Social welfare Charities
Discover 23,578 Social welfare charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Notable charities in this sector
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 welfareCABA 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.
Oasis Aquila Housing
Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Social welfareProviding 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.
Evnia Charitable Trust
Social welfareThe 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.
London Legal Support Trust
Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Housing, Social welfareTHE 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.
Friends Of Wiznitz Limited
Associations, Charitable activities, Education, Religion, Social welfareSupporting 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.
Smart Works Charity
Beneficiary group, Social welfareWe 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.
Colel Chabad
Charity and VCS support, Social welfareTo raise funds for the world wide Colel Chabad organisation food program distribution in Israel for the poor and disadvantaged.
Leeds Women's Aid
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareLeeds 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.
Tlc: Talk, Listen, Change
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Social welfareTLC: 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
Audacious Church
Health, Religion, Social welfareThe 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
Act On Energy
Education, Social welfareProvision 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
Age UK Northamptonshire
Beneficiary group, Social welfareProvides 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
Bawso LTD
Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Housing, Social welfareProvides 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.
Foundation For Education To Improve Family Planning
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Saving of lives, Social welfareFostering 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
Cardinal Hume Centre
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareThe 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.
Bikur Cholim Limited
Beneficiary group, Health, Religion, Social welfareThe 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.
Spear Housing Association Limited
Housing, Social welfareSPEAR 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.
UK Fund For Charities
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe 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.
Saba Relief & Development Foundation Limited
Social welfareWe 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.
Bederech Kovod
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareMaking 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
Pioneering Care Partnership
Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Social welfarePCP 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.
The Civil Service Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe 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.
Westbank Community Health And Care
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Social care, Social welfareProvides 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.
Yeshuos Shabbos
Leisure, Social welfareThe 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
Broom Foundation
Religion, Social welfareAdvance 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.
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.