Urban areas EC108¶
Urban areas is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Economic and community development category.
859 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 0.42% 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(inner-? ?city|urban)\b
Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 249 | 0.35% |
| £10k - £100k | 260 | 0.37% |
| £100k - £250k | 113 | 0.50% |
| £250k - £500k | 81 | 0.73% |
| £500k - £1m | 54 | 0.77% |
| £1m - £10m | 64 | 0.70% |
| Over £10m | 8 | 0.35% |
| Total | 829 | 0.43% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 430 | 0.25% |
| oscr | 383 | 1.53% |
| ccni | 46 | 0.66% |
| Total | 859 | 0.42% |
Ten largest charities (by income)¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| Culture and Sport Glasgow [Charity number: SC037844] 4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.2 To advance education. 4.3 To advance public participation in sport which involves physical skill and exertion. 4.4 To advance health. 4.5 To promote civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. 4.6 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, where such facilities/activities are available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.8 To advance citizenship and community development (including urban regeneration) by harnessing the cultural and leisure assets of Glasgow, the contribution made by activities in furtherance of paragraphs 4.1 to 4.7, and a range of other measures, to increase vibrancy and promote positive perceptions of Glasgow as a place to work, live, study play, visit and invest - in a common effort with other public, private and third sector partners to address issues of social, economic and physical deprivation across the City of Glasgow, including health inequalities, social exclusion and unemployment. 4.9 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time. through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by Glasgow City Council) which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily the wellbeing of residents of Glasgow) including (i) the operation, management and development of museums, art galleries and other facilities which provide public access to collections of works of art, antiquities and objects of scientific interest. (ii) the development and delivery of arts and cultural activities and events, artistic programmes, scientific/research programmes and educational projects. (iii) the operation, management and development of libraries and the provision of library and archive services. (iv) the operation, management and development of indoor and outdoor sports facilities (including arrangements to facilitate access to such facilities by those on lower incomes or having special needs and to encourage wider participation in healthy exercise).(maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the Charity) |
£151,659,000 |
| Bryson Charitable Group [Charity number: NI101396] Our services are delivered through five subsidiary charitable companies and two social enterprise trading companies. Our work to address fuel poverty, Bryson Energy, remains within the parent company and will transfer to a charitable subsidiary as from April 2015. Our charitable services companies are: • Bryson Care – services to families and older people in Belfast and the North West; • Bryson Intercultural – support for black and ethnic minority people and the Traveller community; • Bryson Lagansports – promoting active living, health and well-being in inner city communities; Our social enterprise trading companies are: • Bryson Future Skills – providing employment and training initiatives to young adults and those living with long term employment; • Bryson Recycling – providing kerbside recycling services. In the last financial year we have had a positive impact in a wide range of areas: ? We delivered over 212,000 hours of care and support to older people, helping them to remain in their own homes. ? We supported over 1,200 vulnerable children and their families. ? We provided over 1,500 hours of advice and support to newly arrived people from across the world seeking asylum. ? We supported 180 people from the Traveller community through our health, education, training and youth programmes. ? We supported 7,600 people in developing their skills and finding a new job. ? We recycled over 60,000 tonnes of household materials, selling 35% to local companies to create new products and support local jobs. ? We insulated 4,428 homes, reducing fuel bills and increasing comfort. ? We supported health and well-being by providing active living opportunities to 6,552 people from across the city. |
£44,923,716 |
| Foundation Scotland [Charity number: SC022910] 2.1 The Objects of the Foundation are specifically restricted to the charitable purposes contained in this Article 2. 2.2 The Objects to be undertaken in Scotland or elsewhere for which the Foundation is established are: 2.2.1 the advancement of citizenship or community development, to include rural and/or urban regeneration, the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. 2.2.2 the prevention or relief of poverty. 2.2.3 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 2.2.4 the advancement of education. 2.2.5 the saving of lives. 2.2.6 the advancement of religion. 2.2.7 the advancement of health, to include the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering. 2.2.8 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. 2.2.9 the advancement of public participation in sport and in the provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational facilities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 2.2.10 the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. 2.2.11 the promotion of religious or racial harmony. 2.2.12 the promotion of equality and diversity. 2.2.13 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 2.2.14 the advancement of animal welfare. 2.2.15 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes. and 2.2.16 any other purpose under section 7 of the Charities Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts |
