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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.

The Matliwala Family Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfare

The objects of the charity are : financial assistance to advance the education of pupils at Matliwala School of Bharuch, Gujarat, India ; provision of equipment and facilities at said school ; advancement of Islamic faith ; the relief of sickness and poverty ; and to advance education.

Latest Income: £1,445,463
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Royal Engineers Association

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

To provide financial and other assistance to serving and former members of the Corps, their spouses, widows, widowers and dependants who are in need through poverty. To make grants, within Association Guidelines, to the Army Benevolent Fund and to other charities that further the objectives of the Association.

Latest Income: £1,437,036
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Calverley Charity - The Workhouse Allotment

Charitable activities, Social welfare

Relief of absolute and relative poverty within the parish of Calverley by the provision of small grants to individuals or voluntary organisations who assist in the furtherance of this activity.

Latest Income: £1,408,354
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Sanz Institutions

Associations, Religion, Social welfare

relief of poverty, to advance the religion of the Jewish faith in accordance with Orthodox practice, to advance Orthodox Jewish education

Latest Income: £1,403,930
Areas of Operation: Israel
Status: Registered
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Osel Enterprises Limited

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Social welfare

Promotion of the welfare and development of opportunities for people with physical and learning disabilities, dificulties in maintaining good mental health and others who may be disadvantaged in entering the job market.

Latest Income: £1,399,362
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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New Diorama

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

To promote, maintain, improve and advance public education through dramatic performance in all forms, to make the arts relevant to the community.To provide recreation/leisure time with the object of improving conditions of life inclusive of youth, age, infirmity, disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances and that such facilities shall be available to the public at large.

Latest Income: £1,365,171
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Congregation Of Servants Of Mary (london)

Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

To enable and support members to work wherever we love, serving the poor, marginalised and disempowered in our society. We do this by promoting the gospel values of love, justice, peace & liberty. Wherever possible we work collaboratively in established projects. We help to train others to continue ministries begun by us enabling us to be free to respond to other needs as they arise.

Latest Income: £1,356,619
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Brighton Women's Centre

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

Brighton Women's Centre provides a range of services to the women of Sussex. Its aims are to protect and preserve physical and mental health, to promote education and to relieve poverty.

Latest Income: £1,353,650
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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The Sons Of The Sacred Heart Of Jesus

Housing, Religion, Social welfare

To promote the missionary ideal at home and abroad and to train suitable personnelTo promote missionary partnership in the home (northern hemisphere) countries.Religious activitiesRelief of poverty

Latest Income: £1,346,505
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Kalgidhar Trust

Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

1. To propagate the sikh religion in accordance with the tenets of the Ten Gurus and the living Guru Granth Sahib Ji (The eternal living Guru). 2. To aid in relieving poverty in the U.K and abroad.This is carried out as follows:ÔÇóCatering for the needs of elderly (1 to 1 support)

Latest Income: £1,337,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Fishmongers' Company's Charitable Trust

Crime and Justice, Health, Social welfare

A grant-giving trust which supports charitable organisations, predominantly operating in and around the City of London. The Trust continues to offer support to a number of longstanding beneficiaries in the advancement of education and the prevention and relief of hardship. Other multi-year grants awarded are in the fields of food & nutrition, mental health and education in prisons.

Latest Income: £1,336,071
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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British Youth For Christ

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

To proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the world by promoting & encouraging the Christian evangelisation of young people & standards of behaviour which accord with the doctrines of the Christian faith providing or assisting in provision of education for young people who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by reason of social, physical or economic circumstances

Latest Income: £1,330,751
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Premierquote Limited

Religion, Social welfare

The charity's object and its principal activity continued to be the advancement of religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish Faith and the relief of poverty.

Latest Income: £1,314,557
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Yorkshire Water Community Trust

Economic and community development, Social welfare

Set up to deal with the Relief of Poverty, by way of making payment against outstanding water bills.

Latest Income: £1,298,172
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Archie Sherman Charitable Trust

Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

The charity makes grants to a wide variety of charitable causes in the UK and Overseas. Particularly in the fields of Education & Training, Medical Health & Sickness, Arts & Culture, Sports & Recreation, Relief of Poverty and General Charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £1,296,147
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Sisters Of Mercy Sunderland

Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfare

The Community's principal objectives are the furtherance of Roman Catholic and Christian Primary, Secondary & Adult education in the UK and elsewhere. The alleviation of poverty and human suffering and such other activities as Sister Superior shall direct.

Latest Income: £1,279,784
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Derbyshire Law Centre LTD

Charitable activities, Social welfare

To provide a range of legal advice and representation services to the most disadvantaged communities in Derbyshire.

Latest Income: £1,277,224
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Results Education

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Social welfare

RESULTS works to generate the public and political will to make a difference to the lives of the poorest people in the developing world. RESULTS carries out strategic advocacy, media and public awareness-raising campaigns at national and international level. We seek to engage, influence and encourage parliamentarians and public officials in their efforts to alleviate world hunger and poverty.

Latest Income: £1,273,254
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Congregation Of The Ursulines Of Jesus

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social welfare

Relief of poverty,Care for the Elderly & Homeless,Social & Pastoral work,Missionary work in communities,Assisting people with learning difficulties.

Latest Income: £1,271,373
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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BEIS Soroh Schenierer Seminary

Education, Religion, Social welfare

The advancement of Jewish religion and education by the establishment of a college of learning. The furtherance of the above is by (1) Training Jewish students as teachers (2) Assisting Jewish brides (3) Relieving poverty

Latest Income: £1,266,811
Areas of Operation: Salford City
Status: Registered
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Family Holiday Charity

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Provision of holidays for disadvantaged families.

Latest Income: £1,265,193
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Harbour Foundation

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The principal activities of the company and the charity are those of providing relief of poverty, suffering and distress among refugees and other homeless people, the homeless, advancement of education, learning and research, and to make donations to any institution established for charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales.

Latest Income: £1,263,741
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Northampton Hope Centre

Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Social welfare

Hope is a progressive anti-poverty charity helping anyone affected by poverty and exclusion, through services, campaigning and advocacy.We alleviate the immediate and ongoing impact of poverty, through providing basic services like food, clothing and shelter, alongside work to help those experiencing homelessness, mental health and addictions to overcome these and make lasting life changes

Latest Income: £1,254,550
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Prudential Staff Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The objective of the Trust is the relief in cases of need, hardship or distress of persons who are either pensioners or past or present full time or part time employees or their dependants of Prudential Plc or of companies whose ultimate parent company is Prudential Plc.

Latest Income: £1,233,875
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Bryony House Limited

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Providing care and support for the elderly frail and financial assistance in cases of hardship.

Latest Income: £1,229,274
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
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.