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Social welfare Charities That specialise in Benevolent society

Discover 1,217 Social welfare charities that specialise in benevolent society. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,217
Charities
£14,612,203,955
Total Income
£515,149
Avg Income
86.5%
Program Ratio

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

Rotary Club Of Reading Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

TO HOLD ALL MONIES WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECEIVED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING AND TO APPLY THESE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY LIVING IN THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING OR TO SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Latest Income: £21,379
Areas of Operation: Reading
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Rotherham Sitwell Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

General both local and international

Latest Income: £21,244
Areas of Operation: Rotherham
Status: Registered
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The English National Opera Benevolent Fund

Arts, Social welfare

To provide financial assistance in cases of need, by means of regular and one-off grants and loans to past and present employees of English National Opera and its antecedent companies.

Latest Income: £21,084
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Gresham Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Gresham Benevolent Fund provides relief of financial hardship by the provision of grants to individuals in need, as well as educational initiatives to promote self-development, growth and financial security.

Latest Income: £20,820
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Alleyn Benevolent Fund

Education, Social welfare

The charity aids pupils and occasionally former pupils of Alleyn's School Dulwich who need financial support. This is usually in support with tuition fees, school transport or enabling bursary holders to go on school trips

Latest Income: £20,720
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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United Kingdom Tea Trade Benevolent Society

Social welfare

To improve the living standards of ex employees (and/or their spouses) of UK companies who were engaged in the tea trade and based in the UK.

Latest Income: £20,338
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Middlesex Hospital Nurses' Benevolent Fund

Education, Health, Professions, Social welfare

The Middlesex Hospital Nurses Benevolent Fund was established in 1933 to enable Middlesex nurses to keep in touch with each other. One of the primary purposes however is to maintain a benevolent fund to help Middlesex nurses and all trained nurses who have served on the Middlesex staff who are in need through sickness or adverse circumstances. There is also an education bursary.

Latest Income: £20,333
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Association Of Vehicle Recovery Operators' Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of poverty by the provision of financial assistance to members of the Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators, their families and their employees and their families For the promotion of such other charitable purposes as the trustees shall think fit.

Latest Income: £20,278
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Society Of Radiographers Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

Assistance and relief of UK Society of Radiographer members & former members and dependants in necessitous financial circumstances, in particular the old, sick or incapacitated

Latest Income: £20,248
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Cornwall Mark Benevolent Association

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

RECEIVES DONATIONS FROM MASONIC AND NON-MASONIC ORGANISATIONS AND MAKES GRANTS TO MARK MASONS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND TO MASONIC CHARITIES.

Latest Income: £20,130
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of St Neots Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

The Rotary Club of St.Neots supports local, national and international appeals, in accordance with the objects of Rotary clubs world wide

Latest Income: £20,105
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The British Guild Of Tourist Guides Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

To relieve in cases of need, hardship and distress the following categories of persons:(a) Registered Tourist Guides having qualified for not less than one year;and, provided the Registered Guide has been qualified for not less than five years:(b) A spouse/partner (at the discretion of the Trustees) of a deceased Registered Guide;(c) Former or retired Registered Guides;

Latest Income: £19,739
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Incorporated Association Of Organists Benevolent Fund

Arts, Charitable activities, Social welfare

To help members and former members of the Incorporated Association of Organists or their dependents who have fallen on hard times.Grants to dependents of members or former members of the IAO to assist with course or examination fees in respect of tuition on the pipe-organ.

Latest Income: £19,628
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Man
Status: Registered
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The Saint Aldhelm Lodge No 2888 Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

Donations to primarily local organisations to aid them in general or a specific activity.

Latest Income: £19,587
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Province Of Staffordshire And Shropshire Mark Benevolent Association

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Making grants to individuals, organisations and general charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £19,521
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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East Anglian Mark Benevolent Association Fund

Social welfare

The relief of distress among poor and indigent Freemasons and their dependants.

Latest Income: £19,480
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Interflora (british Unit) Benevolent Trust

Social welfare

To provide loans and/or financial gifts to past and present Members of Interflora British Unit

Latest Income: £19,412
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Railway Dogs Benevolent Fund

Animals, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To promote humane behaviour towards retired police (and other) dogs by providing financial assistance to the owners of those dogs (or those who have charge of them) to support the dogs care and attention.

Latest Income: £19,071
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Evening Star Lodge No 1719 Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

Donations to Charities proposed by the members

Latest Income: £19,065
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Society Of London Ragamuffins Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

Our benevolent funds are entirely raised from Investments, donations and membership subscriptions

Latest Income: £19,031
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Chartered Institute Of Marketing Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Relief of hardship of Members of The Chartered Institute of Marketing and their families.

Latest Income: £18,994
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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John Menzies (southern) Limited Employees' Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO EMPLOYEES AND FORMER EMPLOYEES, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS OF JOHN MENZIES PLC IN NEED OF OR DESERVING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Latest Income: £18,923
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Old Stortfordian Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

The Charity at its discretion: -helps any Old Stortfordian, and/or wife,husband,widow,widower, child or dependant of an Old Stortfordian in need or deserving assistance by reason of poverty, illness, injury or other misfortune-education or maintenance of a child in need at the College

Latest Income: £18,861
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Of Cumberland And Westmorland Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

General Charitable Purposes

Latest Income: £18,841
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Durham Provincial Grand Mark Lodge Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM POVERTY AND MAKE GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE PROVINCE OF DURHAM

Latest Income: £18,823
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many benevolent-society social welfare charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,217 registered benevolent-society social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the benevolent-society social welfare charities by income?

Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). 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 benevolent-society social welfare charities?

Benevolent-society social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £14.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for benevolent-society social welfare charities?

Across all benevolent-society social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 86.5%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of benevolent-society social welfare charities?

Benevolent-society social welfare charities have an average annual income of £515k. 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.