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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.

Kimbanguist Charity

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

TO OVERCOME POVERTY OF ASPIRATION IN THE UK AND IN CONGO BY:- PROVIDING RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS,ADVANCING SOCIAL MOBILITY,MAKING PEACE.- PROVIDING ADVICE,INFORMATION ABOUT LAWS,RULES&REGULATIONS TO AFRICANS,ESPECIALLY YOUTH TO ACT AGAINST CRIME,IN FAVOUR OF EQUITY & RIGHTS.- UNDERTAKING INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN AFRICA,HELPING CHILDREN WITH EDUCATIONS.

Latest Income: £22,300
Areas of Operation: Congo (Democratic Republic)
Status: Registered
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British Motor Cycle Racing Club Benevolent Fund

Leisure, Social welfare

Relief and assistance to members and associates of British Motorcycle Racing Club and others in distress, or suffering hardship.

Latest Income: £22,187
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Thomas Cowley Exclusive Of The Cowley Educational Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfare

To distribute bread money and poverty relief to the needy in the parish of Swineshead. To give grants for specific projects for the education of children at Swineshead Church of England Primary School.

Latest Income: £22,165
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Pontypridd Christian Concern

Religion, Social welfare

THE CHARITY WAS SET UP TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY ENCOURAGING CHRISTIANS TO THINK BIBLICALLY AND TO APPLY BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO EVERY ASPECT IN LIFE, BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MISSIONARY WORK AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Latest Income: £22,079
Areas of Operation: Paraguay
Status: Registered
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The Aldingbourne Gospel Trust

Saving of lives, Social welfare

As funds are available we respond to appeals to support individuals & organisations working both in the UK and overseas for the relief of poverty and famine, for medical research and to support the disabled and for the promotion of the Christian faith through translation and distribution of Bibles and outreach activities. We make donations to benefit people of all ages.

Latest Income: £21,927
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Eversley Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Making grants to charities from the income of Invested Funds.Promoting the work by charities for young and disadvantaged people and repsonding to world-wide appeals.

Latest Income: £21,911
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Pampisford Relief In Need Charity

Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Makes grants and provides services to relieve need in the parish of Pampisford

Latest Income: £21,909
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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City Of London Police - Charity For Children

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

This charity is run for the benefit of young people & children in need by reason of ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. It provides funds for individuals & groups. The maximum age limit for beneficiaries is 18 and the charity is principally for those with a link to the City but any appropriate request which falls within the charity guidelines will be considered.

Latest Income: £21,877
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Birmingham Young Volunteers Association Limited

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Social welfare

TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY SERVICE THAT FULFILS NEEDS OF THE LOCAL DEPRIVED CHILDREN AND FAMILIESTO FOCUS ON ERADICATING POVERTY, DISADVANTAGE AND PROVIDING YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN A SAFE PLACE TO LEARN, PLAY AND DEVELOP LIFE-LONG SKILLSPROVISION OF A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, ADULTS AND OAPS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTRE IN BIRMINGHAM.

Latest Income: £21,850
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Lofthouse Colliery Disaster Trust Number 2

Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Relieving or preventing financial hardship or suffering to any widow, widower or dependent of a deceased person occasioned by the death as the direct result of an accident to any person at any time employed at Lofthouse Colliery or at any other colliery employed in the area of the Yorkshire Coalfield.

Latest Income: £21,824
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hinckley (jcc) Foundation

Education, Leisure, Social welfare

The charity helps to fund college prizes and supports students in financial hardship. It helps to fund capital equipment for the various college departments, supports college sports teams and individuals competing in national competitions, and responds to requests from individual students for support in their extra-curricular activities.

Latest Income: £21,816
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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The Grant, Bagshaw, Rogers And Tidswell Fund

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The Charity awards small pensions and grants, on a discretionary basis, to elderly people living in the Merseyside region who are in need, hardship or distress.

Latest Income: £21,793
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Nicholson Memorial Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Fund makes grants to individual children and young people who live in Leicestershire who are delinquent, deprived, neglected or in need of care. The Fund also makes grants to organisations assisting such children and young people.

Latest Income: £21,664
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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Shipdham Town Estate Charity

Social welfare

To relieve poverty within the Village

Latest Income: £21,588
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Korean Resident Society In United Kingdom

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of Poverty, of the aged, and of disabled people (amongst persons of Korean origin resident i nthe U.K.),The advancement of education for the benefit of the public,To promote good race relations between different races by encouraging equality of opportunity between persons of different racial groups, and seeking to eliminate discrimincation on the grounds of race.

Latest Income: £21,562
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Stafford Trust Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfare

The charity responds to world disasters making immediate donations to appeals. It supports educational and leadership courses for young people. It makes donations to Rotary Foundation for world wide relief of poverty and disease. It makes donations to good causes local to Stafford, good causes working within the British Isles, and good causes internationally.

Latest Income: £21,556
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Molyneux And Warbrick Charity

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Payment of quarterly pensions to poor and/or aged seamen or their widows: and to widowswho are in need, hardship or distressPensioners must be resident in Merseyside

Latest Income: £21,550
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Bangladesh

Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfare

The Principal activities of the organisation are to establish in Bangladesh and elsewhere:-homes for the orphans, handicapped, disadvantaged and poor children; to provide educational facilities and vocational training; to provide financial assistance for families in distress and to relieve poor children by providing sponsorship by individuls or institutions.

Latest Income: £21,543
Areas of Operation: Bangladesh
Status: Registered
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Anne Peirson Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

To provide grants to individuals including children and young people who live within the Parish of Hythe, Kent to assist with educational needs extra curricular activities and/or other specific needs arising from financial hardship and/or disability. To provide grants to local organisations, including schools whose beneficiaries are residents of the Parish of Hythe, Kent.

Latest Income: £21,486
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Bsap Trust

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

The BSAP Trust supports members and their families and/or dependants of the BSAP Regimental Association (of the UK Branch). It administers welfare and counselling where required and has an almoner service to counsel on and investigate the needs of those with disabilities and financial hardship who qualify for support within its remit.

Latest Income: £21,411
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Wooburn Scrubland Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Provide grants towards fuel bills to the poorer people in the locality of the ecclesastical Parish of Wooburn and surrounding areas

Latest Income: £21,394
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Reading Benevolent Fund

Associations, Social welfare

TO HOLD ALL MONIES WHICH MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RECEIVED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING AND TO APPLY THESE FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY LIVING IN THE TERRITORIAL AREA OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF READING OR TO SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT.

Latest Income: £21,379
Areas of Operation: Reading
Status: Registered
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The Scott Hall Community Centre

Facilities, Social welfare

Provide affordable accommodation for local groups in a socially deprived area.

Latest Income: £21,379
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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The Poor's Estate

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

To assist Elderly/Old People and other defined groups and makes grants to individuals

Latest Income: £21,377
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Christian Fellowship (easingwold And District)

Social welfare

advancement of the christian faith and the relief of hardship resulting from distress age or sickness

Latest Income: £21,375
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
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.