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Social welfare Charities That specialise in Benevolent society

Discover 1,028 Social welfare charities that specialise in benevolent society. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,028
Charities
£5,280,882,026
Total Income
£632,517
Avg Income
85.6%
Program Ratio

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

Lincolnshire Police Charitable Fund

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To give grants and where appropriate distress loans in accordance with our agreed fund objectives. The recipients will be individual members of the fund and their widows, widowers and dependants who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress and similary former employees of other Police Authorities or Committees who have retired on pension or grautity, their widows, widowers and dependants

Latest Income: £27,735
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Merseyside Medical Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

We give grants to beneficiaries

Latest Income: £26,763
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Northwich Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

Support to needy individuals and and charitable organisations within our defined area of operations

Latest Income: £26,460
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Farnham Benevolent Fund

Associations, Economic and community development, Health, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The charity supports local and international charitable objectives. This includes: support to international disasters and emergencies, eg. tsunamis, earthquakes: general humanitarian support, eg. distribution of medical equipment in the third world; support to local hospices, hospitals and disabled institutions and support to needy individuals.

Latest Income: £26,377
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Somerset Local Medical Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To apply the income of the fund:1. For the assistance or relief of need of any medical practitioner who has practised in Somerset, or his or her immediate dependents.2. To support the costs of the medical training of the child of such a practitioner3. To contribute to such other medical charities as the trustees shall see fit.

Latest Income: £26,000
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Raob Wrekin (shropshire) Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Objective: The principle objective of the Wrekin (Shropshire) Provincial Grand Lodge is purely social and benevolent. That is to assist Members and Dependents in difficulty or need, support external philanthropic charitable causes at national and local levels deemed desirable and encourage fraternity and reciprocal interaction amongst its Members and their families.

Latest Income: £25,582
Areas of Operation: Telford & Wrekin
Status: Registered
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Aldworth Lodge Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

Supporting Charities and the local community

Latest Income: £25,112
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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The Savage Club Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

Occasional financial help for those Savage Club members in straitened circumstances.

Latest Income: £25,103
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Huddersfield And District Army Veterans' Association Benevolent Fund

Armed forces, Associations, Social welfare

The Charity provides welfare aid, social activities and trips to members who are or have been members of the Forces and who are resident in Huddersfield or its vacinity.

Latest Income: £24,934
Areas of Operation: Kirklees
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Falmouth Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

Fund raising activities to enable the Club to do what it can for all peoples of the world.

Latest Income: £24,803
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of South Molton Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

Funds are held upon trust to apply both capital and income to or for the benefit of such other charitable institutions societies and objects as the Rotary Club of South Molton shall in constituted meeting from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £24,694
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Berkshire Mark Benevolent Association

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

The charity's purpose is 1.To provide immediate assistance to Berkshire Mark Masons or their widows in time of need in compliance with our by laws; 2. Support to small local charities; 3. Support to one Berkshire-wide Charity each year;4. Support to National Charitable Giving through the Mark Benevolent Fund.Support to Option 1 will always receive first call on funds.

Latest Income: £24,496
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The British Fire Services Association Members Welfare Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To assist necessitious members, ex members and dependants of the British Fire Services Association. To look after the welfare of same by visits, telephone and electronic communications and by letter.

Latest Income: £23,938
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Norfolk Freemasons Charitable Funds

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Making grants to Masonic and non masonic charities without restriction, generally disabled or in financial difficulties, including individuals and organisations. Also making grants to Norfolk Freemasons and their families and support the four main masonic charities.

Latest Income: £23,929
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Dronfield Benevolent Fund

Associations, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Rotary Club service to local community and internationally:--Support of local organisations & services which provide local benefit.Support of very local organisations through a town-wide lottery.International support of pupils & students in Nepal through a separately donated fund, assisted by a Nepal Rotary Club. Support of Rotary International charity, and general disasters as they arise.

Latest Income: £23,883
Areas of Operation: Nepal
Status: Registered
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Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

General Charitable Purposes: primarily to support the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Fund of Benevolence, Reg Charity No. 207610. To provide relief from distress of defined persons and their immediate families and make discretionary grants/donations to defined organisations within the defined boundary of the Mark Province of Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford.

Latest Income: £23,821
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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B L Joshi Benevolent Fund

Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Social welfare

The charity continues to support children and maternity hospitals in local villages. Also supporting a sanskrit childrens school, giving food aid to needy people.

Latest Income: £23,485
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Shepperton And Sunbury Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Our aims centre around service before self, both globally and in local community. We provide practical response to world disasters, floods, earthquakes. Sending shelterboxes, aquaboxes and relief supplies. The End Polio now campaigns worlds largest public health project costing $1bn fund, fundraising at Christmas collections from public & race nights to support local charities & good causes.

Latest Income: £23,245
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Incorporated Benevolent Fund Of The Institution Of Gas Engineers And Managers

Social welfare

Grant awarding and financial assistance body for eligible IGEM Members, past and present and their dependents.

Latest Income: £23,141
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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: £23,055
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The North And East Yorkshire Mark Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Pupose of the charity is to raise income from the Mark Lodges within Yorkshire North & East Yorkshireand apply that income to the benefit of;a) Distressed Mark Mason's, their widows or other family membersb) To assist other Masonic Charities including the Mark Grand Charityc) To support other charitable institutions within the Province of Yorkshire North & East Yorkshire.

Latest Income: £22,871
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Epping Benevolent Fund

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

HOLDING VARIOUS CHARITABLE EVENTS SUCH AS GOLF DAYS , YOUTH MAKES MUSIC AND ART. MAKING DONATIONS TO SHELTERBOX, MARY'S MEALS , ROTARY FOUNDATION, & VARIOUS DONATIONS TO LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND TO SMALL LOCAL and UK REGISTERED INTERNATIONAL CHARITY DONATIONS.

Latest Income: £22,867
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Hailsham Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

Service to the local community and internationally

Latest Income: £22,760
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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North Wales Mark Masonic Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

General Charitable Purposes Medical/Health/Sickness for people with a disability or special needs

Latest Income: £22,587
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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British Motor Cycle Racing Club Benevolent Fund

Leisure, Social welfare

Relief and assistance to members and associates of British Motorcycle Racing Club and others in distress, or suffering hardship.

Latest Income: £22,187
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 1,028 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?

Oxfam is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.4m). 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 £5.3bn 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 85.6%. 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 £633k. 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.