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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 Speedway Riders' Benevolent Fund

Leisure, Social welfare

The object of the Fund is to provide assistance to persons injured or disabled whilst participating in the sport of Speedway Racing.

Latest Income: £179,052
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Coal Trade Benevolent Association

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The provision of relief for former non manual employees in the coal industry, their widows and where appropriate their families.

Latest Income: £173,792
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Daisychain Benevolent Fund Trust

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Health, Professions, Social welfare

Our aim is the Preservation of Health and the Relief of Sickness for children and young adults in the Community. With our partners the Teenage Cancer Trust, UHNS Hospital, Queens Hospital Burton, Cheltenham General, Derbyshire Children's Hospital, Riverbank Ward at Worcester and the Hereford County Hospital, the Trust funds new medical equipment, community support, specialist nurses and much more.

Latest Income: £165,364
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Steve Prescott Foundation

Leisure, Social welfare

To support the TryAssist Fund (Rugby League Benevolent Fund).The relief of sickness at The Christie Manchester, by providing or assisting the provision of equipment, facilities and services not normally provided by the statutory authorities. To support research into Pseudomyxoma Peritonei by means of the SPF Special Fund

Latest Income: £162,231
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Football Association Benevolent Fund

Leisure, Social welfare

To alleviate hardship for individuals connected to the game of association football

Latest Income: £155,328
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Camphill Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

The Camphill Benevolent Fund (CBF) is a charity established in England & Wales. Its current core purpose is to financially support vocational co-workers who have served in member charities in England & Wales, in their retirement.

Latest Income: £154,952
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Professional Golfers Association Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

The charitable objective is to provide support by way of grants to the members of the Professional Golfers' Association who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £153,833
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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North Wales Freemasons Charity

Associations, Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

The object of the Charity be the advancement of Masonic and Non-Masonic Charities, including but not restricted to, medical research, care for vulnerable people, hospices, youth opportunities, and other appropriate worthwhile causes.

Latest Income: £148,449
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Oinoussai Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

Supporting the residents of Oinoussai island in Greece

Latest Income: £147,973
Areas of Operation: Greece
Status: Registered
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The Benevolent Society

Education, Social welfare

To assist financially persons, or their dependants, working, or previously having worked in the trades embraced by the British Allied Trades Federation who through infirmity, disablement, ill health or other disadvantage are in conditions of need. To support education and training by providing for bursaries or other financial support to those working or intending to work in the trades.

Latest Income: £147,074
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Boss Business Supplies Charity

Social welfare

Issue grants for the welfare of former and current employees of the business supplies industry.

Latest Income: £142,539
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Physiotherapy Benevolent Fund

Health, Social welfare

The CSP Members' Benevolent Fund helps chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy associates and students who are experiencing financial difficulties.

Latest Income: £135,539
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Leeds Benevolent Society For Single Ladies

Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfare

To help elderly single ladies in need, to include but not limited to:regular payments in cash or benefits in kind; grants in cases of extreme necessity; funding social activities to alleviate loneliness and isolation;funding female geriatric health research; funding other social enterprises whose objects relate to health & safety and relief of sickness and disability of elderly ladies.

Latest Income: £135,298
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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The Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund

Arts, Social welfare

We assist past or present employees of the Royal Opera House, Birmingham Royal Ballet or their dependents who are in financial or other need. We can also provide support to other individuals employed by a company that gives performances of opera, ballet or music or any similar organisation to help relieve poverty or advance the education or health of people employed in the production of the above.

Latest Income: £131,895
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Road Haulage Association Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

The Road Haulage Association Benevolent Fund works to help people in hardship who are, or have been, connected with the Association. This includes members and former members of the RHA, their employees and former employees, as well as their dependants. It also covers employees and former employees of the RHA.

Latest Income: £122,431
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The British Airways Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

To provide grants for the purpose of relieving poverty amongst present and former employees of British Airways, their spouses and dependants.

Latest Income: £119,911
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Thames Valley Police Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Professions, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To provide assistance to police officers who are either serving or retired members of the Thames Valley Police Benevolent Fund, their widows, widowers and dependants, who are regarded as being in necessitous circumstances. The charity therefore provides public benefit to those persons.

Latest Income: £116,121
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Institution Of Structural Engineers Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Benevolent Fund makes grants and affords assistance to necessitous persons who are members or former members, or dependants of members or former members, of the Institution of Structural Engineers.

Latest Income: £113,180
Areas of Operation: Australia
Status: Registered
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The M M National Gulf Veterans And Families Benevolent Association

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

OUR SERVICES EXTEND TO THE WHOLE UNITED KINGDOM. WE PROVIDE WELFARE ADVICE ON BENEFITS AND WAR PENSION CLAIMS, REPRESENTATION AT APPEALS, INFORMATION AND FACT SHEETS ON GULF VETERANS RELATED TOPICSCOUNSELLING REFERRAL SERVICE SPECIFIC TO MILITARY PTSD FOR VETERANSWEBSITE INC MEMBERS ONLY AREA

Latest Income: £111,886
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes Gle Merthyr And District Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

Fund raising throuh the member only. Making Benevolent Grants and their dependants

Latest Income: £110,822
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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The Northern Counties Children's Benevolent Society

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

Making of grants for payment of school fees and equipment those in the north of England

Latest Income: £109,337
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Benevolent Fund Of The College Of Optometrists & The Association Of Optometrists

Education, Social welfare

Financial and other support to current and retired members of the optical profession and their dependents

Latest Income: £107,802
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Society For The Management And Distribution Of The Artists Fund - Benevolent Fund

Health, Social welfare

Artists Futures Fund supports artists in need, namely those experiencing economic, societal, or physical or mental health issues.

Latest Income: £106,756
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The British Airline Pilots Association Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

Applications considered only from current or retired British commercial airline pilots, flight engineers and winchmen and their dependants

Latest Income: £105,550
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund was set up in 1934 to help the poor elderly in Hull. Beneficiaries are retired and receive pension credit. At the Trustees discretion, donations are also made to Hull based charities in December.

Latest Income: £104,089
Areas of Operation: Kingston Upon Hull City
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.