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Arts Charities That specialise in Visual arts

Discover 494 Arts charities that specialise in visual arts. Use the search below to filter within these results.

494
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.

The Mayflower Theatre Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure

The primary objectives of the trust as defined by the memorandum and articles of association are the encouragement of the arts, the promotion and advancement of education, and the cultivation and improvement of public education in drama, mime, opera, singing, music, dance, painting, and sculpture, cinema, literature and other arts.

Latest Income: £28,804,714
Areas of Operation: Southampton City
Status: Registered
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The Theatre Royal Bath Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group

To promote, maintain, improve and advance education particularly by the production of educational plays and the encouragement of the Arts including the arts of drama, ballet, music, literature, sculpture and painting, particularly but not exclusively for children and young people

Latest Income: £19,688,197
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Serpentine Trust

Arts, Heritage

The Serpentine Trust's vision is to open up art, for everyone, for free. It is responsible for running the Serpentine South and North galleries, and its mission is to exhibit, commission and promote the understanding of art, architecture and design through varied Exhibition, Education and Public Programmes.

Latest Income: £14,756,643
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Hall School Charitable Trust

Arts, Education, Leisure

The School's principal activity is the education of boys aged between four and thirteen, including sports, music, drama, arts and crafts and other activities.

Latest Income: £12,742,574
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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Three Counties Agricultural Society

Arts, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

The Three Counties Agricultural Society's charitable objectives are to promote agriculture, horticulture, arboriculture, apiculture, rural skills and crafts, and conservation for the public benefit. We fulfil our objectives through staging annual shows with a programme of educative content at our showground in Malvern, administering educational bursary schemes, and other educational activities.

Latest Income: £7,980,232
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Poole Arts Trust Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group

Lighthouse offers a wide range of theatrical, cinematic, visual arts and musical events in order to appeal to a broad range of people. It provides facilities for amateur artists to develop their skills and presents workshops and theatrical productions to involve young people in the arts in order to encourage a culture in which different age ranges play a complementary part.

Latest Income: £7,734,135
Areas of Operation: Poole
Status: Registered
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Greater Manchester Arts Centre Limited

Arts

The objects of the Charity are to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the encouragement of the arts. This includes the arts of cinema, photography, painting and sculpture and including all other arts of a visual nature provided that all the objects of the Company shall be of a charitable nature.

Latest Income: £7,202,451
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Art Services Grants Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Visual arts institution SPACE provides creative workspace, offers advocacy & promotes innovation. Established by artists in 1968, SPACE runs 18 premises in London, providing affordable studios along with talent development programmes, residencies & training opportunities. SPACE also delivers Learning projects for schools, young people & communities to promote engagement with creativity & the arts.

Latest Income: £5,909,509
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Photographers' Gallery LTD

Arts, Heritage

The Photographers Gallery Limited is a registered charity whose objects are to further advance photography as an art form, promote public knowledge, appreciation and understanding of the medium and organise public exhibitions and educational projects to these ends. The Photographers Gallery is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Latest Income: £4,262,114
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The National Federation Of Women's Institutes Of England, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey And The Isle Of Man

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

Provides national coordination for the WI organisation; advances the education of women and girls in important local and national political and social issues, music, drama and other cultural subjects, agriculture, crafts, home economics, science, health and social welfare; promotes sustainable development; advances health and advances citizenship by promoting civic responsibility and volunteering.

Latest Income: £4,039,055
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Crafts Council

Arts

Our goal is to make the UK the best place to make, see, collect and learn about contemporary craftOur aims are to:To build a strong economy and infrastructure for contemporary craft To increase and diversify the audience for contemporary craft To champion high quality contemporary craft practice nationally and internationally

Latest Income: £3,615,000
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Tyneside Cinema

Arts

Advancement of education, understanding and appreciation of the arts, including audio visual arts, primarily but not exclusively for the benefit of the public in the North East of England, through creation and presentation of moving image works, literature, music and live public events, educational and training projects and by any other charitable means.

