Economic and community development EC

Economic and community development is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Economic and community development category.

16,098 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 7.90% 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:

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Distribution by size of charity

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	4,859	6.83%
£10k - £100k	5,076	7.21%
£100k - £250k	1,888	8.37%
£250k - £500k	1,181	10.60%
£500k - £1m	802	11.49%
£1m - £10m	1,110	12.09%
Over £10m	235	10.40%
Total	15,151	7.82%

Distribution by charity regulator

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	10,242	5.96%
oscr	4,903	19.62%
ccni	953	13.59%
Total	16,098	7.90%

Ten largest charities (by income)

Name	Latest income
SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL [Charity number: 1076822] Save the Children works in around 120 countries to deliver immediate and lasting change to children's lives. We program across all contexts to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected. Save the Children International and 29 member organisations make up Save the Children Association. Together in 2015 we reached 62 million children directly through our and our partners' work.	£1,103,536,563
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1145988] Lloyd's Register Foundation promotes safety and education. Most of the consolidated income is attributable to the Lloyd's Register Group, a trading group that distributes profit to the Foundation. It is received dividends and not the consolidated trading income that is available to the Foundation. The trading group is a 'Social Investment' that also furthers the Foundation's charitable aims.	£691,735,000
BARNARDO'S [Charity number: 216250] Barnardo's helps children and young people to be safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful. We provide specialist support for children and young people, including those in and leaving care, facing mental health challenges, seeking sanctuary, at risk of exploitation and needing support accessing education, training and employment. We campaign for improved policy and attitudes towards childhood.	£340,251,582
Change, Grow, Live [Charity number: SC039861] The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit: 3.1 the advancement of health or the saving of lives, and the prevention or relief of poverty among: 3.1.1 people who have been, or are, or are at risk of becoming: 3.1.1.1 affected by use of or dependent on drugs, alcohol or other substances. 3.1.1.2 homeless. 3.1.1.3 imprisoned. 3.1.2 young people. 3.1.3 such other people identified by the Trustees from time to time. 3.1.4 the families, carers and dependents of such persons. (“Beneficiaries”), in particular (but not exclusively) by providing information, advice, support, services, interventions and treatment. 3.2 the advancement of education among: 3.2.1 Beneficiaries, and the relief of their unemployment, in particular (but not exclusively) by providing information, advice, support and services. and 3.2.2 the general public in relation to the experiences of Beneficiaries, in particular (but not exclusively) by conducting and promoting research, gathering and sharing data, and raising awareness. 3.3 the promotion of such other charitable purposes as the Trustees see fit from time to time. Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word 'charitable' or the words 'charitable purposes' in force in any part of the United Kingdom.	£339,714,761
OXFAM [Charity number: 202918] Oxfam's objects are to prevent and relieve poverty and protect the vulnerable anywhere in the world. Oxfam furthers its objects through interlinked activities of humanitarian relief, development work and advocacy and campaigning. Oxfam is an affiliate member of Oxfam International. Details of Oxfam's mission and ways of working can be found at www.oxfam.org.uk	£339,366,903
Oxfam [Charity number: SC039042] To prevent and relieve poverty and to protect the vulnerable, including through humanitarian intervention. . To advance sustainable development. To promote human rights and equality and diversity, in particular where to do so contributes to the prevention and relief of poverty.	£339,336,903
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY [Charity number: 1138342] The University advances learning and knowledge by teaching and research, and engages in activities to promote and contribute to cultural, social and economic development within Wales and beyond.	£325,645,000
The British Red Cross Society [Charity number: SC037738] To provide assistance to victims of armed conflicts. To work for the improvement of health for the prevention of disease and for the prevention and alleviation of human suffering in the British Islands and throughout the world.	£293,500,000
The Shaw Trust Limited [Charity number: SC039856] The objects of the company are: (a) To relieve any person who is in need because of any disability or because of any other disadvantage resulting from unemployment, youth, age, financial hardship, ill-health or because they are offenders, ex-offenders or are at risk of offending. (b) The promotion of the health, equality and independence of disabled people. and (c) The prevention and relief of poverty. in particular by providing education, training, rehabilitation, support, employment opportunities and personal development opportunities. The company will be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion.	£291,074,000
THE SHAW TRUST LIMITED [Charity number: 287785] Shaw Trust provides services to people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged, principally to help them find employment or to develop work and independence skills.	£291,074,000

