as directed by the club have been humanitarian aid to victims of natural disasters, general humanitarian aid, educational assistance.

Latest Income: £12,409
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
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Newhaven Peacehaven And Seaford Lions Club Charity Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Social welfare

To raise money from the local community by holding fundraising events. To finance and run a minibus adapted for the disabled and seniors. To assist local organisations and individuals with donations. To support Lions International Programme in supporting major, national and international relief for incidents and to include both nationally and internationally Sightsavers and Water aid.

Latest Income: £11,563
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Church Charity

Economic and community development, Religion, Saving of lives

We exist for the purpose of organising regular Christian worship in Sweffling and for maintaining the fabric of our historic parish church. We contribute financially to Christian mission in the UK and to overseas aid/famine relief.

Latest Income: £11,513
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Northampton Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Social welfare

Sponsoring and managing events, arranging collections and receiving donations for fund raising. Making donations in cash or kind, activities for disadvantaged young and old people, educational events for young people of all abilities, educational links with overseas students, helping to sponsor international aid projects where needed. Managing 4 'in-house' trusts.

Latest Income: £11,437
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many international-development economic and community development charities are there in the UK?

There are 142 registered international-development economic and community development charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the international-development economic and community development charities by income?

Barnardo's is the largest by latest reported annual income (£340.3m). 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 international-development economic and community development charities?

International-development economic and community development charities reported a combined annual income of £4.0bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for international-development economic and community development charities?

Across all international-development economic and community development charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 87.3%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of international-development economic and community development charities?

International-development economic and community development 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.