Saving of lives Charities That specialise in Humanitarian relief
Discover 241 Saving of lives charities that specialise in humanitarian relief. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
The Earley Charitable Trust
Saving of livesGeneral Charitable PurposesRelief of PovertyOverseas aid/Famine reliefReligious activities
Peter Cowley Africa Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Saving of lives, Social welfareAssisting Kenyan youth and other Kenyans in the promotion of education, relief of hardship, suffering and disease and the advancement of the Christian religion. Giving grants through our 3 trust partners and directly to 2 schools in Kenya to fund water, agriculture, adult education, school building and health improvement projects as well as drought and famine relief..
Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (winlaton)
Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Leisure, Religion, Saving of lives, Social care, Social welfareActivities to relieve suffering, distress & poverty via ourselves & other outlets. Help to RBC Ministries/Gt. Nth. Air Ambulance/Unicef/Barnabus Fund & Various other Charities plus Disaster requests.Human resources & Church space (disability ok!) available to community for advocacy, advice & leisure. Church Services:- general, weekly Am; 1st Pm monthly at nearby sheltered housing complex.
Rotary Club Of Leatherhead Benevolent Fund
Associations, Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe support of local and Rotary charities. These may involve young,disadvantaged or elderly people. Some may be for projects overseas especially areas of special need following natural disasters.
Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust ( R11 )
Beneficiary group, Saving of livesThe trustees support charities in Southern England, assisting medical, churches, children, elderly, special needs, education, environmental, national disasters and animal welfare.
Rotary Club Of Congleton - Trust Fund
Associations, Charity and VCS support, Saving of livesRotary is a social and philanthropic organisation operating internationally. Local branches such as Congleton meet regularly socially and also organize various events locally to raise money for various charities. Funds raised are distributed to mainly local charities (approx 70%) & some national and international in response to foreign disaster appeals.
The Lapid Trust
Arts, Saving of lives, Social welfareWe don't accept unsolicited grant applicationsOverall vision of connectedness and challenging isolationSupporting organisations working in the following areas:1. Health and medicine, particularly mental health2. Helping people thrive in old age3. The use of music and arts in relation to above4. Building trust and friendship between communities5. Responsive relief in disaster zones
The Christadelphian Samaritan Fund
Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe trust was established to make donations to charitable organisations and to relieve persons from outside the Christadelphian community who are poor or in straitened circumstances or otherwise in need, and does respond to worldwide appeals from aid agencies, such as the Red Cross, Oxfam, Children In Need, Christian Aid, Disasters Emergency Committee etc.
Lions Club International District 105a Charity Trust
Associations, Economic and community development, Housing, Saving of lives, Social welfareGeneral Charitable deeds, Education & Training, Medical Health & Sickness, Disability, Relief of Poverty, Overseas Aid & Famine Relief, Accomodation & Housing.
Shree Navyug Jain Pragati Mandal
Beneficiary group, Religion, Saving of livesVarious religious, social and educational activities. Animal welfare and helping disaster affected people. Youth development.
Sri Lankan Medical And Dental Association In The United Kingdom
Education, Research, Saving of livesADVICE & ASSIST UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL & DENTAL EDUCATION OF THE UNIVERSITIES OF SRI LANKA PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING NATURAL DISASTERS FACILITATE SHARING OF PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES & RESEARCH MATTERS WITH COLLEAGUES IN SRI LANKA PROMOTE AND ADVISE ON POSTGRADUATE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UK FOR MEDICAL & DENTAL GRADUATES OF SRI LANKAN UNIVERSITIES
The Bacta Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe Trust is established to help people in the United Kingdom in need, hardship or distress as a result of local, national or international disaster or by their social and economic circumstances. At their discretion, the trustees can make grants for any other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.
The Heathfield Trust
Economic and community development, Saving of livesIncome from property,owned by the trust,used for Overseas aid/famine relief and Religious activities.
Humanitarian Aid Limited
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social careCollecting Aid and raising funds in England to enable us to help and supply the Aid to the Ukraine. The funds are raised to carry this out. The Charity supports centres and orphanages in the Ukraine. The people we help are mainly children, disabled and elderly.
Clevedon Family Church
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Leisure, Religion, Saving of livesReligous activitiesRelief of povertyYoung peoples recreation and sportOverseas aid / famine relief
The Mothers Union (diocese Of Durham Branch)
Arts, Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Housing, Saving of lives, Social welfareParish support. Short breaks for those in difficult circumstances, support for women prisoners and families, school children in deprived area, womens refuge. Blankets, baby clothes, toilet bags to hospitals, support members overseas, literacy, development, health education, famine relief.
Birmingham Medical Mission (evangelical Church)
Economic and community development, Religion, Saving of lives, Social welfareRelief of poverty. Religious activities. Overseas aid / famine relief.
Lifeline Humanitarian Organisation
Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfareProvision of both emergency and continuing care to any area,region or country in Central or Eastern Europe for persons,in particular children, who are suffering hardship or distress by reason of political adversity,civil conflict or natural disaster.
Rotary Club Of Ashtead Trust Fund
Associations, Health, Saving of livesSupport for charitable initiatives both internationally (eg earthquakes/floods) and in the local community (eg hospices & entertaining oaps).
Rotary Club Of Farnborough Benevolent Fund
Associations, Health, Saving of lives, Social welfareDonations to local, national and international worthy causes: Hospices, natural disasters, physically & mentally handicapped persons etc.
The Christian And Missionary Alliance
Economic and community development, Religion, Saving of livesPromote the Christian Faith in all parts of the world. Supporting church planting in the UK and abroard. Undertaking humanitarian aid within the framework of Chritianity.
Lincolnshire Churches Trust
Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Saving of livesThe Trust was founded in 1952 to raise funds for the preservation, repair, maintenance, upkeep and reconstruction of churches in the county of Lincolnshire and of monuments, fittings, fixtures, stained glass, furniture, ornaments, bells, and chattels in such churches and of the churchyard belonging to any such churches.
March Evangelical Fellowship
Beneficiary group, Religion, Saving of livesA Christian Church holding public services of worship.We offer practical care in the community, helping the elderly, supplying activities for mothers and young children, providing facilities for youth and children's clubs, supporting other charities both locally and abroad, and giving financially to help disaster funds around the world.
Lincoln Evangelical Church
Beneficiary group, Religion, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe church provides financial support for christian workers, in addition to its own pastor, in both the UK and in a number of overseas countries.Financial and practical support is also allocated to the care of families and children, and to the disadvantaged as well as relief for those affected by disasters.This is done through appropriate agencies.Spiritual help is offered throughout
Every Home For Christ
Arts, Beneficiary group, Housing, Saving of livesSupporting humanitarian and disaster relief, as well as child sponsorship programmes and support of other Every Home for Christ activities around the world
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities are there in the UK?
There are 241 registered humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the humanitarian-relief saving of lives 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 humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities?
Humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities reported a combined annual income of £2.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities?
Across all humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 75.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities?
Humanitarian-relief saving of lives charities have an average annual income of £5.2m. 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.