Ten random charities

Name	Latest income
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBER ECOLOGICAL DATA TRUST [Charity number: 1075999] Yorkshire & Humber Ecological Data Trust seeks to improve and inform environmental planning, sustainable development, land management and countryside stewardship in Yorkshire. It achieves this through the collation, management and dissemination of biodiversity and other environmental information.	£403,950
ALHUDA ACADEMY AND COMMUNITY CENTRE [Charity number: SC055615] (a) Advancement of Education: To advance education for the public benefit by providing classes, workshops, training programmes, seminars, and educational resources that promote learning, personal development, literacy, and understanding of cultural and religious values. (b) Advancement of Citizenship and Community Development: To promote community development and social inclusion by providing facilities, activities, and support services that bring people together, strengthen community cohesion, and encourage active participation in society regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, or background. (c) Relief to People in Need: To relieve poverty, hardship, and social disadvantage by providing support, advice, assistance, and welfare services to individuals and families experiencing financial, social, or personal difficulties. (d) Advancement of Health: To promote physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing through health awareness programmes, counselling, recreational activities, and community support initiatives. (e) Provision of Recreational Facilities: To provide or assist in providing recreational, cultural, and leisure activities for children, young people, adults, and older people in the interests of social welfare and community wellbeing. (f) Advancement of Religion and Mutual Respect: To advance the Islamic faith through worship, religious education, and activities that foster understanding, practice, and appreciation of Islamic teachings while promoting good moral conducts, mutual respect and interfaith dialogue.
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MARY THE VIRGIN, PRITTLEWELL [Charity number: 1131704] Regular parish worship open to all. Provision of sacred space for personal prayer/contemplation. Pastoral work: visiting sick/bereaved, funerals, baptisms, weddings. Promoting Christian faith through church school, group study/quiet days. Provision of halls space at affordable cost for community activities. Fundraising to support local centre for homeless people, hospices and overseas mission.	£249,378
Other Face Of Ethiopia [Charity number: SC023075] The objects for which the Company is established are: 3.1.1. to assist victims of natural disaster, drought, famine, war and poverty in Ethiopia by providing food, medicine and shelter. 3.1.2 to relieve the needs and promote the welfare of the people of Ethiopia through agricultural and forestry work and community development projects for water location, extraction or treatment projects. 3.1.3 to advance the education of the people of Ethiopia by engaging in the development of educational and health facilities. 3.1.4 to promote the welfare of and relieve the needs of the elderly people of Ethiopia with regards to the provision of residential facilities. 3.1.5 to advance the education of the people of Ethiopia by providing funds, textbooks and educational material to all types of educational institutions. 3.1.6 to further the health of the people of Ethiopia by providing finance, medical expertise, medicines, food, shelter and educational materials on health care. 3.1. 7 to advance the education of people in all countries about the economic, social and climactic difficulties affecting Ethiopia. 3.1.8 to advance the education of people in all countries concerning Ethiopian culture including, but not limited to, music, the visual and dramatic arts, fashion, food and language. 3.1.9 to support any other charitable organisation with similar objectives to those detailed in Clauses 3.1.1 to 3.1.8 above with finance, technical expertise or information.	£600
NOOR RELIEF FUND [Charity number: 1190503] - Orphan sponsorship- Education- Housing project- Microfinance- Medical and urgent relief- Humanitarian aid- Vocational training- Water appeals- Food distribution	£1,508,342
Meigle Cricket Club Community Trust (SCIO) [Charity number: SC055018] The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO ('the Charitable Purposes') are the advancement of public participation in sport and the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, to enhance the lives of the people in the communities of the village of Meigle, East Perthshire and South Angus through the provision of recreational facilities and the delivery of cricket and wellbeing programmes and projects.
Royal British Legion Scotland Dalkeith Branch [Charity number: SC029871] The charitable purposes of RBLS are: - 4.1.1 The prevention or relief of poverty amongst men or women who have at any time honourably served with any branch of the naval, military and air forces of the Crown (whether Regular or Reserve). Royal Observer Corps and members of HM Coastguard. the Merchant Navy. the Forces of Allied Nations. the Women’s Land Army. the Women’s Timber Corps. Bevin Boys, members of the War Widows Association or Adult Cadet Instructors and their spouses, partners and dependants, hereinafter referred to as “ex-Service men and women”. 4.1.2 The advancement of citizenship and community development by the encouragement of co-operation between ex-Service men and women and others supporting the objects of RBLS through the establishment of Branches, by promoting and encouraging volunteering and the principle of service to others and by perpetuating and honouring the memory of those who died in the service of their country through the education of the public and through acts of remembrance. 4.1.3 The relief of ex-Service men and women in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.1.4 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science by the promotion of music, including the music of pipe bands and military bands and the encouragement of participation in music by young people. by preserving war memorials and by promoting and parading ceremonial colours as a tribute to those ex-Service men and women who have died in the service of their country and as a symbol of belief in our common culture. 4.1.5 The advancement of public participation in sport. 4.1.6 The provision of recreational facilities and the organisation of recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for ex-service men and women in particular and for members of the public generally. and 4.1.7 Any other purposes that reasonably may be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.	£148,863
NXT LADDER UP SPORT AND EDUCATION [Charity number: 1215627] NXT Ladder Up drives social mobility and community in deprived regions across London by providing access to high quality sport, art and educational activity for communities of young people who face barriers to access, be that socio-economic, physical or psychological. We then support our young people in their personal and professional development, opening up pathways to employment.
Strange Field [Charity number: SC052132] The SCIOs purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of the arts through the promotion of creative practices in Glasgow through programming, commissioning, and research. 4.2 The advancement of education through an educational programme targeted at local residents and Glasgow?s creative community. 4.3 The advancement of community development through: 4.3.1 the provision of affordable and/or subsidised space for community activities. 4.3.1 a programme of activities for local residents. primarily through the design and/or delivery of a range of initiatives, activities, and events, including, but not limited to creative performances, lectures, workshops, and exhibitions which further one or more of the above purposes.	£186,687
THE JACOB SHEEP SOCIETY LIMITED [Charity number: 1026687] Advance and promote agriculture by improving the breed and promoting and encouraging the breeding of Jacob Sheep	£61,518