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Arts Charities That specialise in Musical theatre

Discover 93 Arts charities that specialise in musical theatre. Use the search below to filter within these results.

93
Charities
£6,215,325,419
Total Income
£773,724
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.

Leeds Heritage Theatres

Arts

Maintain and develop the Leeds Grand Theatre, City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park Picture House. Offer drama, opera, ballet, musicals, comedy, variety, pantomime and arthouse / mainstream films. Increase engagement with performing arts and with heritage of these listed buildings through innovative learning and interpretation programmes.

Latest Income: £14,926,531
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Regent's Park Theatre Limited

Arts

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre is the oldest professional, permanent outdoor theatre in the UK. Its principal activity is the production and presentation of plays, musicals, and other live performance, primarily through its summer season in Regent's Park. The charity also delivers year round talent development and education programmes, and produces theatre elsewhere in the UK and internationally.

Latest Income: £8,665,030
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Torch Theatre Company Limited

Arts

Production of plays and musical theatre, touring of theatre productions to Wales and beyond, educational projects and buying in a range of performances to provide an extensive programme

Latest Income: £1,889,682
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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The Leeds Amateur Operatic Society

Arts

To provide the opportunity to talented individuals to perform in 'professional' musical theatre productions. To support other charities from the proceeds of these productions when they are financially successful

Latest Income: £467,588
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Mizzymead Recreation Centre

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Sections for:Indoor and Outdoor Bowling, Tennis, Bridge, Snooker and Pool.Base for Nailsea Shedders.Venue for Line Dancing, Mothers and Toddlers on Wednesday morning, Nailsea Musicals on Wednesday evening, Nailsea and Backwell Rotary Club, Slimming World on Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

Latest Income: £300,307
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust

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

Musical Theatre Group staging musicals and concerts for the benefit of its members, supporters, and the wider community.Promotion and furtherance of education of the public in the appreciation of the performing arts. Support and encouragement of young people in the above.Participation in fund-raising activities for a variety of charities and good causes.

Latest Income: £270,581
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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The Barn Theatre Trust Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Heritage

Present public productions of plays, musicals etc. - normally 12 shows a season, plus music and comedy nights throughout the year Train people in all aspects of theatre. Run 5 youth groups who learn stagecraft & public performance & we work closely with local schools and colleges to whom we offer workshops & low-cost tickets. Maintain & develop a Grade II listed building.

Latest Income: £243,288
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Brighton Theatre Group

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Provision of Musical theatre training and performnce to the company membership. All aspects of theatrical eductaion are address. Clear Youth objectives in educating those from 7-16 years

Latest Income: £206,760
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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Southport Spotlights Musical Theatre Society

Arts

SSMTS seeks to educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts, to further the development and public appreciation of the arts and to assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the management committee shall for time to time determine

Latest Income: £117,491
Areas of Operation: Sefton
Status: Registered
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Hertford Dramatic And Operatic Society

Arts

Produce amateur plays, musicals, pantomimes etc. for public performance.Run workshops for junior members dealing with theatrical and related subjects.Advise local council of artistic needs of local area.Support other charities with donations.

Latest Income: £106,591
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Musical Theatre Salisbury

Arts

Staging amateur productions of musicals with the object of educating the public in the operatic and dramatic arts and furthering the public appreciation and tastes in the said arts.

Latest Income: £100,372
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Rutland Musical Theatre

Arts

Our general charitable purposes include the performance of musical works. Our Society is open to all members of the public with like-minded interests, subject to an appropriate audition and payment of the membership fee. Our Society performs a major production annually, with optional fundraisers throughout the year. These performances are open to all ticket-paying members of the public.

Latest Income: £99,286
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Burton Musical Theatre Company

Arts

The object of the Society is to educate the public in the dramatic and performing arts to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts to assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the Committee shall from time to time determine.

Latest Income: £74,250
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Dawlish Amateur Repertory Company

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The charity puts on a wide variety of drama productions at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Dawlish. It maintains the theatre for the benefit of the people of Dawlish and the surrounding district and makes it available for use by other organisations, including youth groups, schools, musical theatre, exhibitions, amateur and professional companies and other charities.

Latest Income: £72,463
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

Producing musicals for the public of Stourbridge and surrounding area. To assist, educate and encourage young people to perform and enjoy the dramatic and operatic arts.

Latest Income: £65,979
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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Hereford Musical Theatre Company

Arts, Beneficiary group

We provide the opportunity for members to take part in musical theatre productions either on or off stage, thus bringing high quality, affordable shows to the public in and around Hereford. We run a successful Youth section, which performs its own shows and also offers the opportunity for its members to participate in main company shows, when there are suitable parts (e.g. "Annie"; "Oliver!")

Latest Income: £58,776
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Newbury Nomads

Arts

We produce one main musical show annually in October, and a concert in the spring annually. We also give small, free of charge, concerts to local charities and organisations.

Latest Income: £50,496
Areas of Operation: West Berkshire
Status: Registered
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Clacton Musical Theatre Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

An amateur group staging a summer musical, winter pantomime, and concerts. We run workshops for adults and children, plus a youth group producing two shows a year. We aim to make the arts accessible to all, encouraging creativity, confidence, and community through inclusive, affordable theatre and performance opportunities.

Latest Income: £48,522
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Hatton Musical Theatre Society

Arts

The object of the Society is to educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts, to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts by the presentation of dramatic and operatic works of cultural and educative value and to assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the Executive Committee from time to time determine.

Latest Income: £44,797
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Evesham Arts Association

Arts

Evesham Arts Assoc. works to provide live amateur and professional arts events including concerts, musicals, drama, film, dance etc. We also hold exhibitions covering photography and art to encourage local talent.

Latest Income: £41,907
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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The Belper Musical Theatre

Arts

To educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts (to assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the Committee shall from time to time determine)

Latest Income: £38,374
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
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: £37,419
Areas of Operation: Telford & Wrekin
Status: Registered
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Rainhill Musical Theatre Company

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Amateur musical society presenting musicals, revues and pantomimes for audiences in the local area. Always open to welcome new members from 18 years of age. We fundraise from the public to help raise money for our charity.

Latest Income: £30,697
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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York Musical Theatre Company

Arts, Beneficiary group

To educate the public in dramatic and operatic arts, to further the development of public appreciation and taste in the said arts, to assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the Executive Committee shall determine.

Latest Income: £29,179
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Littlehampton Players Operatic Society

Arts

We work to break down barriers of inclusions by bringing amateur productions of musical theatre, theatrical performances operettas & light opera to the local community and improve confidence, ability and a sense inclusion.

Latest Income: £23,882
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many musical-theatre arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 93 registered musical-theatre arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the musical-theatre arts charities by income?

Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£589.5m). 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 musical-theatre arts charities?

Musical-theatre arts charities reported a combined annual income of £6.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for musical-theatre arts charities?

Across all musical-theatre 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 musical-theatre arts charities?

Musical-theatre arts charities have an average annual income of £774k. 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.