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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John Bradburne Memorial Society
Social welfareThe objects of charity are to relieve people in the area of Mutemwa, Zimbabwe who are suffering sickness, hardship and distress from leprosy or other causes through the provision of supplementary food, medicines, medical care, clothing and shelter with the object of improving their conditions of life
The Margaret Hart Charitable Trust
Social welfareTo provide relief of need, hardship or distress amongst the employees and former employees and their dependants of Cleansing Service Group Ltd and its subsidiaries
Wensleydale And Swaledale Quaker Trust
Heritage, Housing, Religion, Social welfare1) the relief of Quakers, Attenders and other people who are in need, hardship or distress and are resident in the area of benefit; (2) the maintenance and upkeep of the Quaker meeting houses and burial grounds within the area of benefit;(3) to further the religious and other charitable deeds and works of the Area Meeting, in Britain and overseas, as the trustees shall see meet.
Ashfield Play Care Scheme
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Social welfareOfsted registered for 52 children aged 4-11 years this voluntarily administered non-profit making scheme employs well qualified staff and provides flexible session times and reasonable contributions to assist low paid parents in what are described as deprived areas of Nottinghamshire. Children are collected after school and cared for during holidays in a warm safe environment.
St George The Martyr Charity
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity provides the following within the area of benefit: pastoral care, social opportunities, personal care services, and small 'pensions' for older people; grants to persons who are in hardship, need (including medical need) or distress where assistance is not available from other sources.
Eurasia Education Foundation
Religion, Social welfareThe advancement of the Christian Faith and the relief of poverty in Romania, Moldova, Central Asia other former Communist countries and peoples in Muslim lands.
Good Deed Foundation
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity is a grant making organisiation operating at the discretion of the Trustees. In the past grants have been made to charitable organisations in the fields of religious advancement, education, poverty relief and health.
The Ashford Almshouse Charity
Housing, Social welfareThe object of the charity is to provide housing accommodation for poor persons of good character who are inhabitants of Ashford, Kent.
Fuel Or Poor's Allotment, Burgh St. Margaret
Social welfareService of the Poor and needy of Fleggburgh and Billockby
Monastery Of Christ Our Saviour
Education, Religion, Social welfare, SocietyThe Charity supports the monastic life and public prayer of the community of monks. The community promotes ecumenical and inter-faith relations and hosts courses in psychotherapy and the relationship between psychotherapy and spirituality. It also receives individuals and groups for religious and educational and cultural reasons and makes some grants for reasons of religion, education and hardship
Cleaves Charity And Others
Housing, Social welfareMaintaining housing for poor and needy
Chertsey Combined Charity
Economic and community development, Social welfareThe general relief of distress, hardship and/or need to beneficiaries resident within the boundary of the former Urban District of Chertsey.
Independent Christian Workers Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareWe give grants to individuals carrying out Christian work to poor & needy worldwide. These individuals should meet with the approval of our trustees and provide their own sponsorship.
Cystic Fibrosis Comfort Fund
Beneficiary group, Social welfareProvide relief to those persons suffering from Cystic Fibrosis and to assist the families of those persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
The Ruth And Lionel Jacobson Charitable Trust (second Fund) No 2
Charitable activities, Social welfareTo assist in the relief of poverty and sickness, provide for education and advancement of knowledge for all ages together with the provision of monies for the advancement of medical research making grants to appropriate institutions.
Rotary Club Of Grantham Trust Fund
Associations, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareRaising funds by sponsorship donation or activities for the relief of the poor and needy or such other charitable purposes as members of the The Rotary Club of Grantham may in duly constituted meeting may from time to time direct.
The Estate Charity Of Elizabeth Grasvenor And Robert Rogers
Social welfareThe object of the charity is to provide benefactions to registered Charities for the relief of the poor and The Robert Rogers Educational Foundation in equal parts.
Order Of The Secret Monitor Fund Of Benevolence
Social welfareGENERAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY
The Safe Start Foundation
Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe Charity exists to relieve poverty, sickness, hardship and distress amongst young people living in London. To achieve this object, the charity operates a number of projects.
India Development Group (uk) Limited
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Social welfareWorking with people on the margins of rural society in India- low caste and tribal people, especially disadvantaged women- to help them build and sustain their individual, family and community livelihoods.
United Charities
Social welfareGeneral Charitable PurposesRelief of Poverty
Dickinson Massey Underwood Gill Trust
Beneficiary group, Social welfareTo provide financial support to authorised persons by way of annual pensions or grants for specific cases of hardship.
The Church Tenements Charities: Educational And Church Branches
Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareThe charity provides one-off, small, grants for educational purposes to young people under the age of 25 years either resident within, or studying at an establishment within, the London Borough of Croydon. Grants are awarded to those demonstrating financial hardship, for items such as books, stationery, uniforms, travel to and from school/college, school trips and music tuition and instruments.
Eritrean Community In UK
Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareGeneral charitable purposes including education/training accommodation, employment, health, community development, tackle poverty and similar services to all ages and gender.
Ex-Boarders Charitable Trust
Social welfareEye-care operations; care for mentally retarded persons;religious activities and provision of food/water for the poor(regular meals).
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.