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Social welfare Charities

Discover 7,374 Social welfare charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

7,374
Charities
£5,280,882,026
Total Income
£632,517
Avg Income
85.6%
Program Ratio

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

Hawley Almshouse And Relief In Need Charity

Facilities, Housing, Social welfare

Provision of almshouses for the residence and benefit of those in need, and the relief of need hardship and distress

Latest Income: £205,912
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Pearn Almshouses

Housing, Social welfare

Provide sheltered accommodation for poor persons of not less than sixty years of age who (except in special cases to be approved by the Commissioners) are inhabitants of the City of Plymouth.

Latest Income: £205,640
Areas of Operation: Plymouth City
Status: Registered
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Worthing Islamic Social And Welfare Society

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Religion, Social welfare

The advancement of the Islamic faith and the relief of poverty, i.e. by offering help to widows and widowers, the elderly, the disabled, the unemployed and the under-privileged generally in whatever way possible, and by helping to arrange and attend the burial of any deceased members and to assist the bereaved generally.

Latest Income: £204,402
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Mosaic Liberal Synagogue

Associations, Religion, Social welfare

Provide, maintain & carry on a place or places of worship & advance Progressive Judaism.The Synagogue provides, arranges & conducts religious services and classes. It solemnises marriages for members. It provides facilities for the instruction of proselytes, for burial & cremation of members and for religious education and religious services.It promotes educational, cultural & social activities.

Latest Income: £204,385
Areas of Operation: Brent
Status: Registered
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Cranford Cottage Homes

Housing, Social welfare

Provide and Maintain Almshouses for poor aged persons, with a preference given to persons who have been inhabitants of the area of the Parish of Cranford for a number of years.

Latest Income: £203,981
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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The Carlton Hayes Mental Health Charity

Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

Provision of grants for the relief of poor persons who are experiencing/have experienced mental health problems who are resident in Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. Grants are made for the benefit of qualifying recipients within the National Health Service and within the private and voluntary sectors. Grants are not made for costs that should be met from public funds.

Latest Income: £203,867
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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The Huntingdonshire Society For The Blind

Associations, Health, Social welfare

Provides a range of services, support and social activities for visually impaired people living throughout Huntingdonshire including information and advice, assistance with completing benefits applications and an equipment centre.

Latest Income: £203,545
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Newtown And District Dial A Ride

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-heath, disability, financial or other disadvantage in Newtown and the surrounding area through the provision of accessible transport services

Latest Income: £203,308
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Waterloo Action Centre

Leisure, Social welfare

(1) The relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the protection of health and the advancement of education(2) The provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare, such facilities being provided with the object of improving the conditions of life of the persons for whom they are primarily intended. Those persons having need of such

Latest Income: £203,259
Areas of Operation: Lambeth
Status: Registered
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The Provincial Grand Lodge Of Devonshire Benevolent Fund

Associations, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grants to Charities in Devonshire both Masonic and non Masonic

Latest Income: £203,179
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Essex Unitarian Chapel And Minister's House

Associations, Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare, Society

We provide weekly public worship and organise a regular programme of liberal religious and spiritual education activities for adults and children. We offer a wide range of rites of passage ceremonies. We support social action activities and other charities in their work. We encourage interfaith dialogue. We provide social and emotional support to church members and organise social activities.

Latest Income: £202,788
Areas of Operation: Kensington And Chelsea
Status: Registered
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The Abta Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

To provide financial support to employees or former employees of ABTA or ABTA member businesses who have demonstrated a financial need.

Latest Income: £202,460
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Light Dragoons Regimental Charity

Armed forces, Social welfare

The charity exists to provide support to the members and former members of the Regiment and it's antecedent Regiments by way of offering assisstance to those in need, suffering hardship or distress by way of grants, gifts or payments for services or facilities. preserving the traditions of the Regiments and fostering espirit de corps within the serving Regiment and the Regimental Association.

Latest Income: £200,554
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Westminster Arts

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

Westminster Arts is a community based charity established to promote social inclusion through the development and delivery of specialist arts programmes and activities. We work primarily with communities in the central London area, with a particular focus on supporting the needs of older people living with dementia and other mental health issues.

Latest Income: £200,139
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Yardley Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

The giving of grants to students at secondary educational establishments for clothing, sport kit and books. Other grants for the furthering of vocational training and assisting apprentices. Grants to educational establishments for students 11 years and over

Latest Income: £199,952
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Brabin's Almshouses

Education, Housing, Social welfare

To provide financial help and support to poor persons and the general community in the parishes of Chipping, Thornley with Wheatley and Leagram with Bowland. To maintain the two Almshouses and provide accommodation for poor persons of good character.

Latest Income: £199,551
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Dentons UK And Middle East LLP Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Crime and Justice, Housing, Social welfare

The Dentons UK & Middle East LLP Charitable Trust makes donations to small charities in the UK and Ireland that have a connection to our local communities. The Trust has a particular focus on charities working to support the elderly, disabled, homelessness, poverty, ex offenders and their families, refugees, education and youth projects.

Latest Income: £199,424
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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Inner London Magistrates Court Poor Box

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

............... in relieving either generally or individually persons concerned directly or indirectly in any proceedings at Inner London Magistrates Courts including the Inner London Family Proceedings Court and the Inner London Youth Courts who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress by making grants of money.

Latest Income: £199,022
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Gloucestershire Guide Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The organisation is set up as a voluntary movement for girls and women and its purpose is to enable girls and young women to develop their potential and to make a difference in the world. This is achieved within a mutually supportive structure of fun, friendship and personal challenge underpinned by spiritual and moral values.

Latest Income: £198,383
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Newdawn India

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Grant making for the relief of poverty, particularly among children, including care and education, in southern India.

Latest Income: £197,613
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Folkestone Municipal Charity

Social welfare

To provide financial help to the poor and needy residents living in the borough of Folkestone.

Latest Income: £196,877
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Ferriers Barn Limited

Arts, Social care, Social welfare

Provision of daycare centre services where disadvantaged members may learn arts and crafts skills or manufacture craft items for sale.

Latest Income: £196,608
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Julian Trust

Housing, Social welfare

To relieve poverty, distress and homelessness in Bristol, particularly by the provision of emergency night shelter accomodation.

Latest Income: £196,056
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Peasholme Charity

Housing, Social welfare

Peasholme Charity addresses poverty and social exclusion for vulnerable people in and around the city of York who are experiencing or heading towards 'crisis ' (lacking shelter, security or an ability to sustain oneself). We work to achieve our aims by offering specialist one-to-one support services which provide advice, guidance and signposting with respect to housing, benefits, finance and debt.

Latest Income: £195,852
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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Little Gems's Pre-School Basildon

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Social welfare

Little Gem's Pre-School, Basildon provides affordable childcare for children aged between 2years and 5years. We are open from 8:30am to3pm Monday to Friday, 38 weeks of the year. Additionally, we offer affordable wraparound care in the form of a breakfast club from 8am and an after school club until 5pm. We are based in what is classed as a socially deprived area of Basildon, Essex.

Latest Income: £195,484
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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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.