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Arts Charities That specialise in Choirs

Discover 927 Arts charities that specialise in choirs. Use the search below to filter within these results.

927
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.

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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Wells Cathedral School Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The education and care of c.700 boys and girls from ages 3-18, including the choristers of the cathedral church of St Andrews in Wells. The school is also one of the four government supported specialist music schools in the country and advanced musical training is provided for about a third of its pupils.

Latest Income: £19,080,000
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society's mission is to promote the love of music. Activities include: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir; Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and Youth, Community and Gospel Choirs; CD label RLPOlive; an education and participation programme; and contemporary, jazz and world music alongside rock, pop, comedy and classic films in Philharmonic Hall.

Latest Income: £12,640,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Limited

Arts

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING AND SINGING. MAINTAINING SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRAS AND PROMOTING, ORGANISING AND PARTICIPATING IN CONCERTS, ENRICHING PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH MUSIC OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, REACHING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE AUDIENCE IN THE CONCERT HALL AND THE COMMUNITY.

Latest Income: £11,768,305
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Donmar Warehouse Projects Limited

Arts

The objects of the charity are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by theencouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, ballet, music, singing, literature, sculpture and painting. Thecompany meets these through continuing to produce and present theatrical productions at the Donmar WarehouseTheatre.

Latest Income: £10,098,834
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts Limited

Arts, Education

To promote and assist in the advancement of education in theatrical art, drama, speech training, public singing, dancing, elocution and other accomplishments and acquirements as may be thought necessary. In particular by the establishment and maintenance of schools or institutes or otherwise, studios, practice rooms and exhibition rooms.

Latest Income: £9,015,240
Areas of Operation: Southwark
Status: Registered
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City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Arts, Beneficiary group, Housing

Promoting concerts in Birmingham. Taking part in concerts at other venues in the UK and around the world. Broadcasting and recording work. Extensive education programme. Running 3 unpaid professional choruses and an auditioned youth choir in partnership with Birmingham Music Services. Management of CBSO Centre, the Orchestra's administration and rehearsal home and medium sized performance venue.

Latest Income: £8,595,617
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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St John's College Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The school principally provides a high level of education to boys and girls in Cardiff and the surrounding areas from the ages of 3 to 18 years in the context of a recognized Choir School.

Latest Income: £7,118,790
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Colchester Mercury Theatre Limited

Arts

Our primary object is to formulate and prepare schemes for and take all necessary steps for the advancement of education and the improvement of public taste through the medium of arts, and in particular the arts of drama, dancing, singing and music.

Latest Income: £5,834,412
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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St Paul's Cathedral Choir School

Arts, Education, Housing

The Charity educates, houses and supports the choristers of St Paul's Cathedral, to ensure that they have a full and nurtured life during the times when they are not singing in the Cathedral. In order to keep the choristers' life as normal as possible and to increase their social base,the Charity also educates non-choristers, some of whom are supported by Bursaries, funded by the school.

Latest Income: £5,831,745
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Wiltshire Creative

Arts

The objects of the Theatre, as set out in the Memorandum of Association are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the Arts, including the arts of drama, dance, singing and music

Latest Income: £5,475,738
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Pioneer Theatres Limited

Arts

To promote, maintain and advance education, particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the arts, including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music.

Latest Income: £4,339,631
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Octagon Theatre Trust Limited

Arts

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE, EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY BY THE PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYS AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS INCLUDING DRAMA, MIME, DANCE, SINGING AND MUSIC, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR PROVIDED THAT ALL OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE OF A CHARITABLE NATURE.

Latest Income: £4,247,150
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The London Symphony Orchestra Endowment Trust

Arts

The general purpose of the charity is to support the objects of the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and these are to promote, maintain and advance education, particularly musical education and to encourage the arts including the arts of music, drama, mime, dancing and singing. Specifically the Trust actively supports musical education in the form of the LSO's education programme, LSO Discovery.

Latest Income: £2,705,888
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Monteverdi Choir And Orchestras Limited

Arts

The Charity is the collective name of the Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists and Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique - leading forces on the UK and international music scene. World-class musicians perform in ground-breaking projects that span eight centuries of musical masterpieces. Alongside our projects and concerts, we run opportunities for professional development and education.

Latest Income: £2,347,527
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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National Youth Choirs Of Great Britain

Arts, Beneficiary group

To give the opportunity to groups of young people to perform together in choirs by running residential through the year culminating in the performance of major concerts.

Latest Income: £1,923,896
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Kirklees Theatre Trust

Arts

To promote, maintain and improve by encouraging and promoting the art of drama, dance, improvisation, mime, film, singing and music and by providing advanced educational opportunities in the arts.

Latest Income: £1,848,934
Areas of Operation: Kirklees
Status: Registered
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The Sixteen

Arts, Charitable activities

The objects for which the Company is established are: To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts and in particular the arts of orchestral, choral and other music by the organisation and/or presentation of concerts and recitals of high educational and artistic merit.

Latest Income: £1,585,845
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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National Opera Studio

Arts

The National Opera Studio is engaged by the UK's leading Opera Companies and Arts Council England to provide individually designed, high quality professional training for singers and repetiteurs who have the potential to become the leading artists of their generation.

Latest Income: £1,150,720
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Opera Rara

Arts, Heritage

Opera Rara widens the operatic repertoire and develops artistic talent by restoring,recording, performing and promiting rare and forgotten works from the 19th and 20th centuries. We spend our charitable income on the execution of recording projects and on the production of concerts while nurturing the current and next generation of remarkable singers, as we have done since 1970.

Latest Income: £995,552
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Altrincham Garrick Society Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provide dramatic and musical education and entertainment to the local community by: producing our own plays and musicals using local talent, hosting visiting professional productions from elsewhere in the UK and beyond, showing films and National theatre "cinematic screenings", running a choir and running an Academy for Drama for young people.

Latest Income: £948,816
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Ex Cathedra LTD

Arts

Ex Cathedra is a leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble. It exists to enrich lives by means of historically-informed and contemporary performance excellence, research, education and training.

Latest Income: £905,757
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Shape London

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

- To promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular by educational plays production and encouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, mime, dance, singing and music- Provision for facilities for recreation to disabled or aged persons- To promote the relief of people with disability- Works throughout London and rest of UK

Latest Income: £715,283
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Ely Cathedral Trust

Arts, Heritage, Religion

The objects of Ely Cathedral Trust are to apply income for the repair and maintenance of the Cathedral and its surrounding buildings and to support the Cathedral Choir.

Latest Income: £639,958
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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London Handel Society Limited

Arts

The London Handel Society organises the annual London Handel Festival. The charity's remit is to present high quality performances of Handel and his contemporaries, and to support and encourage young artists through the Handel Singing Competition. The Festival includes opera, concerts, talks and education projects, and ticket prices are kept affordable to encourage all who love Handel to attend.

Latest Income: £579,104
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many choirs arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 927 registered choirs arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the choirs 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 choirs arts charities?

Choirs 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 choirs arts charities?

Across all choirs 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 choirs arts charities?

Choirs 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.