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Arts Charities That specialise in Film

Discover 793 Arts charities that specialise in film. Use the search below to filter within these results.

793
Charities
£11,057,005,118
Total Income
£406,418
Avg Income
92.2%
Program Ratio

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

Foxlowe Arts Centre LTD

Arts, Facilities

Advances awareness, interest and understanding of the arts through talks, exhibitions, drama, poetry, film, sculpture etc along with an arts cafe focussed on Fairtrade and local products.

Latest Income: £383,473
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company CIO

Arts, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

Our aim is to enable people with learning disabilites and autism to take part in the arts and to produce theatre and film that helps them to explore the issues that are most important to them, increase their skills and independence, improve their helath and wellbeing, reduce social isolation and and become more visible and active in their communities.

Latest Income: £383,048
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Oxford Group

Arts, Beneficiary group, Society

Our programmes are varied but include initiatives to develop sustainable communities; making films about conflict resolution; working to bring trust and integrity into the business and financial sectors; helping young people to find a sense of vocation.

Latest Income: £375,309
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Somerset Film And Video LTD

Arts, Education

Digital and media film development agency: community media centre; open to public three days per week for facilities, equipment and tuition; offering a wide range of film and digital media services to the public either free of charge or at affordable rates; running training courses; working with hard to reach groups; working with local schools and colleges and community groups

Latest Income: £355,558
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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London Lgbtq+ Community Centre

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Health

The London LGBTQ Community Centre is a safer, sober, intersectional, intergenerational, community centre and cafe for the entire community regardless of class, race, gender, age, ability or culture. Along with the cafe we run a programme of events including wellbeing, sexual and mental health sessions; book and film clubs, talks, creative workshops, skills sharing and a myriad of activities.

Latest Income: £355,092
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Applecartlive LTD

Arts

(A) To advance the education, public understanding and appreciation of the dramatic arts by providing and presenting for the public benefit high quality performances of storytelling, theatre, film, music, poetry and other performances which are of educational, cultural and spiritual value to the community.

Latest Income: £340,039
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival

Arts, Heritage

(a) To promote appreciation of and education in the arts, crafts & associated technologies, especially but not exclusively those of the cinema & moving image (b) To educate the public by encouraging the creative participation in the arts and crafts of cinema, video & moving image (c)To educate the public in the history, aesthetics and theory of moving image in all their aspects.

Latest Income: £339,484
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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The Ethiopian Orthodox Church St Mary Of Zion

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Religion, Social welfare

Our overseas activities include shipment of barrels to the Caribbean Islands and Ethiopia at the request of their community leaders, filled with clothing and books. Raise funds on behalf of Christian Community appeals in Ethiopia.Continue to raise funds to renovate our building, formerly a cinema then nightclub into a community centre / place of worship.

Latest Income: £327,831
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Freewheelers Theatre And Media Limited

Arts

Freewheelers, based in Leatherhead, enables people with and without disabilities to produce and participate in high-quality original theatre, film and dance, challenging barriers and perceptions. Our students perform in live shows, and their films are shown widely. We won two Inspire Marks in the 2012 Cultural Olympics. In 2015 our film "Steep Rain" was shown at the UN Enable Film Festival.

Latest Income: £322,019
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Ringwood And District Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Health, Heritage, Leisure

Adult education classes including languages, art, craft, yoga, exercise, judo, dancing, lip reading, 20 clubs covering interests such as garden, antiques, travel, bridge, art, philately, disabled, blind, also youth and pre-school. Day schools in music, archaeology, history, astronomy. 100 affiliated organisations many of which meet at Greyfriars, social functions including quizzes, cinema, suppers

Latest Income: £318,398
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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St George's Theatre Trust

Arts, Facilities, Heritage, Religion

The charity manages and operates St George's Theatre, housed in a Grade I listed former chapel, together with the neighbouring Pavilion cafe bar and outside performance area, to provide a balanced and broad range of cultural activities including theatre, cinema, performing arts, comedy, and music for the whole community.

