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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.

4,579
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.

Foundation Christian Fellowship Warminster

Religion, Social welfare

Holding Church services and educating people in the Christian Faith.Ministering to the needs of the people and relieving poverty.Proclaiming a Christian witness to the town of Warminster and elsewhere.Assisting other missions and ministries to carry out their work by supplying financial benefit.Establishing and running a prayer centre in the town for the benefit of all people.

Latest Income: £133,390
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Municipal Charities

Housing, Social welfare

To serve residents and organisations of the City of Lichfield in a charitable capacity provision of Alms houses and help with the poor and needy.

Latest Income: £133,134
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Double 'o' Charity Limited

Social welfare

The primary objective of the charity is to engage in charitable activities such as the relief of poverty, preservation of health and the advancement of education.

Latest Income: £133,070
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Churches In Reading Drop-In Centre

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

CIRDIC runs two day Centres. One caters for the spritual emotional and practical needs of adults who are homeless or in poor accommodation by providing food, clothing and warmth as well as medical and practical advice and art therapy. The second Centre caters for women with special physical and emotional needs by providing warmth, food, companionship and advice.

Latest Income: £132,588
Areas of Operation: Reading
Status: Registered
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North Kasai Mission

Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfare

We aim to advance the Christian religion by supporting missionary work carried out in the North Kasai area of The Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is done by holding meetings to consider the needs of the schools, health centres, poor, elderly, handicapped etc. and allocate funds, which are received by way of gifts.

Latest Income: £132,506
Areas of Operation: Congo (Democratic Republic)
Status: Registered
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Robert Lucas For The Poor And For Public Purposes

Education, Social welfare

To assist the needy and organisations benefiting the public in the parish of Shefford, also includes educational grants for university students.

Latest Income: £132,389
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Michael Crawford Childrens Charity

Social welfare

Relief of sickness and poverty

Latest Income: £132,129
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Living Springs International Church

Religion, Social welfare

The objects of Living Springs International Church are:ÔÇó Promoting the advancement of Christian faith throughout the world.ÔÇó Providing and maintaining a place of worship.ÔÇó Providing services to relief suffering, sickness, and poverty.ÔÇó Helping to improve living, mental, and moral standard of people.ÔÇó Carrying out religious services.ÔÇó Assisting Christian training and education.

Latest Income: £130,655
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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Bhagwan Valmik Sabha Bedford

Economic and community development, Research, Social welfare

The Charity has acted to advance the philosophy of Bhagwan Valmiki Ji in Bedfordshire and its environs and where appropriate internationally through religious ceremony and academic study and presentation. The Charity has also acted with efforts to relieve sickness and poverty where considered appropriate by the donation of funds to charitable organisations and to the Government of the UK.

Latest Income: £129,587
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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The Goldschmied Charitable Settlement

Charitable activities, Social welfare

THE SUPPORT OF GENERAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH EDUCATION AND TRAINING, RELIGION, MEDICAL AND HEALTH, POVERTY, THE ARTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION AND HERITAGE.

Latest Income: £129,488
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Community Of St John The Divine

Beneficiary group, Health, Religion, Social welfare

The community seeks to establish a centre of worship and prayer within the ethos of healing, wholeness and reconciliation, we exercise a ministry of hospitality for people to come for times of rest, retreat and renewal and to share in our life and worship. We offer a ministry of spiritual accompanyment and pastoral care, and seek to respond to the needs of the poor and marginalized.

Latest Income: £129,342
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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The Manava Trust

Education, Social welfare

The Manava Trust is a Charity whose object is relief of poverty and religious activities. It also grants educational scholarships.

Latest Income: £129,256
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Apna Ghar

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Apna Ghar is a centre run by and for minority ethnic women residing in a deprived area of South Tyneside. The centre provides vocational and non-vocational classes i.e. IT, English for beginners. Make services more accessible to the senior citizen members of the community with luncheon clubs, health awareness sessions. It also provides activities for the youth community.

Latest Income: £129,177
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Pencare

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Religion, Social care, Social welfare

The charity provides for those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship, such beneficiaries being of the Jewish faith and living in the local Jewish community or with a significant connection to the local Jewish community. For the advancement of the Jewish faith the charity also makes grant to synagogues in the local Jewish community.

Latest Income: £128,770
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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The Living Waters Trust

Education, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The objectives of the trust are (1) To advance the Christian faith. (2) To give help to those who suffer as a result of their faith. (3) To bring help to the disadvantaged, particularly overseas, by supporting schools and community projects and by helping with disaster relief.

Latest Income: £128,448
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Ruby And Will George Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To provide for the advancement of education or the relief of poverty among persons employed or formerly employed in commerce or husbands, wives, widows, widowers or issue of such persons.

Latest Income: £128,090
Areas of Operation: Kenya
Status: Registered
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Vauxhall Gardens Community Centre

Associations, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the triangle in a common effort to advance education, relieve poverty, sickness and distress, further health and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of for the said inhabitants and work with other charities.

Latest Income: £127,158
Areas of Operation: Lambeth
Status: Registered
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Bedale Welfare Charity

Social welfare

To relieve conditions of need, hardship or distress for individuals or groups within the precribed geographic area.

Latest Income: £125,886
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Spears-Stutz Charitable Trust

Social welfare

Relief of poverty and other charitable purposes as selected by the Trustees

Latest Income: £125,737
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Michael Marsh Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants are broadly divided between charities helping old people children disabled the poor and educationally needy.Trustees favour grants to specific projects for locally based smaller charities but will also consider larger projects.Trustees will consider pledging a grant, subject to remaining project funding found by the charity.Generally applications for running costs will not be considered.

Latest Income: £125,515
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Molyneux Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

to provide social housing for the poor and those in need who were either born or are long term residents of Tunbridge Wells (now or in the past)

Latest Income: £124,914
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Plumstead Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

Provide Accommodation/Housing to persons over the age of 55 years who are in need, hardship or distess in the following oreder of priority.(i) persons resident in area of benefit (Plumstead)(ii) persons resident in the London Borough of GreenwichSuch charitable purposes for the benefit of the residents as the trusteed decide

Latest Income: £124,395
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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Kirkley Poor's Lands

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Awards grants to people resident in the Ancient Parish of Kirkley who are in need, hardship or distress.Awards grants to organisations helping people resident in the Ancient Parish of Kirkley who are in need, hardship or distress.Awards grants to students resident in the Ancient Parish of Kirkley.

Latest Income: £124,324
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Selby Almshouses And Poor's Charity

Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

From net income, relief generally or individually to persons resident in Selby District in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants or by otherwise paying for items, services or facilities to reduce the need hardship or distress subject to conditions contained in the Charity Commission Scheme.

Latest Income: £124,251
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Exousia Trust

Economic and community development, Housing, Religion, Social welfare

Supporting the Christian Ministry of Sean Stillman and Associated initiatives.These initiatives include: - Zac's Place which is both a facility supporting homeless and other disadvantaged individuals in the Swansea area and also a mission church community.- Rough Edges which is a social enterprise in Swansea www.Rough-Edges.org.uk

Latest Income: £123,901
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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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.