Social welfare Charities
Discover 23,578 Social welfare charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Good Things Foundation
Facilities, Social welfareWe support digitally and socially excluded people to improve their lives through digital. Digital technology and community action is at the heart of everything we do. We bring together community partners to make up the online centres network, reaching deep into communities to help people across the UK gain the support and skills they need to change their lives and overcome social challenges.
Safenet Domestic Abuse And Support Services LTD
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareProvision of housing related support (refuge support) and support in the community for women and their children escaping domestic abuse. Outreach support and help line for domestic abuse victims living in the community.IDVA service to support domestic abuse victims in legal and court processes.Early Support service for children living in the community and at risk of domestic violence.
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.
Sands
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareSands vision is a world where fewer babies die. Sands works to ensure that, when a baby dies, anyone affected receives the best bereavement care and support for as long as they need it. Sands offers a free UK helpline and network of support groups, works with healthcare professionals to improve bereavement care, and involves bereaved families in research to save babies lives.
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.
Independent Domestic Abuse Services
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareProvides refuge accommodation, advice, advocacy, and practical support for women and their children experiencing domestic abuse.
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.
Derian House Childrens Hospice
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfareTo provide hospice care and support for children and young people with palliative care needs including support for the whole family. This includes; specialist respite including symptom management, hospice at home, end of life care and bereavement support after death. This care and support is provided in partnership with individual children's local health, social and education professionals.
The Richmond Fellowship
Economic and community development, Education, Health, Social welfareRichmond Fellowship (RF) is a national provider of care and rehabilitation for people living with mental health problems, with close to 60 years experience. RF has a subsidiary organisation that has completed a separate annual return. RF offers over 120 facilities, including crisis support, residential, employment and community schemes, well-being projects and domestic violence services.
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.
Allkind Mental Health And Wellbeing
Charity and VCS support, Health, Housing, Social welfareHousing, community services, arts projects, counselling, befriending, peer-lead recovery, volunteering
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
Harbour Support Services
Beneficiary group, Social welfareHarbour is working towards safer communities through holistic services addressing all aspects of Domestic Abuse and other related support services.
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.
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Beneficiary group, Social welfareAdvice and support service to advance in life those who are in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other hardship, in particular but not limited to young people, by developing their skills, education, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals
The Polish Catholic Mission
Heritage, Religion, Social welfareadvancement of the Roman Catholic religionadvancement of religious education for the Polish Community relief of poverty for the Polish Community advance the study of Polish affairsspread the knowledge of Poland and Polish history and culturepromote research on Anglo-Polish relationspromote and finance the mutual exchange of Christian students between Great Britain and Poland.
Theirworld
Beneficiary group, Social welfare1) THE RELIEF OF POOR OR INFIRM CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE3) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE
The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership
Beneficiary group, Social welfareTo enable young people to develop their skills, education, capacities and capabilities and to participate in societyas independent, mature and responsible individuals;To promote social inclusion by preventing people from becoming socially excluded,and assisting them to integrate into society;To enable Members to promote effective use of their resources to achieve their charitable purposes.
International Students House
Education, Housing, Social welfareProvision of accommodation for students largely from Overseas. Provision of social facilities, welfare services and scholarship for students. We are actively involved in organisation such as UKCISA promoting the better experience for students. We play a global role with other International Houses in communicating international friendship and understanding between overseas and British students.
Street League
Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure, Social welfareStreet League use sport and physical activity to tackle youth unemployment. We do this by working with young people who live in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK, and engage them in structured football, fitness or dance fitness and education programmes with a view to getting participants into work, mainstream education or training.
Allchild
Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe charity aims to promote the care and upbringing of every child and every young person with a disadvantaged background who lives in or has a close connection to the West London Zone, by supporting positive family relationships, advancing education, promoting health and making the most of each such child and young person?s potential.
The Steve Morgan Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareProviding charitable support in the form of grants to organisations in Merseyside, West Cheshire, North Wales and North Shropshire which specialise in assisting young people, the disabled, the homeless and the disadvantaged.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many social welfare charities are there in the UK?
There are 23,578 registered social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the 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 social welfare charities?
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 social welfare charities?
Across all 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 social welfare charities?
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.