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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.

Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Charitable Trust

Health, Religion, Social welfare

Propagation and spreading the faith of the Gaudiya Vaishnava (Hindu) religion as revealed by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and taught by Srila B.R. Sridhar Maharaj and Srila B.S. Govinda Maharaj. Food distribution, support for poor and needy, counselling for trauma, support with addictions. Spiritual welfare.

Latest Income: £28,908
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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The Sheffield Forgemasters Limited Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

To provide benefits for employees and former employees of Sheffield Forgemasters (including dependents) who are suffering undue hardship or harm.

Latest Income: £28,744
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Heckington Almshouse Charity

Housing, Social welfare

The objective of the charity is to provide housing for poor people of at least 60 years of age resident in Heckington and certain defined villages

Latest Income: £28,695
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Harley's Almshouses

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The original purpose of the charity was to house 18 poor, elderly woman of Hay-on-Wye or the surrounding district. During 1973/74 extensive alterations were made to provide more modern accommodation for 12 women. Since 2002, with the conversion of a flat formerly used as warden accommodation, 13 women have been accommodated.

Latest Income: £28,632
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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The Stanley Charitable Trust

Religion, Social welfare

furtherance of jewish education and relief of poverty

Latest Income: £28,575
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Seven Seas Baxter And Grimshaw Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The charity provides assistance for young people up to the age of 25 years old from a disadvantaged background with a financial grant towards sail/nautical training.

Latest Income: £28,563
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Help International

Social welfare

Furtherance ot the gospel and the relief of human suffering and poverty throughout the world.

Latest Income: £28,551
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Pison Association

Religion, Research, Social welfare

Provide accommodation for the relief and care of active members of the Christian Science Church who are in condition of need, hardship or distress

Latest Income: £28,439
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Corton Poor's Land Trust

Social welfare

To provide general and individual relief for poor persons resident in the area described in a deed dated 25 April 1980 and to provide land and buildings for use as accommodation for poor persons in the said area.

Latest Income: £28,414
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Society For The Relief Of Poor Clergymen

Charitable activities, Professions, Religion, Social welfare

Making grants for Clergy and licensed workers in the Anglican church

Latest Income: £28,411
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Beckie And Hettie Charlesworth Memorial Trust

Social welfare

Relief of poverty to elderley in Bridgnorth District

Latest Income: £28,324
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Pedmore Sporting Club Trust Fund

Leisure, Social welfare

THE PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY IS THE ORGANISATION OF CHARITABLE EVENTS TO RAISE FUNDING TO BE UTILISED FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY AND FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATION THROUGH CASH GRANTS OR THE PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

Latest Income: £28,275
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Guisborough Christian Centre

Leisure, Religion, Social welfare

Guisborough Christian Centre is a Christan fellowship which operates in Guisborough, East Cleveland and elsewhere for the advancement of the Christian religion, relief of persons in need, hardship and distress, the advancement of education, provision of recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare

Latest Income: £28,140
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Ron And Lyn Peet Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity continues to make donations and grants to other charities and voluntary bodies, principally associated with arts and culture, but also to relegious organisations and organisations supporting poverty relief and health charities.

Latest Income: £28,100
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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John Franklyn's Almshouses (including Subsidiary Charity Of Mary Rosamond Walter)

Housing, Social welfare

We provide six almshouse cottages in East Farleigh for the poor of the Parish

Latest Income: £28,074
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Rotary Club Of Skipton Trust Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Provision of financial assistance for:Rotary causes both UK based and internationalRelief of poverty and sicknessOverseas travel grants to young peopleProjects for the benefit of the local communityOther registered charities, institutions and societies

Latest Income: £28,050
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Suffolk Constabulary Officer Support Fund

Social welfare

assist members at times of hardship need and distress

Latest Income: £27,943
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Kirkwood Memorial Fund

Research, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Three main areas of activity: firstly medical research, particularly respiratory disease,and uncommon medical diseases. Then educational projects, and lastly for the relief of poverty and famine on causes well known or personal to the Trustees whereby donations are significant . The Trustees are proactive and the charity's resources are fully committed for the foreseeable future.

Latest Income: £27,901
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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H A Taylor Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Fund makes grants to assist people who are in need, hardship and distress and who live in the Parish of Syston. Grants are made to both individuals and organisations.

Latest Income: £27,854
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Kidsgrove Trust Fund

Associations, Social welfare

The Aim of the Charity is to give assistance to the poor and needy or to other such charitable purposes, institutes, societies or objects, both national and international as the club shall in constituted meetings from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £27,827
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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City Of London School War Memorial Fund

Education, Heritage, Leisure, Social welfare

Grants for educational and sporting puposes to the City of London School, its pupils and associated persons, Bursaries for less privileged pupils and the support of the above persons and former pupils and associates of the City of London School who are distressed or in poverty

Latest Income: £27,822
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Knaresborough Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The trustees shall apply the income of the charity in relieving either generally or individually persons resident in the parish of Knaresborough who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress, by making grants of money or providing or paying for items, services or facilities calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such persons.

Latest Income: £27,775
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Lincolnshire Police Charitable Fund

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

To give grants and where appropriate distress loans in accordance with our agreed fund objectives. The recipients will be individual members of the fund and their widows, widowers and dependants who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress and similary former employees of other Police Authorities or Committees who have retired on pension or grautity, their widows, widowers and dependants

Latest Income: £27,735
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Joseph Chariott's Charity

Religion, Social welfare

Our objective is providing accommodation in Windsor at subsidised rates to persons in conditions of need, hardship and distress, with a preference for such persons who are adherents of the United Reformed Church.

Latest Income: £27,595
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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Almshouse Charity Of Anne Hitch

Housing, Social welfare

The Charity exists to provide four almshouses for poor persons of good character resident in the Parish of Leathley

Latest Income: £27,563
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
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.