£31,449,000 |
| Woven Housing Association Limited [Charity number: NI103066] Habinteg plans, develops and manages social housing schemes in urban and rural areas throughout Northern Ireland and works with a number of partner organisations in providing supported accommodation. The Association has a voluntary Board and 80+ members of staff based at offices in Holywood, Derry/Londonderry and residentially across the region. The Association’s directly managed housing stock provides a vast range of housing solutions, from large and medium sized suburban developments to inner city apartments to individual rural cottages. Partnership projects include sensitively designed housing with care schemes, temporary accommodation for people who are homeless, and housing initiatives for people with additional physical, mental and/or social needs. Managed housing stock is in excess of 1800 units at more than 90 locations and 18 partnership projects. |
£20,713,306 |
| Turquoise Mountain Trust [Charity number: SC037343] (1) The objects of the Company are to promote education and urban and rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation primarily, but not exclusively, in the Republic of Afghanistan by all or any of the following means.- (a) the relief of poverty. (b) the relief of unemployment (c) the advancement of education, training or retraining particularly among unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience. (d) the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of teaching facilities, workspace, buildings and/or land for use on favourable terms. (e) the preservation of buildings or sites of historical or architectural importance. (f) the protection or conservation of the environment. (g) the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. (h) to promote such other purposes, objects or institutions charitable in law and in such proportions and manner as the Directors shall think fit and are related to or in support of the foregoing objects. |
£20,498,279 |
| Clyde Gateway URC [Charity number: SC039644] The promotion for the public benefit of urban regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation |
£16,933,559 |
| The Conservation Volunteers [Charity number: SC039302] 1.To conserve the environment for the benefit of the public, including: 1.1. The conservation and maintenance of the character and amenity of rural, urban and inner city areas. 1.2. The maintenance and management of nature reserves and other sites of biological, scientific or environmental importance. 2.To educate the public in the principles and practice of conservation through volunteering and community support. 3. To advance the education of the public through the provision of training. In particular:- 3.1. In practical conservation skills. 3.2. Basic Skills. 3.3. Skills to improve employment prospects. 4. To develop the capacity and skills, primarily through volunteer opportunities, of the public at large andlor those who by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or economic and social circumstances, have need of such facilities with the object of improving their conditions of life. |
£10,438,000 |
| THE NATIONAL FOREST COMPANY [Charity number: 1166563] The National Forest Company works to conserve, protect and enhance the environment in general and specifically in the National Forest, for public benefit; in particular woodland creation & management; promotion of urban and rural regeneration and training, education and research. |
£10,186,441 |
| Belfast Central Mission [Charity number: NI101271] BCM, an agency of the Methodist Church, was established in 1889 as a Christian response to social problems inherent in inner city Belfast. Located in the very heart of the city, its motivation was then, as now, to meet the needs of the whole person, spiritual, emotional, social and physical, regardless of class, creed or ethnicity. Today BCM seeks to support those most in need across Northern Ireland through a diverse range of social care projects and a community outreach programme which is enhanced by a dedicated team of volunteers. Activities include: • Residential care and Housing Support for older people • Community based advice and support, including Befriending, Lunch Club and short breaks for older people • Supported Housing accommodation for young people • Housing Support projects for young people • Parent Support projects • Therapeutic Counselling for young care leavers • Puddleducks Day Nursery • Christmas Support Programme - food and toys for people and families in need The congregation of the charity seeks to live through word and deed the Gospel of Jesus Christ, being a practical expression of the Christian faith through its support for the charity’s fundraising, befriending older people and encouraging the charity’s staff in all they do. Activities include: • Sunday services of worship open to the public • A mid-week early morning Holy Communion service • A ‘Prayer Diary’ which members of the public are encouraged to write in and members of the congregation pray for • Supporting, both financially and as volunteers, Belfast Street Pastors, a ministry of caring, listening and provision of help to the night-time economy • Supporting the establishment of a city centre chaplaincy • Supporting a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Spirituality project in North Belfast • Providing pastoral care to members of the congregation and the general public particularly during times of need |
£8,988,671 |