Latest Income: £3,495,063
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Whitechapel Gallery

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Heritage

The Charitable organisation main objectives are:The provision and maintenance of an art gallery for exhibition to the public of modern and historical fine art; modern and historical design and applied art; and work done by school children and local communities.Promoting and encouraging the education of the public in the arts both in the Gallery and elsewhere.

Latest Income: £3,492,524
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Weald And Downland Open Air Museum Limited

Arts, Heritage

The charity's main objects are to stimulate public interest in and to promote the preservation of buildings of architectural or historical interest and to stimulate public interest in ancient crafts, trades and manufactures.

Latest Income: £3,433,909
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Museum Of Modern Art Limited

Arts, Heritage

Modern Art Oxford was established as the Museum of Modern Art to present exhibitions of modern and contemporary visual art including paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, design, photographs, video, film and works of art of any other media and to advance the education of the general public in the visual arts.

Latest Income: £3,148,137
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Ucheldre Centre

Arts

The objects of the charity are to advance the education of the inhabitants of Holyhead and its surrounding area in all aspects of the performing and visual arts and the development of public appreciation of those arts by the provision of an arts centre and the presentation of public performances and exhibitions.

Latest Income: £2,981,668
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Watts Gallery Trust

Arts, Heritage

The Watts Gallery Trust seeks to promote the understanding and appreciation of the Victorian artist G F Watts OM RA 1817-1904 and the ceramic artist Mary Seton Watts, in the context of the 19th Century, and to promote Compton as a centre for exploring Victorian art, social history and craft for present and future generations.

Latest Income: £2,812,273
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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South London Fine Art Gallery And Library

Arts, Heritage

The South London Gallery is a nationally and internationally recognised centre of excellence in the provision of contemporary visual art exhibitions and live art events, with integrated education and outreach programmes.

Latest Income: £2,331,641
Areas of Operation: Southwark
Status: Registered
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The Carpenters Company Charitable Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

The charity supports the Building Crafts College through an annual grant and also makes grants to other charities and individuals within the building craft.

Latest Income: £1,975,170
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Fact Liverpool

Arts

FACT provides a range of activities including an exhibition programme including installations, screenings, etc by artists working with digital and visual arts media; a collaboration programme working with local communities; a range of moving image and new media resource services that support the arts sector; education and training initiatives for a range of audiences; and a research programme.

Latest Income: £1,888,897
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Arnolfini Gallery CIO

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

The education of the public through the promotion and presentation of contemporary art, through exhibition, performance, dance, film, literature, poetry and music supported by an extensive education programme.

Latest Income: £1,560,647
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Mount St Bernard Abbey Trustees Registered

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

The monastery promotes religion by providing public worship, preaching, hearing confessions and giving spiritual guidance. In addition the Community's works comprise the operation of a guest house welcoming people for retreat; a pottery producing ceramics for sale in the shop; and the running of a shop selling religious artifacts, cards, books, and pottery.

Latest Income: £1,394,167
Areas of Operation: Cameroon
Status: Registered
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Halsway Manor Society Limited

Arts

To promote and support the practice of the traditional folk arts, especially as practised in England. This includes traditional dance, music, song, folklore, storytelling, arts, and crafts. To conserve, maintain and develop the Halsway Manor as a hub for these activities.

Latest Income: £1,379,491
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Blackheath Halls

Arts, Heritage

To advance education particularly by the encouragement of the arts of music and drama and the visual arts generally. To preserve the building of historical and architectural interest that is the Blackheath Halls, Lee Road, Blackheath, London SE3.

Latest Income: £1,284,718
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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October Gallery Trust

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Research, Society

The October Gallery is an arts complex dedicated to the appreciation of the transvangarde - the cross-cultural avant garde. The Gallery hosts exhibitions of art from around the world, talks on art and science, poetry readings, theatre and dance performances. Support is from sales of art, rental of the Gallery's unique facilities, grants, donations, staff, volunteers and friends.

Latest Income: £1,202,680
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many visual-arts arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 494 registered visual-arts arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the visual-arts 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 visual-arts arts charities?

Visual-arts 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 visual-arts arts charities?

Across all visual-arts 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 visual-arts arts charities?

Visual-arts 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.