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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.

Long Melford Hospital

Health, Housing, Social welfare

Provides Almshouse accommodation for poor aged persons of good character who were born or reside in the ancient parishes of Long Melford, Glemsford, Stanstead, Shimpling, Alpheton, Lavenham, Acton, Chilton or Sudbury.

Latest Income: £86,000
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Chetwode Foundation

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To support charities that provide help to the most disadvantaged, under-privileged young people in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands, giving them opportunities to fulfill their potential, and benefit the wider community.

Latest Income: £85,921
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Ringtrop Limited

Religion, Social welfare

The advancement of religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish faith. The advancement of Orthodox Jewish education. The prevention and relief of poverty. The advancement of health and provision of accommodation to those who need it by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage.

Latest Income: £85,800
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Fletchers Trust

Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

Operates within the guidelines set down in its 1968 Deed of Trust to relieve poverty and hardship.Primarily supports archery for the disabled through grants to organisations and individuals.Makes grants to some City of London based Charities and to a few national charities.

Latest Income: £85,718
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Walsall Black Sisters Collective

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Leisure, Social welfare

EDUCATION/TRAINING FOR THE YOUNG AND OLD.ELDERLY & MENTAL HEALTH PROVISIONS PROVIDED.MEDICAL/HEALTH/SICKNESS FOR ALL.RELIEF OF POVERTY.ARTS/CULTURE.SPORTS & RECREATION.ECONOMIC/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/EMPLOYMENT

Latest Income: £85,348
Areas of Operation: Walsall
Status: Registered
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Schass Foundation

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity makes grants to various organisations involved in education, relief of poverty and religious activities.

Latest Income: £85,067
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Tower Hamlets Community Transport

Social welfare

Provision of transport resources to charitable and voluntary organisations working to support the needs of disadvantaged individuals and communities resident in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Latest Income: £84,662
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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Holy Rood Community Charity

Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

To provide for the relief of persons who were previously Sisters of the Holy Rood who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress and thereafter apply income to furthering the religious or other charitable work of the Church of England in the Diocese of York.

Latest Income: £84,603
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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Holdville Limited

Social welfare

Education/Training Medical/Health/Sickness Relief of poverty Religious activities

Latest Income: £84,382
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Parachute Regimental Association

Armed forces, Social welfare

To promote the efficiency of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces To relieve either generally or individually persons who are serving or who have served in The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.The commemoration and remembrance of those members of Airborne Forces who have died while on active service

Latest Income: £84,360
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Bradford Cinderella Club

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

1 Provision of Clothing and Footwear for the not so fortunate2 To endeavour in every possible way to improve the hard lot of all the poor and under privileged children who are in need of help which such a Society as ours can give.

Latest Income: £84,151
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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The John Eastwood Homes

Housing, Social welfare

The residuary trust fund of the late John Eastwood was given to the Corporation of Todmorden to purchase land in the said borough and to erect and maintain dwelling houses to be called The John Eastwood Homes for occupation by poor and infirm persons of the age of sixty five years and over either married or single who have resided in the said borough for at least 20 years.

Latest Income: £83,802
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Allotments For Labouring Poor

Facilities, Social welfare

To provide allotments within the old Borough of Mansfield (ie prior to 1974)

Latest Income: £83,672
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Burgesses' Land

Heritage, Social welfare

To restore, build, maintain, beautify and repair the council's buildings & secondly to help the poor & needy.

Latest Income: £83,658
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Beth Abraham (slonim) Limited

Associations, Religion, Social welfare

general charitable activities, advancement of religion in accordance with the orthodox jewish faith, relief of poverty

Latest Income: £83,245
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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Samuel William Farmer Trust

Beneficiary group, Environment, Health, Housing, Social welfare

The Trust is for the benefit of poor people who through ill health, disability or old age are unable to earn their own livelihood; for educational and training purposes; and for the benefit of hospitals, nursing and convalescent homes or similar objects for the advancement of health or saving of lives. Supports wildlife/conservation projects for the benefit of the local community.

Latest Income: £82,968
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Kent Enterprise Trust

Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

Founded in 1983 Kent Enterprise Trust continues its mission in support of the disadvantaged and vulnerable in East Kent. We work to increase peoples' skills, counter social isolation and move people into or nearer to employment or starting their own business. From our purpose built conference and training centre we deliver a wide range of free training courses supported by multiple funders.

Latest Income: £82,846
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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First Stop Centre (mid-Essex Branch)

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfare

To relieve the condition of disadvantaged persons in mid-Essex experiencing difficulties with homelessness, joblessness, substance misuse, physical and mental health problems, learning difficulties by the provision of support services to assist them in maintaining normal relationships with and within their community.

Latest Income: £82,764
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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International Relief Friendship Foundation

Economic and community development, Social welfare

IRFF - UK works to eradicate the causes and effects of poverty and associated problems around the world, especially in Africa, Asia, SE Asia and Europe. We are part of an effective international network which includes the other 80+ national IRFF Chapters, and many other affiliated organisations and associations.

Latest Income: £82,602
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Arnold And Dorothy Denman Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

We support small charities working in Bristol, BANES and South Gloucestershire with a focus on pump priming the development of small charities and also helping with initial seed funding for larger appeals.We support charities working with disadvantaged children and young people, rehabilitation, severe poverty and homelessness, the elderly. We do not normally support large national charities.

Latest Income: £82,580
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Zambia Society Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The Objects of the Trust are to help the poor, especially orphans, promote better health, education and the acquisition of skills in Zambia

Latest Income: £82,540
Areas of Operation: Zambia
Status: Registered
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The Mary Hougham Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

To procure, maintain and let 12 Almshouses in Deal to aged and infirm Deal boatmen and subject thereto poor, aged and infirm persons who are inhabitants of the former Borough of Deal as constituted on 31 March 1974.To apply the income of the Charity for the benefit of the occupants or any of them in such manner as the Trustees think fit from time to time.

Latest Income: £81,722
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Nuclear Industry Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

The Fund's objective is the relief of financial hardship and distress among past,present and future members of the staff of the Authority, BNFL and Amersham International or any successor company or any company which has been a subsidiary of BNFL or any other company or organisation which is or has been engaged in the UK Nuclear Industry and their dependants

Latest Income: £80,900
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Elmley Lovett Church, School And Community Trust

Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

Benefit and support the school at Cutnall Green, the maintenance and support of the Parish Church of Elmley Lovett and the poor of that Parish.

Latest Income: £80,624
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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British Friends Of Ramoth Jerusalem

Associations, Economic and community development, Social welfare

General charitable purposes Relief of Poverty - Overseas Aid - Advancement of religion

Latest Income: £80,557
Areas of Operation: Israel
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.