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Social welfare Charities

Discover 23,578 Social welfare charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

23,578
Charities
£14,612,203,955
Total Income
£515,149
Avg Income
86.5%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

Beneficiary group, Social care, Social welfare

CABA provides lifelong support to past and present ICAEW members and their families in the UK and across the globe. Our services are free, impartial and strictly confidential. From a listening ear in troubled times, through personal and professional development, to carer support and financial assistance, our commitment is simple: to be with you and your family, for life.

Latest Income: £4,752,193
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Oasis Aquila Housing

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfare

Providing supported accommodation to homeless and vulnerable people, a homelessness resource centre, private sector access scheme, employability support, the provision of affordable housing, family support services and support for victims of domestic and sexual abuse.

Latest Income: £4,743,863
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Evnia Charitable Trust

Social welfare

The Object of the Charity is the relief of those who are in need due to low financial resilience, poverty, hardship or distress, in such manner as the Trustees think fit.

Latest Income: £4,741,306
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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London Legal Support Trust

Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Housing, Social welfare

THE TRUST FUNDS VOLUNTARY SECTOR LEGAL AGENCIES IN LONDON AND THE HOME COUNTIES THAT PROVIDE FREE LEGAL ADVICE TO POOR OR DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND NETWORK ORGANISATIONS THAT SUPPORT THESE LEGAL AGENCIES.

Latest Income: £4,740,335
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Wiznitz Limited

Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Religion, Social welfare

Supporting Orthodox Jewish religious education, the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish Religion and the relief of poverty by grant-making to institutions and individuals and allowing the use of a building as a school.

Latest Income: £4,734,350
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Smart Works Charity

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

We help women on low incomes get back to work by dressing them in a complete outfit of smart clothes to wear to their interview and by giving them one-to-one interview training. A professional outfit followed by careful interview preparation transforms our clients' self-confidence and gives them a far greater chance of succeeding.

Latest Income: £4,727,852
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Colel Chabad

Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

To raise funds for the world wide Colel Chabad organisation food program distribution in Israel for the poor and disadvantaged.

Latest Income: £4,723,736
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Leeds Women's Aid

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

Leeds Women's Aid works with women & children, being a voice & leader in the sector. LWA support women & children experiencing domestic violence and abuse and aims to eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls. We offer a range of services including safe houses and refuges, community & telephone support, women's groups and hubs, and support to children & young people and coordinate partnerships.

Latest Income: £4,686,457
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Tlc: Talk, Listen, Change

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Social welfare

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change provide a range of services in support of safe, healthy and happy relationships. These include: - counselling for children, young people, individual adults, couples and families- domestic abuse prevention programmes for perpetrators - mediation and separation services- community volunteering projects- partnership relationship-focussed projects

Latest Income: £4,679,000
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Audacious Church

Health, Religion, Social welfare

The charity's objects are set out by the trust deed as:- the advancement of the christian faith- the relief of sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health by the provision of funds, goods or services of any kind including through the provision of counselling and support- the advancement of education

Latest Income: £4,672,409
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Act On Energy

Education, Social welfare

Provision of free and impartial advice on energy efficiency to the general public;Promote the relief of fuel poverty;Deliver educational programmes in schools and colleges;Devise and manage schemes on behalf of others to promote energy efficiency measures and seek supporting funding;Work with charities, voluntary bodies, statutory authorities and others

Latest Income: £4,669,728
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Age UK Northamptonshire

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Provides a range of services to older people to improve their quality of life, to promote independence and prevent them falling into frailty, poverty and isolation

Latest Income: £4,653,246
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Bawso LTD

Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Housing, Social welfare

Provides Wales wide services including the provision of temporary accommodation for all victims of abuse, violence and exploitation. Specialises in providing services for people from black and minority ethnic communities and their children, who have suffered from or at risk of Domestic Abuse, Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence, Female Genital Mutilation, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.

Latest Income: £4,643,693
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Foundation For Education To Improve Family Planning

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Fostering the education of the public, and in particular preadolescent underprivileged young people, to improve family planning and health, with particular reference to the societal and environmental consequences of knowledge of population growth and poverty. The relief and assistance of people in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe, in the

Latest Income: £4,641,559
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Cardinal Hume Centre

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

The Centre supports homeless young people and badly housed families, as well as local people with little or no income. We enable people to gain the skills they need to break out of poverty and build better lives.

Latest Income: £4,638,247
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Bikur Cholim Limited

Beneficiary group, Health, Religion, Social welfare

The activities of the charity are to relieve the effects of sickness, poor physical and mental health and old age for people of the Jewish community in North London by assisting with the provision of support, facilities and services.

Latest Income: £4,635,278
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Spear Housing Association Limited

Housing, Social welfare

SPEAR exists to enable homeless people in South and West London find secure accommodation. We develop and deliver solutions with community partners. We believe that homelessness isn't just a housing problem, it has a range of causes and is often an experience of isolation, hopelessness or self-doubt. That's why, beyond a roof overhead, we promote community involvement and personal development.

Latest Income: £4,627,799
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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UK Fund For Charities

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The charity provides grants to charitable causes throughout the world for the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, the advancement of religion and other such charitable purposes.

Latest Income: £4,615,616
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Saba Relief & Development Foundation Limited

Social welfare

We are working to alleviate poverty in Yemen by helping the poor and needy by distributing food, water, clothing, providing education facilities and giving financial aid and sponsoring projects.

Latest Income: £4,610,460
Areas of Operation: Yemen
Status: Registered
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Bederech Kovod

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Making grants to poor families and individuals for basic needs such as food and the likeMaking grants to poor families and individuals in need of medical requirements Assistance forreligious institutions.Making Grants for the enhancement of the practice of the Jewish Religion

Latest Income: £4,607,962
Areas of Operation: Bury
Status: Registered
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Pioneering Care Partnership

Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Social welfare

PCP provides a range of projects & services promoting health, wellbeing & learning for all. Operating in the North East of England activities include management of a healthy living centre, delivery of social prescribing, counselling, Health Trainer interventions, Befriending projects & learning disability services. Employability assistance, community learning & classes & courses are also provided.

Latest Income: £4,598,103
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Civil Service Benevolent Fund

Charitable activities, Social welfare

The Charity provides grants in money or kind, either directly or to an organisation that will provide relief from suffering, hardship or distress, financial or otherwise. The Charity's prime beneficiaries are Civil Servants, former Civil Servants, Public Body Employees or former Public Body Employees, and their dependants.

Latest Income: £4,569,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Westbank Community Health And Care

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Social care, Social welfare

Provides care and support to patients and carers.Volunteers provide transport, practical help, befriending. Carer support, advice,access to short breaks for adult and young carers.Day care for older people. Mentoring. Family and childcare activities. Volunteering opportunities. Health improvement and health promotion activities including lifestyle change programmes for long term conditions.

Latest Income: £4,561,482
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Yeshuos Shabbos

Leisure, Social welfare

The advancement of education and training, the relief of poverty, sickness and distress. Promotion of good health and provision of recreational facilities in the interest of social welfare, with the object of improving their conditions of life

Latest Income: £4,560,022
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Broom Foundation

Religion, Social welfare

Advance education with the doctrines and principles of orthodox Judaism by the establishment of, support and provision of educational establishments; to relieve poverty in the Jewish community; and any further such charitable purposes as the trustees may determine.

Latest Income: £4,550,692
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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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.