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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.

Southfield Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Heritage, Social welfare

Southfield WI is outward looking, it has monthly meetings with speakers, reading group, visits to theatre, and historical places. It supports G.F.W.I. events, including music, drama, crafts, and environmental issues. Southfield gives a bursary for educational courses, welcomes visitors, and gives social companionship for its members. Many members volunteer for local causes.

Latest Income: £5,025
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Holmfirth Musical Festival Association

Arts, Charity and VCS support

To organise and run a competitive musical festival together with all the fund raising activities to make this possible.

Latest Income: £5,008
Areas of Operation: Kirklees
Status: Registered
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Upton Youth Band

Arts, Beneficiary group

to instruct young people between the ages of 8 and 25years to play an instrument, read music and the discipline of marching and displays. Also to compete in competitions across the country.

Latest Income: £4,996
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Rhiwlas And District Community Centre Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

The Rhiwlas Centre provides facilities for physical, social, cultural and recreational activities, with attention to the provision of leisure time activities for young people.The Rhiwlas Centre has facilities for daytime and overnight bunkhouse style accomodation for youth groups, Christian Groups, language classes and courses; as well as talks, concerts, Twmpaths and local society meetings.

Latest Income: £4,991
Areas of Operation: Denbighshire
Status: Registered
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Gilson Ladies' Club

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

To asisst in our deprived area, to help women by encouraging them out one evening a week. We offer a varied range of activities. Speakers, demonstrations such as flower arranging, cookery tips, we occassionally have local outings, at a low cost. Arrange musical entertainment and even hold "keep fit" instruction.

Latest Income: £4,981
Areas of Operation: Solihull
Status: Registered
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Sherborne Singers

Arts

A community choir rehearsing for, and performing, concerts in villages and towns in the local area.

Latest Income: £4,959
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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South East Music Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

The South East Music Trust encourages the development of music by arranging for professional orchestras to be available to promoters of entertainment and to musical and choral societies. It also provides grants where possible to encourage a high level of participation and performance.

Latest Income: £4,938
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Castell Newydd Emlyn A'r Cylch Eisteddfod Committee

Arts

TO HOLD EISTEDDFODAU CONCERTS AND ANY CULTURAL EVENT TO PROMOTE WELSH CULTURE

Latest Income: £4,938
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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The Shiloh Pentecostal Fellowship Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Health, Social welfare

Weekly befriending coffee sessions for multicultual communities especially the isolated; setting up of a community info point. Weekly children & youths activities including, group discussions, games, setting up of community library. Educational trips and half term music workshop. Community Visitations. Evangelistic outreach. Advice and counselling. Donations to individuals and charities.

Latest Income: £4,933
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Rhona Reid Charitable Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Making grants to individuals and organisations with emphasis on supporting excellence in the chosen field to enable results to be acheived that would not be without the charity's support. Preference is given to the advancement of medicine (applications relating to opthalmology particularly welcome) and to supporting music and the arts. Applications considered in March and September.

Latest Income: £4,905
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Newbridge And District Ladies Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group

The study and practice of Choral Music in order to foster public knowledge and appreciation of such by means of public performance.

Latest Income: £4,904
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Trowbridge And District Youth Band

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Research

Trowbridge & District Youth Band objectives:To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music, particularly Brass Band Music by the presentation of public concerts and recitals and by such other ways as the Band through its committee shall determineTo advance the musical education of the young people in Trowbridge and District

Latest Income: £4,895
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra

Arts, Education

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF MUSIC, ESPECIALLY THE MORE MODERN REPERTOIRE, BY PRESENTATION OF CONCERTS ONCE A TERM (ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY CALENDAR) AND BY SUCH WAYS AS THE ORCHESTRA THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME.

Latest Income: £4,885
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Parish Church Of St Lawrence Alton Organ Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

Organises each year eight organ concerts given by both established national and international organists and those at the start of their musical career i.e Oundle for Organists, Northern Ireland International Organ Competition (NIIOC). The object of the Society is to advance the education of the public in the study of the art of music with the special reference to organ music.

Latest Income: £4,874
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Shrewsbury Music Therapy Unit Trust Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group

PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THSE FAMILIES UNABLE TO FINANCE THE THERAPY REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED BY DOCTORS AND SOCIAL SERVICES

Latest Income: £4,874
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Port Sunlight Choral Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

Aging choral society giving 3-4 concerts per annum.

Latest Income: £4,842
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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Lincoln Mystery Plays Trust Limited

Arts

Our core activity is to perform the Lincoln Mystery Plays at approximately 4-year intervals, but we engage in other theatre and music-based activities as well as education work.

Latest Income: £4,822
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Louth And District Concert Society

Arts

Presents professional Classical music concerts at venues in and around Louth, Lincolnshire.

Latest Income: £4,819
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Dr George Gray Memorial Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Religion

The provision of scholarships to choristers (both boys and girls) admitted into Leicester Cathedral Choir, so as to help towards maintaining a high standard of music.

Latest Income: £4,777
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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The Bach Choir 1876 - 2024

Arts

As one of the world's leading choruses, The Bach Choir's aim is to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds with the magnificence, beauty and emotional power of choral music, through the excellence of its performances, recordings and outreach work in the wider community.

Latest Income: £4,741
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Clarke-Molyneux Trust

Arts, Heritage

Support is principally given to charitable organisations promoting education in art, architecture, history and music, particularly in Venice and assisting in the preservation for the public benefit of buildings and works of art in Venice.

Latest Income: £4,736
Areas of Operation: Italy
Status: Registered
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Coventry Diocesan Guild Of Church Bellringers

Arts, Religion

Throughout the Coventry Diocese the Guild encourages the recruitment and training of members in the art of change ringing; promotes the proper use of belfries and bells and fosters ringing for services. This is achieved by holding regular meetings of ringers in each of the Guild's districts and as a whole Guild, supporting each others' towers and updating members via newletters and a website.

Latest Income: £4,735
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
Status: Registered
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The Harpenden Music Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group

The advancement and promotion for the benefit of members of the public generally and in particular of young persons resident in Harpenden and surrounding area for charitable purposes to include the promotion of the study of music, support of concerts and the promotion of musical education and appreciation generally

Latest Income: £4,728
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Warminster And Westbury Visually Impaired Club

Arts, Health

RUNNING A WEEKLY (MONDAY AFTERNOON) CLUB MEETING WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES INCLUDING CRAFT, POETRY READINGS,QUIZZES, MUSICAL EVENTS, SPEAKERS, OUTINGS AND LUNCHES.

Latest Income: £4,724
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Beverley Town Handbell Ringers

Arts

Tune Ringing on Musical Handbells and Hand Chimes.

Latest Income: £4,712
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
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.