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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.

The Festival Theatre (hyde) LTD

Arts

THEATRE

Latest Income: £422
Areas of Operation: Tameside
Status: Registered
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Lincoln Music And Drama Festival

Arts

To provide a competitive and public platform for amateurs of all ages to perform the Arts: music, speech and drama with the educational benefit of encouragement and guidance from internationally recognised and qualified specialist adjudicators.

Latest Income: £413
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hebden Bridge And District Old Peoples Welfare Committee

Arts, Beneficiary group

Monitor old people's welfare, particularly including lunch clubsProvide occasional events such as coach trips, theatre trips and strawberry teas

Latest Income: £400
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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Fleetwood Music And Arts Festival

Arts

The aim of Fleetwood Music & Arts Festival is to provide a platform for amateur performers in speech, music and drama. These performances are adjudicated by professionals in their field in a supportive and encouraging manner. We are affiliated to the International and British Federation of Festivals.

Latest Income: £377
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Good Company Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group

GOOD COMPANY TRUST SUPPORTS EDUCATION AND HERITAGE THROUGH PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKSHOPS, MASTER CLASSES, STUDY MATERIAL AND TALKS AS WELL AS DRAMATISATION OF EXAMINATION SET TEXTS AND WRITERS,. THE TRUST SUPPORTS PERFORMING ARTS THROUGH LIVE DRAMA, FILM AND BROADCAST MEDIA TO ENHANCE AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, WORKING WITH FUNDING PARTNERS TO FURTHER ITS AIMS.

Latest Income: £365
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Avon Sport And Leisure Club For The Visually Impaired

Arts, Health, Leisure

Quizzes, swimming, trips away, long weekends and days, theatre, cinema, ten pin bowling, raffles, skittles, meals out. walks, exhibitions - usually tactile, social evenings with various tspeakers or activities provided

Latest Income: £360
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Bermo Arts Club

Arts, Leisure

Live performances on stage by local amateur groups open to all. 'Buying in' of professional entertainment be it music, drama, opera. Generally promotion of the arts in Barmouth and surrounding area

Latest Income: £308
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Theatre West 4

Arts

Putting on plays & shows etc in West London - social gatherings for members and associated theatre visits. We are an amateur company.

Latest Income: £290
Areas of Operation: Ealing
Status: Registered
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Swansea Welsh Drama Society

Arts, Leisure

Performances of Plays, entertainment, etc.

Latest Income: £229
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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The Wrestling School

Arts, Education

Theatre company that researches and develops new ways to explore and express complex ideas and emotions to audiences through the work of the playwright Howard Barker. See annual report for more details.

Latest Income: £205
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The Herald Players

Arts

To promote the advancement and improvement of general education in relation to all aspects of the art of drama and the development of public appreciation of such art.

Latest Income: £200
Areas of Operation: Surrey
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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Women's Institute - Bingham

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

monthly meetings with speaker book club walking group craft group theatre group thursday coffee morning serving the public on market day christmas and summer fair in the village

Latest Income: £184
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
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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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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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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South Heighton Womens Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development

Monthly educational meeting. Help develop conditions of rural life. To ask questions in both national and international in music, drama and other cultural subjects.

Latest Income: £126
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Armfield Pensioners Club

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

Social contact for the elderly living alone - Musical & other quizzes - sing-a-long with guitar Talks with slided - keep fit whilst seated - dancing & singing with keyboard entertainer - Bring & Buy tables - Raffles - B'day parties - Xmas dinner - occasional lunches i o- Occasional outings to a theatre; for those able to do so. visit to the seaside-bingo.

Latest Income: £100
Areas of Operation: Enfield
Status: Registered
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Windsor Theatre Describers Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Health

Provides audio description of productions at the Theatre Royal, Windsor and enables visual impaired children to attend the pantomime by paying for seats for them and their teachers/carers.

Latest Income: £92
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Lilah's Wood

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

We create environmental education possibilities for children in nature, in memory of Lilah Fraser.

Latest Income: £76
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Sadler's Wells Development Trust

Arts

To advance education, particularly by encouraging appreciation of the dramatic arts.

Latest Income: £62
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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The Pat Gray Arts (music) And Rural Education Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development

To advance public education in the Arts (particularly music, literature and drama), country life and related subjects.

Latest Income: £33
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Woking Community Play Association Limited

Arts, Heritage

To produce dramatic plays on the history of Woking open to participation by all the community.

Latest Income: £27
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Yorkshire Theatre Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

To provide for the theatrical education of young persons resident in Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire who are members of an operatic or dramatic society affiliated to the National Operatic and Dramatic Asssociation and to make grants to assist in disbursing the cost oftheir attendance at Theatre School Courses or Study Groups.

Latest Income: £23
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Captain Ray's Charity

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Religion

Local fund raising; annual church service, occasional donations from theatrical production.Donations as required with approval of trustees.

Latest Income: £2
Areas of Operation: Essex
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.