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Economic and community development Charities

Discover 2,410 Economic and community development charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

2,410
Charities
£3,847,430,462
Total Income
£1,489,520
Avg Income
87.0%
Program Ratio

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

Hellenic Community Trust

Economic and community development, Facilities

Cultural and community: Providing/running a community centre (the Hellenic Centre) by means of cultural, social and traditional activities, events and functions.

Latest Income: £910,791
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Newbury And District Agricultural Society

Arts, Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure

To promote advance and improve for the public benefit agriculture, horticulture, forestry and rural crafts and skills in all their branches and forms and to encourage interest, skill and industry in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, rural crafts and skills and all trades, crafts, businesses, and professions connected therewith.

Latest Income: £900,202
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The White Ensign Association Limited

Armed forces, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education

Naval charity which supports all serving and former members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and RFA, including dependants. A non-grant giving organisation, the Association helps personnel in matters including Armed Forces pensions and compensation, civilian employment and personal welfare and administration, giving guidance at an individual level. Delivers an extensive lecture programme.

Latest Income: £893,248
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Agoriad Cyfyngedig

Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

Provision of services to disabled and disadvantaged clients that is geared towards helping them into supported employment, open employment or vocational training.

Latest Income: £883,803
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Milton Keynes Christian Foundation Limited

Economic and community development

In all our activities we seek to express the basic belief that all people and things have an essential value and inherent potential and we try to work in ways that enable some of this potential to be released. Our main activities continue to be focussed around four areas:-?+?-? Groups on the margins-?+?-? Regeneration-?+?-? Sustainability-?+?-? Economic and social justice

Latest Income: £836,996
Areas of Operation: Milton Keynes
Status: Registered
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Deen City Farm Limited

Animals, Economic and community development, Leisure

The provision of an educational resource for the benefit of those in Merton and neighbouring boroughs to which people can contribute and gain skills, confidence and knowledge in areas such as agriculture, horticulture and equine studies.

Latest Income: £817,030
Areas of Operation: Merton
Status: Registered
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Hatzola Trust

Economic and community development, Health, Saving of lives

Hatzola Trust is a non-profit organisation primarily set up to provide a Free 24 Hour First Responder and Ambulance Service for Medical Emergencies. Other humanitarian aid may also be provided.

Latest Income: £814,828
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Howick Trustees Limited

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Facilities

Maintenance and development of garden and wild source arboretum at Howick, together with the surrounding countryside, all in an AONB. Conservation of environment including 1 1/2 miles of coastline in a SSSI. Nature education programme for children with local schools.

Latest Income: £789,195
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Dawlish Gardens Trust

Economic and community development, Education, Facilities, Leisure

The main objective of the charity is the promotion for the public benefit of providing sheltered training and therapeutic employment for disabled clients in horticulture.

Latest Income: £787,762
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Milton Keynes Museum Trust Limited

Economic and community development, Heritage

Local museum with emphasis on changes of community since the new City of Milton Keynes whilst seeking to draw attention to the area's importance across the centuries.

Latest Income: £763,345
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Apt Action On Poverty

Economic and community development, Social welfare

Action on Poverty's vision is a world where everyone can work with pride for a better future. We work in partnership with people in East and West Africa to build livelihoods and transform lives; addressing barriers to safe and lasting work, hunger and injustice. These changemakers access vital skills and resources needed to earn a living and address the root causes of poverty.

Latest Income: £758,040
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Magdalen Environmental Trust

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development

A sustainable-living charity, working in the community and operating a residential centre at the heart of a 132 acre organic farm, where a diverse range of managed and natural habitats provide the setting for a wide range of courses, bespoke workshops and eco-adventures.Children & adults learn new skills, develop a deeper understanding of the countryside and a more sustainable approach to life.

Latest Income: £754,091
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Yorkshire Museum Of Farming Limited

Economic and community development, Heritage

To operate the business of the Yorkshire Museum of Farming Limited, the objects of which are to preserve for the benefit of the Nation, agricultural machinery, equipment, buildings, documents and livestock of educational and historical interest and to maintain and operate a museum for the purpose of exhibiting to the public such items of educational or historical interest.

Latest Income: £748,967
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Communities Together East Anglia

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Health

General Charitable PurposesDisability, older people, family carers and those with mental health difficultiesEconomic/Community development/EmploymentRecruitment of volunteers

Latest Income: £740,779
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Busoga Trust

Economic and community development

Busoga Trust is a UK based, Christian charity which has as its principal aims the raising of money for water development projects in the rural areas of Uganda with a major emphasis on sanitation and health education.

