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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.

Nightingales Childrens Project

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress and to advance education and integration amongst children and young people in Cernavoda and the surrounding areas;The relief of poverty, sickness and distress amongst the disadvantaged families in Cernavoda and the surrounding areas by the provision of support and resources.

Latest Income: £116,259
Areas of Operation: Romania
Status: Registered
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Gilchrist Educational Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Research, Social welfare

THE TRUST MAKES GRANTS TO: 1) ORGANISATIONS SEEKING TO FILL ACADEMIC EDUCATIONAL GAPS.2) INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE EITHER WITHIN SIGHT OF THE END OF SELF-FINANCED DEGREE OR HIGHER EDUCATION COURSE AND WHO ARE FACING UNEXPECTED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES OR (B) REQUIRED, AS PART OF A UNIVERSITY COURSE , TO STUDY ABROAD. 3)EXPEDITIONS PROPOSING TO CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Latest Income: £116,101
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Imperial Society Of Knights Bachelor

Health, Religion, Social welfare

TO UPHOLD THE STATUS, DIGNITY AND STANDING OF KNIGHTS BACHELOR AND TO SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, INCLUDING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RELIGION, THE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT OF HOSPITALS AND OF THOSE AFFLICTED BY ILLNESS OR DISEASE; THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR CHAPEL, AND ANY OTHER OBJECTIVE WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE

Latest Income: £115,922
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Spencer Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The SCT addresses social inequality and poverty. We create grants with agencies and projects that provide shelter and material assistance, improve social mobility, and fight prejudice. The SCT focus is on rights and welfare of: women, children / young adults, the mentally ill, ethnic communities and the homeless. It is also an aim to empower through encouraging access to education and the arts.

Latest Income: £115,745
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Robinson's Retreat And Relief Charities

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

RELIEVING NEED FOR MINISTERS (ACTIVE OR RETIRED) OF CONGREGATIONAL AND BAPTIST CHURCHES AND OF THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND FOR WIDOWS OF SUCH MINISTERS RESIDENT IN ENGLAND. THE TRUSTEES APPLY THE INCOME OF THE TRUST BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDING ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO REDUCE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF BENEFICIARIES

Latest Income: £115,375
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Memon Association UK

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

We provide welfare services to the poor and needy also to the members of the association. We also provide facilities to help the elderly and health awareness sessions.

Latest Income: £115,040
Areas of Operation: Lambeth
Status: Registered
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Alliance Family Foundation Limited

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Donations to a general range of charitable causes including the advancement of education and religion and the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £114,869
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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Waltham Abbey Non-Educational Parochial Charities

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The charity is an almshouse charity set up to provide accommodation for poor persons of good character. The charity is generally known as Francis Green House which comprises 11 flats for elderly people in need.The almshouses are located at Francis Green House, Grove Court, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1BP

Latest Income: £114,758
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Little Barrington Charity

Religion, Social welfare

Maintenance and rental of 7 cottages and 1 house Making of donations to charities, organizations and individuals within the area of benefit

Latest Income: £114,627
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Open University Students' Educational Trust

Education, Social welfare

We give grants for course fees and essential study costs to OU students who are in financial difficulty and unable to receive financial assistance from government and university sources.

Latest Income: £114,303
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Michael Lowe's And Associated Charities

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Charity can only make grants to or for the benefit of residents of the City of Lichfield.As well as fuel grants, grants may be made to individuals who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress or to organisations whose aims are to provide or pay for items which will benefit the recipient.

Latest Income: £113,702
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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North East Thames Quaker Trust

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Grant making re relief of hardship, Friends education and advancement of religion among members and attenders of North East Thames Area Meeting (formerly Ratcliff and Barking Monthly Meeting) and members and attenders of other Area and Yearly Meetings and other institutions of the Religious Society of Friends.

Latest Income: £112,651
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Response Community Projects (earls Court) Limited

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

set up in 1976 to help those who are disadvantaged economically, socially or otherwise (whether because of youth, age, disability, language barrier, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, low income or any other reason), to introduce diversity in educational programmes & recreational facilities to help overcome the disadvantage (where applicable) that social exclusion attracts.

Latest Income: £112,279
Areas of Operation: Kensington And Chelsea
Status: Registered
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Smt Kamalaben Bhanushanker Joshi, Samasta Bardai Widows Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Our charity provides basic monthly income for widows in the Bardai region of Gujrat, India. Although the money distributed is a poor substitute for the loss of a spouse, it provides a small comfort of a regular income in both young and old age.

Latest Income: £112,237
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Poors Charities

Housing, Social welfare

The charity owns 14 almshouses that provide supported housing for single people aged 60 and over in social, financial and housing need with a past or present connection with Harlow, Essex

Latest Income: £111,465
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Lbc Hurst Green

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

A Christian Church providing all of the usual church activities including Sunday Services, Mid-Week Fellowship meetings, etc. with various outside ministries including Elderly Care Homes, Community Children's Club, support of the poor and needy, both overseas and at home.

Latest Income: £111,453
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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Allington Baptist Church Trust

Religion, Social welfare

ABC is a community of evangelical Christians engaging in the worship of God; furthering the gospel of Jesus Christ; advancing the Christian faith; serving one another, the local community and the world through Christian education and missions; and relieving hardship, supporting those who are aged, infirm, sick or distressed. For further information, please refer to the church website.

Latest Income: £111,409
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Ann Edwards

Beneficiary group, Housing, Professions, Social welfare

The Charity of Ann Edwards was est by a bequest of Ann Edwards, for the building of almshouses to house clergy widows & female dependants of clergymen who had served in the Diocese of Gloucester. The almshouses were sold, & a new development of 8 housing units at Abbeydale was completed in 1994. The 1993 CC Scheme widened the qualification for residence to any poor single lady members of the CofE

Latest Income: £111,270
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Pewterers' Seahorse Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The original purpose of the Trust was to establish homes for the Elderly.However, the Trust Deed gives the Trustees wide discretion to use its funds for charitable purposes. During the year the Trust has made contributions to a number of organisations principally towards education, work with disadvantaged young people and other charitable activities.

Latest Income: £111,241
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Shri Guru Valmik Sabha

Social welfare

Religious activities, Educational training, Disability, Relief of poverty and other charitable work

Latest Income: £110,928
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Starscope Limited

Education, Health, Religion, Social welfare

We support Jewish religious institutions of learning and synagogues, including schools and colleges. We also support charities for the relief of the poor, medical research, hospitals etc.

Latest Income: £110,779
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Clifton Parish Houses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The object of the Charity shall be the relief of poverty and/or sickness by the provision of housing accommodation for persons who (except in special cases to be approved by the Commissioners) are inhabitants of the Parish of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore or whose spouse, parent, child, brother or sister shall reside in the area of benefit on terms according to their means.

Latest Income: £110,745
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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King's Community Church, Lancaster

Economic and community development, Religion, Social welfare

The primary activity of the charity is that of a Christian Church proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. The charity runs Church services and associated meetings including smaller neighbourhood groups which are actively involved in their local communities. The charity is involved in the provision of poor relief and foreign aid as well as counseling and general charitable activities

Latest Income: £110,744
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Shree Wanza Community Leicester

Social welfare

To assist in releiving poverty, sickness and distress and harmonise community relations in people of all races, beliefs and cultures.

Latest Income: £110,732
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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St Anargyre Greek Orthodox Church Trust

Religion, Social welfare

The charity's aim and objectives are to promote the Greek Orthodox faith, relieving poverty and sickness, advancing education and development through a Greek Orthodox Centre. A centre has been established for this purpose.

Latest Income: £110,021
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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.