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Arts Charities That specialise in Theatre

Discover 1,253 Arts charities that specialise in theatre. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,253
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.

Optik Limited

Arts, Education

Developing professional artists, making theatre productions, developing new artistic product, taking workshops with schools, colleges and other organisations, making films for educational use, working in partnership with develpment agencies to assist small companies.

Latest Income: £4,545
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Windsor And Eton Operatic Society

Arts

To cultivate the Dramatic and Operatic Arts and improve and educate the public taste in those arts.By performing fully staged and orchestrated operas/operettas each year in the Windsor/Eton/Maidenhead area.

Latest Income: £4,521
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Anstey Town Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure, Religion

Anstey Town Charity exists to help Anstey based groups and sometimes individuals - often 6th form students. Applicants and grantees include children/youth groups, sports teams, voluntary groups, churches/chapels, playgroups, drama society and the village gala. We advertise for applicants by 31/1 and meet in March to allocate grants shortly afterwards.

Latest Income: £4,514
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Faos Musical Theatre Group

Arts

Production and perfomance of musical theatre for ages 8-80

Latest Income: £4,428
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Over Hulton Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

Activities are for ladies of the area. They include talks, outings, theatre trips and activities organised by the Lancashire Federation of Women's Institutes.

Latest Income: £4,396
Areas of Operation: Bolton
Status: Registered
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Guild Of Drama Adjudicators

Arts, Beneficiary group

Members adjudicate at Drama Festivals and allied events throughout the British Isles and Western Europe to educate and guide the improvement of amateur drama for children and adults.

Latest Income: £4,335
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Newbiggin By The Sea Women's Institute

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

To enable women who are interested in issues associated with rural life including arts, crafts and sciences to improve and develope conditions of rural life, to advance their education and citizenship in public questions both national and international, in music, drama and other cultural subjects.

Latest Income: £4,299
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Bulphan W I

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

To enable women who are interested in issues associated with rural life, including arts, crafts and sciences, 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: £4,299
Areas of Operation: Thurrock
Status: Registered
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Christ Church Academy Parent Teachers Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

General fund raising activities including school discos, summer fair, xmas raffle, theatre trips etc.

Latest Income: £4,279
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Northwood (isle Of Wight) Women's Institute

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

The main purpose of the Womens Institute organisation is to enable women who are 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 all branches of agricultural handicrafts, home

Latest Income: £4,248
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Hodgkin House

Arts, Associations, Housing

Offering hospitality to overseas students in a student hostel. Events are arranged at the student hostel - monthly Sunday teas. An annual programme of events is organised eg theatre outings, weekends away in country cottages, city and country walks, visits to places of interest, social evenings.

Latest Income: £4,180
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Merryfields School Parent, Teachers And Friends Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

Various fundraising activities ranging from car boot sales, summer fayres, charity auction, sponsored walks, Christmas Fayre etc. Expenditure is the cost of reward trips for the children, theatre company visits and other activities that are not curriculum related.

Latest Income: £4,158
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Serio Ensemble

Arts, Beneficiary group

The Ensemble works with young people both in Arts training and in assisting in access to the Arts in general. The focus is on new writing,music, dance, and theatre.

Latest Income: £4,156
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Welburn Hall Home-School Association (in Connection With Welburn Hall School)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Facilities, Housing, Leisure

The Association supports the education and welfare of pupils by fostering relationships with staff, parents and other associates of the school and engaging in activities which assist the pupils' education both in and out of the classroom. Fund raising events include the annual garden party, car boot sales, quizzes. Funds support theatre trips, keep fit/play equipment and larger projects.

Latest Income: £4,147
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Wollaton Women's Institute

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

Monthly meetings with Speakers on various topics. Additional meetings of interest groups - gardening, scrabble, rummikub, walking, craft, book club. Outings to places of interest, theatre, etc. Fund raising for various local charities and community projects.

Latest Income: £4,135
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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Haydon School Parents Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Haydon school parents association donates money to Haydon school for extra facilities for the benefit of the pupils. The money donated goes to a wide variety of activities including sporting equipment, music and drama equipment, benches and trees for the outside area, donations to clubs in the school, IT equipment and many other areas.

Latest Income: £4,133
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
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Uplands Junior School Fund

Arts, Education, Heritage, Housing

Funding of various activities including visits of pupils to art galleries, historic houses etc. Visits to school by theatre companies, musicians, and artists.

Latest Income: £4,041
Areas of Operation: Wolverhampton
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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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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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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Woolpit Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Various sports, crafts, drama, workshops, educational visits and other activities as requested by members.

Latest Income: £3,956
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Woking Phab

Arts, Education

Woking Phab meets at Woking Disability Resource Centre, Old School Place, Westfield, Woking, GU22 9LY We meet every Wednesday night 7.30pm-9.30pm. We have Theatre trips, days out, Pub Skittles, Boccia, Bingo, Craft Nights, Quizzies, Talks, Games nights, Movie Nights, Ten-Pin Bowling, Annual BBQ

Latest Income: £3,949
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Pickworth Welfare Society

Arts, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

To provide an independant social meeting place for all age groups of Pickworth. User group activities/clubs include: IT/Computing, History, Gardening, Bingo, Informal & Formal Presentations/Talks, Keep fit, Yoga, Coffee mornings, Pantomine, Drama, Parties, Craft Fair, Bring & Buy, Private Functions.

Latest Income: £3,946
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
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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Church Crookham Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure, Religion

Mostly educational - monthly speakers. Denman College (W.I.) whole range of subjects, health, painting, cooking, crafts etc. computer skills, sport, drama.

Latest Income: £3,909
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many theatre arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 1,253 registered theatre arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the theatre 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 theatre arts charities?

Theatre 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 theatre arts charities?

Across all 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 theatre arts charities?

Theatre 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.