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Arts Charities That specialise in Visual arts

Discover 1,571 Arts charities that specialise in visual arts. Use the search below to filter within these results.

1,571
Charities
£11,057,005,118
Total Income
£406,418
Avg Income
92.2%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

Compton Verney House Charity

Arts, Heritage

Compton Verney is a nationally-accredited art gallery and historic, Capability Brown-designed park located in the heart of the South Midlands, not far from Stratford-upon-Avon. We present a wealth of opportunities for discovery and enjoyment in our galleries and landscape, and we passionately believe in sharing everything our rich, multi-faceted site has to offer.

Latest Income: £4,685,533
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Culture Warrington

Arts, Heritage, Leisure, Research

To advance education of and promote arts, culture, heritage and science through maintaining a museum, art gallery and concert hall.to promote community participation in healthy recreation in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of amateur sport

Latest Income: £4,451,234
Areas of Operation: Warrington
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 Hepworth Wakefield

Arts, Heritage

Operation of an art gallery and associated facilities

Latest Income: £4,236,583
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
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: £4,057,065
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Culture Coventry

Arts, Education, Heritage

The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry Transport Museum, The Old Grammar School and The Lunt Roman Fort

Latest Income: £3,730,000
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
Status: Registered
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Life 2009

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Housing

Life is a UK Pregnancy support charity:Creating a world where no one faces pregnancy or pregnancy loss alone. Through our services, we help more than 45,000 people each year to meet pregnancy or pregnancy loss with courage and dignity so they can flourish. Our services include a freephone Helpline, housing and community support , free practical support, and crafting educational content.

Latest Income: £3,640,758
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
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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Chapter (cardiff) Limited

Arts, Heritage

Chapter operates an arts centre in Cardiff which has two cinemas, two theatre spaces and a gallery. It specialises in contemporary culture including cinema, visual arts, digital arts and performing arts. It also offers a programme of classes and activities for the public, workspaces for small cultural businesses and meeting rooms for the community.

Latest Income: £3,567,569
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Towner

Arts, Heritage

Towner is an award winning art gallery, showcasing artists of national and international significance and presenting works from their acclaimed collection. They place learning and a commitment to access at the very heart of everything they do, delivering a year long programme of exhibitions, learning and participation activities for all ages and all backgrounds.

Latest Income: £3,554,485
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Building Crafts College

Arts, Education

Promotion of education and training in the building and allied crafts and trades.

Latest Income: £3,501,342
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
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: £3,369,813
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Camden Arts Centre

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

The objectives are to advance the education of the public in the understanding and appreciation of the arts. The charity operates Camden Arts Centre, north London's leading venue for contemporary visual art of regional, national and international significance incorporating galleries for temporary exhibitions, studios and workshops for educational activities.

Latest Income: £3,301,315
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Horatio's Garden

Arts, Facilities, Health

Horatio's Garden creates and cares for beautiful, accessible gardens in NHS spinal injury centres. Designed to improve patients' psychological and physical wellbeing, the stunning sanctuaries become a vital part of patients' lives during their long hospital stays. Events and activities are organised by the charity, including garden and art therapy, music concerts and sculpture exhibitions.

Latest Income: £3,281,346
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Ngt Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

The NGT Foundation manages its investment responsibly and efficiently so as to be able to support the charitable objects of the National Gallery. The Foundation achieves this by making grants to the National Gallery Trust.

Latest Income: £3,238,392
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
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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Customs House Trust Limited

Arts, Economic and community development, Heritage

Arts Centre offering Theatre, Cinema and Art Gallery. We deliver Arts in Education within South Tyneside and within the North East Region and are actively engaged in arts development as well as the use of the arts to promote social and economic regeneration.

Latest Income: £3,117,161
Areas of Operation: North Tyneside
Status: Registered
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Open College Of The Arts

Arts, Education

Open access educational charity

Latest Income: £3,093,598
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Pallant House Gallery

Arts, Heritage

Public Art Gallery providing outreach and education facilities

Latest Income: £3,021,592
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
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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Turner Contemporary

Arts, Heritage

The principal objective of the company is the provision of a permanent gallery in Margate for the visual arts organisation which celebrates JMW Turner's association with Margate and, through a varied programme of exhibitions and events and learning activities, promotes an understanding and enjoyment of historical and contemporary art.

Latest Income: £2,932,481
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Lakeland Arts

Arts, Heritage

Lakeland Arts operates Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell Arts & Crafts House and the Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry in the Lake District, Windermere Jetty Museum ,

Latest Income: £2,923,451
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Mayflower Academy Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group

Mayflower Academy Limited, trading as MAST Mayflower Studios, is a multi-art form cultural hub presenting and producing theatre, dance, musicals, music, comedy, circus, cabaret, spoken word, visual arts and family shows. We are community-led, with engagement and consultation at the heart of everything we do.

Latest Income: £2,818,394
Areas of Operation: England
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 1,571 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 (£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 visual-arts arts charities?

Visual-arts arts charities reported a combined annual income of £11.1bn 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 92.2%. 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 £406k. 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.