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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.

The Enfield Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Relieves the visually impaired or those labouring under some permanent or temporary incapacity or disability which makes reading a strain by the provision of a range of materials in alternative formats and media. These currently comprise weekly local news and a magazine issued three times per annum in digital media format.

Latest Income: £1,507
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Oakham United Charities

Arts, Charitable activities

The Charity distributes funds from Charity of Henry Forster (United Charities) and, since 1996, the Rutland Society of Industry as small grants to students/apprentices living in the County of Rutland. These grants are awarded annually towards the purchase of books and equipment.The Charity distributes funds from the Charities of John Green and Mary Davie to those in need in Oakham.

Latest Income: £1,498
Areas of Operation: Rutland
Status: Registered
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Grantham And District Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

TALKING NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE

Latest Income: £1,485
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Kew Guild

Arts, Leisure

Arranging events and trips to various places of horticultural or botanical interest.Provision of Diploma Prizes.Arranging and promoting of the Annual Dinner and AGM Soiree.Managing the Award Scheme, publicising the availability of these funds and making awards.Publishing suitable articles in a Journal and disseminating information using the website of the Kew Guild.

Latest Income: £1,465
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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P V Taberner Research Fund

Arts, Research

Providing grants for travel and registration fees for attending scientific conferences and seminars. Providing funds for the cost of profesional journal subscriptions and textbooks. Providing funds for IT facilities supporting research activities.

Latest Income: £1,452
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Maidenhead And District Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

Provision of news and magazine recordings to the visually impaired in the Maidenhead area.

Latest Income: £1,421
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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Raymond Williams Memorial Trust Society

Arts

The Raymond Williams Society exists to support and develop intellectual and political projects in areas broadly connected with Williams's work.We organise Annual Memorial Lectures and support or run a range of conferences, symposia and seminars concerned with education, culture, the media, drama, and the future of socialism. We produce Key Words: a Journal of Cultural Materialism.

Latest Income: £1,405
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Chapel Hall Mother And Toddler Group

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Leisure

Chapel Hall Toddlers provide a place where pre school children and their parents/carers can enjoy playing in a safe and fun environment. We provide a range of toys for all ages, baby play mat, soft play, arts and craft table, books, climbing frame with slide.

Latest Income: £1,399
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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S S Uganda Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group

Sale of books about the SS Nevasa of 1956.Providing facilities to maritime organisations to promote the mental and physical development of children and young people.

Latest Income: £1,367
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Sefton Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

PROVIDING WEEKLY NEWS AND MAGAZINE CASSETTES TO BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE.

Latest Income: £1,361
Areas of Operation: Sefton
Status: Registered
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The Community Practitioners' And Health Visitors' Association Education And Development Trust

Arts, Education, Health

To promote through the awarding of annual bursaries, the development of, and research into, excellence in practice in the fields of public health, health care and community nursing. Currently awards are made each year, with the particular theme and application details and timetable being advertised in the magazine "Community Practitioner" and on the Trust's web site

Latest Income: £1,343
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Sudbury Newstalk

Arts, Health

Providing fortnightly local news and bi-monthly magazine recordings on USB sticks to blind and partially sighted listeners Sudbury and District and others with mobility issues;

Latest Income: £1,329
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Elizabeth Craven

Arts, Social welfare

For the benefit of the poor of the townships of Appletreewick and Burnsall. To be distributed by the Trustees (Parson Churchwardens and four others) on St Thomas's Day. (December 21st In Book of Common Prayer).

Latest Income: £1,318
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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British Orchid Council

Arts, Charity and VCS support

BOC is an umbrella organisation for orchid growers, amateur and professional. It encourages the growing of orchids, trains and accredits orchid judges and organises and underwrites Congresses. It maintains a slide library and lecturers list for its members. Its website is a contact resource for anyone interested in growing orchids.

Latest Income: £1,317
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The World Radiography Educational Trust Foundation

Arts, Education

Through the distribution of books,journals & educational material overseas and small travel bursaries,we aim to support the development and practice of diagnostic and therapeutic radiography, and other imaging modalities throughout the world

Latest Income: £1,316
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Thomas Neale

Arts, Education

Books given to school leavers Gift to OAP's at Christmas time

Latest Income: £1,307
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The London Grand Rank Association Heritage And Educational Trust

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Heritage

To purchase Masonic memorabilia,books,works of art,manuscripts etc which come up for sale so as to preserve them for the Craft for all time.All purchases will either be donated or placed on loan with the Library & Museum of Freemasonry or other approved(by UGLE)museums. To provide funds for the advancement of Masonic education,knowledge and learning in all things Masonic.

Latest Income: £1,304
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Brentwood And District Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Brentwood and District Talking Newspaper provides a service for the blind and partially sighted in the area. Every week a digest of news from the local paper is recorded and sent to our listeners on computer memory sticks. We also produce a periodic audio magazine - 'Sounds of Brentwood' - and a recording from the council's own magazine 'Vision'.

Latest Income: £1,275
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Newbury District Field Club

Arts, Heritage

Arranges a programme of lectures and excursions each year in accord with our interests in local history, archaeology, architecture and natural history and occasionally on related topics. Publishes approximately three-yearly a journal containing a number of articles mainly on local topics but including an account of our activities during the period covered together with an account of our finances.

Latest Income: £1,259
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Digby C.e.school Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

This fund raises money for the children of our school (4-11 year old) to benefit. We take on projects ie book fairs, christmas cards, photos, fundraising events and much more. The money is used for enhancing the children's experiences and education.

Latest Income: £1,249
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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History Of Wapping Trust

Arts, Heritage

History walks and talks.Books on local history and Christmas Cards in the area of Wapping and Shadwell, east London.

Latest Income: £1,244
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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William Andrews

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

The charity makes grants to individuals, the primary school and groups, to promote and support educational and training needs. It also makes grants towards the costs of books and equipment for students at college or university. It has between £800 - £900 to disburse each year. Grants are made to residents of Highnam and organisations within the village and children who attend the primary school.

Latest Income: £1,238
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Great Doddington Poor's Land Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

Give grants to the elderly and needy in the vilage of Great Doddington. Give grants to students for books and equipment.Subsidise an over sixties lunch club.

Latest Income: £1,233
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Maitland Trust Fund

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

1. To advance the education of the public in the history and traditions of the Clan2. To restore and maintain for the public benefit religious buildings of any Christian denomination connected with the above.To further the foregoing objects: To collect, maintain and preserve documents, books, pictures and photographs recording or relating to the history and traditions of the clan.

Latest Income: £1,226
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Woodhouse Educational Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The Woodhouse Educational Foundation regularly requests claims from the parents of children living in the village who are having difficulty paying for school uniform, books, educational equipment etc.Information as to how to apply is provided in the village newsletter. The village school is also consulted in case it has particular needs.

Latest Income: £1,226
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
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.