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Arts Charities

Discover 6,454 Arts charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

6,454
Charities
£6,747,187,095
Total Income
£677,701
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

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

Wellcome Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage, Research

Wellcome exists to improve health by helping great ideas to thrive.We support researchers, we take on big health challenges, we campaign for better science, and we help everyone get involved with science and health research. We are a politically and financially independent foundation.

Latest Income: £569,497,051
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation

Arts, Facilities

Presentation of opera and ballet performances at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and tours in the United Kingdom and overseas

Latest Income: £182,080,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal National Theatre

Arts

The National Theatre is central to the creative life of the UK. In its three theatres on the South Bank in London it presents new plays and classics from the world repertoire. It extends its reach through live broadcasts into cinema, UK and International tours and deepens audience engagement through its education programme. It looks after the wider health of theatre through R&D at the NT Studio.

Latest Income: £128,700,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The British Film Institute

Arts

The BFI is the lead organisation for film in the UK. Our mission is to ensure that film is central to our cultural life, in particular by supporting and nurturing the next generation of filmmakers and audiences.

Latest Income: £128,072,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Royal National Institute Of Blind People

Arts, Charitable activities, Health

RNIB is the UK's leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. Our work helps anyone with a sight problem - with braille, Talking Books, education and imaginative and practical solutions to everyday challenges. We fight for equal rights for people with sight problems. Contact the Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or visit www.rnib.org.uk

Latest Income: £95,878,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Royal Collection Trust

Arts, Heritage

To ensure the Royal Collection is subject to proper custodial control and is conserved to the highest possible standards.To ensure the Royal Collection can be seen by as many people as possible.To broaden access through the publication of books and exhibition catalogues and development of the on-line gallery.To make appropriate acquisitions when resources become available.

Latest Income: £89,934,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Arts

To conserve, advance and disseminate the dramatic heritage of Shakespeare and advance and improve the dramatic art in the UK and throughout the world; producing and presenting dramatic performances of all kinds and teaching, training and other educational activities. These objectives are achieved by the production of plays by Shakespeare, other classic playwrights and commissioning new work.

Latest Income: £82,038,000
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Southbank Centre

Arts

Arts Centre

Latest Income: £58,274,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Associated Board Of The Royal Schools Of Music

Arts, Education

ABRSM motivates musical achievement through internationally recognised examination and assessment of students, professional development of teachers and provision of published resources and online learning via its websites, apps and audio and video resources. ABRSM makes significant donations towards music education each year including scholarships to the four Royal Schools of Music.

Latest Income: £50,899,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Society Of Jesus Trust Of 1929 For Roman Catholic Purposes

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Religion, Social welfare

PARISH MINISTRY: in parishes & in university chaplaincies SPIRITUALITY: centres, programmes & publications for spiritual education EDUCATION: schools, colleges of higher educationFORMATION: for Jesuits & Catholic clergySOCIAL JUSTICE & RELIEF OF POVERTY: Jesuit Refugee Service & service to the poorCARE OF INFIRM & ELDERLY JESUITS JESUIT WORK OVERSEAS

Latest Income: £48,904,000
Areas of Operation: Guyana
Status: Registered
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St Peter's College (otherwise Known As Westminster School)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Westminster School is a public boarding school for young persons. The aims encompass this object and have been extended over a number of years to accommodate day pupils and girls. It now educates children from 7 through to 18 and aims to widen access as much as possible. It also aims to provide excellence in sporting and extra-curricular activities, notably artistic, musical and social skills.

Latest Income: £46,101,000
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Sadler's Wells Trust Limited

Arts

The object for which the charity is established is to advance education particularly by encouraging the understanding and appreciation of the dramatic arts.

Latest Income: £43,305,760
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Glyndebourne Productions Limited

Arts

To present opera of the highest international quality in all respects, to remain financially independent, to balance old and new repertory and explore ways of developing the art form, to make our work accessible to a wide audience through Glyndebourne on Tour and by our Education programme and to provide a stimulating and inspirational environment for artists, staff and audiences.

