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Social welfare Charities That specialise in Individual poverty

Discover 14,700 Social welfare charities that specialise in individual poverty. Use the search below to filter within these results.

14,700
Charities
£14,612,203,955
Total Income
£515,149
Avg Income
86.5%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Effective Ventures Foundation

Charitable activities, Social welfare

We currently run a number of projects including, for example, Giving What We Can (which researches the most cost-effective global poverty charities and educates those who donate to them), 80,000 Hours (which researches and produces educational material about the ethics of career choice, with the object of advancing the education of the public on this subject).

Latest Income: £12,083,820
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Read Foundation

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Heritage, Social welfare

READ FOUNDATION CHANGED ITS LEGAL STRUCTURE FROM A TRUST TO A CHARITABLE COMPANY, NO:1160256. HISTORICAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE UNDER THE PREVIOUS CHARITY NUMBER: 1114808.READ Foundation builds purpose built schools to provide quality education for poor and rural communities. It sponsors orphans & needy children to gain the skills needed to help themselves out of poverty.

Latest Income: £12,082,828
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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North London Cost Shop

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The objectives for which the charity was formed are the relief of financial hardship for the public benefit by theprovision of household goods and food products at wholesale prices to people who might otherwise not be able toafford them. In order to achieve the charitable objectives, the charity is operating a low cost shop in North London.

Latest Income: £11,731,744
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

The charity promotes religious education and observance within the tenets of Orthodox Judaism and is involved in the relief of poverty. The charity makes grants to organisations and institutions which operate in the charitable fields mentioned above.

Latest Income: £11,695,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Mittal Foundation

Social welfare

The main purpose of the Charity is to apply income from the charity, for, but not limited to, advancement of education, helping change young lives, promotion of the arts and the prevention of poverty and malnutrition

Latest Income: £11,560,826
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Kosher Outlet Assistance LTD

Religion, Social welfare

Providing relief of financial hardship among the people of the Jewish community in London by providing such persons with goods which they could not otherwise afford.

Latest Income: £11,549,499
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Developing Health And Independence

Health, Housing, Social welfare

Developing Health and Independence is a charity that aims to assist people who are socially excluded as a result of drug or alcohol use, physical or mental ill health, poor housing, lack of employable skills or other means. DHI helps people to lead healthier more integrated lifestyles and helps to create safer more sustainable communities.

Latest Income: £11,522,611
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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South Downs Leisure

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Latest Income: £11,500,741
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Al Mustafa Welfare Trust International LTD

Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

General charitable and religious educational activities throughout UK.Medical, aid, relief of poverty, famine relief and community development internationally.

Latest Income: £11,442,038
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Tree Aid

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

TREE AID works with poor families, especially women, in the African drylands to unlock the potential of trees to reduce poverty & protect the environment. We provide education, training, policy & technical advice on tree based development initiatives that support poor communities build incomes, improve their management of & secure access to natural resources, & achieve nutritional security.

Latest Income: £11,269,571
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Sally Ann Raven Foundation

Social welfare

- to provide financial assistance to any registered charity which provides animals for the relief and to improve the quality of life of those in need in the UK- to provide financial assistance amongst farmworkers suffering hardship due to farm work related ill-health or injury.- to prevent/relieve suffering of abandoned/mistreated domestic, working and wild animals

Latest Income: £10,928,806
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Global Relief Trust

Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Global Relief Trust (GRT) provides humanitarian aid and relief, such as food, water, clothing, shelter, medical equipment, education as well as developing sustainable projects to the poor and needy in; Bangladesh, Yemen, Occupied Palestinian Territories , Syria, Lebanon, Turkiye, Pakistan, Kashmir, Malawi, Uganda and Rohingya.

Latest Income: £10,909,874
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust

Professions, Religion, Social welfare

The principal aim of the charity is the furtherance of the Roman Catholic religion within the geographical boundaries of the Diocese of Lancaster. This includes but not limited to pastoral support for clergy and parishioners, educational support, relief of poverty and maintenance of the property of the charity.

Latest Income: £10,707,202
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Honeycomb Charitable Services Limited

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

We support disadvantaged children, young people, adults and families in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Derbyshire (inc Derby City) and Cheshire East. We support people in housing need or crisis to develop skills and confidence to live independently. We provide services to tackle domestic abuse, increase victims safety and work with perpetrators to address abusive behaviour to make positive change.

Latest Income: £10,694,095
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Severn Wye Energy Agency

Economic and community development, Environment, Social welfare

Education and promotion of sustainable resource use, energy efficiency and renewable energy to tackle the fuel poverty and to improve health, wellbeing and quality of life for all. Protection of the environment, relief of poverty and community regeneration through sustainable development solutions, training and delivery, to meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations.

Latest Income: £10,496,429
Areas of Operation: Belgium
Status: Registered
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Magic Breakfast

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

Magic Breakfast's aim is to alleviate child hunger and poverty as a barrier to education through the provision of healthy breakfasts to children across England and Scotland. This is being achieved through three key activities: food aid, building capacity in school communities to reach every child at risk of hunger and making the case for change to ensure permanent funding for school breakfasts.

Latest Income: £10,392,463
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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National Zakat Foundation (nzf)

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social welfare

National Zakat Foundation (NZF) is a national charity which enables local Muslims to connect their Zakat to those who need it in the UK. NZF provides support to individuals and families in need through grants for Hardship Relief, Housing & Work, and Education.NZF also helps educate Zakat givers about calculating and giving Zakat correctly.

Latest Income: £10,173,392
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Diana Startin Foundation CIO

Health, Social welfare

The Diana Startin Foundation CIO is a charity that supports the helping of the old, the sick, the disabled, and the disadvantaged. It also supports the relief of patients suffering from Cancer, Parkinson's Disease and Strokes. The charity aims to support local charities within Warwickshire and surrounding areas by donating funds which were given by the founder.

Latest Income: £10,119,970
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Jongen Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

The charity is an independent grant-making organisation created to benefit the public in general by making grants to selected charitable organisations that work in the broad areas of disadvantaged young people, homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers, education and access to opportunity. Applications for funding are by invitation only and we are unable to respond to unsolicited proposals.

Latest Income: £10,053,100
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Health Limited

Saving of lives, Social welfare

We work to improve the health of the world's poorest people, ensuring people who otherwise would have no support receive basic but life-saving health care and education.

Latest Income: £9,988,307
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Trust For London

Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

We are a charitable organisation that exists to reduce poverty and inequality in London. We do this by funding the voluntary and community sector and others, as well as by using our own expertise and knowledge to support work that tackles poverty and its root causes.

Latest Income: £9,978,639
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Message Trust

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Social welfare

The Message Trust is a worldwide movement with a passion to share the love of Jesus Christ in words and actions with the hardest-to-reach young people and vulnerable adults, through creative mission, community transformation, Christ-centred enterprise and programmes working with those who are poor.

Latest Income: £9,932,468
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Issa Foundation

Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

The principal objects of the charity are the advancement of education health and employment of people in need, in particular disadvantaged communities, by supporting projects that address these issues. The charity may also promote other identified projects from time to time as determined by the trustees.

Latest Income: £9,911,028
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Dawat-E-Islami UK

Religion, Social welfare

To advance the Islamic faith and to help the poor and needy.

Latest Income: £9,775,400
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Children's Family Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of children and young persons in need, and in particular those in the care of, or accommodated by, a long authority;The relief of poverty and in particular the assistance of adults who have as children been in local authority care.

Latest Income: £9,745,109
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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 14,700 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?

Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). 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 £14.6bn 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 86.5%. 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 £515k. 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.