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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.

Rotary Club Of Ewell Trust Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

A grant-making charity for the relief of the poor or needy or for such other charitable purpose as the Club Council shall decide.

Latest Income: £20,115
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Thornhill Poor's Estate Charity

Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Leisure, Social welfare

Grants are made to individual organisations, within the geographic area of the Ancient Parish of Thornhill, to encourage community activities for the elderly, the young, and the disadvantaged, which enhance their condition in life, and to supplement leisure activities and outings for those persons.

Latest Income: £20,090
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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Florence's Charitable Trust Limited

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

Establish, maintain and support places of education and to give scholarships/awards to encourage proficiency in education. Establish maintain and support places providing relief for sickness and infirmity, and for the aged. Relieve poverty of any person employed or formerly employed in the shoe trade. The beneficial area of charitable expediture is the Uk with a preference for the Rossendale area.

Latest Income: £20,078
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Church Almshouses Charity

Housing, Religion, Social welfare

The provision of benefit to the almspeople of the charity through the provision and use of the church cottages at Appleton as almshouses for poor persons resident in the parish of Appleton, Oxfordshire.

Latest Income: £19,992
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Oxford Isis Trust Fund

Associations, Social welfare

The Trust is the charity arm of the Rotary Club of Oxford Isis. Its activities are for the relief of the poor and needy or to or for such other charitable purpose, institution, society or object as the Rotary Club of Oxford Isis shall direct.

Latest Income: £19,986
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Chesed Leyisroel Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

general charitable purposes, in particular the relief of poverty for destitute families and poor brides, to promote the advancement of the religion and religious education of the orthodox jewish faith, and to further research

Latest Income: £19,965
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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Bramshott And Liphook Parish Voluntary Care Group

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage within the Parish of Bramshott and Liphook and surrounding areas by the provision of transport to and from medical appointments. Medical appointments are defined as visits to doctors, hospitals,dentists, opticians and similar health related establishments.

Latest Income: £19,841
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Hope For Youth (ni)

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

This is a volunteer-run group that helps young people in Northern Ireland, particularly those from disadvantaged areas most affected by decades of violence and community tension. We believe that the best hope for peace and reconciliation is to support cross-community projects, in which young people aged 11-18 can work together to learn new skills, build friendships and develop confidence.

Latest Income: £19,816
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Kiriat Chinuch Ashdod

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To support poor students, mainly children of new immigrents to Israel.

Latest Income: £19,800
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The British Guild Of Tourist Guides Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

To relieve in cases of need, hardship and distress the following categories of persons:(a) Registered Tourist Guides having qualified for not less than one year;and, provided the Registered Guide has been qualified for not less than five years:(b) A spouse/partner (at the discretion of the Trustees) of a deceased Registered Guide;(c) Former or retired Registered Guides;

Latest Income: £19,739
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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James Eden's Foundation

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

The objects of the Charity are to help young people resident in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton who are in need of financial assistance, and in particular to provide financial assistance for individuals undergoing further education, and for charitable institutions in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton who have as one of their main objects the care and benefit of deprived children of Bolton.

Latest Income: £19,726
Areas of Operation: Bolton
Status: Registered
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Sheila Whitley Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To give financial support to any charitable purpose or purposes organisation or organisations in any part of the world broadly concerned with the welfare or treatment of: a) Sick or disabled or handicapped persons of all ages. b) The aged. c) Persons who are in distress by means of poverty or reduced circumstances. d) Merchant Seaman of all ranks and ratings

Latest Income: £19,695
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Company Of Watermen And Lightermen Of The River Thames Poors Fund

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to poor and needy Watermen and/or Lightermen of the River Thames and assistance to their widows.

Latest Income: £19,651
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Poole And Rings Charity

Social welfare

This is a relief of poverty charity assisting persons living within the area SL6 1-9

Latest Income: £19,620
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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York Dispensary Sick Poor Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Makes grants to individuals and organisations

Latest Income: £19,576
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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The Cleeve School Enrichment Fund

Charity and VCS support, Education, Social welfare

Promoting Enrichment activities for all at Cleeve School, raising funds to help those students at Cleeve School who are financially disadvantaged to play a full part in school life, and providing capital equipment which is not available through state funding.

Latest Income: £19,546
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Town Lands Or Church And Poor Estate

Professions, Religion, Social welfare

Relief of poor.Religious activities.Maintenance of the Parish Churchs

Latest Income: £19,527
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Christine King Memorial Trust

Charitable activities, Social welfare

MAKING GRANTS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY

Latest Income: £19,502
Areas of Operation: Nicaragua
Status: Registered
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East Anglian Mark Benevolent Association Fund

Social welfare

The relief of distress among poor and indigent Freemasons and their dependants.

Latest Income: £19,480
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Oliver Stanley Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

(a) to relieve poverty.(b) to contribute to medical research.(c) to benefit children in need.(d) to support the maintenance and development of the Arts.All grant applications must be submitted via email to [email protected]. Please ensure the subject line of the email clearly identifies the charity that you are applying to

Latest Income: £19,428
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Naroler Kolel Beth Shmuel Aaron

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Religion, Social welfare

Helping teens at risk, kids in pain. Making todays youth tomorrows leaders.Promotion of scholarship, education, studys & learning.working skills & traning for school drop outs.particuler by making grants & financial assistance.Relief of poverty.FURTHERING THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF JEWISH YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL SPIRITUAL AND MORAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT.

Latest Income: £19,419
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Richard Goades Charity

Charitable activities, Social welfare

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF COLNBROOK WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED.

Latest Income: £19,407
Areas of Operation: Slough
Status: Registered
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Mr Samuel Whitbread's Trusts

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Relief of poverty for:- Brewers' Company Freemen and their families;- Former employees and their families from the Brewing industry in England & Wales- Organisations who benefit poor former employees of the Brewing industry in England & Wales - relief of poverty for individuals

Latest Income: £19,391
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Helena Sant's Residuary Trust Fund

Religion, Social welfare

To further the teaching of the Church of England and to relieve poverty in the Parish of Halstead, Essex.

Latest Income: £19,364
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Bartholomew Thomas Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

Provision and maintenance of four almshouses within the parish of Bicknoller for poor men and women over the age of 55 who have resided in or within 10 miles of the parish of Bicknoller for not less than five years.

Latest Income: £19,339
Areas of Operation: Somerset
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.