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Arts Charities That specialise in Music

Discover 2,515 Arts charities that specialise in music. Use the search below to filter within these results.

2,515
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 Norfolk Symphony Orchestra

Arts

We aim to encourage and educate able amateur musicians to participate in playing with a symphony orchestra. Each year we give several concerts for the enjoyment of the general public, and consideration is given to specific private engagements, both in Norfolk and surrounding counties.

Latest Income: £40,657
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Collegium Musicum Of London

Arts

MUSIC, THROUGH ACTIVITIES OF OUR CHAMBER CHOIR

Latest Income: £40,646
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra

Arts

The orchestra comprises mainly amateur players who play to a very high standard. It currently performs three concerts a year in the Anvil Concert Hall, Basingstoke. The concert programmes include mostly popular classical music.

Latest Income: £40,562
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Sheffield Oratorio Chorus

Arts, Religion

We perform up to four major choral concerts a year, in Sheffield Cathedral and other venues. Member of Making Music. Currently around 85 singing members. We hold voice training workshops to improve the quality of our singing, and are exploring new ways to extend the range of our membership and reach new audiences.

Latest Income: £40,514
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Woolton Boys' Club

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

We provide opportunities of play, education and other diversionary activities in the safe environment of our youth centre for young people aged 8 to 25 years, but prioritising our work with 13 to 19 year olds. Our work includes sport, art & craft, music & dance, group activities, residential trips and educational projects.

Latest Income: £40,494
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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The Newcastle Amateur Operatic Society

Arts

Presentation of musical plays, operettas.

Latest Income: £40,485
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Jazz North-East Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education

Jazz North East promotes grant-aided jazz concerts, festivals and workshops both alone and in partnership with other not-for-profit organisations. We aim to provide opportunities to hear and on occasion work with artists of the highest quality from our own region, from the wider UK and from overseas. We keep admission prices low to encourage attendance by young people and the unemployed.

Latest Income: £40,352
Areas of Operation: Gateshead
Status: Registered
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The Whitehall Choir

Arts, Research

Educating the public in the arts and sciences, and in particular the art and science of music, by the presentation of concerts, the promotion of choral singing, and other activities.

Latest Income: £40,342
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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South East Hindu Association

Arts, Religion

1. Religious activities, religious festivals. 2. Hold music sessions (religious only). 3. Hold permission for registered weddings. 4. Advocate community harmony and good relations. 5. Promote peace and harmony with community.

Latest Income: £40,163
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Marching & Performing Arts United Kingdom

Arts, Beneficiary group

Marching & Performing Arts United Kingdom is a charitable organisation set up to advance the musical & performing arts education of young people throughout the United Kingdom in all aspects of performing arts, primarily but not exclusively in playing musical instruments, colour guard and dance.

Latest Income: £40,069
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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St. Mary's Church Of England Primary School

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Religion

To provide a fund for children to pay in music tuition income, milk income, trip income, charity events income, school photograph income, book club income, and to pay out expenditure in accordance with user accounts.

Latest Income: £40,034
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Lawyers Music

Arts

Performance of classical orchestral and choral music.

Latest Income: £39,999
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Somerset Chamber Choir

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music.

Latest Income: £39,944
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Little Theatre Donnington Society

Arts

Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society at present performing five annual shows. Shows include pantomimes, plays, musicals and concert style shows (operatic/musicals).

Latest Income: £39,807
Areas of Operation: Telford & Wrekin
Status: Registered
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Avon Valley Concerts

Arts

PROVIDES LOW COST CONCERTS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC IN RINGWOOD & FORDINGBRIDGE PLAYED BY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS & ENSEMBLES

Latest Income: £39,606
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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New Mozart Orchestra

Arts

The NMO brings outstanding orchestral performances to major concert halls and local communities, allowing young and old to appreciate the wonder of live music.

Latest Income: £39,589
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society

Arts, Religion

Choral singing, in concerts and in church services, including carol services for the benefit of other charitable organisations.

Latest Income: £39,497
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Altrincham Choral Society

Arts

ACS presents 3-4 concerts a year at prestigious Manchester venues and local churches. Our members are amateur singers who have the opportunity to perform choral works across a wide repertoire with professional orchestras and soloists. We also hold introductory singing events for the general public. We provide enjoyable, musical learning experiences for members, audience, and the public.

Latest Income: £39,487
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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South West Essex Choir

Arts

We are a non auditioning choir based in Loughton.We normally present three choral concerts per year with orchestral.Occasional choral and voice training workshops are held.

Latest Income: £39,417
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Grey Court Parents Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Provide equipment and services for the benefit of students and staff at Grey Court School.Funds raised for these purposes by parental donations, including gift aid, and activities such as car boot sales, quiz nights and concerts.

Latest Income: £39,386
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Beeston Musical Theatre Group

Arts, Leisure

Performing musical shows and concerts to the general public for their education and entertainment.

Latest Income: £39,152
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Lloyd's Choir

Arts, Religion

Lloyds' Choir is a choral society that principally serves the insurance sector of the financial community of the City of London. It does, however, welcome members from other walks of life. The Choir provides musical education and singing training for its members; performs three to four concerts a year; and also provides singers for City church services.

Latest Income: £39,140
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust

Arts, Social welfare

The maintenance of a scheme of awards to deserving artists, writers, craftsmen and musicians of anykind who by reason of their poverty are unable to pursue effectively their vocation as such. Beneficiaries must be over 30 years of age and be born within Great Britain, Northern Ireland, The Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and must be British Citizens.

Latest Income: £39,135
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Corsham Windband Association

Arts

Regular weekly music rehearsals supplemented by at least 2 concerts per year, local / national band festivals, as well as residential music courses and support to local community events.

Latest Income: £39,057
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Tunbridge Wells International Music Competition

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

A biennial classical music (piano, strings and wind) international competition for young people aged between 16 and 27 held in Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Latest Income: £38,985
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many music arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 2,515 registered music arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the music 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 music arts charities?

Music 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 music arts charities?

Across all music 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 music arts charities?

Music 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.