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Arts Charities That specialise in Visual arts

Discover 602 Arts charities that specialise in visual arts. Use the search below to filter within these results.

602
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.

Woodchester Mansion Trust Limited

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Open days, guided tours for public, educational & private groups; Hire for weddings, TV & film production, commercial photography etc; Fundraising for major repair projects; Masonry & traditional building training courses; Developing courses for training bodies;Developing strategic plan with Stroud District Council & National Trust for future of Woodchester Mansion & Woodchester Park as an entity.

Latest Income: £164,969
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Castle Park Trust

Arts, Facilities, Heritage

The use of Castle Park Building for Council Offices, the advancement of education, a museum, art gallery or public library. Also the provision of a historic public park for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area.

Latest Income: £164,197
Areas of Operation: Cheshire West & Chester
Status: Registered
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Stanley Picker Trust

Arts, Education

Provision of annual awards of fellowships in fine art and design at Kingston University; provision of other prizes for study of painting and sculpture; provision of donations to other educational charities in the fields of fine art and performing arts; and provision of educational scholarships in those fields. Maintaining the Picker House and art collection and providing public access to them.

Latest Income: £161,903
Areas of Operation: Kingston Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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The Rye Art Gallery Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Heritage

SUPPORT LOCAL CONTEMPORARY ART, EXHIBIT PERMANENT COLLECTION, PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLES' WORKSHOPS, PROVIDE ART RELATED EDUCATION/PRESENTATION FOR RYE AREA, CONSERVE HERITAGE ASSETS - BUILDINGS AND ART WORKS - OF THE TRUST.

Latest Income: £159,830
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Royal Cambrian Academy Of Art

Arts, Education, Heritage

Art Gallery and Academy of Artist Members.Free access to in excess of 12 temporary exhibitions per year. With lectures, workshops, master-classes and demonstrations, working with the general public, schools and community groups.

Latest Income: £153,477
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Cecil Higgins Art Gallery

Arts, Heritage

Art Galleries/Museums

Latest Income: £148,043
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Stowey Bears Pre-School

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education

We are a committee run pre-school and operate from the Childrens Centre. We provide all kinds of activities for pre-school children. Painting, all kinds of arts & crafts. We have a computer for the children to use, with various learning applications.We help the children recognise numbers and letters as in the curriculum & help them to interact with each other.We have the use of an outdoor area

Latest Income: £138,208
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Norris Green Youth Centre Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Provides activities for young people aged 11 - 19 in the Norris Green area of Liverpool. Activities include: Music Workshops, Arts/Crafts, Sports, Cooking, Gardening, Accredited Projects, Bike Maintenance & Residentials.

Latest Income: £137,739
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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The Julia Margaret Cameron Trust

Arts, Heritage

Educate the public in the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, including the history of photography, and appreciation of modern photography as an artEncourage & promote awareness & knowledge of the historic Freshwater Circle & conservation of the Tennyson MileAdvance education & knowledge of the links from Julia Margaret Cameron's time in the significant milestones occurring since within West Wight

Latest Income: £135,430
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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The New Ashgate Gallery Trust Limited

Arts, Heritage

The trust's principal activities are that of promoting, improving and advancing contemporary art and craft.

Latest Income: £132,171
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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New Milton And District Community Association

Arts, Associations, Leisure

ART, BRIDGE, CRAFTS, DISCUSSION GROUPS, LANGUAGES, POETRY, TABLE TENNIS, BOWLS, SCRABBLE, DANCING, LITERATURE, LUNCH CLUB

Latest Income: £130,822
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Idlewild Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

The Idlewild Trust is a grant making trust that supports registered charities concerned with the encouragement of the performing and fine arts and crafts, the advancement of education within the arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of lands, buildings and other objects of beauty or historic interest in the United Kingdom.

Latest Income: £130,777
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Saddleworth Museum

Arts, Education, Heritage

To collect and preserve historical material relevant to Saddleworth.To provide displays and exhibitions using the collections.To work with schools and other organisations.To develop the Art gallery as a multi purpose space to provide cultural and social functions at the Museum.To act as a community resource for groups, charities and individuals to provide community services to the area.