Latest Income: £41,942,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal College Of Music

Arts, Education

The objects of the College shall be to advance the Art of Music and promote the study of andeducation in music and musical instruction and research of the highest standard and such otherrelated academic subjects as the College may consider appropriate in the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Northern Ireland and elsewhere throughout the world.

Latest Income: £41,057,000
Areas of Operation: Kensington And Chelsea
Status: Registered
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Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust Limited

Arts

The Trust was established to present theatrical productions, encourage the arts and promote education. As one of the world's leading presenting theatres it aims to be world-class in every respect: to present a wide-ranging, high quality, developing programme, to ensure access for all, to develop a growing & diverse audience & to complement this with a range of creative education & outreach events.

Latest Income: £39,111,000
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Royal Academy Of Music

Arts

To provide pre-professional, undergraduate and postgraduate musical training of the highest national and international standards.

Latest Income: £33,157,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Bfbs

Arts, Leisure

We promote the efficiency of HM Armed Forces through the provision ofservices related to entertainment, information, education, welfare and training whilst stationed ordeployed abroad and local radio channels in military bases in the UK

Latest Income: £32,261,000
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Trinity Laban Conservatoire Of Music And Dance

Arts, Education

Specialist, practice-based higher education to equip students for successful careers as performers, composers and choreographers in the fields of music and contemporary dance.Lifelong learning opportunities in dance and music.Outreach and community-based projects.Promotion of research and scholarship to advance the art forms of music and dance.Provision of music and dance performances.

Latest Income: £31,610,789
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The International Institute For Strategic Studies

Arts, Society

The IISS aims to provide, from an international perspective, the best objective information on military and political developments and to assist in conflict resolution through the conduct of dialogues and conferences, research and publications. Its mission is to promote the adoption of sound policies to further global peace and security and maintain civilised international relations.

Latest Income: £31,589,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Shakespeare Globe Trust

Arts

The Trust's primary purpose is to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, by encouraging and stimulating public appreciation and understanding of the dramatic art in all its forms, but principally in relation to the works of William Shakespeare. The Trust aims to fulfil this purpose through educational programmes, theatre performances, exhibitiona and guided tours at the Globe Theatre.

Latest Income: £31,485,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The British Academy Of Film And Television Arts

Arts

To support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring pracitioners and benefitting the public.

Latest Income: £29,313,000
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The London Symphony Orchestra Limited

Arts

The principal activity of the LSO is the provision of a Symphony Orchestra for high quality musical performances, broadcasting and recordings and supporting this work with a music education programme designed to reach a wide range of people.

Latest Income: £28,805,000
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Mayflower Theatre Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

The primary objectives of the trust as defined by the memorandum and articles of association are the encouragement of the arts, the promotion and advancement of education, and the cultivation and improvement of public education in drama, mime, opera, singing, music, dance, painting, and sculpture, cinema, literature and other arts.

Latest Income: £28,804,714
Areas of Operation: Southampton City
Status: Registered
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Samaritans

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Crime and Justice, Education, Health

Samaritans is the coordinating body for the 201 Samaritans branches located across the UK and Ireland. Samaritans provides a safe place for people to talk, round the clock, every single day of the year. People can get in touch by phone, letter or by visiting a branch. Volunteers also do outreach work, for example, at festivals, prisons, hospitals and schools.

Latest Income: £27,517,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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English National Opera

Arts

To produce & present opera and to develop and extend audiences for opera and understanding of the lyric arts in London and throughout the country.

Latest Income: £26,933,970
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 6,454 registered arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the arts charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£569.5m). 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 arts charities?

Arts charities reported a combined annual income of £6.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for arts charities?

Across all arts charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of arts charities?

Arts charities have an average annual income of £678k. 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.