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Discover 6,454 Arts charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

6,454
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.

Thornton Community Centre

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Facilities

WE RAISE FUNDS TOWARD THE UPKEEP OF THE BUILDING IN VARIOUS WAYS. WE HIRE OUT OUR MAIN HALL, OTHER MAIN FORMS OF INCOME COMES FROM ANNUAL EVENTS SUCH AS A CARNIVAL.

Latest Income: £26,802
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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New London Singers

Arts, Charity and VCS support

New London Singers is an organisation of volunteers promoting and providing choral music to the general public primarily in London, and supporting music students through sponsorship and commissioning of new music compositions

Latest Income: £26,787
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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War Memorial Village Hall And Institute

Arts, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

The charity was established with the object of providing a village hall for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish of Little Shelford. The trustees actively promote the use of the hall for sporting, social, drama and similar activities by members of Little Shelford and other local organisations and for private functions by local residents.

Latest Income: £26,774
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Ulverston Amateur Operatic Society

Arts

Performing Musical Shows

Latest Income: £26,760
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Woodbank Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Facilities, Leisure, Religion

Dancing for all ages. WeightWatchers. Religous Activieies including Church Services. Keep Fit Classes. Bingo sessions. Harriers Club. Nursery Groups. Table Top Sales. Ladies Circle.

Latest Income: £26,727
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Dance Woking LTD

Arts

The principal activity of the company is to advance education for the public benefit by the promotion of the arts, particularly but not exclusively, the art of dance.

Latest Income: £26,713
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Burbage Band (buxton)

Arts, Leisure

The playing of brass band music as a source of entertainment, teaching, interest and as a means of allowing other bodies to make money from our efforts. Teaching of all ages music.

Latest Income: £26,702
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The European Academy Great Britain

Arts

Organisation of educational courses on language, literature and culture.

Latest Income: £26,686
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Pavilion

Arts

Pavilion is a visual arts organisation that produces and presents ambitious new work by contemporary artists and supports the development of practitioners in the region. Pavilion's projects engage broadly with culture and society and often involve working outside the institutions of art.

Latest Income: £26,681
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Rhuddlan Town Community Association

Arts, Associations

We provide a hall which is used for many activities, art classes, Welsh classes, music classes, craft classes, slimming clubs, whist and bingo clubs, the hall is used by the community for meetings, parties etc. We keep the costs low to encourage everyone to make use of the hall.

Latest Income: £26,677
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Chingford Historical Society

Arts, Heritage

Lectures are held on historical subjects. Coach tours are organised to places of historical interest. Publications on the history of Chingford are issued. Representations are made to local authorities on historic buildings and conservation areas.

Latest Income: £26,668
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Ilkley Choral Society

Arts

To promote and develop public appreciation of music by the presentation of concerts and other related activities

Latest Income: £26,646
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Coltishall Primary School

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Education

Friends of Coltishall Primary School supports pupils at Coltishall Primary School, Norfolk, by funding enrichment, wellbeing and educational opportunities beyond core school budgets. We do this through fundraising, volunteering and community events, helping provide resources such as library books, visits, transport, music, cultural experiences and visiting experts.

Latest Income: £26,646
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Axminster And District Choral Society

Arts

Axminster & District Choral Society is a small, local choral choir, averaging 80 singers, with a musical director. We perform three concerts yearly, in December, April, and June to a local audience of approximately 250, as well as 1 or 2 singing workshops.

Latest Income: £26,616
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Southampton Stage Dance Festival

Arts, Beneficiary group

Amateur Dance Festival for young people under the age of 21

Latest Income: £26,601
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Kent Sinfonia

Arts, Education

PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRA BASED IN KENT; WORK INCLUDES EDUCATION OUTREACH PROJECTS WITH SCHOOLS AND BRINGING MUSIC TO NEW AUDIENCES. ALSO PROVIDES PERFORMANCE PLATFORM FOR OUTSTANDING YOUNG SOLOISTS. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR WORK WITH CHORAL AND OPERA ENSEMBLES AND FOR HELP TO PROMOTE WORK OF NEW COMPOSERS.

Latest Income: £26,572
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Barnet Choral Society

Arts

Rehearsing for and staging public concerts of a wide range of choral music

Latest Income: £26,514
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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The Sutton Coldfield Choral Society

Arts

Promotion of choral music in the Sutton Coldfield area by organising and training a choir which performs at least two public concerts each year.

Latest Income: £26,501
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Painswick Music Society

Arts, Religion

The aims and objectives of the Society is to arrange four high quality classical music concerts each year in St Mary's Church, Painswick, which are greatly appreciated and well attended. Although professional and celebrated artists are usually engaged to maintain the high standards, the cost of tickets is kept to a minimum to make the concerts available to all.

Latest Income: £26,499
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Talaton Parish Hall

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

Maintains and runs the Parish Hall for the community, providing facilities for village organisations, e.g. Produce Association, Art and Pantomime Groups. Hosts a variety of fundraising events and provides a venue for exercise classes and private parties, wakes etc.The Hall is the designated control centre for the village Emergency Plan and stores property belonging to the village associations.

Latest Income: £26,491
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Military Historical Society

Arts, Heritage

Promotes the study of the history of the uniformed forces of the crown by talk, discussions, visits to museums, an annual exhibition and the publication of a quarterly magazine & booklets on particular aspects of military history. Promotes the collection of objects of military interest.

Latest Income: £26,490
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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St Clements And St James School Trust

Arts, Education

The Charity pays for education and teaching expenses, establishment and management expenses of St Clement and St James CE Primary School not otherwise provided, in promoting the education, social and physical training, music and other arts for the benefit of all pupils of St Clement and St James CE Primary School.

Latest Income: £26,490
Areas of Operation: Kensington And Chelsea
Status: Registered
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Ashby-De-La Zouch Museum

Arts, Heritage

Permanent and temporary exhibitions and displays on Ashby-de-la-Zouch and its neighbourhood. Regular guided walks. Evening classes, lectures, workshops. Publications of local history, including an annual magazine "Past and Present". Conservation and preservation of a local archive, including photographs, books, documents, newspapers, artefacts.

Latest Income: £26,489
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Grimsby And Cleethorpes Unit 162 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

Trains, educates and give young persons (many disadvantaged) responsibilities through experience of team work and comradship by using maritime disciplines such as sailing, field activities, classroom work in navigation and life skills including brass band playing.

Latest Income: £26,488
Areas of Operation: North East Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Richmond Orchestra

Arts

The aims and objectives of the Orchestra is the enjoyment, practice and public performance of orchestral music by amateur players from the local and surrounding communities.

Latest Income: £26,484
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many arts charities are there in the UK?

There are 6,454 registered arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the 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 arts charities?

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 arts charities?

Across all 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 arts charities?

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.