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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.

St Martin-In-The-Fields Relief In Need Charity

Social welfare

Relief of Poverty, assisting those in need with connection to St Martin-in-the-Fields

Latest Income: £23,376
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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The George Street Trust For Milland And Rake

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Making grants to relieve need, hardship or distress;to further the religious and charitable work of the Church of England and applying surplus income thereafter for charitable purposes benefiting the inhabitants of the area of benefit. The area of benefit is the Civil Parishes of Liss, Milland and Rogate and the Ecclesiastical Parishes of St Luke's Milland and St Luke's Lynch with Iping Marsh.

Latest Income: £23,180
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Lady Ashburton's Ickburgh Almshouse Trust

Housing, Social welfare

Providing Almshouse accomodation in four units for those in need, hardship or distress for the parishes of Hilborough, Ickburgh, Stanford, Lynford and Mundford, in Norfolk.

Latest Income: £23,161
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Irlam Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Supporting charitable and community projects locally and internationally, including the relief of poverty, support for young people, community wellbeing and other charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £22,972
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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John Tripp, Or The Blue Coat Charity

Social welfare

Assisting disadvantaged people in Barton upon Humber to purchase footwear clothing bedding and other essential items

Latest Income: £22,930
Areas of Operation: North Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Marketing Foundation

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Advances education in communication, advertising and marketing for persons taking part in or intending to take part in the industry and relieves those in need because of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage amongst members or past members of the Institute and, where appropriate, their dependants to provide relief in hard times.

Latest Income: £22,901
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Beaminster Relief In Need Charity

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

Distribution of income to help education, training, sport and recreation, medical problems, disability and relief of poverty

Latest Income: £22,858
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Warwickshire Miners' Welfare Trust Fund Scheme

Charitable activities, Professions, Social welfare

The trust makes grants to those who work in, or have worked in, the coal mining industry and are suffering hardship, it also supports organisations in coalfield areas/communities

Latest Income: £22,828
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Brother Jonathan Trust For Children's Holidays

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Housing, Social welfare

Making grants to other charitable organisations who organise holidays for children and young persons under the age of 25 who by reasons of their social or economic circumstances would benefit from a holiday and occasionally making grants to individuals recommended by social services or schools for the same purpose.Cut off application date February each year for grants in May. Email preferred.

Latest Income: £22,826
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Mar Dyke Valley Charity Trust Fund

Associations, Social welfare

To apply income of the charity for the relief of the poor & needy or to such other charitable purpose, institution, society or object as The Rotary Club of Mar Dyke Valley shall from time to time direct.

Latest Income: £22,824
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Salt And Light Charitable Settlement

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity makes donations to churches and Christian organisations. In addition it makes payments for the relief of poverty and support of Christian workers.

Latest Income: £22,822
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Quy Poor's Or Common Fen

Environment, Facilities, Social welfare

Preservation and upkeep of Quy Fen - maintenance of hedgerows, open spaces, ponds, pollarding willow trees, care and maintenance of flora and forna.

Latest Income: £22,784
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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St Pauls Mission House Trust

Social welfare

The promotion of the Christian religion, and the financial support of (1) charities and educational establishments which are working within the parishes of St Pauls and St Werburghs in Bristol, UK, and (2) any organisations working to benefit those in poverty within these parishes.

Latest Income: £22,783
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Wootton Town Houses Charity

Housing, Social welfare

The charity administers the running of six small cottages for the occupancy of the poor or needy.

Latest Income: £22,689
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The South Park Community Trust

Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

This ecumenical Trust works in Communications, which includes media, publishing and the performing arts; and Education, which includes speaking, lecturing, consultancy and mentoring. It both accepts commissions and develops its own projects. It has a special care for the poor. It is not a funding agency.

Latest Income: £22,581
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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Carlton Colville Fuel Or Poor's Allotment

Social welfare

Payment of Grants towards Heating costs

Latest Income: £22,564
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Exeter Cathedral Old Choristers' Association Bursary Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

The Charity exists to provide financial assistance to ensure that present day and future choristers of Exeter Cathedral Choir can continue at Exeter Cathedral School (and therefore also in the cathedral choir) if their families suffer significant financial difficulties that might require them to withdraw their children from the school.

Latest Income: £22,538
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Aylsham Older Peoples Association

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

1. The provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupations for those who are in need, particularly by reason of their age, with the object of improving their conditions of life in the interests of social welfare. 2. The relief of sickness among aged persons in Norfolk. 3. The relief of poverty among aged persons in Norfolk.

Latest Income: £22,535
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Milton Welfare Trust

Social welfare

Relieving poverty in the Parish of Milton,by Payment for goods or services for those in necessitous circumstances,

Latest Income: £22,500
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Wadhurst United Charities

Housing, Social welfare

The maintenance and improvement of 5 almshouses in Wadhurst for the benefit of poor people of good character who must normally have been resident in Wadhurst for not less than the two years next preceeding their residency in the almshouses.

Latest Income: £22,467
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Anglo-Hellenic League

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage, Research, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Advancement of the education of the public in the science, art, literature, music, history, economics, philosophy, culture, way of life and other recognised subjects of the academic study of Greece.The relief of poverty and sickness with particular regard to persons who have suffered as a result of disasters whether in the United Kingdom or in Greece or elsewhere.

Latest Income: £22,409
Areas of Operation: Greece
Status: Registered
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Apostolic Church Of God (seventh Day)

Education, Housing, Social welfare

Help to support missions abroad and at home, and give relief to school and community. Also to reach out to the poor and the homeless.

Latest Income: £22,405
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Firtree Trust

Religion, Social welfare

Missionary activity designed for the spead of such Christian Faith, the relief of those poor and needy, sick and aged known to the Trustees.

Latest Income: £22,333
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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St Elisabeth Foundation Limited

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of persons suffering from poverty, sickness or old age and of persons who are mentally or physically handicaped.

Latest Income: £22,306
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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King Alfred's Educational Charity

Social welfare

Education/TrainingRelief of Poverty

Latest Income: £22,301
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
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.