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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.

241
Charities
£2,565,160,009
Total Income
£5,150,924
Avg Income
75.0%
Program Ratio

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

The Rotary Club Of Northallerton Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The raising of money for local & rotary international charities (such as Polio Plus and disaster aid); the funding of courses to help young people to raise aspirations or aquire leadership skills and support the local learning disability community as well as schools and community projects in Nepal.

Latest Income: £18,623
Areas of Operation: Belarus
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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Rottingdean And Saltdean Lions Club Charitable Trust Fund

Associations, Saving of lives

Lions voluteer their time to humanitarian causes helping those less fortunate than themselves. They particularly focus on their local community in the belief that those who live in a community are in the best position to know who needs help and why. Wherever there is suffering from natural, or man made, disasters you can count on Lions Club members to provide help. Our motto is "WE SERVE".

Latest Income: £17,829
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Chesterfield Scarsdale Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Health, Saving of lives

Ashgate Hospice - Aqua Boxes for disasters. Rainbow Hospice for children - Rotary Foundation. Mercy Ships - Rotary Polio Plus. Old folks Xmas Party. Kids out for disabled children. Young Chef. Breast Cancer. Heart Foundation , Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice, Sight Support Derbyshire, Chesterfield Kidney Association, Sand Dams, Help for Heroes, McMillian, small donations to local people.

Latest Income: £17,262
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
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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Rotary Club Of Staines Charity

Associations, Saving of lives

Raising monies from Christmas collections - donations made to local charities and good causes.Raising monies from other events - donations to Rotary Foundation ,specific overseas projects and world disasters.Utilisation of members organisation skills and participation in various projects of a charitable nature.

Latest Income: £16,855
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Paignton Charity Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Saving of lives

RAISE MONIES TO SUPPORT LOCAL NEEDY GROUPS SUCH AS MENTALLY ANDPHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED,SCHOOLS,AGED,CHURCH AND YOUTH IN LOCAL AREA.ALSO TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIAL HELP TO AREAS ABROAD FOLLOWING DISASTERS,AND TO HELP SUPPORT SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES .

Latest Income: £16,616
Areas of Operation: Torbay
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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County Council Of Clwyd Welsh Church Fund

Beneficiary group, Health, Heritage, Leisure, Religion, Research, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Advancement of Education, relief of poverty, advancement of religion, relief in sickness, aid to elderly persons, aid for social, recreational, aesthetic, architectural, historical & scientific matters, medical research, probationers, visually impaired and emergency or disasters & other charitable organisations

Latest Income: £16,046
Areas of Operation: Denbighshire
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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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 Rotary Club Of Margate Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Housing, Saving of lives

The Club organises events to raise money to help individuals and organisations at home and abroad in a variety of ways, eg by providing aqua boxes to produce drinkable water, shelter boxes (tents etc.) in disaster ares of the world and financing the digging of wells. It also uses funds to sponsor the youth of Thanet in various way, i.e direct sponsorship, RYLA, art competition and school proms.

Latest Income: £15,438
Areas of Operation: Sri Lanka
Status: Registered
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Thatcham Rotary Club Trust Fund

Associations, Saving of lives

Financial and practical support to local and national organisations and groups of people in need. Financial support to people affected by international disasters (e.g. Earthquakes, Tsunamis) and to other charities concerned with the welfare of people in need in countries overseas.

Latest Income: £14,557
Areas of Operation: West Berkshire
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Wensleydale Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Saving of lives

Providing physical and financial support to the local community, to youth activities, to other worthwhile causes locally, nationally and internationally and to disaster relief both nationally and worldwide.

Latest Income: £14,485
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Holy Trinity (coventry) Development Trust

Heritage, Religion, Saving of lives

The restoration,reconstruction,maintenance and upkeep of Holy Trinity Church Coventry, and the raising of funds to defray the costs thereof.

Latest Income: £14,443
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Oxford North Trust Fund

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Health, Saving of lives

raising money for local and overseas charities including local hospitals, cancer research and overseas disaster appeals

Latest Income: £14,031
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Pro Deo

Religion, Saving of lives

1) To advance the Christian religion in any part of the world.2) To promote and support the charitable work of evangelical Christian mission.3) To relieve need in any part of the world where people are suffering distress as a result of natural disaster or by reason of their social and economic conditions, by any method recognised as charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.

Latest Income: £13,925
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Shiva Charity UK

Beneficiary group, Education, Saving of lives

In Nepal we have been rebuilding a school that had been completely destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. There are 5 new classrooms, a toilet block and a new drinking water filtration system. We have also recently repainted two school and repaired and replaced desks and chairs. We are currently sponsoring 6 children through their education at the school.

Latest Income: £13,910
Areas of Operation: Nepal
Status: Registered
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Dewan-E-Hazoori Trust

Saving of lives

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSESEDUCATION TRAININGRELIEF OF POVERTYOVERSEAS AID/FAMINE RELIEFRELIGIOUS ACTIVITES

Latest Income: £13,505
Areas of Operation: Pakistan
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Birkenhead Benevolent Trust Fund

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

The Trust supports Local Community organisations and selected Organisations operating in overseas countries and disaster areas.Funds to support these activities are raised from members donations and fund-raising events in the local area.

Latest Income: £13,496
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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Convoy Of Mercy

Saving of lives

Educational, medical & shelter projects humanitarian disaster aid and assistance donations to charitable organisations (all the above activities overseas only).Charity is currently operating in Gambia, West Africa.

Latest Income: £13,463
Areas of Operation: Various
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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Caring Outreach International Charity (coic)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Housing, Leisure, Religion, Research, Saving of lives

Cares for the destitute through training, job placement, also refugees, disabled, elderly, children, young people, homeless, people in crime,HIV/Aids and the sick,through a variety of services such as medical care, sports activities, emergency relief, music, drama, rehabilitation, education, campaign, community safety/Developments,representation, faith, housing, counselling,providing clean waters

Latest Income: £13,075
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hayastan All-Armenian Charitable Trust Of Great Britain

Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Housing, Saving of lives

Educational activities in Armenia and Artsakh by sponsoring schools; support welfare programmes in the devastated earthquake area and for homeless refugees; aid/renovate hospitals and educational institutions.

Latest Income: £12,766
Areas of Operation: Armenia
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Sandown (i.w.) Charity Trust

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives

Fund-raising for the purpose of assisting local and international Charities , disasters, and assistance wherever need arises.

Latest Income: £12,591
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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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.