| Upper Springfield Development Trust Ltd [Charity number: NI100425] 6.1. The promotion for the public benefit of urban regeneration in the area of benefit by all or any of the following means: 6.1.1. the relief of poverty, in such ways as may be thought fit; 6.1.2. the relief of unemployment in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment; 6.1.3. the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among the unemployed and providing the unemployed with work experience; 6.1.4. the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance or business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for the unemployed in cases of financial or other charitable need through help: 6.1.4.1. in setting up their own businesses; or 6.1.4.2. to existing businesses. 6.1.5. the provision or assistance in the provision of recreational facilities for those who by reasons of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, poverty or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities 6.1.6. To promote and create opportunities for participation in the arts in the community. 6.2. The development of the capacity and skills of the members of the Upper Springfield community in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society. |
£8,763,019 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| TEESDALE AND WEARDALE SEARCH AND MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM [Charity number: 1216497] TWSMRT operates 24 hours per day, 365 days a year. We provide a mountain, search and rescue service for the whole of County Durham, from the high fells in the west to the coastal communities of the North Sea. The Team responds to requests by the Police to a range of incident types, from injured or lost people in the hills to vulnerable missing people in urban settings. |
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| LEICESTER TRINITY METHODIST CIRCUIT [Charity number: 1129943] THE CIRCUIT SUPERINTENDS THE WORK OF 17 METHODIST CHURCHES , TWO ARE LEPS: ONE IS SHARED WITH ANGLICANS, THE OTHER WITH BAPTISTS. ANOTHER OF OUR CHURCHES IS SIGNED UP TO AN AREA LEP WITH BOTH ANGLICAN AND URC CHURCHES. A FURTHER CHURCH HOSTS A MORAVIAN CONGREGATION. THE CIRCUIT COMPRISES CITY CENTRE, INNER CITY AREAS , OUTER SUBURBS, OUTLYING TOWNS, AND VILLAGES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST. |
£477,733 |
| THE SPINNEY DOORSTEP GREEN [Charity number: 1097675] To maintain an urban woodland amenity within the town for the benefit of the community. |
£17,594 |
| HANDS OF MERCY INTERNATIONAL [Charity number: 1097434] Seven programmes of compassion minister to people's basic needs in the squatter urban poor communities of Mandaluyong in Manila. Over two hundred children receive an education through the Child Sponsorship Programme. Over fifty desperately poor families receive help each month through the Family Support Programme. |
£108,475 |
| TEWKESBURY NATURE RESERVE LTD [Charity number: 1157670] To create and maintain an urban wetland area, including flood meadows and associated habitats, for the benefit of wildlife, to alleviate flooding risks by better management of the water courses, to provide safe access to the public and to educate the public in nature conservation and sustainable land management. |
£82,247 |
| Brora and District Action Group-BaDAG [Charity number: SC043968] The organisation has been formed to benefit principally the community of Brora and District as defined by the postcodes at clause 11 with the following purposes: 4.1 The advancement of citizenship or community development which includes (i) the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering and (ii) rural or urban regeneration 4.2 The prevention or relief of poverty, 4.3 The relief of those in need 4.4 The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science 4.5 Providing recreational facilities or organising recreational activities with the aim of improving the conditions of life for the people for whom the facilities or activities are mainly intended 4.6 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement |
£182,521 |
| Loreburn Hall Trust [Charity number: SC045023] The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration and the promotion of civic responsibility and volunteering.) The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are available to members of the public at large or to male or female members of the public at large. The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. The advancement of education The advancement of public participation in sport |
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| URBAN BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 1172577] Organisation for Bee Keepers to network and improve their skills. |
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| SMART Denny [Charity number: SC048335] The organisations purposes are to provide (educational) support and advice on efficient energy use and consumption, and lowering carbon outputs for families, individuals and households (and small charities) living in district of Denny & Dunipace. Reducing energy use in the district of Denny & Dunipace. 4.1 The prevention or relief of poverty 4.2 The advancement of citizenship or community development (including rural or urban regeneration) 4.3 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage 4.4 The advancement of environmental protection or improvement. |
£4,358 |
| BEAT (BELONGING, EMPOWERING AND THRIVING) [Charity number: 1207357] THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN HAWKSWORTH IN LEEDS AND SURROUNDING AREAS) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE;(B) THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND/ OR THOSE WHO, BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES;(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE; (D) THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES;(E) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME. |
£281,276 |
