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Arts Charities That specialise in Literature

Discover 1,562 Arts charities that specialise in literature. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,562
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.

Clapham Parish Of Celestial Church Of Christ

Arts, Education, Religion

? Regular Church services during the week in the Church Auditorium for all.? Forum for interaction and Friendliness ? Christian Counseling ? Marriage, Relationships etc? Christian Celebration ? Harvest, Easter, Holy Mary Day etc? Adult Education (Literacy and Numeracy, internet access & usage)

Latest Income: £93,275
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Herbert Ellis Norris Library And Museum

Arts, Heritage

To provide a museum and local history library collection covering the county of Huntingdonshire.

Latest Income: £93,271
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Banbury Evangelical Free Church

Arts, Beneficiary group, Housing, Religion

Sunday Services centred around Biblical preaching. Mid-week Bible Studies & Prayer Meetings. Monthly 'Charity Book Stall' in Banbury market. Other open air outreach. Monthly services in a local old people's home. Occasional children's activities. Distributing free Christian literature in the locality.

Latest Income: £92,333
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Centre For Policy On Ageing

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Centre for Policy on Ageing aims to raise awareness of issues around ageing, influence development of policies to enable older people to live their lives as they choose & to support good practice. Key activities are research, policy, dissemination of information (library & information resources open to all), publications, events. Key is to advocate what older people themselves want & need.

Latest Income: £91,957
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Islamic Association (east Ham) London E6

Arts, Beneficiary group, Religion

To promote the Islamic Faith and Islamic Charitable Institution in UK and support,expand & develop institution financially and otherwise.Many elderly Muslim men spend time at the premises during the day, they read books & papers, have discussions while enjoying light snacks & tea etc..

Latest Income: £90,612
Areas of Operation: Newham
Status: Registered
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Heydays Pre-School

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Research

Activities are planned to meet the Early Years Foundation Stage Guidelines. The areas within this are:Personal, Social and Emotional.Communication and Language.Literacy.Mathematics.Understanding the world.Physical.Expressive Arts and design.

Latest Income: £90,385
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Oswald Chambers Publications Association Limited

Arts

Supporting other charities through the publishings of Oswald Chambers

Latest Income: £90,316
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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N O P A N I C

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Health

Provides a confidential help-line, 0300 772 9844, 10-00am to 10-00pmProvides a night-time anxiety crisis telephone line, 01952 680835Provides telephone recovery groups & one to one telephone mentoring to members.Provides books, CDs & DVDs to help overcome anxiety disorders.Provides information and support to families and carers of sufferers.

Latest Income: £90,218
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Paragon Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

The Paragon Trust makes grants to other charities for general charitable purposes.The trustees take the initiative in determining their grant-making agenda year on year and act alone in this respect. No attention is paid to funding applications or appeal literature. Fund-raisers should bear in mind that no response is made to such communications which are discarded on receipt.

Latest Income: £89,962
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Croydon Natural History And Scientific Society Limited

Arts, Heritage, Research

Lecture meetings, field meetings. Running a library and a museum. Publishing a journal.

Latest Income: £89,598
Areas of Operation: Croydon
Status: Registered
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The Martin Ryle Trust

Arts, Education

The Martin Ryle Trust exists to fund research and education on any aspects of reducing violence between states. Examples of this type of work are: research into the military and other major corporate influences upon universities; informing students and others of ethical career choices; conferences and other educational events; publications.

Latest Income: £88,045
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Friends Of St Pauls

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Religion, Social welfare

Council aims to achieve the Friends' objects of fellowship and fundraising to support St Paul's often in both time and money, by promoting membership of the Friends, producing the twice-yearly Dome magazine, organising self-financing social activities for members, and making financial grants to the Corporation of the Cathedral Church of St Paul in London out of net funds raised including legacies.

Latest Income: £87,387
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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General Trust Fund Of The Church Union

Arts, Religion

The Charity publishes an in-house magazine The Church Observer, the magazine "Together", sponsors a number of annual lectures, operates a Website, publishes books under its Tufton Books imprint and seeks to uphold Catholic doctrine, worship, order and discipline in the Church, by renewing and extending Catholic faith and practice in the Church of England and elsewhere.

