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.
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Khodorkovsky Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareThe charity supports the Podmoskovny Lyceum, a boarding school for 168 socially deprived children, situated outside of Moscow, Russia, and provides grants for student scholarships in Russia and the UK.
Kids Out UK
Arts, Beneficiary group, Social welfareKidsOut brings fun and happiness into the lives of disadvantaged children. We do this by providing day trips, fun experiences, toys and books to those who might otherwise have none, throughout the UK, helping them regain some sense of normality while promoting wellbeing.
The London Community Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Social welfareThe London Community Foundation makes a difference to the lives of Londoners by connecting people who need help with those who are willing to give. That's what we do. We are dedicated to improving the lives of London's most disadvantaged. Child poverty, unemployment, isolation, homelessness, domestic violence and gang crime are just some of the issues we are tackling through our grant making.
Textile Reuse And International Development
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Environment, Social welfareTRAID is an environmental and poverty relief charity. TRAID reduces landfill through; the provision of textile recycling facilities, its charity shops and upcycled clothing. Funds raised go to environmental and textile related international development projects and TRAID's education programmes developed to gain greater recycling participation and empathy with the issues surrounding global poverty.
Tbf Trust
Social welfareThe charity seeks to maintain, advance and promote the Christian faith, and to relieve poverty and suffering, particularly of Christians suffering discrimination and persecution because of their faith. Grants are made to enable local project partners to support persecuted Christians in their areas. Assistance is also given to connected charities in circumstances that fall under these objects.
The John Armitage Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Social welfareThe charity provides financial support to charitable organisations at the discretion of the trustees in accordance with the trust deed, with a focus on disadvantaged children and youth support, education, medical care, arts and culture, prisoners and young offenders and religious organizations. The principal objective of the charity is to help people to help themselves.
The Rumi Foundation
Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareThe purposes of the Charity are: - the advancement of education in the UK and overseas;- the provision, support and promotion of the education of children and young people in schools and institutions of further and higher education;- the education of disadvantaged members of the public; - the promotion of the arts; and - the relief of poverty.
Crown Agents International Development
Economic and community development, Social welfareThe charity aims to promote sustainable development with a view to relieving poverty and advance health through health programming.
Hull And East Yorkshire Mind
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Housing, Social welfareTo provide support, advice and services to people with poor mental health and their families, through supported housing, one to one support, group peer support, training, counselling, signposting, volunteer opportunities and therapeutic services.
Becht Foundation
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Environment, Heritage, Saving of lives, Social welfareThe trustees shall hold the fund and its income for such charities/charitable purposes, throughout the world, as the trustees shall determine, in particular the preservation and restoration of biodiversity and humanitarian aid for the young and disadvantaged. Educational programmes supporting the key areas of focus are also considered.
Streetgames UK
Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfareStreetGames harnesses the power of sport to create positive change in the lives of disadvantaged young people, their families and their communities. We help make people and communities healthier, safer and more successful by supporting organisations across the UK to deliver Doorstep Sport: making sport accessible to all young people when they want it, where they want it and how they want it.
Citizens Advice Manchester
Charitable activities, Social welfareTo promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the City of Manchester ('the principle area of benefit') and elsewhere by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty.
Abdullah Aid
Beneficiary group, Saving of lives, Social welfareAbdullah Aid is a NON PROFIT charity organisation serving humanity, We provide emergency relief around the world in over 27 countries. Our aim is to support orphans, widows, refugees, disabled and other less fortunate poor families who are struggling due to poverty, disaster or any other crisis.
The Baptist Missionary Society
Religion, Saving of lives, Social welfareTo make known the Gospel of Jesus Christ;To prevent and relieve poverty;To relieve sickness and promote and protect health;To advance education; andTo alleviate human suffering caused by disaster overseas.
Christ Embassy
Arts, Religion, Social welfareAdvance the Christian & education in accordance with Christian Principles.Relieve persons in conditions of need/hardship. Promote & fulfil other charitable purposes & establish/provide places of worship for fellowship of evangelical Christians from which they can advance the Christian faith. Use books,internet & television to spread the christian faith. All carried out in UK &the rest of the world
The Portal Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareGrants for education to financially disadvantaged young people under 25 years resident in London. Provision of scholarships and bursaries to individuals, and grants to education projects and activities run by schools and organisations.
The Martin Laing Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareThis is a grant-making trust offering financial support to other charities/voluntary organisations. Grants are made for a wide range of charitable purposes, but there is a particular interest in environmental & conservation projects & in supporting the elderly/infirm & their carers & disadvantaged young people. Projects in Norfolk & Malta may be of particular interest.
Child Action Northwest
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social care, Social welfareTo work with disadvantaged and under privelaged children and young people, their families and communities, to improve their life chances.
Low Cost Living Limited
Social welfare1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN LONDON BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH LOW-COST HOUSEHOLD GOODS AND FOOD WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.2) THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES SUCH AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
Cgd Europe
Social welfareThe activities of the charity are to promote, for the public benefit, education and research into: Poverty; Health; Sustainable Development; Economics; Good governance and transparency in public life and administration; Public Finance and to Publish and disseminate the useful results of such research.
Turning Tides Homelessness
Housing, Social welfareRelief of poverty by the provision of emergency and other accommodation, advice and assistance for persons who are deemed homeless and/or in need of such accommodation, advice or assistance.
Sf Foundation
Religion, Social welfareThe objects of the charity are:i) the advancement and furtherance of the Jewish Religion and Jewish Religious education and the alleviation of poverty among the Jewish community throughout the world.ii) other charitable activities that the trustees may from time to time determine.
Toynbee Hall
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareWe are a multi-purpose charity working to eradicate poverty and disadvantage. We deliver a range of community services in advice, financial inclusion, learning and wellbeing. We share our experience of local action to influence national policy. We are also a residential community, conference and venue hire centre. More information can be found at www.toynbeehall.org.uk
Manor Lodge School
Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareThe provision of primary education to children from all backgrounds to enable them to advance to the secondary school of their choice, and the provision of means-tested bursaries to those who would otherwise be disadvantaged by their parents' inability to afford our fees.
Plymouth Diocesan Trust
Education, Professions, Religion, Social welfareThe advancement or maintenance of the Roman Catholic religion in the Diocese. The provision of religious services. The education and training of priests. The provision and maintenance of churches, presbyteries and schools. The maintenance and support of priests, the poor and others.
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.