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Discover 23,578 Social welfare charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

23,578
Charities
£14,612,203,955
Total Income
£515,149
Avg Income
86.5%
Program Ratio

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

Global Relief Trust

Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Global Relief Trust (GRT) provides humanitarian aid and relief, such as food, water, clothing, shelter, medical equipment, education as well as developing sustainable projects to the poor and needy in; Bangladesh, Yemen, Occupied Palestinian Territories , Syria, Lebanon, Turkiye, Pakistan, Kashmir, Malawi, Uganda and Rohingya.

Latest Income: £10,909,874
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Lancaster Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust

Professions, Religion, Social welfare

The principal aim of the charity is the furtherance of the Roman Catholic religion within the geographical boundaries of the Diocese of Lancaster. This includes but not limited to pastoral support for clergy and parishioners, educational support, relief of poverty and maintenance of the property of the charity.

Latest Income: £10,707,202
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Honeycomb Charitable Services Limited

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

We support disadvantaged children, young people, adults and families in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Derbyshire (inc Derby City) and Cheshire East. We support people in housing need or crisis to develop skills and confidence to live independently. We provide services to tackle domestic abuse, increase victims safety and work with perpetrators to address abusive behaviour to make positive change.

Latest Income: £10,694,095
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Helen & Douglas House

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

Relief of sickness and stress and provision of palliative and supportive care to children and young people with life-shortening conditions to enable them to live as well and as fully as possible to the end of their lives, supporting their needs and wishes at the time of their death. To promote the well-being of their families and carers with counselling, practical support and bereavement care.

Latest Income: £10,692,000
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Safelives

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

SafeLives, formerly known as CAADA is a national charity supporting a strong multi-agency response to domestic abuse. SafeLives provides practical tools, training, guidance, quality assurance, policy and data insight to support professionals and organisations working with domestic abuse victims. The aim is to protect the highest risk victims and their children.

Latest Income: £10,628,690
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Cope Childrens Trust

Beneficiary group, Health, Social care, Social welfare

Rainbows Hospice for Children & Young People is a purpose built 14 bedded unit in Loughborough, Leics serving life threatened & life limited children, young people & their families in the East Midlands & South Yorkshire. We aim to provide the highest quality of family centred care. We provide a research based, holistic approach to respite & terminal care, symptom control & bereavement support.

Latest Income: £10,569,258
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Severn Wye Energy Agency

Economic and community development, Environment, Social welfare

Education and promotion of sustainable resource use, energy efficiency and renewable energy to tackle the fuel poverty and to improve health, wellbeing and quality of life for all. Protection of the environment, relief of poverty and community regeneration through sustainable development solutions, training and delivery, to meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations.

Latest Income: £10,496,429
Areas of Operation: Belgium
Status: Registered
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Isabel Hospice Limited

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfare

Hospice services providing specialist palliative care across home, day centre, outpatient and inpatient settings comprising multi-disciplinary medical, nursing, pre and post bereavement counselling and family support, spiritual care and benefit advice.

Latest Income: £10,450,000
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Magic Breakfast

Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

Magic Breakfast's aim is to alleviate child hunger and poverty as a barrier to education through the provision of healthy breakfasts to children across England and Scotland. This is being achieved through three key activities: food aid, building capacity in school communities to reach every child at risk of hunger and making the case for change to ensure permanent funding for school breakfasts.

Latest Income: £10,392,463
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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St Wilfrid's Hospice (south Coast) Limited

Health, Housing, Social welfare

St Wilfrid's Hospice provides and promotes high quality specialist palliative care through inpatient & community services. The charity operates a 14 bed inpatient unit; hospice at home service; a day hospice open 3 days a week; a community team caring for up over 230 patients at any one time; a bereavement service; an education centre and support and advice to patients & staff in local hospitals.

Latest Income: £10,375,189
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Black Country Women's Aid

Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfare

Provision of support,and emergency services to vulnerable women and children experiencing rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse. Services include provision of emergency accommodation, floating support services, community support and counselling. Services also include development with agencies to raise awareness of domestic abuse and develop support systems to enable them to access SWA services.

