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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 John Henry Spokes Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Provides grants to choir, bellringers sunday School or other children/youth groups

Latest Income: £236
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Ty Cymorth (carmarthen And District) Hospice Care Appeal

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Health, Social care, Social welfare

Fund raises money to provide Hospice Day Care to adult patients suffering from life-limiting illness and bereavement service to all ages and to provide extra facilities for benefit of patients which are not already provided by Hywel Dda U.H.B.Hold coffee mornings, concerts etc. for fund-raising and publicise palliative care service through local papers, leaflets, etc.

Latest Income: £220
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Staffordshire Moorlands Young Musicians

Arts, Associations

The charity supports the Staffordshire Moorlands Performing Arts Centre with donations towards instruments, music and transport, all of which supports the ongoing education of participants.

Latest Income: £219
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Gordon Clark Memorial Scholarship Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

Providing grants to individual musicians or ensembles attending the Master Classes at IMS Prussia Cove

Latest Income: £211
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Educational Foundation Of Mary Parry

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Grants to young people under 25 years of age who are residents in the Parish of Llanbedr and who have attended a school maintained by the Council (with preference for those who are pupils or former pupils of Ysgol Ardudwy) to attend an approved place of learning, to study music or art, or to provide financial assistance to prepare for or to assist their entry into a profession, trade or calling.

Latest Income: £207
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Clarkes Music Services Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

To provide grants to musicians in the Parishes of Leverington and Gorefield in need of financial help

Latest Income: £197
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Plumstead Free School Foundation

Arts, Education

Provides support for education and cultural activities related to the Parish of St Mark with St Margaret, Plumstead. Typically expenditure might relate to music lessons and activities involving the junior members of the Church choir.

Latest Income: £197
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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The Charles Parker Trust

Arts

Conservation of the archives of the late Charles Parker and the advancement of education and knowledge in folk language, lore and music based on this material.

Latest Income: £194
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Vernon Harriss Gift

Arts, Religion

For the maintenance and support of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral and its music.

Latest Income: £190
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Hilda Anderson Deane Trust

Arts, Education

To provide an annual prize at each of the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School Of Music, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama , Royal Northern College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music

Latest Income: £189
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Commonwealth Arts And Cultural Foundation

Arts

The principal activity of the company is to advance education for the public benefit through the promotion of the arts with reference to dramatic, literary, musical and visual arts.

Latest Income: £175
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Three Rivers Music Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

To promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and recitals.

Latest Income: £173
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Kingston Vale Theatre Group

Arts, Beneficiary group

Kingston Vale Theatre Group (KVTG) is an amateur musical theatre company with a separate youth section (KVYT) that enables everyone in the local community to partake in musical theatre. The group usually performs at least two productions a year in the local area allowing the public to enjoy the arts.

Latest Income: £167
Areas of Operation: Kingston Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Cromer Academy Trust

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

Fundraising Activities & Grant Applications to help with school funds. Activities Include: School discos, Christmas Bazaars, Musical events. Helping with refreshments for school productions and other school events, Quizzes, Bingo etc.

Latest Income: £167
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Charity Of George Fletcher

Arts, Facilities, Religion, Social welfare

THE CHARITY IS FOR, GRAVEYARD UPKEEP., CHURCH BELLRINGERS & THE POOR.

Latest Income: £166
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Peterborough And District Organists' Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

To provide a society for organists and others interested in the classical organ and the buildings in which they are situated. To organise visits to such instruments and buildings: to promote organ recitals and concerts: to provide funds and facilities for young people wishing to learn to play the organ.

Latest Income: £165
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Ocho Rios Steel Band

Arts, Leisure

Provide musical entertainment for the general public in the form of steel band music. The band normally perform within a radius of 50 miles from Rugby.

Latest Income: £165
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Ifan And Tegid Jones (brothers) Scholarship Fund

Arts, Education

I rai rhwng 17 a 25 sy'n dilyn cwrs astudiaeth o unrhyw offeryn cerddorol (ag eithrio'r piano) a/neu gyfansoddi cerddorol mewn Prifysgol. Rhaid bod yn enedigol yn yr hen Sir Feirionnydd neu wedi byw yn y Sir am ddeng mlynedd.

Latest Income: £164
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Penmachno Silver Band

Arts

Promoting better and more widespread performances of instrumental work and educating the general public in the appreciation and understanding of music.

Latest Income: £162
Areas of Operation: Conwy
Status: Registered
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Hayes And Harlington Old People's Welfare Committee

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

1. WE PROVIDE ART WORKSHOPS FOR HEALTH & WELL-BEING TO REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION AND KEEP PEOPLE CONNECTED. 2.WE PROVIDE OUTINGS FOR DISABLED AND ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE: TO PLACES OF INTEREST, INCLUDING THEATRE & CONCERTS, EXHIBITIONS, HEALTHY WALKS. OTHER ACTIVITIES: CRAFT & KNITTING FOR OLDER ASIAN WOMEN.2 SUPPORT & ADVOCACY 3.TRAINING VOLUNTEERS. 4.RAPID RESPONSE HELP TO OLD PEOPLE DURING COVID

Latest Income: £160
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Miss Sarah Brinton For The Organist

Arts, Education

Repair of Christ Church Organ

Latest Income: £153
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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West Midlands Folk Federation

Arts

The Charity's objects are (1) that the Federation shall promote, and advance education in, the knowledge and practice of British Folk Songs, Dance, Music and other allied traditional activities in the Midlands area. (2) to encourage research of those activities specified in Clause (1)

Latest Income: £151
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Haigh-Stratford Award Trust

Arts, Education, Religion

Provides scholarships for the musical tuition of young choristers to develop in these choristers a love and knowledge of the liturgy and music of the Church of England, thereby helping to ensure the future of Church music and the choir of St Mary's Worsbrough Village.

Latest Income: £150
Areas of Operation: Barnsley
Status: Registered
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Bromsgrove Operatic Society

Arts, Research

To help the general public who are interested in the general science of music.

Latest Income: £149
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Ymddiriedolaeth Cerdd Ynys Mon (anglesey Music Trust)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Makes grants to promote the musical education of the young people of Anglesey.

Latest Income: £148
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Anglesey
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.