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.
Notable charities in this sector
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 welfareTO 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®ULATIONS TO AFRICANS,ESPECIALLY YOUTH TO ACT AGAINST CRIME,IN FAVOUR OF EQUITY & RIGHTS.- UNDERTAKING INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN AFRICA,HELPING CHILDREN WITH EDUCATIONS.
British Motor Cycle Racing Club Benevolent Fund
Leisure, Social welfareRelief and assistance to members and associates of British Motorcycle Racing Club and others in distress, or suffering hardship.
Charity Of Thomas Cowley Exclusive Of The Cowley Educational Foundation
Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfareTo 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.
Pontypridd Christian Concern
Religion, Social welfareTHE 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.
The Aldingbourne Gospel Trust
Saving of lives, Social welfareAs 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.
The Eversley Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareMaking 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.
Pampisford Relief In Need Charity
Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareMakes grants and provides services to relieve need in the parish of Pampisford
City Of London Police - Charity For Children
Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfareThis 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.
Birmingham Young Volunteers Association Limited
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Social welfareTO 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.
Lofthouse Colliery Disaster Trust Number 2
Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfareRelieving 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.
Hinckley (jcc) Foundation
Education, Leisure, Social welfareThe 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.
The Grant, Bagshaw, Rogers And Tidswell Fund
Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe 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.
The Nicholson Memorial Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareThe 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.
Shipdham Town Estate Charity
Social welfareTo relieve poverty within the Village
Korean Resident Society In United Kingdom
Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe 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.
Rotary Club Of Stafford Trust Fund
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe 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.
The Molyneux And Warbrick Charity
Beneficiary group, Social welfarePayment 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
The Friends Of Bangladesh
Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfareThe 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.
Anne Peirson Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareTo 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.
Bsap Trust
Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfareThe 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.
Wooburn Scrubland Charity
Charitable activities, Social welfareProvide grants towards fuel bills to the poorer people in the locality of the ecclesastical Parish of Wooburn and surrounding areas
Rotary Club Of Reading Benevolent Fund
Associations, Social welfareTO 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.
The Scott Hall Community Centre
Facilities, Social welfareProvide affordable accommodation for local groups in a socially deprived area.
The Poor's Estate
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareTo assist Elderly/Old People and other defined groups and makes grants to individuals
The Christian Fellowship (easingwold And District)
Social welfareadvancement of the christian faith and the relief of hardship resulting from distress age or sickness
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.