Arts Charities That specialise in Performing art
Discover 4,117 Arts charities that specialise in Performing art. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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The Handel House Trust Limited
Arts, HeritageTo promote knowledge, awareness, and enjoyment of Handel and his music to as wide a public audience as possible.
The Crescent Theatre Limited
ArtsThe Crescent Theatre Limited continues to provide the resources for a wide-ranging programme of theatre productions staffed by its amateur membership, at the same time offering hiring facilities to independent musical societies and other groups. Bar and refreshment services for patrons and members together with costume, properties and furniture hire services are also provided.
Cleveland Independent Theatre Company Limited
Arts, Beneficiary groupTheatre Hullabaloo is a children's arts charity specialising in producing quality theatre and play for children and young people. In December 2017, we opened The Hullabaloo, a new specialist arts venue for children and families in Darlington.
West Cliff (tendring) Trust
Arts, LeisureWe promote education, training and entertainment through performances of live shows and arts displays.
Altrincham Garrick Society Limited
Arts, Beneficiary group, LeisureProvide dramatic and musical education and entertainment to the local community by: producing our own plays and musicals using local talent, hosting visiting professional productions from elsewhere in the UK and beyond, showing films and National theatre "cinematic screenings", running a choir and running an Academy for Drama for young people.
St Bride Foundation
Arts, HousingThe St Bride Foundation provides a cultural, social and educational facility in the west of the City of London. The Foundation is the home to the St Bride Library, the Bridewell Theatre as well as number meeting rooms and halls.
Siobhan Davies Dance Company
Arts, Beneficiary groupSiobhan Davies Dance celebrates, values and seeks to strengthen the role of choreography within contemporary culture. It explores diverse ways of presenting work, supporting the work of founder Siobhan Davies, the work and development of other artists, hosts exhibitions, talks and workshops at its Studios and furthers creativity for children and young people through engagement programmes.
Ex Cathedra LTD
ArtsEx Cathedra is a leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble. It exists to enrich lives by means of historically-informed and contemporary performance excellence, research, education and training.
Nk Theatre Arts
ArtsProvides Weekly Workshops in Music, Dance and Drama to anyone aged 5yrs to adults. Fully inclusive regardless of any ability, disability, status or culture. Public Performances are also presented. Theatre in Education, Corporate Training, Performing Arts Venue.
The Open Theatre Company Limited
ArtsThe charity's aims are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly through the production of plays and the encouragement of the arts.
Newport Playgoers' Society
ArtsStimulate an interest in and a study of the Drama and the dramatic art and to support all that is best in the theatre. To prevent modern plays of great merit from falling into oblivion. To produce new plays. To stimulate the art of acting and the technical skills associated with dramatic productions. To support charities and other associations formed for charitable and educational purposes.
The Kenton Theatre (henley-On-Thames) Management Society LTD
ArtsThe Charity maintains, upgrades and expands the structure, fittings and equipment of the the Kenton Theatre in Henley-on-Thames.The Charity manages the Theatre on a not-for-profit basis. It promotes theatrical, musical and other cultural events and rents the Theatre to other groups promoting such events.
Music In The Round Limited
Arts, HousingMusic in the Round is the leading national producer of chamber music, with a year-round programme of hundreds of events for people of all ages. Since 1984 we have been bringing people and music closer together through our friendly and informative style of 'in the round' performances. We present concerts and the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival each year at our home venue, the Crucible Playhouse.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Limited
Arts, LeisureWe stage 90 - 100 publicly-accessible events a year of music, dance and drama in our main auditorium. We also run 23 courses in Indian Music, Dance, Languages and Yoga as well as exhibitions. Further details available if required.
Cardboard Citizens
Arts, Charitable activities, Housing, Social welfareOur mission is to use theatre combined with information, advice and guidance to inspire and support those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. We act as a catalyst for people to make changes in their lives. We also aim to improve public understanding and awareness by creating and performing works about the experiences of homeless and socially excluded people, with those people.
One Dance UK
ArtsONE DANCE UK IS THE NATIONAL VOICE FOR DANCE, ADVOCATING FOR THE INCREASED PROFILE OF DANCE IN ALL ITS DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC FORMS. BY WORKING WITH AND ON BEHALF OF THE DANCE SECTOR, ONE DANCE UK AIMS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE, LONGER DANCE CAREERS AND TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH DANCE IS CREATED, PERFORMED AND EXPERIENCED.
The Yorkshire Dance Centre Trust
ArtsYorkshire Dance works through dance to create happiness, health, connection and change. We are excited by the diversity of dance in all its forms and styles. We want to support artists who ask questions of themselves, their work and of the world and those who challenge ideas about what is allowed. We dismantle traditional hierarchies both within the creation of dance and within our programming.
Tara Arts Group
Arts, SocietyTara Arts' People, Words & Art: Connecting World, through the production and promotion of cross-cultural theatre at Tara Theatre in London and on national tour.
Half Moon Young People's Theatre Limited
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationHalf Moon focuses on work for and with young people from 0 to 18. The work is inclusive and accessible for all. The company has two main thrusts of activity:- producing and presenting professional theatre at the base, in venues and in youth and schools settings - providing an extensive participatory programme including youth theatres, school and community projects.
Candoco Dance Company
ArtsCandoco's vision is to produce creatively ambitious and high-quality contemporary dance performance that will enhance its reputation as the world's leading company of disabled and non-disabled dancers. Candoco strives to broaden the perception of what dance is, through its performance repertoire and its education and training programme.
Birmingham Opera Company
Arts, Charity and VCS supportWith no opera house, all our work lives in the peoples and places of the city- a unique fusion of local volunteers and international artists delivering artistic, personal and social change.
The Association Of British Theatre Technicians
Arts, Charity and VCS supportThe association is dependent upon voluntary help in advocating high technical standards for theatres, publications, meetings, conferences, post-entry training, volunteer technical committees, visits, liaison with government and other organisations, research demonstrations, exhibitions, the provision of information and the exchange of ideas and address issues about theatre planning and safety.
Young Classical Artists Trust
ArtsYCAT was set up in 1984 to identify, nurture and promote outstanding young soloists and ensembles at the outset of their professional careers. As an artist management service YCAT liaises with promoters in the UK and abroad. YCAT also presents concerts to showcase the artists it represents. After three years of representation YCAT aims to introduce the artists to suitable commercial management.
Leicester Drama Society Limited
ArtsLeicester Drama Society is an amateur drama group which exists to encourage the study and practice of dramatic art and to promote and conduct theatrical performances. The Society owns and operates a theatre in Leicester city centre - The Little Theatre - where it stages 13 productions a year and provides a venue for other amateur societies and some professional shows.
Middlesbrough Little Theatre Trust
ArtsThe advancement of education by the promotion and encouragement of drama and the arts
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many Performing art arts charities are there in the UK?
There are 4,117 registered Performing art arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the Performing art 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 Performing art arts charities?
Performing art 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 Performing art arts charities?
Across all Performing art 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 Performing art arts charities?
Performing art 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.