Latest Income: £129,743
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Doncaster Danum Scouts

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The organisation has numerous activities for youth from 6 years of age to 18 years. These include outdoor games and skills, like camping/cooking/nature/responsibility/ plus many indoor crafts and skills,

Latest Income: £129,409
Areas of Operation: Doncaster
Status: Registered
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Minsterley Show Society

Animals, Arts, Economic and community development, Leisure, Social welfare

To organise an annual agricultural/horticultural/horse show for the people of Minsterley and surrounding area which promotes farming and its associated crafts. To arrange social events to support the above financially, and involve the local community in the shows patronage.

Latest Income: £119,372
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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The Sylvia Crathorne Memorial Trust

Arts, Heritage

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY MAINTAINING AND PRESERVING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NATION THE BUILDING KNOWN AS THE GEORGIAN THEATRE ROYAL AT RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE AND BY ENSURING THAT FIRST CLASS DRAMATIC OPERATIC MUSICAL AND OTHER ARTISTIC WORKS CONTINUE TO BE PRESENTED AND EXHIBITED THEREAT AND THAT OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN THERE TO THE PUBLIC OF HEARING AND STUDYING SUCH WORKS.

Latest Income: £118,818
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Craft Centre And Design Gallery Limited

Arts, Heritage

The objects of the charity are to stimulate the appreciation of, demand for and production of well designed objects by commissioning, exhibiting and making available for sale such art and craft objects.

Latest Income: £114,391
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Africa 95

Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

To advance the education of the public whether in the United Kingdom or overseas in all matters relating to the African arts in all their forms, including but not limited to theatre, dance, music, cinema, architecture, literature and the visual arts. The charity raises funds and administers the Caine Prize for African writing.

Latest Income: £113,850
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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New Hedges Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR ORGANISATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO HOLD THEIR FUNCTIONS , ARTS AND CRAFTS, YOGA, BOWLING, CONCERTS AND PARTIES ETC. WE PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR YOUNG, OLD AND DISABLED PEOPLE, KITCHEN FACILITIES AND TOILETS FOR THE DISABLED. THESE FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND.

Latest Income: £111,371
Areas of Operation: Pembrokeshire
Status: Registered
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De Morgan Foundation

Arts, Heritage

The De Morgan Foundation holds an extensive collection of arts and crafts ceramics by the Victorian ceramicist William De Morgan and oil paintings and drawings by the artist Evelyn De Morgan. The charity's primary objective is the "provision and maintenance of the collection" to a public audience, which the Foundation achieves at its museum, though exhibitions, and a public programme.

Latest Income: £107,432
Areas of Operation: Barnsley
Status: Registered
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Leicestershire And Rutland Federation Of Women's Institutes

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Health, Leisure

The Federation oversees 109 WIs throughout Leicestershire and Rutland, organising educational courses in crafts, public affairs, health and wellbeing, sport and other areas, aimed at providing women with the opportunity to maximise their enjoyment of life and involvement in the local community.

Latest Income: £107,206
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Bangladesh Youth Movement

Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Leisure

our clients come from a broad group of indivuals from the local community including young people, elderly people, people with disabilies people providing social welfare through advice and information service with clients and also one to one interaction with clients, through eduacation,training,job club arts and crafts youth provision including sports, lesiure, indoor and outdoor activities.

Latest Income: £105,651
Areas of Operation: Tower Hamlets
Status: Registered
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St Martin's Youth Centre

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

The Centre provides activities for young people aged 10-19. The programme includes media & music, arts, crafts & dance workshops, sports activities, holiday programmes, residentials and open access sessions. For those involved in/likely to be involved in, antisocial/criminal behaviour the Centre provides alternative challenges. The Centre is a community resource which can be hired for events.

Latest Income: £105,466
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Beaconsfield

Arts

Beaconsfield is constituted to educate the public in the arts: a charity which specialises in providing a resource for the development and presentation of contemporary visual art.

Latest Income: £102,755
Areas of Operation: Lambeth
Status: Registered
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East Anglia Art Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Heritage, Social welfare

1. To increase the understanding and enjoyment of painting and sculpture,2. to help create, in Norwich, an arts programme of national significance,3. fundraising to ensure financial security for collection exhibitions at Norwich Castle Galleries, and4. to support students through its education project including art workshops targeted at primary school children from deprived areas of Norwich.

Latest Income: £101,131
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
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 602 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 £6.7bn 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 £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.