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Saving of lives Charities

Discover 2,191 Saving of lives charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

2,191
Charities
£4,239,256,784
Total Income
£1,701,146
Avg Income
78.9%
Program Ratio

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

UK Curriculum And Accreditation Body (ukcab)

Beneficiary group, Housing, Saving of lives

1) Educate people about renal problems and renal failure, Initial stage problems and remedies, Dialysis and its types, Motivation during this life saving treatment, Motivate people to register as Organ Donation.2) Educate people for clean drinking water, 3) Education for All without borders, race and religion.4) Feed the needy & homeless.5) Vocational Education for Girls.

Latest Income: £24,115,535
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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UK-Med

Health, Saving of lives

UK-Med provides emergency medical care in the aftermath of large and sudden-onset disasters. UK-Med also works with colleagues in disaster-prone countries to increase their medical and surgical skills and knowledge, developing capacity to respond to disasters in their own country and region.

Latest Income: £23,067,936
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Shelterbox Trust

Saving of lives

ShelterBox provides emergency shelter and vital supplies to support communities around the world overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crises.

Latest Income: £20,128,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

Health, Saving of lives

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (registered charity number 1143118), formerly known as County Air Ambulance (1001064). The charity's mission is to provide patients with pre-hospital care and lifesaving intervention through its helicopter-led emergency medical services (HEMS).The charity covers Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, the West Midlands and Worcestershire.

Latest Income: £19,920,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Vodafone Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Saving of lives

Vodafone Foundation is at the centre of a network of 24 global & local social investment programmes. Through this unique network, we are able to think & act locally & respond to the needs of the communities in which Vodafone operates. Globally, we harness the power of mobile technology to deliver long-term sustainable programmes that drive transformational change & support disaster response.

Latest Income: £19,589,579
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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East Anglian Air Ambulance

Health, Saving of lives

The relief of sickness and injury by the provision of emergency medical services and equipment and in particular by the provision of a helicopter air ambulance service or other emergency transportation wholly or mainly within the area served by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

Latest Income: £18,824,169
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust

Health, Saving of lives

To provide pre hospital care mainly with a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, supported by rapid response vehicles.

Latest Income: £16,902,746
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Welsh Air Ambulance Charitable Trust

Health, Saving of lives

The relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life, including by: a) the provision of emergency and specialised medical care; primarily by the provision and support of both road vehicles and air ambulances in Wales; and b) the provision of follow up support to those patients, and their relatives, who have received road vehicle and/or air ambulance support from the Charity.

Latest Income: £16,763,949
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Devon Air Ambulance Trust

Health, Saving of lives

Devon Air Ambulance Trust is the charity that funds and operates Devon?s Air Ambulance service.The service is provided free at the point of need, to anyone and everyone in Devon and neighbouring counties, resident or visitor; based on clinical need, urgency, accessibility and distance to the most appropriate hospital for the clinical needs of the patient.

Latest Income: £15,848,000
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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North West Air Ambulance

Health, Professions, Saving of lives

The North West Air Ambulance Charity helicopters and HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) response vehicles operate 365 days a year, with doctors and HEMS paramedics on board providing enhanced pre-hospital care and hospital transfers to patients across the entire North West. The charity is dedicated to the conservation and preservation of life, through services of an air ambulance.

Latest Income: £15,614,915
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Central British Fund For World Jewish Relief

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

World Jewish Relief is the UK Jewish community's international development and humanitarian agency. We tackle Jewish poverty and reach beyond our community. We create opportunities for those out of work to become self-reliant, we bring dignity to the elderly, assistance to refugees and we respond to international disasters.

Latest Income: £15,456,679
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The United Kingdom Islamic Mission

Charity and VCS support, Religion, Saving of lives

The charity's activities include raising funds for all disasters, human sufferings, human needs, for educational purposes and to provide centers for worship.

Latest Income: £14,606,087
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Kidney Research UK

Saving of lives

To fund and deliver life-saving research into kidney diseases. To improve treatments for people with kidney diseases and enhance their quality of life and to increase awareness of kidney health.

