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.
Covent Garden Social And Crafts Centre Association
Arts, Facilities, LeisureTo promote the benefit of the inhabitants of central London, including Covent Garden, St Giles and Bloomsbury, the area bounded by the Strand, Aldwych, Kingsway, Great Russell Street and Charing Cross Road to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation, leisure and educational occupations with the object of improving the condition of life for said inhabitants.
Martin Parr Foundation
Arts, HeritageTo advance education in the arts, in particular the art of photography, by the establishment and maintenance of a gallery and library of documentary photography books and photographs, in particular but not by way of limitation, of the work of Martin Parr
First Art
ArtsThe advancement of the arts for the public benefit in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire primarily, and the Midlands region, nationally and internationally in the forms of collaborative arts, contemporary visual arts, performance, music, drama, poetry, craft, media arts and all other associated arts of the highest quality and calibre
Bankside Gallery Limited
Arts, Heritage, HousingThe charity is home to the Royal Watercolour Society and The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, promotes selling exhibitions, educational courses and workshopsIt welcomes the need to carry out its activities for the benefit of the public, offering free admission to its exhibitions and working to increase its education work in the local community and beyond.
Arts For Recovery In The Community
Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, HeritageVISUAL ARTS, LIFE DRAWING, SCULPTURE, CREATIVE WRITING, ANIMATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, FILM MAKING, GRAPHIC DESIGN, WEB DESIGN, OUTREACH AND PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS, MOSAIC COMMISSIONS AND GRAPHICS COMMISSIONS, EXHIBITIONS, SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (I.E PRODUCING ARCWARE FOR THE ARC GALLERY SHOP)
National Association For Gallery Education
Arts, Heritageengage aims to promote greater access to and understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts through gallery education, by engaging with the public, artists, galleries and educators.
Suffolk Befriending Scheme For People With Learning Disabilities
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareTo provide Drop In type Centres and a care farm throughout Suffolk, whereby vulnerable people can come and have coffee, learn crafts and generally meet friends in a friendly environment. Also we provide registered Volunteer Befrienders to vulnerable adults formingbefriending links, and training opportunities that TBS provides through a structured programme of activities and events.
Scarborough Survivors
Arts, EducationA user-led organisation with the emphasis on self-help and sharing information gained by personal experiences. A key element is to represent the voice of the service user both locally and nationally.The Resource Centre offers meaningful activities four afternoons per week, those activities include:- Computer classes, Reading group, Drama & Movement, Art, Paper Crafts, Music and many more.
The International Institute For Conservation Of Historic And Artistic Works
ArtsIIC is an independent international organisation supported by individual and institutional members. It serves as a forum among professionals with responsibility for the conservation of cultural heritage. It advances knowledge, practice and standards for conservation through its publications and conferences. It promotes professional excellence and public awareness through its awards and grants.
Crafts Hill District Scout Council
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary groupThe Scouting method is young people, in partnership with adults, enjoying and learning by doing; participating in varied and progessive activities; making choices for themselves; taking responsibility for their actions; working in groups; taking increasing responsibility for others; taking part in activities outdoors; sharing in prayer and workshop and finally making and living out their Promise.
Sick! Productions Ltd.
Arts, Charitable activitiesTo foster and promote the improvement, development, maintenance and advancement of artistic knowledge, understanding and appreciation by providing resources, facilities and a creative space for the education of the public in the fields of Live Art, experimental performance and visual art.
Rutland Agricultural Society
Arts, Economic and community developmentThe Charity's objects are to improve agriculture for the public benefit by the demonstration, exhibition and showing of livestock, machinery, crafts, products, methods and processes connected with agriculture and agricultural education.
Revoluton Arts CIO
ArtsRevoluton Arts is a Luton-based arts organisation. Working with artists and communities it promotes a range of performing and visual art forms and disciplines to produce creative work that promotes positive futures for people and place.
The Showroom Gallery Ltd.
Arts, Charitable activities, HeritageThe Charity is established to advance public education by the provision of an art gallery for the exhibition of contemporary art, including performance, video, installation, and artist commissions involving local participation. It is also involved in the formulation, preparation and establishment of schemes, provided that all the objectives of the charity shall be of a charitable nature.
Mid Devon Town And Country Show Society Limited
Arts, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community developmentTo promote and advance agriculture for the benefit of the public and to seek and generally improve and publicise it in all its branches and to encourage skill and industry in it and in all trades, crafts and connections with it.For the primary purpose of raising money for the pursuance of its Principal Objects to hold an annual agricultural show.
Fabrica
Arts, Charitable activitiesTo promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the encouragement of the visual arts and places where they may be practised and where art and artefacts may be exhibited with particular reference to the education of the public and the encouragement of the arts in Sussex and other parts of the UK.
Sound Minds
Arts, Economic and community development, HealthSound Minds is a user led social enterprise applying the arts to improve the lives of people living with mental ill health through: music, filmmaking, theatre and the visual arts accredited courses in Popular Music and Filmmaking A booking agency for performances and workshops communicating about mental health a peer to peer hospital Ward Visiting service
Four Corners Limited
ArtsWe are an educational charity and unique centre for film and photography devoted to artistic and technical excellence. For 30 years we've been nurturing talent in an environment where award winning artists work alongside new talent. We are London's longest established centre for independent film production and training, and provide access to some of the best professional darkrooms in London.
The Sunningwell School Of Art
Arts, EducationSunningwell School of Art is a unique centre for the tuition of art to students of all ages and abilities in many types of media, such as drawing, painting, printing, mixed media, ceramics and sculpture. Classes are tutored by professional art tutors.
Absolutely Cultured Limited
ArtsAbsolutely Cultured is an arts organisation delivering a visual arts programme & curating of exhibitions, performance & events. With a strong public engagement programme having a positive impact on the city and a talent development & learning programme which gives access to cultural education & career opportunities in the arts.
Cartoon Art Trust Limited
Arts, HeritageThe Cartoon Art Trust is dedicated to preserving the best of British cartoons, caricatures, comics and animation, and to establish a museum with gallery, archives and innovative exhibitions to make the creativity of cartoon art, past and present, accessible to all for the purposes of education, research and enjoyment.
Bath Arts Workshop Limited
ArtsTo promote, encourage and increase the appreciation and understanding by the public of the arts generally including dramatic art, visual art, musical art and literary art.To promote education in all sections of the community in the cultural and creative arts.
Tanio Ltd.
ArtsCommunity Arts workshops and projects in film, animation, dance, drama, forum theatre, photography, visual and digital arts, music, design, multi-media, storytelling and writing, creating equal opportunities through positive action by prioritising individuals, groups and communities who may be marginalised, vulnerable or at risk
The Toy Project
Arts, Beneficiary group, HeritageThe Toy Project rehomes unwanted toys and runs free accessible community events. They work with a range of local provision providing toys, resources and events for children accessing these services. They have a Playroom running free sessions for the community and in holidays run free playschemes inclusive of funded outings. They have a gallery space for local artists to exhibit work affordably and
Clerkenwell Green Association
Arts, EducationClerkenwell Green Association, working name Craft Central, supports crafts people and designer-makers and enables public access to them through a range of initatives including provision of workspace plus mentoring, training and showcasing.
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.