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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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
S And R Charitable Trust
Social welfareGeneral charitable purposes including education, relief of poverty & religious activities.
The Rifles Officers' Fund
Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe principle activity is the provision of grant support for the relief of need, hardship and distress among Officers and former Officers of the Regiment and the Regiments or the Territorial Army units who are in need of assistance, and their families and dependents. To the extent that income is not required for the principle activity, the Trustees may apply it for the benefit of serving officers.
Medicines For Muheza
Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareSupports hospitals and medical education in African countriesMakes grants to individuals in African countries for the relief of poverty
The Sway Welfare Aid Group
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareProvides Grants to individuals and organizations for the relief of financial hardship or to assist the sick, disabled or aged.Provides services to assist with medical transport and a lunch club for elderly people living alone.The area of operation is restricted to the civil parish of Sway, Hampshire.
British Charity Fund - Berne
Social welfareThe fund is used to relieve poverty, sickness, suffering and distress for British & Commonwealth citizens living in Switzerland and also for any needy person recommended by one of the British churches in Switzerland.
Freeman Evans St David's Day Denbigh Charity
Beneficiary group, Social welfareFor the relief of the poor, elderly, disabled and chronically sick residents of the former Borough of Denbigh ( i.e the town of Denbigh and the Village of Henllan)
Roaluf Limited
Social welfareThe Charity's object and its principal activity continues to be that providing grants for the enhancement of education and religion and for the relief of poverty.
Great Witchingham Fuel Allotment Charity
Social welfareProvision of benefit and winter fuel for the poor of the parish of Great Witchingham and the provision of financial aid to groups working for the benefit of the Parishioners of Great Witchingham
Real Time Video Limited
Arts, Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe principle activity for year under review was that of providing and promoting the development of social and creative skills through the use of video and other media. Real Time targeted its work at socially excluded groups, economically deprived areas and at-risk groups. Real Time supported young people and people with disabilities in producing films .
Grace Christian Centre
Religion, Social welfareWe provide education and training to our members and assist in the relief of poverty by assisting those in need and carry out religious activities.
Wells Next The Sea United Charities(charity No 236897)incorporating Former Charity No (259709)(wells And District League Of Friends)
Associations, Health, Social welfareEducation/TrainingRelief of poverty
The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust
Arts, Social welfareThe maintenance of a scheme of awards to deserving artists, writers, craftsmen and musicians of anykind who by reason of their poverty are unable to pursue effectively their vocation as such. Beneficiaries must be over 30 years of age and be born within Great Britain, Northern Ireland, The Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and must be British Citizens.
Mothers' Union (diocese Of Exeter Branch)
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Crime and Justice, Saving of lives, Social welfareOverseas: raising funds for development projects and emergency aid.In Devon, arranging holidays for disadvantaged families; providing toys for prisoner's children visiting prisons; knitting goods for the elderly and for still-born babies; providing goods for womens' refuges and prisoners, supporting rufugees. Supporting actions against gender based violence and modern day slavery.
Charities Of Edward Sedgwick And Sara Godfrey
Facilities, Housing, Social welfareThe Trust continues to operate locally. Fields and allotments are in use. The Trust Cottages are fully occupied. Routine maintenance continues with local tradesmen employed. Improvements to the general standard of housing quality have been carried out on a planned schedule to conform to current standards. The Trust continuesto support disadvantaged residents and students within the Parish.
The Robert And Margaret Moss Charitable Trust
Research, Social welfareThe Trust's objects are: (a) to foster and promote medical and scientific research into the vast problems of human nutrition, (b) to foster and promote medical research generally, (c) the relief of poverty and (d) the advancement of education.
Susila Dharma Britain
Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Environment, Social welfareFundraising and publicity for projects of members of the World Subud Association, which relieve poverty and sickness, advance education and promote environmental sustainability or any other social and humanitarian development anywhere in the world.
William Mothe
Housing, Social welfarePROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER WHO HAVE RESIDED IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF TADLEY FOR NOT LESS THAN 2 YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT.
William Davis's Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Social welfareSupport for extra-curricular activities that benefit poor children at schools in the area of the Diocese of London. Support takes the form of both grant-giving and fund-raising for projects.
The Overseas Service Pensioners Benevolent Society
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareTo relieve poverty by giving grants to members of the Overseas Service Pensioners' Association who are in need. Other pensioners may be eligible for a grant, at the Committee's discretion, if they are eligible for membership of the Association (see OSPA website).
Save A Child
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Social welfareSave a Child contributes to the maintenance and education of deprived children in India through one-to-one sponsorship at several well established homes in Delhi, Kolkata and rural West Bengal. SaC also sponsors students who have left the home and are pursuing further education. SaC's children come from a variety of backgrounds-all need a second, better chance in life.
The Kitty And Daniel Nabarro Charitable Trust
Social welfareTHE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICINE AND ANY OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. THE EMPHASIS IS ON NATIONAL CHARITIES.THE CHARITY DOES NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED APPLICATIONS FOR SUPPORT.
Henry Blank Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe charity makes grants to other charitable institutions and to individuals for the prevention or relief of poverty.
The Langton Trust
Social welfareThe trust's objectives are the relief of poverty, the provision of education, and assistance to religious, medical and other charitable organisations. Grants are only made to registered charities.
The Michael Dewhirst Charitable Trust
Social welfare1. To relieve poor persons and 2. for other charitable purposes as the trustees shall think fit
Rotary Club Of Verwood Trust Fund
Associations, Social welfareRotary Club of Verwood Trust fund operates for the relief of the poor and needy or to or for such other charitable purpose, institution, society or object as the club shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct
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.