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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.

The Ian Fleming Charitable Trust

Arts, Social welfare

1) Donations to national charities in the field of support, relief and welfare of disabled or handicapped people, or those otherwise in need of help. Charities involved in research on human diseases and particularly their cause and prevention.2) Music and Theatre Awards under a scheme adminstered by the Musicians Benevolent Fund, post graduate study only.

Latest Income: £636,227
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Royal College Of Midwives Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

To maintain and improve standards of professional midwifery the Trust conducts and commissions research, publishes information, provides education and training and organises conferences, campaigns and other events. Through its benevolent fund the Trust makes grants to midwives and others who need financial help.

Latest Income: £627,010
Areas of Operation: Jersey
Status: Registered
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Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

As per Trust Deed

Latest Income: £623,658
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Barristers' Benevolent Association

Charitable activities, Social welfare

General purposes. Make grants and loans to individuals; provide finance, services and information.

Latest Income: £593,803
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Nas Uwt Benevolent Funds

Social welfare

Relief of hardship amongst members, former members, dependants of members and former members and dependants of deceased members.

Latest Income: £585,761
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Durham Freemasons Charity

Associations, Social welfare

To assist distressed masons and their dependants and provide assistance to local charities.

Latest Income: £524,349
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Brdc Motor Sport Charity

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

The objectives of the trust, are the relief of need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship for the public benefit among persons involved in the participation, promotion or administration of motorsport, whether or not for remuneration, and their families and dependants.

Latest Income: £495,536
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Liverpool Shipbrokers' Benevolent Society Incorporated

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The Society exists to recognise those who have worked within the commerce of shipbroking and shipowning and are in need of assistance; to provide financial assistance where appropriate and provide friendship, care and support where financial assistance is not required; and to provide support, financial or otherwise, to the spouses, widowers, widows, children or dependents of such persons

Latest Income: £485,458
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cricketers' Trust Limited

Health, Leisure, Social welfare

To promote the relief of physical and mental illness and disability, addictions and hardship of both men and women who are involved or were formally involved in the playing of cricket professionally in England and Wales (members of the Professional Cricketers' Association) and their dependants who, for whatever reason, are in need of such relief.

Latest Income: £483,474
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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West Midlands Police Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Professions, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The benevolent fund provides grants to serving and retired police officers and serving and retired employees of the West Midlands Police and any other Qualifying Police Organisations suffering from financial hardship or who have a charitable need. Also supports organisations associated with policing for eg, sponsorship of events or funding towards activities.

Latest Income: £473,823
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited

Religion, Social welfare

The company's objects are to foster, assist and promote the charitable activities of any institutions professing and teaching the principles of traditional Judaism and also the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £434,363
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Lloyd's Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

In house benevolent fund.

Latest Income: £425,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Rowland Hill Memorial And Benevolent Fund

Housing, Social welfare

The Charity supports current and former Royal Mail Group Ltd and Post Office Ltd employees. We provide one-off financial grants for those facing unexpected financial difficulties, life-changing health challenges or homelessness.

Latest Income: £417,510
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Health, Professions, Social welfare

Grant making Trust for Nurses in hardship

Latest Income: £416,596
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Christadelphian Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Housing, Social care, Social welfare

The trust was established to relieve conditions of need, hardship or distress of the Christadelphian Community in the British Isles by providing grants. The trust has a policy of making regular grants, the largest of which is the Christadelphian care homes and irregular compassionate grants to individuals.

Latest Income: £405,578
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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British Dental Association Benevolent Fund

Education, Social welfare

The object of the Charity is to give financial or other help when practicable to such necessitous persons resident in the UK who in the opinion of the Board of Trustees may be deserving of assistance and: a. whose names are or have been on the Dentists Register of the UK; orb. are students at UK dental schools; orc. is someone who was entitled to work (through qualification, registration or

Latest Income: £377,264
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment (queen's And Royal Hampshires) Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

To relieve hardship or distress of former and serving members of the Regiment or former members of the former Regiments and their dependants.To promote the efficiency of the Regiment in such ways as the Managing Trustees from time to time see fit.

Latest Income: £376,995
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Duke Of Cornwall's Charitable Foundation

Social welfare

Making donations to charities appropriate to the Duke of Cornwall

Latest Income: £351,767
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Rfl Benevolent Fund

Charity and VCS support, Leisure, Social welfare

Established in 2005 in order to raise funds to support players whose lives are affected by serious injuries sustained playing Rugby League. This can be in the form of providing rehabilitation beyond that offered by the state, or improving the quality of life when unfortunately rehabilitation is no longer an option.

Latest Income: £335,070
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Tobacco Pipe Makers And Tobacco Trade Benevolent Fund

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Research, Social welfare

We are a grant-making charity, focusing on: the advancement of education; the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science; the relief of those in need because of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; charities with stong links to the City of London Livery movement; and charities relating to current or former members of the Armed Services.

Latest Income: £332,949
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Taxi Charity For Military Veterans

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

To organise outings, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, entertainment, transport and other support for any serviceman or woman who is a veteran of the Armed Forces. To assist in the care of former servicemen and women who are disabled, elderly, infirm, impoverished, lonely or otherwise in need of charitable assistance by making grants of money for providing or paying for items or services.

Latest Income: £324,844
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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BMA Charities Trust Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grant giving to doctors and their dependents who are facing financial crisis, to refugee doctors, to medical students and to other medical benevolent funds.

Latest Income: £311,055
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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St. Sophia's School Benevolent Fund Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Heritage, Social welfare

Teachers teach the Greek language, history, culture, singing and dance to pupils of the school during classes held for each age group each Saturday morning from 9.30 am to 1.15 pm. Bursaries are given to 11 deserving pupils based on the financial need of the parents in each case.

Latest Income: £298,112
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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The Queen's Royal Hussars (the Queen's Own And Royal Irish) Regimental Charity

Armed forces, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Income is applied at the discretion of the trustees: In relieving individuals who are serving or former members of the regiment or former regiments and dependents who are in conditions of need., hardship or distress, by making grants to money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £295,549
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Special Forces Club Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

The objective of the charity is to apply income and property to the support of those who served with the special forces or who organised resistance in enemy-occupied territories during the 1939-45 war, inclusive of relatives and dependants, together with special forces members who have served more recently.

Latest Income: £294,388
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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.