Latest Income: £87,326
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The League Of Friends Of Halton General Hospital

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

Purchase of medical equipment or items requested using fundraising via light refreshments and small shop, also second hand books.

Latest Income: £87,064
Areas of Operation: Halton
Status: Registered
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Sri Guru Ravidass Sabha (medway)

Arts, Religion, Research

TO ADVANCE AND SPREAD THE RAVIDASSIA FAITH BY: ENCOURAGING THE COMMUNITY TO STRICTLY FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS AND PHILOSOPHY OF SHRI GURU RAVIDASS JI; UNDERTAKING TO PUBLISH AND CIRCULATE LITERATURE ON THE LIFE, TEACHINGS AND PHILOSOPHY OF SHRI GURU RAVIDASS JI AN SUPPORT PUBLICATIONS WHICH PUBLISH AND CIRCULATE LITERATURE ON THE LIFE TEACHING OF SHRI GURU RAVIDASS JI.

Latest Income: £86,622
Areas of Operation: Medway
Status: Registered
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Temple Lodge Publishing Limited

Arts, Religion

BOOK PUBLISHING

Latest Income: £86,001
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Risley Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Religion

1) PROMOTING INSTRUCTION IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND DOCTRINES. 2) PROVISION OF SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR SCHOOLS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. 3) PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR FURTHER EDUCATION, ASSISTANCES IN PURCHASE OF BOOKS OR EQUIPMENT, ONLY WITHIN THE PARISHES OF SANDIACRE, STANTON BY DALE, DRAYCOTT, BREASTON, RISLEY, CHURCH WILNE, DALE AB

Latest Income: £85,607
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Hackney Horse Society

Animals, Arts

Promotion and regulation of the pure breeding of Hackney Horses

Latest Income: £84,915
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Mustard Seed Christian Ministries

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Education, Facilities, Housing, Religion

Alongside selling Christian books, we run a cafe in which we offer a relaxed welcoming atmosphere where customers can talk together and with our staff and volunteers, some of whom have additional needs. We seek to support the elderly, disabled, vulnerable and homeless. We welcome secondary school pupils for work experience. Profits make grants to children and young peoples' organisations.

Latest Income: £84,723
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Gargrave Village Hall Coulthurst Trust

Arts, Facilities

Village Hall with Parish Council Office and Library

Latest Income: £84,493
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Precious Seed

Arts

Publishing Christian magazine and books and electronic media

Latest Income: £83,577
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Uddiyana Trust

Arts, Associations, Religion

PRESERVATION OF THE LEGACY OF URGYEN SANGHARAKSHITA (1925 - 2018), FOUNDER OF THE TRIRATNA BUDDHIST COMMUNITY (FORMERLY FWBO), INCLUDING THE SANGHARAKSHITA LIBRARY, URGYEN HOUSE AND HIS LITERARY, PHOTOGRAPHIC AND AUDIO ARCHIVES, AIMING TO MAKE THESE ACCESSIBLE AS APPROPRIATE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS.

Latest Income: £82,666
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Roundwood Trust

Arts

The activities of the Roundwood Trust are primarily related to Reformed Christian Churches overseas and in particular within Eastern Europe, with some exceptions.

Latest Income: £81,865
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Alpine Club Library

Arts

Operation of the Alpine Club Library; providing care of - and access to - the Alpine Club's collections of historic books, papers, archives, artefacts, photographs, and paintings. Open to the public on several days each week except during the month of August and the Christmas - New Year holiday time; for fixed appointments.

Latest Income: £81,774
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Balint Society

Arts

The Society promotes and advances research and study on the psychological aspects of general practice with special reference to the doctor patient relationship and disseminates the knowledge beyond the Society for the improvement of the medical care of the public at large. The society does this through conferences,workshops,a lecture series,publications and advice to other organisations.

Latest Income: £80,703
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many literature arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,562 registered literature arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the literature 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 literature arts charities?

Literature 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 literature arts charities?

Across all literature 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 literature arts charities?

Literature 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.