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.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Oriel Davies Gallery
Arts, HeritageOriel Davies Gallery is dedicated to providing the local community and wider audiences with access to the best modern and contemporary visual art from Wales and the wider world. Through our exhibitions and education programmes, projects and activities, we are committed to encouraging enjoyment, understanding, learning and participation in the visual arts.
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Limited
Arts, EducationTo advance the education in the United Kingdom in modern and traditional crafts and similar skills by the making of one or more grants, scholarships and prizes to individuals training in such crafts or skills.
The Avenues Youth Project
Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, EducationThe Avenues Youth Project provides out of school hours activities for children and young people aged 11 -25.We provide a range of informal educational opportunities including music, arts, crafts, dance, drama, discussion, radio etc. designed to improve the emotional, social and educational welfare of the young people who attend the project.
The Radlett Centre Trust
Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, HeritageOffer opportunities for a broad range of people to promote their art through monthly exhibitions in the Apthorp Gallery and Art Caf+®+-«.Provide facilities for amateur and professional; artists to develop in the theatre.Involve young people in the arts through Saturday and school holiday activities.
West Horsley Place Trust
Arts, HeritageTo preserve and maintain the house known as West Horsley Place in Surrey, together with its ancillary buildings and grounds as a place of historic and architectural interest, setting its history in a wider local and national context through a variety of teaching and learning methods. To encourage and promote the performing and visual arts.
Core Arts
Arts, HealthRelieving persons suffering from mental illness by the encouragement of participation in creative activities, particularly, but not exclusively, painting, photography, printing, music and creative writing.
Mostyn Gallery Limited
Arts, Heritageto educate the public in visual arts, and to assist in public appreciation of such arts by the establishment of the Mostyn Gallery in Llandudno, North Wales. Mostyn exists to open dialogue on contemporary art exhibitions, learning and engagement for people of all ages and backgrounds.
The Gregynog Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, FacilitiesListed Historic House (Grade II*) & Gardens (Grade I) with SSSI, Nature Reserve & art collection accessible by the public, supporting Welsh culture, arts & music. Venue for events, concerts, festivals, art exhibitions and filming & photography. Self-catering accommodation, in-house short courses, Cafe and shop. Archive and library for research. Small grant-giving fund for music-related activities.
Ben Uri Gallery And Museum Limited
Arts, Beneficiary group, Heritage, ReligionBen Uri is a global research led academic institution. It is unique in the UK Museum sector being digitally led supporting its physical presence. Its principal focus is recording the Jewish, the Refugee and the wide Immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900. Benuri.org plays an important educational role in social integration. It tours its collection and exhibitions widely.
Chisenhale Gallery
Arts, HeritageChisenhale Gallery supports artists to pursue new directions and to produce their most ambitious work to date. We enable audiences to experience this process of commissioning and producing art, and to learn from it through critical reflection, discussion and participation. Chisenhale Gallery is a key organisation for artist-led education activities for the local community.
Brunswick Organic Nurseries LTD
Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, LeisureBrunswick offers purposeful work and training to people with learning difficulties. They have the chance to work in horticulture, cooking and crafts, and are supported to produce goods which are sold on site.
Ls14 Trust
Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Health, LeisureSeacroft Pantry and CafeChildren and youth work including sports, clubs, groups and school holiday provision/activitiesPlaybox activities, Community Events/GalasArts & Crafts Groups, Mental Health and wellbeing supportArt TherapySignposting
The Ropetackle Centre Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure, ResearchPromoting arts for the public benefit, 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.
Creative Land Trust
ArtsPurchasing and leasing property, to promote arts, crafts and craftsmanship for the public benefit, in particular, but not exclusively, by providing or facilitating access to affordable workspace for the production of arts and crafts to those in need.
Woking Museum And Arts And Crafts Centre
Arts, HeritageTo provide a heritage and visual arts service for the people of Woking and the wider region.
Compton Verney Fund
Arts, HeritageThe preservation of Compton Verney (Compton Verney House Trust) and maintaining and supporting, for the benefit of the publice, the museum, gallery and education centre at Compton Verney
Backlit
Arts, HeritageThe objects of the charity are to advance education in the fields of visual, creative and applied arts by the establishment and maintenance of an art gallery and in particular the provision of studies and galleries where art may be practiced, created and exhibited and public exhibitions of art for the benefit of the public.
Triangle Arts Trust
ArtsTriangle Arts Trust is an international network of artists and arts organisations that promotes exchange of ideas and innovation within the contemporary visual arts. Through artist-led workshops, residencies, exhibitions and outreach events, the network generates peer-to-peer learning, professional development for artists and the dissemination of emerging international art practices.
The Newbury And District Agricultural Society
Arts, Economic and community development, Facilities, LeisureTo promote advance and improve for the public benefit agriculture, horticulture, forestry and rural crafts and skills in all their branches and forms and to encourage interest, skill and industry in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, rural crafts and skills and all trades, crafts, businesses, and professions connected therewith.
The Plough Arts Centre Limited
Arts, Charitable activities, LeisureTo promote, maintain, improve, encourage and provide public education in the arts including the artsof drama, music, singing, dance, painting, sculpture, literature, cinematography and handicrafts.To provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for the recreation and leisure time occupation ofthe public with particular regard to Torrington and its surrounding district.
Light House Media Centre
Arts, Charitable activities, HeritageTo advance the education of the public in all aspects of arts including but without limiting the foregoing, the arts of photography, film, television, animation, drama, music, opera & dance. To promote the arts by the establishment and maintenance of an art gallery, screening and showcasing of film and film related activities and the provision of technical production facilities.
Wysing Arts Charity
Arts, Beneficiary group, EducationWysing Arts Centre is a visual arts organisation that develops new ways to support artists, enabling art and ideas to reach a wide range of people in unexpected ways. We develop educational programmes for artistic experimentation, enquiry and production, supporting innovative art to be created and experienced by new audiences, including specialist programmes for young people and schools.
The Strettons Mayfair Trust
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Childcare, Facilities, Health, Leisure, Social care, Social welfareA community and healthy living centre providing services in arts & crafts, befriending, complementary therapies, creche, day care, health & exercise, IT & educational classes, leisure activities, information & advice on services for older people, community transport, support advice & health groups, restaurant, volunteering opportunities, walking for health schemes and youth activities.
The Creative Art House
Arts, SocietyThe Art House exists to ensure that artists with and without disabilities have equal access to facilities and opportunities in the visual arts and crafts.
The New English Ballet Theatre
Arts, Economic and community development, EducationAn innovative performance company created to showcase the wealth of young ballet, visual art, muic and choreographic talent in the UK by providing employment and professional development opportunities.The company will explore the collaboration between dance, music and visual art to foster a pioneering, cross-discipline style of ballet performance.
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.