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Arts Charities That specialise in Festival

Discover 445 Arts charities that specialise in festival. Use the search below to filter within these results.

445
Charities
£6,747,187,095
Total Income
£677,701
Avg Income
100.0%
Program Ratio

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Godalming Performing Arts Festival

Arts, Charitable activities

To advance the education of the public in the arts, particularly music, speech, drama and dance. A festival of music speech and dance is held in Feb/March each year in Godalming.

Latest Income: £23,150
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Northwich Vale Royal Trust Fund

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

One of 2 Rotary Clubs in Northwich that provide an opportunity for community service for both men & women. Our fund raising activities include:The Northwich Beer Festival & Christmas collections. Funds raised support charities in Cheshire and the North West of England as well as Rotary International initiatives.

Latest Income: £23,101
Areas of Operation: Cheshire West & Chester
Status: Registered
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Calne Music And Arts Festival Society

Arts

Holds a 10-day music and arts festival at Calne in October of each year. The emphasis is on local talent.

Latest Income: £23,071
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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The Chichester Festival For Music, Dance And Speech Festival Association

Arts

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR ALL AGE GROUPS AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNG

Latest Income: £23,027
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Rhys Thomas James Pantyfedwen Eisteddfod

Arts

Running a local eisteddfod

Latest Income: £22,806
Areas of Operation: Ceredigion
Status: Registered
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Hampshire Choral Festival

Arts, Education

To foster the love of music in town, village & school by affording small choirs the means of raising their standards of singing and musical appreciation through competition or other form of adjudication and combined public performance. The latter is achieved by holding an annual festival with public performances of major choral works at Winchester Cathedral and Romsey Abbey.

Latest Income: £22,787
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Worcester Competitive Arts Festival

Arts

Worcester Competitive Arts Festival is a competition which takes place in March every year. There are classes for all age groups in music, singing, speech and drama. Some classes are for solo performers and others for larger groups, such as orchestras and choirs.

Latest Income: £22,610
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Maidenhead Music And Dance Festival Association

Arts

Plans, organises and runs annual festival of music, dance and speech, as affiliated to the British and International Federation of Festivals of Music, Dance and Speech

Latest Income: £22,511
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Shree Kutch Leva Patel Community (bolton)

Arts, Associations, Facilities, Leisure, Religion, Social welfare

The trust's activities include the provision of recreational facilities and the provision of a community center to serve as a focal point for the community in the North West of England. Activities conducted in the year include Hindu cultural and festival celebrations. The building premises were also made available for hire to community members for such other social activities. The support of the v

Latest Income: £22,433
Areas of Operation: Bolton
Status: Registered
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Chesham Arts Festival

Arts

To hold an annual music, speech and dance festival

Latest Income: £22,430
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Scunthorpe Musical Festival Association

Arts, Education

The promotion of competitive festivals for dance, drama/speech & music. At these bursaries may be awarded or fees paid for the further development of competitors. We also hold an annual drama summer school.

Latest Income: £22,360
Areas of Operation: North Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Northampton Festival Of Dance

Arts

Local dance festival.

Latest Income: £21,965
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Leominster Festival Society

Arts

To bring to the public of Leominster and Herefordshire a wide range of arts and culture not otherwise available for the public to be entertained, educated and enjoyed.

Latest Income: £21,819
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Sutton Music Festival

Arts

Organises an annual music festival

Latest Income: £21,788
Areas of Operation: Sutton
Status: Registered
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The Crawley Festival

Arts

Crawley Festival operates an annual community events programme and promotes and facilitates events by other community groups that make up the Festival programme.

Latest Income: £21,402
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Colebrook Community Association

Arts, Associations

Colebrook Community Association runs a range of activities for the residents of Colebrook and the surrounding area of Plympton. The main annual events are a summer carnival, fireworks display, car boot sales and Christmas celebrations. The Assocation's centre is used for a variety of classes, clubs, meetings and functions.

Latest Income: £20,857
Areas of Operation: Plymouth City
Status: Registered
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Alive In The Spirit

Arts, Religion

Charitable religious education & purposes including the teaching, preaching & study of the Gospel of Christ, to promote the advancement of the Christian faith by engaging in Christian events, conferences & festivals, maintaining radio &/or television programmes, social media & online content & publishing news &/or inspirational letters & magazines as well as making distributions to organisations.

Latest Income: £20,796
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Criccieth Arts Association/cymdeithas Celfyddydau Criccieth

Arts

TO PRESENT, PROMOTE AND ORGANISE MUSICAL AND VISUAL ARTS AT AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL.

Latest Income: £20,229
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Banstead Arts Festival Society

Arts

Annual Arts Festival and periodic concerts in and around Banstead

Latest Income: £20,140
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The David Clover Festival Of Singing

Arts

Singing Festival in the memory of David Clover . Held annually in Sheffield

Latest Income: £20,081
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Reading Phoenix Choir

Arts, Research

Reading Phoenix Choir is a mixed voice amateur choir. Our objectives are to educate the public in the art and science of music by the presentation of concerts and other activities. To achieve as high a standard as possible in the performance of choral and allied music. To arrange concerts, to enter music festivals and to participate in concerts arranged by other organisations.

Latest Income: £20,073
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Luton Festival Of Dance

Arts

To organise an annual competition to promote the art of dance.

Latest Income: £19,886
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Southend-On-Sea Musical Festival Association

Arts

1. To encourage the study, performance and appreciation of good music (and drama) by holding annual public competitions.2. To afford the competitors the opportunity of having their qualifications tested by eminent adjudicators.

Latest Income: £19,803
Areas of Operation: Southend-on-sea
Status: Registered
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Blackburn Festival Of Speech Music And Dance

Arts

Promotes the Arts

Latest Income: £19,750
Areas of Operation: Blackburn With Darwen
Status: Registered
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Slough Arts Festival

Arts

Staging competitive classes in stage dancing where entrants compete before an approved British federation adjudicator for an appraisal of their performance.

Latest Income: £19,363
Areas of Operation: Slough
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many festival arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 445 registered festival arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the festival 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 festival arts charities?

Festival 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 festival arts charities?

Across all festival 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 festival arts charities?

Festival 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.