Widows; widowers and orphans BE112¶
Widows; widowers and orphans is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Beneficiary group category.
2,094 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 1.03% of all charities.
Keywords to find charities¶
UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.
The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:
\b(widow(s|ed)?|widowers?|orphan(s|ed)?)\b
Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 876 | 1.23% |
| £10k - £100k | 779 | 1.11% |
| £100k - £250k | 176 | 0.79% |
| £250k - £500k | 79 | 0.72% |
| £1m - £10m | 57 | 0.63% |
| £500k - £1m | 45 | 0.66% |
| Over £10m | 20 | 0.90% |
| Total | 2,032 | 1.05% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 1,735 | 1.01% |
| oscr | 291 | 1.17% |
| ccni | 68 | 0.94% |
| Total | 2,094 | 1.03% |
Ten largest charities (by income)¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE [Charity number: 328158] 1. Responding to emergencies2. Caring for orphans and children in need3. Supporting education4. Providing access to health care and water5. Promoting sustainable livelihood6. Campaigning and advocacy on humanitrian issues |
£275,575,689 |
| HUMAN APPEAL [Charity number: 1154288] Human Appeal changed its legal structure from a Trust to a Charitable Company (No:1154288). The historical information is available on Charity Commission under (previous Charity Number: 1005733) We aim to provide a holistic approach to humanitarian relief and development:1. Emergency & relief programmes2. Sustainable development3. Orphans programmes4. Social programmes. |
£90,246,297 |
| Al-Khair Foundation [Charity number: SC042234] 3.1.1 The advancement of general and religious education including but not restricted to the study, promotion and support of: (i) primary, secondary, college and university education. (ii) knowledge and understanding of Muslims and the beliefs, teachings and practices of Islam and of any other useful knowledge. (iii) good parenting skills and the protection of women, children and young people. (iv) comparative religion and interfaith dialogue with the aim of securing mutual understanding, tolerance, harmony and peace between Muslims and those who hold different or similar beliefs and follow different or similar ways of life. (vi) art and culture. (vii) enhancing, improving and strengthening local communities by means of promoting community cohesion in particular and supporting community regeneration in general. (viii) the deterrence and prevention of any form of discrimination including but not restricted to racial, religious, disability and gender discrimination. (ix) the prevention of alcohol and drugs abuse and misuse. (x) the prevention of gambling and debt. (xi) the prevention of crime including any form of terrorism. (xii) the promotion of Islamic Shari'a compliant finance. (xiii) the observance and maintenance of human rights in accordance with the rule of law. 3.1.2 The relief of poverty, sickness, distress and suffering of any persons who are in need including orphans, refugees , disabled and displaced people irrespective of their nationality, race, ethnic origin and religious beliefs including but not restricted to the relief of those who are the victims of : (i) natural disasters including droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, fires, hurricane and goods. (ii) man-made disasters including industrial accidents, social conflict and wars. (iii) racial, religious, disability or gender discrimination. (iv) alcohol and drugs abuse and misuse. (v) gambling and debt. (vi) economic and social deprivation. (vii) crime including any form of terrorism. |
£60,980,930 |
| Mary's Meals International Organisation [Charity number: SC045223] (a) To provide a daily meal, in a place of education, for children in the world's poorest communities. (b) To provide relief for those suffering, in any part of the world, as a result of humanitarian, crises or poverty, to help people escape poverty and to provide care for orphaned, abandoned and vulnerable children and to work for the prevention thereof. (c) To raise awareness worldwide of poverty issues through education and. (d) To assist and support the work of other organisations, financially or otherwise, in particular members of the Mary's Meals network throughout the world, the objects of which would be considered to be Charitable Purposes and similar in nature to these objects. |
£49,459,000 |
| THE ROYAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF EPSOM COLLEGE [Charity number: 312046] (1) To provide pensions for registered medical practitioners of the UK and their widows or widowers in reduced circumstances. (2) To provide generally for the advancement of education by the provision of a school. (3) To provide occasional financial assistance for registered medical practitioners of the UK and their widows or widowers and children in reduced circumstances. |
£39,148,000 |
| The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association United Kingdom [Charity number: SC042131] (a) The propagation of Islam as expounded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement and the Khalifatul Masih and generally to promote the comparative study of religion in any or all parts of the world. (b) The advancement of education among the members of the Association and such other persons as the Managing Committee of the Association may from time to time determine. (c) The provision, as far as possible, of maintenance of indigent persons, orphans and widows and for such other persons as are unable by reason of some physical or other infirmity or handicap to maintain themselves anywhere in the world. (d) The relief of poverty, need, hardship or distress in any or all parts of the world. |
£29,819,493 |
