Social welfare Charities That specialise in Individual poverty
Discover 4,579 Social welfare charities that specialise in individual poverty. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Friends Of Achiezer Arad
Associations, Social welfarePay or apply the whole of the income and the capital of the Trust Fund to or towards or in furtherance or for the benefit of such one or more charities, charitable institutions or charitable purposes in any part of the world in such shares and in such manner as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may from time to time determine and in particular for the relief of poverty.
Care And Relief For The Young
Beneficiary group, Social welfareCRY is an international Christian Children's charity with the mission to empower children in the world's most disadvantaged nations to rise beyond poverty under the leadership of local champions.
Bt Benevolent Fund
Social welfareThe object of the charity, as set out in its constitution, is the relief of financial hardship among BT employees past and present and their dependants and this is the principle activity.
Madni Trust
Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareTo provide a postive framwork for education, training and employment opportunities for those members of the community that it represents that may be disadvantaged due to cultural and religious reason.
Toldos Yaakov Yosef Institutions Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, Education, Religion, Social welfareTHE CHARITY RUNS A DAY SCHOOL WITH THREE DEPARTMENTS FOR NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, THE CHARITY IS ALSO MAKES GRANTS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.
The Unity Centre Limited
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareThe principle activity and objects of the company during the year under review, in line with its constitution, continued to be the creation of employment via the establishment of small business, together with the provision of nursery and gymnasium facilities to provide services for all, especially the unemployed and deprived of Sheffield.
Christian Action And Resource Enterprise LTD
Charitable activities, Social welfareRelieving poverty, hardship and distress in Grimsby, Cleethorpes and the surrounding area North East Lincolnshire
The Children's Adventure Farm Trust LTD
Beneficiary group, Social care, Social welfareThe charity offers holidays, activity days and respite facilities for disadvantaged children, who may have life limiting conditions, chronic sickness, disabilities or come from extremely impoverished backgrounds.
The Sobell Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareThe Sobell Foundation is a grant-making trust. Funding is generally restricted to charities working in the following fields: medical care and treatment; care and education for physically and mentally disabled people; homelessness; and care and support for the elderly and children from disadvantaged backgrounds. In Israel only the Trustees support coexistence and immigrant absorption projects.
Wintercomfort For The Homeless
Housing, Social welfareThe relief of poverty, sickness and distress among people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and who are suffering from social, economic and emotional distress.
Sandra Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Health, Professions, Social welfareProviding support to a wide variety of beneficiaries including nurses, charities involved in animal welfare and research, environmental protection, relief of poverty and youth development.
Money For Madagascar
Social welfareOur mission is to enable Malagasy people to reduce poverty and protect the environment through sustainable, community-led initiatives. Our projects tackle many of the key issues facing Madagascar today: extreme poverty, poor health and education, food insecurity, the destruction of natural forests and the loss of bio-diversity.
The Joshua Trust
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareSupport of religious organisations, institutions of higher and further education, and institutions caring for the poor and sick together with grants to individuals who qualify as Charitable beneficiaries in accordance with English Law.
The Revolving Doors Agency
Health, Social welfareRevolving Doors is a charity working across England to change systems and improve services for people with multiple problems including poor mental health who are in contact with the criminal justice system.Our vision - by 2025 there is an end to the revolving door of crisis and crime, when revolvers are supported to reach their potential, with fewer victims and safer communities as a result.
Notzar Chesed
Charitable activities, Housing, Religion, Social welfareProvides grants for the relief of poverty for education and social purposes for housing and household necessities and related services in particular for people of Jewish origin.
The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation
Beneficiary group, Religion, Research, Social welfareIn making donations,the trustees place particular emphasis on causes within the UK in the following areas:-Health,welfare and medical sciences, including the elderly-Welfare and relief of poverty within the Jewish community, with a particular emphasis on children and young adults-Jewish education.
Johnson Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Social welfareassists employees/pensioners experiencing hardship
The Cutbush And Corrall Charity
Housing, Social welfareProvision of almshouses for the use of poor persons of not less than 50 years of age who have connections with the Borough of Maidstone, Kent
The East Lancashire Masonic Charity
Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe relief of poverty, predominantly but not exclusively to East Lancashire Freemasons and their dependents.The education of children of needy or deceased FreemasonsTo promote other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the public living predominantly but not exclusively in the East Lancashire area.
The Angelou Centre
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareHolistic services to promote economic independence of disadvantaged women in the North East through partnerships and networks including women and children survivors of abuse; carers and older women:Advocacy TrainingIndividual advice and guidancePersonal developmentJob searchEnterpriseChildcare support Family SupportEmergency AccommodationSocial and Creative Activities
Weston Provident Fund
Social welfareThe purpose of the charity is to assist with the welfare of employees and former employees of the Associated British Foods Group and their dependants by relieving poverty.
The Panacea Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareA grant-making trust operating in the following fields: i. supporting research into and disseminating information to the public about specific aspects of the Christian Religion, ii. supporting the relief of poverty and sickness in the Bedford area through the work of recognised local health and social care related organisations.
Shishukunj
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareProvides activities aimed at children under the age of 16, primarily on Sunday mornings for 4 hours. Encompasses physical, mental, social, cultural & spiritual development in an environment rich in positive values. Activities are run mainly by youth volunteers. Donates to other charitable initiatives in relieving poverty, distress & sickness amongst children & young people in the UK & the world.
Sutton Borough Volunteer Bureau
Charity and VCS support, Social welfareTo advance education protect health relieve poverty sickness and distress and to promote any other charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the area of benefit by the promotion of a voluntary service and for these purposes but not otherwise the charity shall (a) advise and guide persons willing to volunteer and (b) advise and guide organisations using volunteers.
Durham Community Action Limited
Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Facilities, Social welfareOur main areas of activity are the provision of advice and support services for the voluntary and community sector; outreach work with community groups and individuals; assistance and advice services for volunteers; health and well-being initiatives for disadvantaged and/or isolated people; assistance for local communities in developing initiatives that help to sustain their communities.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many individual-poverty social welfare charities are there in the UK?
There are 4,579 registered individual-poverty social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the individual-poverty 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 individual-poverty social welfare charities?
Individual-poverty 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 individual-poverty social welfare charities?
Across all individual-poverty 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 individual-poverty social welfare charities?
Individual-poverty 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.