Latest Income: £304,055
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Foundation For Forgiveness And Reconciliation

Arts

The Foundation for Forgiveness and Reconciliation exists to prevent violence and transform conflict by promoting values of peace and reconciliation through workshops and film in the UK and Lebanon.

Latest Income: £303,979
Areas of Operation: Lebanon
Status: Registered
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The Television Workshop

Arts, Beneficiary group, Social welfare

The Television Workshop promotes, enhances, develops and maintains the education of young people, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds, in relation to performing arts and media. The objects are achieved by the provision of workshops in film and television, theatre and drama skills and the preparation and the presentation of theatre performances by children and young people.

Latest Income: £303,604
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Saffron Walden Community Cinema Limited

Arts

Saffron Screen is an independent community cinema screening a wide range of films and seeking through film to entertain, educate, create a shared experience and improve the quality of life for everyone in Saffron Walden and the surrounding area.

Latest Income: £297,847
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Shaftesbury Arts Centre

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Art; Keep Fit; Music & Drama; Youth Theatre; Camera Group; Photography: Film Society; Reading Group.

Latest Income: £282,934
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The British Federation Of Film Societies

Arts

To support, sustain and develop the community cinema movement in the UK and to deliver public value to community cinema audiences throughout the UK.

Latest Income: £278,615
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Bradford Bulls Foundation

Arts, Leisure

Heritage ActivitiesPhotographsOral HistoryWeb SiteSchoolsCommunity GroupsVideo/DVD/Film ArchiveCommunity Sports Coaches InitiativesReduction of Childhood ObesityCoaching and Sports Camps

Latest Income: £267,655
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Interplay Theatre Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Interplay tours, nationally, a multi-sensory show for children, aged 5 To 18 with profound and multiple learning disabilities and undertakes bespoke arts intervention projects. It runs an industry-based learning programme across film, radio, music and theatre to create artistic products with 14- 16s not in education. It is also lead partner of I Love West Leeds Festival a community arts festival

Latest Income: £263,760
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Military Vehicle Trust

Arts, Heritage

To promote and encourage the preservation and restoration of historic military vehiclesTo liaise with DVLA in the verification of historic military vehiclesTo preserve literature, films and other relevant documents and artefacts pertaining to historic military vehiclesTo act/negotiate for our members on any relevant legislation.

Latest Income: £259,722
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Market Hall Cinema And Arts Trust

Arts

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceEnvironment/conservation/heritageRecreation

Latest Income: £256,741
Areas of Operation: Blaenau Gwent
Status: Registered
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Square Pegs Arts

Arts, Beneficiary group

We run drama groups, singing and music projects, a professional Theatre Company, accessible film club and other creative activities for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and autism in Kent & Medway. We celebrate difference, challenge perceptions and support people to shine in their own way. We nurture friendships, develop confidence, advance skills and improve wellbeing.

Latest Income: £246,226
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Medical Aid Films Limited

Arts, Economic and community development

The charity's mission is to provide free access to quality medical information to healthcare staff in the developing world. It produces educational films and other resources for distribution to healthcare workers.

Latest Income: £245,428
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Offshoot Foundation

Arts, Social welfare

The Offshoot Foundation runs professional film workshops and projects for young and disadvantaged people across the whole UK since 2008. These projects help develop confidence, leadership and teamwork skills through film making and creative media.We aim to empower, enthuse and inspire disadvantaged people, to develop life skills and raise aspirations by using creative media.

Latest Income: £241,541
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Ecoflix Foundation UK

Arts, Environment

The conservation and protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and the world's endangered animals by grant funding.To advance education in the conservation protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment and the world's endangered wild animals through the medium of film, use of social media and education projects.

Latest Income: £237,577
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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My Life Films Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Health

My Life Film's charitable objective is to improve the lives of people living with dementia, and support their families, friends and carers through the use of creative filmmaking, storytelling and content. My Life Films provides film and video based services for people living with dementia and their carers.

Latest Income: £235,652
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many film arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 793 registered film arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the film 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 film arts charities?

Film arts charities reported a combined annual income of £11.1bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for film arts charities?

Across all film arts charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 92.2%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of film arts charities?

Film arts charities have an average annual income of £406k. 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.