Latest Income: £14,487,009
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Air Ambulance

Health, Saving of lives

THE HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY WAS LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2005 AND ITS AIM IS TO PROVIDE AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE THROUGHOUT HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCY CALLS. THE AIR AMBULANCE BECAME OPERATIONAL ON 1ST JULY 2007 AND FLIES SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK, UP TO 19 HOURS A DAY RESPONDING TO ACCIDENTS, TRAUMA AND SEVERE ILLNESS.

Latest Income: £13,889,641
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Stone Family Foundation

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To relieve persons, in any part of the world, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress (including starvation, sickness or any disability or affliction) and primarily, but not exclusively, when such need, hardship, or distress is the result of national or international disaster, war or civil disturbance or by reason of their social and economic circumstances.

Latest Income: £13,489,192
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Lincolnshire And Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance Charity

Health, Saving of lives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND INJURY AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIFE BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF AN AIR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POPULATION OF LINCOLNSHIRE AND NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

Latest Income: £13,307,812
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Penny Appeal

Beneficiary group, Housing, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Penny Appeal provides poverty relief across Asia, the Middle East and Africa, with dedicated programmes to help the poor and needy by building wells, caring for orphans, providing nutritious food, delivering emergency aid in response to crisis situations and providing healthcare. Penny Appeal also works in the UK to help homeless people and women who have experienced domestic abuse.

Latest Income: £13,136,985
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Handicap International UK

Saving of lives, Social welfare

Humanity Inclusion UK (HI UK) is the operating name of Handicap International UK.Humanity & Inclusion is an independent aid organisation working alongside disabled and vulnerable people in around 60 countries affected by poverty, conflict and disaster.Our vision is a world of solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live in dignity.

Latest Income: £13,042,883
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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North England Conference Of Seventh-Day Adventists

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Religion, Saving of lives, Society

A Christian Church involved in promoting the Gospel: active in education & service to the whole community through programmes aimed at youth, family, marriage, health and spiritual development; all seek to encourage good citizenship. A strong emphasis is placed on healthful living to prevent disease. The charity, as a Mission, also assists overseas in humanitarian aid through its related charities.

Latest Income: £12,605,027
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Choose Love

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Environment, Saving of lives

In both emergency disaster relief and protracted crises, Choose Love works to identify, close and prevent gaps in support displaced people around the world. We provide grants and other assistance to frontline partners along key migration routes and in countries experiencing conflict, persecution climate change and other drivers of forced displacement.

Latest Income: £12,593,084
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Yorkshire Air Ambulance Limited

Health, Saving of lives

Provision of a Air Ambulance Service across the County of Yorkshire and surrounding areas

Latest Income: £12,344,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Al Mustafa Welfare Trust International LTD

Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

General charitable and religious educational activities throughout UK.Medical, aid, relief of poverty, famine relief and community development internationally.

Latest Income: £11,442,038
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Waterloo Foundation

Beneficiary group, Environment, Health, Saving of lives

OUR MAIN PROGRAMMES SUPPORT:WORLD DEVELOPMENT IN THE POOREST COUNTRIES (ALTHOUGH NOT DISASTER RELIEF) THE ENVIRONMENT, ESPECIALLY SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS IMPACTING CLIMATE CHANGE, CHILD DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND MENTAL HEALTH AND FOR OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WE CAN ALSO SUPPORT A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN WALES.

Latest Income: £11,208,820
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Police Now

Saving of lives

Police Now's mission is to transform communities, reduce crime and increase the public's confidence in policing, by recruiting and developing outstanding and diverse individuals to be leaders in society and on the policing front line.Police Now, an innovative scheme aiming to transform challenged communities and develop a new generation of inspiring leaders from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Latest Income: £11,099,196
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Dorset And Somerset Air Ambulance Charity

Health, Saving of lives

The relief of sickness and injury and the protection of human life by the provision and support of an air ambulance service for the benefit of the population of Dorset and Somerset.

Latest Income: £11,026,492
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many saving of lives charities are there in the UK?

There are 2,191 registered saving of lives charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the 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 saving of lives charities?

Saving of lives charities reported a combined annual income of £4.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for saving of lives charities?

Across all saving of lives charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 78.9%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of saving of lives charities?

Saving of lives charities have an average annual income of £1.7m. 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.