Latest Income: £10,283,519
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Junction Foundation

Associations, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

THE JUNCTION FOUNDATION PROVIDES A RANGE OF FREE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, EDUCATION, INFORMATION, SUPPORT, AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE TEES VALLEY REGION.

Latest Income: £10,258,270
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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National Zakat Foundation (nzf)

Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion, Social welfare

National Zakat Foundation (NZF) is a national charity which enables local Muslims to connect their Zakat to those who need it in the UK. NZF provides support to individuals and families in need through grants for Hardship Relief, Housing & Work, and Education.NZF also helps educate Zakat givers about calculating and giving Zakat correctly.

Latest Income: £10,173,392
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Diana Startin Foundation CIO

Health, Social welfare

The Diana Startin Foundation CIO is a charity that supports the helping of the old, the sick, the disabled, and the disadvantaged. It also supports the relief of patients suffering from Cancer, Parkinson's Disease and Strokes. The charity aims to support local charities within Warwickshire and surrounding areas by donating funds which were given by the founder.

Latest Income: £10,119,970
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Jongen Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfare

The charity is an independent grant-making organisation created to benefit the public in general by making grants to selected charitable organisations that work in the broad areas of disadvantaged young people, homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers, education and access to opportunity. Applications for funding are by invitation only and we are unable to respond to unsolicited proposals.

Latest Income: £10,053,100
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Southern Domestic Abuse Service

Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfare

We provide inclusive services to all people affected by domestic abuse, stalking and harassment. Services include: refuge and safe accommodation, community-based services, women only group work, specialist work with children/young people, Harmful Practices community work/development, work with people using abusive behaviours, domestic abuse preventative work and training.

Latest Income: £10,040,713
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Health Limited

Saving of lives, Social welfare

We work to improve the health of the world's poorest people, ensuring people who otherwise would have no support receive basic but life-saving health care and education.

Latest Income: £9,988,307
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Trust For London

Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

We are a charitable organisation that exists to reduce poverty and inequality in London. We do this by funding the voluntary and community sector and others, as well as by using our own expertise and knowledge to support work that tackles poverty and its root causes.

Latest Income: £9,978,639
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Message Trust

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Social welfare

The Message Trust is a worldwide movement with a passion to share the love of Jesus Christ in words and actions with the hardest-to-reach young people and vulnerable adults, through creative mission, community transformation, Christ-centred enterprise and programmes working with those who are poor.

Latest Income: £9,932,468
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Issa Foundation

Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

The principal objects of the charity are the advancement of education health and employment of people in need, in particular disadvantaged communities, by supporting projects that address these issues. The charity may also promote other identified projects from time to time as determined by the trustees.

Latest Income: £9,911,028
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Dawat-E-Islami UK

Religion, Social welfare

To advance the Islamic faith and to help the poor and needy.

Latest Income: £9,775,400
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Children's Family Trust

Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The relief of children and young persons in need, and in particular those in the care of, or accommodated by, a long authority;The relief of poverty and in particular the assistance of adults who have as children been in local authority care.

Latest Income: £9,745,109
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Signhealth

Charitable activities, Health, Social welfare

SignHealth aims to improve healthcare & access to health services for deaf people. As well as campaigning, research & health promotion, we provide supported living schemes and outreach for deaf people with mental health problems. We provide a national Advocacy & Counselling service and support for deaf victims of domestic abuse.

Latest Income: £9,735,635
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Khodorkovsky Foundation

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Social welfare

The charity supports the Podmoskovny Lyceum, a boarding school for 168 socially deprived children, situated outside of Moscow, Russia, and provides grants for student scholarships in Russia and the UK.

Latest Income: £9,673,533
Areas of Operation: Lithuania
Status: Registered
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Kids Out UK

Arts, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

KidsOut brings fun and happiness into the lives of disadvantaged children. We do this by providing day trips, fun experiences, toys and books to those who might otherwise have none, throughout the UK, helping them regain some sense of normality while promoting wellbeing.

Latest Income: £9,422,686
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many social welfare charities are there in the UK?

There are 23,578 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?

Change, Grow, Live is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.7m). 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 £14.6bn 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 86.5%. 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 £515k. 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.