Social welfare Charities
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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.
The Weavers' Company Benevolent Fund
Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareCurrently supports projects working with young people at risk of offending or with the rehabilitation of those who have offended, supports the woven textile industry through grants and scholarships and assists three local primary schools in Inner London
The Meadowside Charity Newton Abbot And District
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social care, Social welfareThis charity runs "Meadowside" a residential home for up to 11 residents with varying degrees of learning and/or physical disabilities, which has been their home for up to 30 years. Respite Care is also provided. Social events are also organised for the members, including those from the wider community.
Gamlen Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareMaking grants and donations to various charities for the promotion of legal education and the relief of poverty.
Haven Domestic Abuse Service
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfareThe provision of refuge accommodation for the female victims of domestic abuse and their children. Also for male and female victims, telephone help lines, counselling and support services and community outreach and development workers.
Remar Association (uk)
Economic and community development, Housing, Saving of lives, Social welfarePractical training is carried on by daily routine at each house on a Christian basis. The charity undertakes evangelistic work on the streets and in centres. Remar Association (UK) operates a soup kitchen to assist vulnerable people in the Nottingham area. The charity sends humanitarian aid containers to other Remar organisations around the world to relieve suffering from poverty and addictions.
Dr And Mrs Chadwick's Charity
Housing, Social welfareThe object of the Trust is the provision of housing for letting on weekly tenancies to persons of good character who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. Applicants must be resident in Bolton.
The Upper Room (st Saviour's)
Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Housing, Social welfareThe Upper Room works with homeless people, economic migrants, ex-offenders and other socially disadvantaged people to improve their lives and conditions. The Upper Room aims to give people a second chance.
The Royal Artillery General Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Social welfareTO PROMOTE AND INCREASE RECRUITMENT EFFICIENCY AND MORALE IN THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY AND ITS MEMBERS WHETHER REGULAR, SPECIAL RESERVE, TERRATORIAL OR TEMPORARY 2) RELIEF OF POVERTY OR DISTRESS AMONG PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF ANY DECEASED MEMBER AS AFORESAID
Manna Society
Housing, Social care, Social welfareThe Manna Day Centre is open 7 days a week, 51 weeks of the year offering the following services: free food, showers, clothing, housing & welfare advice and medical care.
The Living Paintings Trust
Arts, Health, Social welfareWe publish unique Touch to See books which enable blind and partially sighted people, young and old, to explore and enjoy the world of pictures. Our purpose is to relieve the social and educational isolation that they suffer throughout their lives. These unique books are available throughout Britain and Ireland to all visually impaired people completely free from our postal library service.
Consortium For Street Children
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfareA leading international member-based network dedicated to advocating, promoting and campaigning for the rights of street-connected children. We are committed to creating a better and sustainable future for some of the most disadvantaged and stigmatised children by working together to inform and inspire research and action that influences policy and best practice worldwide.
Tower Hamlets Law Centre
Charitable activities, Social welfareTower Hamlets Law Centre exists to develop independent Law Centre services for the people of Tower Hamlets and East London. To provide access to justice and to facilitate the awareness of legal rights, particularly targeting the most disadvantaged members of the community
Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Health, Leisure, Social care, Social welfareRelief of elderly in Hammersmith & Fulham Borough from Day Centre: Advice and information, befriending, transport to shops, outings, keep fit classes, pilates, computer room, hot lunches, mind games, lounge area, local & vocal forum, art classes, digital enabling, library, garden, blind club, dementia club, bingo & others. Fund-raising through a shop selling donated goods.
The Shell Pensioners Benevolent Association
Beneficiary group, Social welfarePensioners in need of assistance are identified by Pensioner Programme Officer and a proposal is made to the Trustees as to how the Charity may assist the Pensioner. The Trustees may make a grant or an interest free loan. The latter enables the Charity's funds to be recycled and assist other Pensioners in due course.
Siri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara
Associations, Leisure, Religion, Social welfareReligious worshipcommunity related : education, social activities, sports activities
Wycombe Women's Aid Limited
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareWycombe Women's Aid provides independent, specialist services to women and children experiencing the effects of domestic violence.We provide safe, temporary and emergency accommodation as well as practical and emotional support within the refuge and through outreach in the local community.Our services are underpinned by an equal opportunities approach & shaped by a feminist, trauma informed ethos.
Ramgarhia Sabha Southall
Economic and community development, Leisure, Religion, Saving of lives, Social welfareSikh Religious organisation provides religious, educational, cultural, Sports and Community development services in the Southall(West London) Area. It also provides relief for poverty within community and supports relief efforts in the event of disasters around the world.
South London Islamic Centre
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Religion, Social welfareThe principal activity of the Charity during the year was the advancement of the religion of Islam andthe education of Muslim children in accordance with the teachings of Quran and Sunnah.Other activities included the relief of poverty, the provision of funeral services to the Muslimcommunity, and the provision of facilities for community development in the South London area.
Mitcham Garden Village
Facilities, Housing, Social welfareThe Company's principal acitvity is the management and maintenance of the memorial homes known as Mitcham Garden Village for the benefit of deserving local poor persons of good moral character.
Pilkington Charities Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity awards grants to registered charities in the Merseyside area for the relief of poverty and sickness.
Laslett's (hinton) Charity
Charitable activities, Heritage, Religion, Social welfareAssisting in the repair, restoration, rebuilding and refitting of any churches and chapels connected with the Established Church of England;Assisting poor aged or infirm persons by making grants to organisations that help such persons, as the Trustees may think fit;
Duchy Of Lancaster Benevolent Fund
Heritage, Social welfareTo support charitable causes in the County Palatine of Lancaster, in the administrative counties of Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, and elsewhere in the country where the Duchy of Lancaster has historical links.
Menphys Limited
Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfareTo improve the social, emotional and intellectual education of young people with special needs and to provide social activities.To run an outreach service in Leicester City and County to provide support for children and young people with special needs and their families and carers. (Menphys SOS)To promote the inclusion of people with special needs in society.
Camden Community Law Centre
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Facilities, Housing, Social welfareHigh quality advice to Camden's most deprived residents through telephone and face to face work. We reach BME and refugee communities by having a number of advisers from those communities. Areas of advice offered are: Welfare Benefits, Employment, Debt, Housing, Asylum and Immigration - we include representation at Tribunals and Outreach sessions in libraries and Community Centre.
Nottinghamshire Royal Society For The Blind
Health, Leisure, Social welfareMy Sight Nottinghamshire (working name for Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind) is dedicated to improving the lives of visually impaired people in Nottinghamshire. Services including; information, support, equipment, advice, befriending, peer support, arts and sport, are designed to promote confidence and independence and reduce isolation and loneliness for people living with sight loss.
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.