| Blind Veterans UK [Charity number: SC039411] 3.1 To provide for the medical or surgical treatment, re-education, training in one or more trade or trades, settlement and permanent welfare of.- 3.1.1 Members or former members of the armed forces both men and women blinded from whatever cause whether or not connected in any way with service in the armed forces. 3.1.2 Other persons both men and women not being members or, former members of the armed forces blinded in or as a consequence of any war or warlike operations in which the forces of the Crown may be at any time engaged or any service connected with or subsidiary to such war or warlike operations or by or as a consequence of enemy action in the course of any such war or warlike operations (all such persons being hereinafter referred to as 'Beneficiaries') and so that for the purposes of this memorandum the word 'blinded' shall extend to all cases in which the sight has been so impaired that special care and training are required and all cases in which the sight is endangered so long as the cause of the danger continues. 3.2 To provide allowances or other assistance for any wife widow husband widower child or dependant of a Beneficiary who may be in need of assistance or any person who shall have kept house for or nursed or otherwise rendered exceptional service to or have been dependent upon a Beneficiary and may after the death of such Beneficiary be in need of assistance. |
£27,769,000 |
| National Grocers Benevolent Fund [Charity number: SC039255] The objects of the Company are:- (a) The relief of necessitous persons, who are or have been engaged in the grocery or provision trade, greengrocers and the off-licence trade, in any capacity, and for the relief of necessitous widows, widowers and their dependent children. (b) To undertake any other charitable purpose. |
£27,306,507 |
| THE LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM (REED'S SCHOOL) [Charity number: 312008] To provide education in Cobham for boys from the ages of 11 - 18, and girls in the Sixth Form. The objects of the Foundation, as set down in the Act and Constitution, are to advance the education of boys or girls who have lost one or both parents through death, divorce, or other family disaster, and whose home life, as a result, is unsatisfactory, unhappy or abnormal. |
£26,972,000 |
| ONE NATION [Charity number: 1156200] ONE NATION IS AN INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFIT HUMANITARIAN AID RELIEF ORGANISATION DEDICATED TO PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN SERVICES IN CRISIS AND NON-CRISIS SITUATIONS TO MOST NEEDY ORPHANS, WIDOWS AND DESTITUTE, IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, RELIGION, CULTURE, CREED AND GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY. |
£26,308,902 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| The Reverend Dr George Richards Charity for Poor Clergy [Charity number: 246965] Provides financial assistance to clergy of the Church of England forced to retire early owing to ill-health. Widows, widowers and dependants can also apply for assistance. |
£51,633 |
| BROMLEY AND SHEPPARD'S COLLEGES CHARITY [Charity number: 210337] Provide housing for Church of England Clergy and their wives/widows and sometimes supporting children. |
£477,705 |
| Famine Relief for Orphans Malawi(SCIO) [Charity number: SC037977] 4 The organisation’s purposes are the support of orphans and other disadvantaged persons in Malawi |
£14,262 |
| AL-AJAR CHARITY & EDUCATION FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1180851] Our Mission - Al-Ajar Foundation has been committed to making a difference to those less fortunate than us. We are a 100% volunteer run poverty relief organisation. We are currently involved in a number of charity & education projects from Orphan sponsorship, food distributions, medicine aid to water well constructions in various famine, poverty stricken areas around the World. |
£156,977 |
| THE BSW FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1149057] The charity was formed to build on the existing work of the trustees, who have been involved providing funds towards the operation of an orphanage in Zimbabwe which is providing the necessary day shelter for orphans and under privileged children in the community. |
£420 |
| MASONIC SAMARITAN FUND [Charity number: 1130424] Taking over the activities of the former unincorporated body registered as Charity No 1001298: the provision of medical assistance, support, treatment, care or advice to Freemasons, their wives, children or dependants, or the widows, children or dependants of deceased Freemasons. |
£1,352,000 |
| Wipe The Tears [Charity number: SC045440] To prevent and relieve the poverty faced by displaced children, many of who have become orphaned. To provide educational resources to allow for the advancement of education and social activities in the region. To promote the advancement of mental health To promote and nurture the advancement of human rights Such other similar charitable purposes that are exclusively charitable as the trustees from time to time decide. |
£7,625 |
| THE FLEUR DE LYS FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1116928] 1. To relieve poverty, sickness & distress of young people, in particular but not exclusively orphans of war worldwide. 2. The preservation of buildings or sites of historical or architectural importance damaged by war worldwide; and 3. To relieve poverty for widows, widowers or orphans of members of the Order of the Fleur de Lys. |
£8,765 |
| Govan Weavers Society [Charity number: SC004295] To be the benevolent aid of such of its Members and their Widows as may be in necessitous circumstances. |
£10,673 |
| THE WILTSHIRE PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE BENEVOLENT FUND [Charity number: 211811] Provide grants to distressed brother masons their distressed widows dependents individuals and organisations within the county of Wiltshire and Unitary Authority of Swindon for the general relief of medical mental and physical distress among the elderly disabled surgical cases and those subject to violence. |
£12,992 |
