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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.

Cantilena

Arts

Singing and performing concerts. Running courses and workshops.

Latest Income: £4,040
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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West Berkshire Music Centre Parents' Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

Fund raising to purchase instruments and other assets.Fund raising to enable students bands to go on tour.Assisiting with the production of concerts and other events.Providing refreshments, music and accessories for purchase.

Latest Income: £4,039
Areas of Operation: West Berkshire
Status: Registered
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Wrexham Music & Theatre Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

Performing arts for both adults and children

Latest Income: £4,014
Areas of Operation: Wrexham
Status: Registered
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Suffolk Festival Of Performing Arts

Arts

Music, Speech and Dance competitive annual festival.Performers and Class Winners Concerts.

Latest Income: £4,014
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Casterbridge Male Voice Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Saving of lives

The choir travel to various concert venues, singing to raise money for charities such as Leukaemia & Cancer Research, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance to name but a few. Travel and other costs are taken from funds that are raised by holding coffee mornings and raffles. The choir website is now up and running thus enabling the public to find out more about the choir.

Latest Income: £4,003
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Machynlleth And District Music Club

Arts

Promote annual concert series.

Latest Income: £3,995
Areas of Operation: Ceredigion
Status: Registered
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Mornington Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

The Mornington Trust is commited to the musical education of the public through concerts, recordings and community and educational projects. Recently they have put on several educational projects in Waltham Forest and Southward Londonh, as well as concerts in the Southbank, The Warehouse and St. Giles Cripplegate.

Latest Income: £3,993
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Hornsea Music Festival Society

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Social welfare

The Society organises an annual Music Festival of mostly competitive classes held in 3 or 4 venues in the seaside town of Hornsea over a period of either 3 or 4 days. It is held during the first week of July. Fund raising social events such as Coffee Mornings and Garden Parties may be held at other times throughout the year.

Latest Income: £3,993
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Rawsthorne Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

To promote the education of the public in the study, knowledge, and appreciation of the music of Alan Rawsthorne (1905-71).

Latest Income: £3,977
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Felixtowe Amateur Dramatic And Operatic Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

Fostering and encouraging musical and dramatic appreciation, education and culture, by rehearsal and amateur dramatic performances by our adult and youth groups.

Latest Income: £3,975
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Cleveland Chamber Orchestra

Arts

Music concerts

Latest Income: £3,974
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Martin Musical Scholarship Fund

Arts, Education

Making awards and giving recital opportunities to individuals with outstanding musical talent on the threshold of a professional music career.

Latest Income: £3,966
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Ebrington Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Housing, Research, Society

The main purposes of the Women's Institute organisation are to enable women interested in issues associated with rural life, including arts, crafts & sciences, to improve & develop conditions of rural life, to advance their education in citizenship, in public questions both national & international, in music, drama & other cultural subjects, in agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health.

Latest Income: £3,964
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Ringwood Pipe Band

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

The objectives of the Band are to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music, particularly Scottish Pipe Band music, by the presentation of public concerts and recitals and by such other ways as the Band shall determine from time to time.As amended 2014

Latest Income: £3,927
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Nacton Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Housing, Society

To enable women to improve and develop conditions of rural life, to advance their education in citizenship, in public questions both national and international, in music, drama and other cultural subjects and in all branches of agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare.

Latest Income: £3,912
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Mount Carmel Spiritual Baptist Church

Arts, Charitable activities, Housing, Religion

ADVOCACY FOR THE DISABLEDARTS AND CULTURE (DRUMMING, SINGING AND DANCING)ENTERTAIN THE EDLERLY IN NHS AND PRIVATELY FUNDED HOMES (SINGING, DANCING, INTRODUCTION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS)

Latest Income: £3,911
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Blaenavon Town Band

Arts

To educate the public in the art of brass band playing, to further the development of public taste and appreciation in the art form and to assist other charitable institutions.

Latest Income: £3,903
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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The Dolmetsch Foundation Incorporated

Arts

The performance and promotion of early music.

Latest Income: £3,899
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of The East Riding Youth Orchestras

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

Supports Students in The East Riding Music Ensembles

Latest Income: £3,892
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Ewell Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

GLYN HALL provides accommodation for local organisations connected with arts and music, education, social events, society meetings, birthday parties, exercise classes.It is situated at 3a Cheam Road, Ewell village, Epsom, Surrey KT17 1SP

Latest Income: £3,889
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Radio Poplar

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Internet radio service offering music, chat, the spoken word and helpline telephone numbers operating within the medical/health/sickness circle. Radio service aimed at the disabled/elderly/frail people. Inviting children/young people to broadcast covering the main city of Leeds Metropolitan area.

Latest Income: £3,881
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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The Dorset Musical Instruments Trust

Arts

Loan of Steinway piano to orchestras, chamber groups and music societies for concert performance in Dorset and adjacent areas.

Latest Income: £3,836
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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South Darley Village Hall

Arts, Education, Facilities

The charity operates the village hall for the benefit of the local community. It provides a base for the local art group and the Darley Dale brass Band. the local primary school uses the hall and there is also a pantomime held every year. The hall is also available for hire for birthday parties, christenings , art displays and meetings.

Latest Income: £3,797
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of The Swansea Festival Of Music And The Arts

Arts, Associations

Promote and support the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts, and music and the arts generally, in Swansea and the surrounding area.

Latest Income: £3,796
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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Barby Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Research

To develop women's interests in arts, crafts, music, drama and the sciences and to give them the opportunity of working together to put into practice the ideals of fellowship, truth, tolerance and justice.

Latest Income: £3,792
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
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.