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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.

St Helens Youth Brass Band

Arts, Beneficiary group

Our group promotes and preserves the tradition of brass band music combined with encouraging the development of youngsters both as musicians and good citizens. The band caters for children between the ages of 8-20, and currently has approx 85 members.

Latest Income: £23,448
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The College Of Preachers

Arts, Education

Assists and trains christian preachers of all denominations by running courses and publishing a journal.

Latest Income: £23,447
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hampstead Chamber Choir

Arts

Amateur chamber choir, performing 4 concerts per year in North London

Latest Income: £23,446
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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Thornton Cleveleys Band

Arts, Beneficiary group

THE FOSTERING AND PROMOTING OF THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE APPRECIATION OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCES THE EDUCATION TRAINING IMPROVING AND GENERALLY FOSTERING AND PROMOTING THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND YOUNG PERSONS IN PARTICULAR IN THE PLAYING OF BAND INSTRUMENTS AND PROVIDING A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WITH THAT INTEREST IN MUSIC CAN MEET.

Latest Income: £23,417
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Festival Players, Cambridge

Arts

Performing musical theatre productions.

Latest Income: £23,410
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Burton Dassett Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

Community Hall available for hire for education activites, Parties, entertainment functions, showing of films & plays and anything else that is decent and legal.

Latest Income: £23,405
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Gwynedd/gwynedd Family History Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Heritage

The Society's aims areto foster interest in Family History and to aid the progress of newcomers to the Society; to publish a Journal twice annually as a means of exchanging news and information, and widen knowledge of genealogical records; to transcribe and index parish records and census returns, and to record memorial inscriptions, especially from threatened graveyards.

Latest Income: £23,403
Areas of Operation: Conwy
Status: Registered
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Windsor And Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra

Arts

Public concerts and musical education

Latest Income: £23,401
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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Beaconsfield Operatic Society

Arts

The staging of non-professional productions and concerts.

Latest Income: £23,395
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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British Records Association

Arts

The British Records Association, a charity established in 1932, exists to promote the preservation, understanding, accessibility and study of our recorded heritage for the public benefit. We publish a newsletter and journal, hold an annual Lecture and Conference, and award an annual prize. We also work with institutional partners to address the challenge of records at risk.

Latest Income: £23,389
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Folkestone And Hythe Unit Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Youth organisation for 10-18 year olds as fully enrolled uniformed cadets. They are instilled into the nautical traditions - boatwork, sailing, canoeing, sea going experience under sail and power, seamanship, maritime skills (drill and piping), radio communications, electrics, mechanics, cook stewards, band music. First Aid, DofE, computing, shooting, BTEC courses and meteorology. Marine cadet

Latest Income: £23,299
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Canterbury Music Club

Arts, Education

Promoter of chamber music concerts by professional musicians to subscription paying members and the ticket purchasing public in the wider Canterbury area of Kent by live attendance as well as by online streaming of the same concerts both live and recorded. Musicians are encouraged and supported in the provision of workshops and performances at local schools.

Latest Income: £23,279
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Ogmore Valley Male Voice Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group, Health

Male Voice choirFundraising concerts and activities for the local community and various charitable organisations e.g. Teenage Cancer Trust

Latest Income: £23,253
Areas of Operation: Bridgend
Status: Registered
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Chepstow Community Centre(mk)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Leisure

Chepstow Community Centre (MK) is a facility for the local community, enabling education and care of pre-school children, a meeting place for local older people, a building holding regular groups including - arts, crafts, physical education (dance, yoga), and a hall that can be booked for parties and family events

Latest Income: £23,240
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Cullercoats Community Association

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

WE ARE A COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION RUNNING A COMMUNITY CENTRE PROVIDING FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, MANY AT LOW OR SUBSIDISED RATES. WE CATER FOR MANY OLDER PEOPLES GROUPS AND CURRENTLY RUN 2 TODDLER GROUPS, 2 CARPET BOWLS GROUPS, LINE DANCING, SEQUENCE DANCING, BEGINNERS ART CLASS, Under 15s Art Club, Zumba, KARATE, WOMENS FITNESS LEAGUE, Pilates, TAI CHI & Book Happy

Latest Income: £23,236
Areas of Operation: North Tyneside
Status: Registered
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Sands Village Hall

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Village Hall for community use by local residents and businesses, i.e. health and fitness classes, martial arts training, local events, children's parties, musical evenings, Women's Institute, meetings for clubs, etc. Also used by council for polling centre.

Latest Income: £23,232
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Thanet Festival Choir

Arts, Research

The objects of the choir are to educate the public in the Art and Science of Music in all its aspects and to study, practice and perform in public choral works and to engage in other exclusively charitable activities as the choir committee may approve.

Latest Income: £23,207
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Meadow Vale Pta

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Childcare, Education, Facilities

Meadow Vale PTA is a Parent and Teacher Association with the aim of raising money for the benefit of children at Meadow Vale Primary School. Fundraising activities include our annual summer and Christmas Fairs, discos etc. Monies raised directly benefit the school and its children such as funding new playground equipment, the AstroTurf, the annual school pantomime and smaller items.

Latest Income: £23,194
Areas of Operation: Bracknell Forest
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Grovelands School, Hailsham

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

Raising funds to enhance the children's education at Grovelands CP School in Hailsham, East Sussex. Funds are raised through a variety of events during the year including a Christmas & Summer Fairs, School Discos, Raffles, Cinema Events, Race Nights.

Latest Income: £23,193
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Reading Haydn Choir

Arts

Performances of a variety of music from early to modern to the public in the Reading / West Berks / Wokingham area

Latest Income: £23,189
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Skelmersdale Prize Band

Arts

Provision of music education by concerts, contests and rehearsal.

Latest Income: £23,166
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Newton Abbot And District Society Of Arts

Arts

The aims of the society are primarily realised by promoting professional concerts of music. During the year we promoted several such concerts. A programme of events for the next year has been arranged and the brochure giving details of these activities and of the society generally is readily available to the public.

Latest Income: £23,154
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Godalming Performing Arts Festival

Arts, Charitable activities

To advance the education of the public in the arts, particularly music, speech, drama and dance. A festival of music speech and dance is held in Feb/March each year in Godalming.

Latest Income: £23,150
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Micropalaeontological Society

Arts, Charitable activities

The advancement of the education of the public in the study of Micropalaeontology through research, publications and meetings (both national and international) and maintaining a Directory of Micropalaeontologists.

Latest Income: £23,133
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Lancaster And District Choral Society

Arts

To encourage choral singing in a four part choir. To provide concerts for the enjoyment of all.

Latest Income: £23,128
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
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.