Social welfare Charities
Discover 7,374 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.
Memon Association UK
Beneficiary group, Social welfareWe provide welfare services to the poor and needy also to the members of the association. We also provide facilities to help the elderly and health awareness sessions.
Alliance Family Foundation Limited
Beneficiary group, Social welfareDonations to a general range of charitable causes including the advancement of education and religion and the relief of poverty.
Waltham Abbey Non-Educational Parochial Charities
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareThe charity is an almshouse charity set up to provide accommodation for poor persons of good character. The charity is generally known as Francis Green House which comprises 11 flats for elderly people in need.The almshouses are located at Francis Green House, Grove Court, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1BP
Little Barrington Charity
Religion, Social welfareMaintenance and rental of 7 cottages and 1 house Making of donations to charities, organizations and individuals within the area of benefit
The Open University Students' Educational Trust
Education, Social welfareWe give grants for course fees and essential study costs to OU students who are in financial difficulty and unable to receive financial assistance from government and university sources.
Michael Lowe's And Associated Charities
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Charity can only make grants to or for the benefit of residents of the City of Lichfield.As well as fuel grants, grants may be made to individuals who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress or to organisations whose aims are to provide or pay for items which will benefit the recipient.
King Edward Hall
Arts, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Social welfareIn accordance with the original objectives of the 1911 trust deed, the King Edward Hall (the village hall) provides facilities for a large number of local organisations and societies for meetings, talks, social events and exhibitions, and for private hirers for social occasions. The management committee also organises fund-raising events eg the annual village run & village day & cinema shows. The
Belleville Pta
Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Social welfareAs a PTA we organise a wide range of activities ranging from events that provide support to the school community, fun social events for children and large fund raising events.
The Institution Of Structural Engineers Benevolent Fund
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Benevolent Fund makes grants and affords assistance to necessitous persons who are members or former members, or dependants of members or former members, of the Institution of Structural Engineers.
Nash Village Hall
Facilities, Social welfareProvision and maintenance of a village hall to be used for social events and other appropriate activities by the local community and businesses of Nash and surrounding areas.
North East Thames Quaker Trust
Charitable activities, Religion, Social welfareGrant making re relief of hardship, Friends education and advancement of religion among members and attenders of North East Thames Area Meeting (formerly Ratcliff and Barking Monthly Meeting) and members and attenders of other Area and Yearly Meetings and other institutions of the Religious Society of Friends.
Response Community Projects (earls Court) Limited
Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfareset up in 1976 to help those who are disadvantaged economically, socially or otherwise (whether because of youth, age, disability, language barrier, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, low income or any other reason), to introduce diversity in educational programmes & recreational facilities to help overcome the disadvantage (where applicable) that social exclusion attracts.
Smt Kamalaben Bhanushanker Joshi, Samasta Bardai Widows Trust
Beneficiary group, Social welfareOur charity provides basic monthly income for widows in the Bardai region of Gujrat, India. Although the money distributed is a poor substitute for the loss of a spouse, it provides a small comfort of a regular income in both young and old age.
Poors Charities
Housing, Social welfareThe charity owns 14 almshouses that provide supported housing for single people aged 60 and over in social, financial and housing need with a past or present connection with Harlow, Essex
Lbc Hurst Green
Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social care, Social welfareA Christian Church providing all of the usual church activities including Sunday Services, Mid-Week Fellowship meetings, etc. with various outside ministries including Elderly Care Homes, Community Children's Club, support of the poor and needy, both overseas and at home.
Allington Baptist Church Trust
Religion, Social welfareABC is a community of evangelical Christians engaging in the worship of God; furthering the gospel of Jesus Christ; advancing the Christian faith; serving one another, the local community and the world through Christian education and missions; and relieving hardship, supporting those who are aged, infirm, sick or distressed. For further information, please refer to the church website.
Charity Of Ann Edwards
Beneficiary group, Housing, Professions, Social welfareThe Charity of Ann Edwards was est by a bequest of Ann Edwards, for the building of almshouses to house clergy widows & female dependants of clergymen who had served in the Diocese of Gloucester. The almshouses were sold, & a new development of 8 housing units at Abbeydale was completed in 1994. The 1993 CC Scheme widened the qualification for residence to any poor single lady members of the CofE
The Pewterers' Seahorse Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareThe original purpose of the Trust was to establish homes for the Elderly.However, the Trust Deed gives the Trustees wide discretion to use its funds for charitable purposes. During the year the Trust has made contributions to a number of organisations principally towards education, work with disadvantaged young people and other charitable activities.
Shri Guru Valmik Sabha
Social welfareReligious activities, Educational training, Disability, Relief of poverty and other charitable work
Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service
Beneficiary group, Health, Religion, Social welfareJBCS was set up to protect and preserve mental health and the relief of suffering and distress caused through bereavement by:Offering bereavement counselling to the Jewish community, individuals, children, young people and families;Providing advice and support on bereavement issues;Providing training to individuals and organisations on bereavement.
Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes Gle Merthyr And District Provincial Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund
Associations, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareFund raising throuh the member only. Making Benevolent Grants and their dependants
Starscope Limited
Education, Health, Religion, Social welfareWe support Jewish religious institutions of learning and synagogues, including schools and colleges. We also support charities for the relief of the poor, medical research, hospitals etc.
Clifton Parish Houses
Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareThe object of the Charity shall be the relief of poverty and/or sickness by the provision of housing accommodation for persons who (except in special cases to be approved by the Commissioners) are inhabitants of the Parish of Clifton-upon-Dunsmore or whose spouse, parent, child, brother or sister shall reside in the area of benefit on terms according to their means.
King's Community Church, Lancaster
Economic and community development, Religion, Social welfareThe primary activity of the charity is that of a Christian Church proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ. The charity runs Church services and associated meetings including smaller neighbourhood groups which are actively involved in their local communities. The charity is involved in the provision of poor relief and foreign aid as well as counseling and general charitable activities
Shree Wanza Community Leicester
Social welfareTo assist in releiving poverty, sickness and distress and harmonise community relations in people of all races, beliefs and cultures.
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.