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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.

Ben Uri Gallery And Museum Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Heritage, Religion

Ben 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.

Latest Income: £1,036,561
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Rio Centre (dalston) Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

The charity runs the Rio Cinema - an independent cinema with a unique policy of community access and local involvement. The cinema presents a mix of main feature films, programmes for children and the elderly, rep shows, special events and festivals. The Rio also conducts a wide range of educational initiatives for children and young people.

Latest Income: £1,033,510
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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The Questors Limited

Arts

To encourage the study and practice of the dramatic arts and to promote and conduct theatrical and musical performances, lectures, concerts and educational activities to this end

Latest Income: £1,026,192
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Theatre Development Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

The principal activity of the charity is to promote and advance the dramatic and other performing arts for the benefit of the public through supporting the work of various charitable foundations together with the provision of grants to people in the arts.

Latest Income: £1,023,445
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The National Federation Of Music Societies

Arts

To represent and support voluntary and amateur music groups throughout the UK.

Latest Income: £1,021,125
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Hinckley Concordia Association

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

PROMOTION OF THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF HINCKLEY AND DISTRICT BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES AND ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY CENTRE INCLUDING A THEATRE AND OTHER FACILITIES TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Latest Income: £1,006,810
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Chisenhale Gallery

Arts, Heritage

Chisenhale 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.

Latest Income: £999,221
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Barnet Hospital

Arts, Associations, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

We raise funds, run a hospital shop and radio station (Hospital Radio Barnet) in support of Barnet Hospital, purchasing requested equipment and comforts items for patients and staff.

Latest Income: £998,815
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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Phoenix Dance Theatre

Arts

Dance repertoire and educational activities, promoting contemporary dance in Leeds, West Yorkshire and the UK.

Latest Income: £998,154
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Opera Rara

Arts, Heritage

Opera Rara widens the operatic repertoire and develops artistic talent by restoring,recording, performing and promiting rare and forgotten works from the 19th and 20th centuries. We spend our charitable income on the execution of recording projects and on the production of concerts while nurturing the current and next generation of remarkable singers, as we have done since 1970.

Latest Income: £995,552
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Brunswick Organic Nurseries LTD

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure

Brunswick 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.

Latest Income: £984,123
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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The Handel House Trust Limited

Arts, Heritage

To promote knowledge, awareness, and enjoyment of Handel and his music to as wide a public audience as possible.

Latest Income: £982,079
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Crescent Theatre Limited

Arts

The Crescent Theatre Limited continues to provide the resources for a wide-ranging programme of theatre productions staffed by its amateur membership, at the same time offering hiring facilities to independent musical societies and other groups. Bar and refreshment services for patrons and members together with costume, properties and furniture hire services are also provided.

Latest Income: £980,951
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Cleveland Independent Theatre Company Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group

Theatre Hullabaloo is a children's arts charity specialising in producing quality theatre and play for children and young people. In December 2017, we opened The Hullabaloo, a new specialist arts venue for children and families in Darlington.

Latest Income: £975,122
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Fellowship Of Postgraduate Medicine

Arts, Charitable activities

The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine publishes the international Postgraduate Medical Journal and the Health Policy and Technology journal and holds a range of seminars and conferences.

Latest Income: £974,588
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Multiple Sclerosis-UK Limited

Arts, Charitable activities, Health, Leisure

MS-UK provides information and support to people affected by Multiple Sclerosis. We host a wide range of online activities including exercise for all abilities, yoga, mindfulness, information sessions and peer support groups. We also run a national helpline, produce online and printed information booklets on all aspects of life with MS, and publish our magazine, New Pathways.

Latest Income: £969,393
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Release Legal Emergency And Drugs Service Limited

Arts, Charitable activities, Health

Release is the national centre of expertise on drugs and drugs law providing free and confidential specialist advice to the public and professionals via our national legal and drugs helpline. The charity also provides the following frontline services: therapeutic counselling, expert witness (reports and testimony) and legal outreach surgeries, as well as a number of free publications.

Latest Income: £960,783
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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West Cliff (tendring) Trust

Arts, Leisure

We promote education, training and entertainment through performances of live shows and arts displays.

Latest Income: £957,548
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Altrincham Garrick Society Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provide dramatic and musical education and entertainment to the local community by: producing our own plays and musicals using local talent, hosting visiting professional productions from elsewhere in the UK and beyond, showing films and National theatre "cinematic screenings", running a choir and running an Academy for Drama for young people.

Latest Income: £948,816
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey

Arts, Education, Health, Religion

To promote the practice, teaching, spreading and general advancement of the Serene Reflection Meditation School of Buddhism as exemplified within the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives. This is done through the thorough training of monks, and the support of our lay congregation, by a full programme of retreats, residential training, festivals, Dharma weekends and meditation days throughout the year.

Latest Income: £945,067
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Royal Society Of Sculptors

Arts

Established over 100 years ago, the Society promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. It aims to inspire, inform and engage everyone with sculpture and to support sculptors' development of their practice to the highest professional standards.

Latest Income: £922,501
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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St Bride Foundation

Arts, Housing

The St Bride Foundation provides a cultural, social and educational facility in the west of the City of London. The Foundation is the home to the St Bride Library, the Bridewell Theatre as well as number meeting rooms and halls.

Latest Income: £921,723
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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The Association For Science Education

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Research

Improving science education for all young people, primarily but not exclusively across the UK. This is achieved by supporting science educators, including trainees, teachers, technicians, initial teacher educators and others in the sector through conferences, journals and resources, curriculum and professional development programmes and contributions to research and policy debates.

Latest Income: £915,286
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Siobhan Davies Dance Company

Arts, Beneficiary group

Siobhan Davies Dance celebrates, values and seeks to strengthen the role of choreography within contemporary culture. It explores diverse ways of presenting work, supporting the work of founder Siobhan Davies, the work and development of other artists, hosts exhibitions, talks and workshops at its Studios and furthers creativity for children and young people through engagement programmes.

Latest Income: £907,602
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Ex Cathedra LTD

Arts

Ex Cathedra is a leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble. It exists to enrich lives by means of historically-informed and contemporary performance excellence, research, education and training.

Latest Income: £905,757
Areas of Operation: England
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.