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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.

Fulham And South Kensington Branch Of The Young Men's Christian Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Fulham and South Kensington YMCA makes funds or facilities available to Christian organisations and individuals who are either in particular hardship or undertaking significant work within their community or in training for such work.

Latest Income: £184,236
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Unite The Union Benevolent Fund

Social welfare

THE BENEVOLENT FUND FOR MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UNITE THE UNION.

Latest Income: £183,911
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Life Guards Association Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

THE OBJECTS OF THE LIFE GUARDS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE TRUST ARE:(1) TO RELIEVE MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT OR THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR THE EFFECTS OF OLD AGE.(2) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE REGIMENT IN ANY CHARITABLE WAY AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY DECIDE.

Latest Income: £183,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Antioch Christian Centre

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Religion, Social welfare

Antioch provides a community facility which is a base for - food/clothes bank, community businesses, business start-up units, children's play facilities, youth clubs, recording/rehearsal studios, conference/meeting rooms for hire by the local community, Sunday meetings, support groups, arts events, national conferences, training facilities for volunteers and young people.

Latest Income: £182,438
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Tamil Welfare Association (newham) UK

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Housing, Research, Social welfare

PROVIDES ADVOCACY/ADVICE/INFORMATION , PROVIDE SERVICES. PROVIDE HUMAN RESOURCES, EDUCATION, TRAINING, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR SAVING OF LIVES, DISABILITY, THE PREVENTION OF RELIEF OF POVERTY, ACCOMMODATION/HOUSING, ARTS/CULTURE/HERITAGE/SCIENCE, ECONOMIC/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT /EMPLOYMENT.

Latest Income: £182,376
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Adnan Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The charity provides help and assistance to alleviate hardship and distress from widowed and poor families worldwide. Sponsoring orphan and poor children's education and provide medical treatment for the poor and needy.

Latest Income: £181,705
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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The Stonyhurst Association

Associations, Religion, Social welfare

The objects of the Stonyhurst Association are: "to unite and associate past and present pupils and friends of Stonyhurst in the carrying on, promotion, advancement or support of all or any of the following charitable purposes the advancement of education and of the Roman Catholic religion, the relief of poverty, relief and prevention of sickness, disease and physical or mental disability".

Latest Income: £180,649
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Reall Limited

Economic and community development, Housing, Social welfare

We support the development of self-sustaining local organisations in Africa and Asia that work with urban poor communities to help realise their right to land, housing and basic services. We provide a range of grants, loans and other support that these organisations need to deliver land, housing and basic services at increased scale and in new ways.

Latest Income: £180,397
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Sutton Old People's Welfare Committee

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

To combat loneliness and isolation and help older people keep active,We provide a drop-in centre offering hot meals and various activitiesinc. chair-based exercise, outings and transport for those less able. Wewelcome all volunteers including those with learning difficulties atour drop-in centre, we also recruit, coordinate volunteers for theMeals on wheels and housebound library service

Latest Income: £180,215
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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A G E Action For Gipton Elderly

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Our activities are to promote independent living to the elderly people of Gipton to identify vulnerable elderly, provide advice and assistance to support their independent living, to combat fears of loneliness and lack of social isolation, to raise awareness of problems faced by the elderly. To develop A.G.E as a local charity serving local need.

Latest Income: £180,036
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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The Speedway Riders' Benevolent Fund

Leisure, Social welfare

The object of the Fund is to provide assistance to persons injured or disabled whilst participating in the sport of Speedway Racing.

Latest Income: £179,052
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Grangetown Baptist Church

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social welfare

We hold services for public worship each Sunday. We also run regular youth and children's clubs, language classes, a foodbank, a toddlers group, a sewing class and a night shelter for the homeless through the winter.

Latest Income: £178,902
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Guru Nanak Sat Sang Sabha Maidenhead

Religion, Social welfare

To advance the Sikh religion, to relieve poverty and advance education.

Latest Income: £178,387
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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Al - Medina Trust

Social welfare

Help in Education and needy and relief of poverty globally.

Latest Income: £177,497
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Chinese Church Support Ministries

Arts, Religion, Social care, Social welfare

We continue to fulfill our mandate to provide Christian teaching books for China and to provide support for the poor and needy. We have again printed and distributed one million books and have continued to work in the orphanage and amongst the poor and needy

Latest Income: £177,449
Areas of Operation: China
Status: Registered
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Age Connected

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

we find help with Information Visiting and Telephone Befriending/ Support to Clubs and Groups/support Luncheon Clubs.

Latest Income: £176,672
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Project Hope, United Kingdom

Social welfare

Project HOPE UK works in developing countries and with communities in crisis wherever they may be, to reduce the impact of poverty by improving health, through targeted health education, strategic health-related training, the provision of emergency humanitarian assistance and modelling innovation and best practice leading to sustainable health improvements.

Latest Income: £175,545
Areas of Operation: South Africa
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Bournemouth Charities Fund

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The provision of support in the relief of the sick and lonely and the old people resident within the territorial limits of the Rotary Club of Bournemouth and for any other charitable object the selection of the recipients or charitable object to be in the discretion of the members of the Rotary Club of Bournemouth represented in duly constituted Club Council.

Latest Income: £175,239
Areas of Operation: Bournemouth
Status: Registered
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The League Of The Helping Hand

Social welfare

One off and quarterly payments to individuals in hardship due to illness or disability throughout the UK.

Latest Income: £175,173
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Worshipful Company Of Cutlers General Charitable Fund

Health, Social welfare

The relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of religion; the equipping of hospices with cutlery; and other purposes beneficial to the community. Preference is given to charities that serve London, especially those that benefit deprived inner London boroughs.Grants are not normally awarded to charities that attract national support, or those outside the UK.

Latest Income: £174,833
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Bradby Club For Young People

Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Social welfare

The Bradby Club work with ages 8 to 25 providing a safe and inclusive environment. Providing open access sessions for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, affording opportunities and experiences; Improving aspirations and self-esteem. Our specialised services offer prevention and guidance in schools and youth provisions in the following: Substance misuse, sexual health, safer relationships

Latest Income: £174,590
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Bristol Vineyard

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfare

Established for the furtherance of religious or secular public education; advancement of Christian faith including missionary activities in the UK and overseas, including but not limited to planting of new churches and organisations of congregations; relief of the poor and needy; relief of the sick and elderly and other charity objects and for the benefit of other charity bodies.

Latest Income: £174,223
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Warrington Community Transport

Social welfare

Provision of Door to Door Accessible Transport.

Latest Income: £173,855
Areas of Operation: Warrington
Status: Registered
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The Khoja Shia Ithnaasheri Muslim Community Of Metro Leeds

Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Leisure, Religion, Social welfare

Education/Training - the centre organises religious courses and provides training for GSCE standard Islamic Study courses.Relief of Poverty - the centre raises funds for the poor and needy, for example, Ramadan Relief for the orphans.Sport/recreation - the centre organises sport activities like inter-community football tournaments.

Latest Income: £173,651
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Barham Benevolent Foundation

Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

To make grants to hardship cases in the dairy related business coupled with bursaries to colleges and universities for research in dairy related subjects

Latest Income: £173,325
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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.