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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.

Southam Community Church

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

The charity exists for the advancement of the Christian Gospel, the worship and service of God as revealed in the bible, the care of Christian people and the relief of persons in hardship, distress, old age or sickness. The charity conducts Christian worship and bible study and makes grants to further Christian work in Asia and Africa.

Latest Income: £67,955
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Jaffe Family Relief Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

1. Grants to descendents of Daniel Jaffe and/or their wives, widows and widowers (world wide) in need. 2. UK charities to distribute to individuals in poverty, in the UK.

Latest Income: £67,944
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Vegetarian Charity

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To relieve poverty and sickness amongst children and young persons up to the age of 25 who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, and who are vegetarians or vegans. To educate children and young persons in the principles of vegetarianism.

Latest Income: £67,898
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Curriers Company Charitable Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Vocational and general education, including support for leathercraft and the leather industry.The relief of poverty and hardship amongst the young, the aged and infirm and the socially disadvantaged. The Fund generally focuses on London but not exclusively so. It is current practice to support the annual appeal of the incumbent Lord Mayor of the City of London.

Latest Income: £67,540
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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The Co-Masonic Benevolent Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Relief of poverty and distress among members of the International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, Le Droit Humain, British Federation and other less fortunate or suffering members of humanity, particularly children. Registered for Gift Aid.

Latest Income: £67,507
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Tavistock Community Church Trust

Associations, Economic and community development, Religion, Social welfare

Promotion of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Promotion of religious and secular education, relieve the poor, promote community activities.

Latest Income: £67,462
Areas of Operation: Rwanda
Status: Registered
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The Bacta Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The Trust is established to help people in the United Kingdom in need, hardship or distress as a result of local, national or international disaster or by their social and economic circumstances. At their discretion, the trustees can make grants for any other charitable purposes for the general benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom.

Latest Income: £67,380
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Ludhiana

Associations, Education, Health, Professions, Research, Social welfare

Support & resources base in UK for Christian Medical College & Hospital (CMC) Ludhiana (Punjab, N. India). Support includes facilitation of visits of healthcare personnel to share skills & experience, assistance with training opportunities for CMC staff both in India & overseas, & financial support for sponsorship of student nurses, assisted healthcare for poor patients & research initiatives.

Latest Income: £66,987
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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The Brighton Fund

Social welfare

A) The relief of persons in the area of benefit over the age of 60 who are in need, hardship or distress and B) The general relief of persons resident in the area of benefit who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £66,951
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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Wolverhampton Rotary Club Charitable Trust

Associations, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfare

Economic & community development together with the relief of poverty locally, nationally and internationally by the making of grants to individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £66,946
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Newfield Community Church Trust

Religion, Social welfare

To advance the Christian faith. This is achieved by such charitable works as the Trustees may from time to time in their discretion think fit, including the relief of people in need, sickness, hardship or distress, both locally and abroad.

Latest Income: £66,839
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Daughters Of Divine Charity

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

The care of the poor sick and elderly and involvement in the life of the Parish and local community.

Latest Income: £66,737
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Aldgate Freedom Foundation

Social welfare

The Charity provides relief of poverty in any way that the trustees see fit including the provision of financial assistance to individuals or organisations (including charities) resident, employed or found in the Freedom part of the Parish of St. Botolph-without-Aldgate and the area to the boundry of the Portsoken Ward of the City of London.

Latest Income: £66,716
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Burdens' Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity's main activity is making grants out of the income of the trust fund to support charitable organisations. There are no formal restrictions on the charitable activities which can be supported but the charity's main activities currently embrace the prevention and relief of acute poverty, substantially through the medium of education and healthcare especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

Latest Income: £66,675
Areas of Operation: Burkina Faso
Status: Registered
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The Community Trust Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Religion, Social welfare

Grant Making to other charities and organisations in the Brighton and Hove area particularly those involving impoverished or disadvantaged women and children and the local Church of England Primary Schools

Latest Income: £66,468
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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The Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

We support disadvantaged children, including those with disabilities/illnesses, community groups that benefit families and UK based charities working abroad. We focus on small charities with limited resources. We meet three times a year in spring, summer and autumn. Appeals need to be made via our website angelagallagher.org. Applicants need to ensure they take the eligibility test first.

Latest Income: £66,278
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Four Winds Trust

Religion, Social welfare

1. To support financially the furtherance of Evangelical Christian work, education and relief of the poor and needy in the UK and overseas2. Where funds allow, to benefit secular organisations concerned with education and the relief of the poor and needy in the UK and overseas.

Latest Income: £66,174
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Kings World Trust For Children

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The principal objective of the Charity is to promote the care,education and upbringing of children and young people in need and to relieve poverty and sickness amongst such children and young people.

Latest Income: £66,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Hampton Wick United Charity

Social welfare

THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEVING OF HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Latest Income: £65,852
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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The Old Wellingtonian Society Charitable Trust

Education, Social welfare

The Charitable Trust helps pupils and former pupils of Wellington College. It offers prizes and other awards to current pupils, has the opportunity to help former pupils in cases of extreme hardship and helps young leavers with enterprising schemes to support less privileged communities in other countries.

Latest Income: £65,845
Areas of Operation: Bracknell Forest
Status: Registered
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Spence's Hospital Charity At Carleton In Craven

Health, Social welfare

To provide residences for poor persons who are resident in the parish of Carleton where claims are otherwise equal preference shall be given to the more aged applicant. In default of a suitable applicant resident in Carleton the trustees may appoint a person otherwise qualified who is resident in neighbouring parishes.

Latest Income: £65,762
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Maruti Trust

Arts, Economic and community development, Health, Social welfare

We provide health services to poor, needy and suffering people. We promote education and prepare poor and needy people for jobs. We provide meals to 100,000 poor and hungry people. We provide hospital care for over half a million poor and suffering people with eye problems and crippled people.We promote education. We train crippled people for IT, TV, Mobile phone and Radio repairing for jobs.

Latest Income: £65,572
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Fence Trust

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfare

An almshouse charity operating exclusively within the town of Macclesfield, Cheshire, providing accommodation for poor aged women and or married couples.

Latest Income: £65,333
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Faith Temple Church Of God(pentecostal)

Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

THE CHARITY WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH. ITS OBJECTS ALSO INCLUDE TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONG YOUNG PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED A LEGAL RESTRICTION OF THEIR LIBERTY IN ANY PENAL OR CORRECTION ESTABLISHMENT.

Latest Income: £65,165
Areas of Operation: Slough
Status: Registered
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Zedokoh Bechol Eis Limited

Social welfare

POVERTY SUPPORT

Latest Income: £65,135
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.