Latest Income: £736,936
Areas of Operation: Uganda
Status: Registered
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Doncaster Young Men's Christian Association

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

YMCA Doncaster provides places and programmes where all young people can truly belong, contribute and thrive. Our principal activity is in the provision of accommodation and related services for young people between the ages of 18 and 25.We also provide community activities, meeting space for other organisations and volunteering opportunities for local people.

Latest Income: £716,755
Areas of Operation: Doncaster
Status: Registered
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The Englefield Charitable Trust

Economic and community development, Leisure

The Trust supports a broad range of charitable causes in and around Berkshire including education, sport, the arts, community, churches and faith groups, social welfare and medical support, agriculture and conservation, and the ArmedForces.

Latest Income: £711,890
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Tees Valley Wildlife Trust LTD

Economic and community development, Education, Environment, Facilities

Work with local authorities, businesses and others to protect, manage and enhance land for wildlife.Promote lifelong learning in environmental matters through a programme of education and training.Manage its nature reserves.Work with local partners to ensure that wildlife and natural places contribute to the environmental, social and economic regeneration of the Tees Valley.

Latest Income: £708,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Christina Noble Childrens Foundation Limited

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfare

THE CHRISTINA NOBLE CHILDRENS FOUNDATION CNCF IS A BRITISH REGISTERED NGO ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA. ALIGNED WITH THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, CNCF BREAKS INTERGENERATIONAL POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE,RURAL CAPITAL ASSISTANCE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES EMPOWERING DISADVANATGED CHILDREN AND COMMUNITIES TO ACHIEVE LONG-TERM RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY.

Latest Income: £702,592
Areas of Operation: Mongolia
Status: Registered
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Remar Association (uk)

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

Practical training is carried on by daily routine at each house on a Christian basis. The charity undertakes evangelistic work on the streets and in centres. Remar Association (UK) operates a soup kitchen to assist vulnerable people in the Nottingham area. The charity sends humanitarian aid containers to other Remar organisations around the world to relieve suffering from poverty and addictions.

Latest Income: £690,735
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Greenwich Mencap

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Leisure

Greenwich Mencap works with and for people with a learning disability and their families. Our Children's services are: support with challenging behaviour, activity sessions (short breaks) and support surrounding the transition to adulthood. Our Adult services are: information, advice, advocacy, 1-1 support, travel training, job coaching, day services including handicrafts, gardening & painting.

Latest Income: £690,347
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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Learning Partnerships

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Education

Working across diverse inner-city communities reducing inequality, exclusion and disadvantage to provide opportunities and support for children, young people and adults to access education, employment, training & volunteering.

Latest Income: £687,778
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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The Sofa Project

Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Environment

SOFA PROJECT IS A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE WITH THE CHARITABLE AIMS OF SUPPORTING THE REHABILITATION OF PRISONERS THROUGH WORK OPPORTUNITIES IN THE ORGANISATION. THESE ACTIVITIES MAINLY COMPRISE THE RE-USE OF UNWANTED/DONATED FURNITURE AND DOMESTIC APPLIANCES BY REFURBISHING THEM AND SUPPLYING THEM AT LOW PRICES TO PEOPLE ON LOW INCOMES.

Latest Income: £676,035
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Age UK Bradford & District

Associations, Economic and community development

Age UK Bradford District works to value everyone's future, create age friendly communities and put people first. We deliver 4 key functions: Information, Help & Support, Advice & Casework and Community Activities & Groups empowering people to live well as active, engaged and influential members of their communities from bases in 6 Community Hubs across Bradford, Keighley & Shipley.

Latest Income: £672,883
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Hertfordshire Agricultural Society

Arts, Economic and community development

To promote industry in general and in particular to promote rural industry and agriculture, and to such end generally to improve it in all its branches, to encourage skill and industry in it and in all trades, crafts, and professions connected with it. The most important financial commitment, at the present time, is the organisation hosting and delivery of the Hertfordshire County Show.

Latest Income: £662,063
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

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

There are 2,410 registered 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 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 economic and community development charities?

Economic and community development charities reported a combined annual income of £3.8bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

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

Across all economic and community development charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 87.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

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

Economic and community development charities have an average annual income of £1.5m. 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.