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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.

Felixstowe Society

Arts

Monthly speaker meetings during Jan,Feb, March, AGM May, Sept, Oct, Nov. Summer visits.Planning Cttee monitors planning applications. Continuous work at Abbey Grove wood, Gulpher Duck Pond. Annual Award for the Enhancement of the Environment. Publications: the Cotman Walk and Walking Around Felixstowe.

Latest Income: £26,833
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The European Academy Great Britain

Arts

Organisation of educational courses on language, literature and culture.

Latest Income: £26,686
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Chingford Historical Society

Arts, Heritage

Lectures are held on historical subjects. Coach tours are organised to places of historical interest. Publications on the history of Chingford are issued. Representations are made to local authorities on historic buildings and conservation areas.

Latest Income: £26,668
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Coltishall Primary School

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Education

Friends of Coltishall Primary School supports pupils at Coltishall Primary School, Norfolk, by funding enrichment, wellbeing and educational opportunities beyond core school budgets. We do this through fundraising, volunteering and community events, helping provide resources such as library books, visits, transport, music, cultural experiences and visiting experts.

Latest Income: £26,646
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Military Historical Society

Arts, Heritage

Promotes the study of the history of the uniformed forces of the crown by talk, discussions, visits to museums, an annual exhibition and the publication of a quarterly magazine & booklets on particular aspects of military history. Promotes the collection of objects of military interest.

Latest Income: £26,490
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Ashby-De-La Zouch Museum

Arts, Heritage

Permanent and temporary exhibitions and displays on Ashby-de-la-Zouch and its neighbourhood. Regular guided walks. Evening classes, lectures, workshops. Publications of local history, including an annual magazine "Past and Present". Conservation and preservation of a local archive, including photographs, books, documents, newspapers, artefacts.

Latest Income: £26,489
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Kipling Society

Arts

The Kipling Society is for anyone interested in the prose and verse and life and times of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). It organises meetings and other events with guest speakers, manages a website and other on-line presences, publishes a newsletter and a peer-reviewed quarterly journal, maintains a library, and organises writing competitions.

Latest Income: £26,410
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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March Christian Book-Shop

Arts, Charitable activities

A christian bookshop with a light refreshment area. Selling christian literature/ materials, audio & visual aids. Serving the general public and the local/ wider christian fellowships.

Latest Income: £26,087
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Hartshorne Charities

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

Provision of clothes, shoes etc for school childrenAssisting local organisations in the village - cricket club, Dethick Educational Trust, Medical centres. Full time students at universities given assistance with books, equipment etc.Bedding and furniture for low income families.Funding only for residents of Hartshorne Parish

Latest Income: £26,062
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Viola Da Gamba Society

Arts

QUARTERLY MAGAZINE, ANNUAL LIST OF MEMBERS, HIRE OF VIOLS, MUSIC PUBLISHING, ON-LINE JOURNAL, 3 MEETINGS PER YEAR, ANNUAL SUMMER COURSE FOR NEW VIOL PLAYERS.

Latest Income: £25,907
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Society For Post-Medieval Archaeology (the)

Arts, Heritage

Promote awareness of post-medieval archaeology through sponsoring conferences and research, by publishing a journal and newsletter, and by encouraging student participation and public engagement.

Latest Income: £25,801
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Bitterne Local History Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Heritage

Our study area offers, to those with a specific interest in genealogy, access to information not available elsewhere. As well as family history, it is equally of value to those with an interest in general history of the local area. Resources include photographs, maps and a library of local publications (many out of print) including books and local papers. Also see our second hand bookshop.

Latest Income: £25,559
Areas of Operation: Southampton City
Status: Registered
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Joseph Conrad Society (uk)

Arts, Education

We publish the premier Conrad journal, The Conradian, appearing twice annually, hold an annual international conference in the early summer, award an annual essay prize, and promote the study of Conrad by offering, when possible, resources and support to scholars without, or with limited access to, university or other sources of funding.

Latest Income: £25,479
Areas of Operation: Hammersmith And Fulham
Status: Registered
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The Vine Trust

Arts, Charity and VCS support

The Trust operations a Christian Bookshop in the centre of Andover serving local people and visitors. The Vine Trust engages volunteers mainly drawn from local churches from Andover and the surrounding area to work within its bookshop, social media sites and in management and administrative roles in order to sell and distribute Bibles, Christian literature, and other Christian resources.

Latest Income: £25,394
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Monday Wednesday Club

Arts, Beneficiary group

PROVIDING A MEETING PLACE ON MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED & THOSE WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES. A TWO COURSE, HOT LUNCH IS PROVIDED ON NEARLY EVERY MEETING DAY. THE CLUB AIMS TO DEVELOP MANUAL, SOCIAL & LITERACY SKILLS. OUTINGS AND A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES ARE UNDERTAKEN INCLUDING LEARNING CURVE, DRAMA, COOKERY, GAMES AND MOVEMENT TO MUSIC.

Latest Income: £25,240
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Ryton Community Centre

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Facilities, Leisure

Community centre providing opportunities for local residents/general public to meet, book rooms for activities or join one of the many sections and user groups. Presently these include camera club, nursery, karate club, yoga group, pilates group, mother & toddler sessions and a youth drama group.

Latest Income: £24,937
Areas of Operation: Gateshead
Status: Registered
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The Wiltshire Ornithological Society

Arts, Heritage

The promotion of interest in and preservation of birds through conservation activities, field trips, indoor talks, the production of literature etc. and through collaboration with other interested parties such as the RSPB, BTO, local natural history groups and local government.

Latest Income: £24,923
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of St Pauls Association

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Education

Organising events to raise funds to purchase books and equipment for St Paul's School.

Latest Income: £24,922
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Timothy Trust

Arts, Religion, Social welfare

Translation, production and distribution of Biblical materials in vernacular languages for Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia and Senegal, particularly in Manjaku; support of language, literacy, development and Evangelical Christian work, and the relief of poverty in association with the above; the training and support of national Evangelical Christian workers to carry out the above.

Latest Income: £24,807
Areas of Operation: Guinea-bissau
Status: Registered
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St Mary's Primary School Association Of Parents, Teachers And Friends

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

Raise money in a capacity as parents, teachers & friends of St Marys Primary School. Assist with purchase of equipment, books & other learning materials for the school to improve the teaching and learning of the pupils.

Latest Income: £24,709
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Association Of Grace Baptist Churches (east Anglia) Limited

Arts

Provide assistance to member churches by way of grants, loans, publications etc.

Latest Income: £24,677
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Anglo-Austrian Society

Arts

Publication of a quarterly magazine for membersEvents throughout the UK open to members and non members alikeOpportunity to apply for grants from the Society for study and travel

Latest Income: £24,556
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

Arts, Associations, Heritage, Research

The educating of the public by the support and assistance of the The Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum ("the Gallery").Making loans or gifts of money to the Gallery, and in purchasing or acquiring or contributing to the purchase or acquisition of pictures, sculptures, works of art, costume, photographs, books and other works of artistic historical scientific or general public interest.

Latest Income: £24,528
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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King George V Memorial Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

The physical and mental recreation and social, moral and intellectual development through the medium of reading and recreation rooms, library, lectures, classes and recreations and entertainments or otherwise as may be found to be of benefit to the inhabitants of Froxfield and its immediate vicinity.

Latest Income: £24,449
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Stone Publishing Trust

Arts

The advancement of the christian faith through publications, support for translations and free distribution of literature. Publication of christian magazine "Youthful Days".

Latest Income: £24,295
Areas of Operation: Various
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.