Social welfare Charities
Discover 7,374 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.
Family Holiday Charity
Beneficiary group, Social welfareProvision of holidays for disadvantaged families.
The Harbour Foundation
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareThe 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.
Northampton Hope Centre
Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Social welfareHope 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
Counties
Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareCOUNTIES seeks to communicate the Christian faith in a culturally relevant way, across England and Wales, and encourage churches in mission through Evangelists, Exhibitions & other resources. It actively supports self-employed Evangelists, who are involved in a wide range of initiatives including local churches, schools, universities, prisons, markets, agricultural shows and door-to-door contacts.
Liverpool Church Of England Council For Social Aid (incorporated)
Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Education, Religion, Social welfareEstablished 1823. Key role managing Adelaide House Women's Approved Premises. Adelaide creatively supports female offenders with complex needs offering dynamic alternatives to custody (e.g. training, employment, domestic abuse provision, outreach initiatives & personal development). Promoting awareness of women issues, penal affairs and domestic abuse in Liverpool Diocese & Greater Merseyside.
Prudential Staff Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe 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.
Bryony House Limited
Beneficiary group, Social welfareProviding care and support for the elderly frail and financial assistance in cases of hardship.
Sidlife Limited
Beneficiary group, Social welfareProvision of accommodation, care and companionship for lonely or frail elderly people in accordance with the aims and principles of SidLife Ltd.
Friends Of Achiezer Arad
Associations, Social welfarePay or apply the whole of the income and the capital of the Trust Fund to or towards or in furtherance or for the benefit of such one or more charities, charitable institutions or charitable purposes in any part of the world in such shares and in such manner as the Trustees in their absolute discretion may from time to time determine and in particular for the relief of poverty.
Care And Relief For The Young
Beneficiary group, Social welfareCRY is an international Christian Children's charity with the mission to empower children in the world's most disadvantaged nations to rise beyond poverty under the leadership of local champions.
Bt Benevolent Fund
Social welfareThe object of the charity, as set out in its constitution, is the relief of financial hardship among BT employees past and present and their dependants and this is the principle activity.
Madni Trust
Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareTo provide a postive framwork for education, training and employment opportunities for those members of the community that it represents that may be disadvantaged due to cultural and religious reason.
Architects Benevolent Society
Beneficiary group, Social welfareArchitects Benevolent Society offers confidential advice, support and financial assistance to the architectural community and their families in times of need.
Toldos Yaakov Yosef Institutions Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, Education, Religion, Social welfareTHE CHARITY RUNS A DAY SCHOOL WITH THREE DEPARTMENTS FOR NURSERY, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, THE CHARITY IS ALSO MAKES GRANTS FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.
The Unity Centre Limited
Beneficiary group, Childcare, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareThe principle activity and objects of the company during the year under review, in line with its constitution, continued to be the creation of employment via the establishment of small business, together with the provision of nursery and gymnasium facilities to provide services for all, especially the unemployed and deprived of Sheffield.
Christian Action And Resource Enterprise LTD
Charitable activities, Social welfareRelieving poverty, hardship and distress in Grimsby, Cleethorpes and the surrounding area North East Lincolnshire
The Children's Adventure Farm Trust LTD
Beneficiary group, Social care, Social welfareThe charity offers holidays, activity days and respite facilities for disadvantaged children, who may have life limiting conditions, chronic sickness, disabilities or come from extremely impoverished backgrounds.
Vale Domestic Abuse Services
Beneficiary group, Social welfareAtal y Fro is committed to the elimination of domestic violence, helping families to break the cycle of domestic abuse - to live together safely or separate amicably.
The Sobell Foundation
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareThe Sobell Foundation is a grant-making trust. Funding is generally restricted to charities working in the following fields: medical care and treatment; care and education for physically and mentally disabled people; homelessness; and care and support for the elderly and children from disadvantaged backgrounds. In Israel only the Trustees support coexistence and immigrant absorption projects.
The Green House Bristol
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareThe Green House enables access to specialistcounselling, psychotherapy and other psychological treatments. We encourage personalresilience and wellbeing following the experience ofsexual assault or abuse. We achieve our mission by delivering innovative andproven interventions, advocating locally and nationally,undertaking, research and informing policy.
Wintercomfort For The Homeless
Housing, Social welfareThe relief of poverty, sickness and distress among people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and who are suffering from social, economic and emotional distress.
Sandra Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Health, Professions, Social welfareProviding support to a wide variety of beneficiaries including nurses, charities involved in animal welfare and research, environmental protection, relief of poverty and youth development.
Inquest Charitable Trust
Crime and Justice, Saving of lives, Social welfareINQUEST was founded in 1981 following a number of controversial deaths in police and prison custody. It is the only charitable organisation in England and Wales that provides an independent, free legal and advice service to bereaved people on inquest procedures and their rights in the Coroner's Court and the civil courts.
Money For Madagascar
Social welfareOur mission is to enable Malagasy people to reduce poverty and protect the environment through sustainable, community-led initiatives. Our projects tackle many of the key issues facing Madagascar today: extreme poverty, poor health and education, food insecurity, the destruction of natural forests and the loss of bio-diversity.
The Joshua Trust
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareSupport of religious organisations, institutions of higher and further education, and institutions caring for the poor and sick together with grants to individuals who qualify as Charitable beneficiaries in accordance with English Law.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many social welfare charities are there in the UK?
There are 7,374 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?
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 social welfare charities?
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 social welfare charities?
Across all 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 social welfare charities?
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.