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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.

Radio General

Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, Housing

Your feel better station for Warrington & surrounding areas.Radio General broadcasts on Hospedia Radio channel 1 and online. Programmes include requests, items of local interest, Health & Wellbeing items, outside broadcasts and commentaries on Warrington Wolves and Widnes Vikings home games. Radio General Xtra is an alternative music based service for the hospital's waiting areas.

Latest Income: £11,633
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Sir Thomas Beecham Trust Limited

Arts

The charity was established to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly musical education, and to encourage the arts including music and drama and to establish schemes therefor.

Latest Income: £11,628
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Holbrook School Association

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

Fundraising through events to raise money in turn to be donated to Holbrook Primary School towards improving the learning environment for all children. Events include but are not limited to Chocolate Bingo, Disco's, Christmas Fayre, Sports Day, Summer Fete, Shopping events, Ice Cream Fridays and also Film Nights.

Latest Income: £11,625
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Godalming Band

Arts, Beneficiary group

Promoting music within the community and youth by giving public performances and running a youth band.

Latest Income: £11,622
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Duns Tew Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

Meetings (formal and social), theatrical and musical performances, sporting and other leisure activities.

Latest Income: £11,618
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Memorial Institute, Sandiacre

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

Community centre providing facilities for groups and organisations such as, Polling station, Pre-school certified by OFSTED, dance classes, Exercise and fitness classes and also casual users for parties and meetings.

Latest Income: £11,595
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Learning Orchestras

Arts

An adult orchestra for adult learners: meeting weekly and performing at end of term concerts

Latest Income: £11,594
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Dorking And District Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Provides a Recorded Newsletter for the Blind and Partially Sighted.

Latest Income: £11,592
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Thames Voyces

Arts

Weekly rehearsals of choral singing through most of each year. Public performances of a wide range of choral works in the East Berkshire, Northwest Surrey and Northeast Hampshire area. Typically about 4 or 5 perfomances are given each year.

Latest Income: £11,576
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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City Of Bath Brass Band

Arts

The City Of Bath Brass Band aims to promote and develop brass band music for the enjoyment of the public and the satisfaction of its skilled amateur musicians. This is achieved by taking part in contests and the presentation of public concerts. Our training band exists for players of all ages and abilities to gain experience and find their musical feet before joining the band proper.

Latest Income: £11,571
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Locks Heath Community Association

Arts, Associations, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Leisure

Provide local community hall for ballet classes, pre school, horticultural society, WI, whist club & parties etc. Charity is responsible for maintenance of the hall.

Latest Income: £11,566
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Chipping Sodbury Music Society

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The promotion of classical music concerts. The encouragement of school children and young musicians.

Latest Income: £11,563
Areas of Operation: South Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Wymondham Choral Society

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Provides opportunity for amateur singers to train together to perform at least three concerts per year within the community. Each concert also promotes and assists with fundraising for other local charities.

Latest Income: £11,560
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Alan Freeman Trust

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

Trustees administer hall for the benefit of the local community, i.e Nursery School, WI, Over 60's Club, Keep Fit, Brownies etc. Community Fund Raising Suppers, Childrens Parties, Dance Groups, Polling Station.

Latest Income: £11,560
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Brackley Women's Institute And Girl Guide Hall

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education

We provide a hall for WI, guides, brownies, rainbows and the general public. Activities include a dance school, childrens parties, and various clubs. We cater for all ages. The hall is run by the trustees, together with representatives from the various organisations that use the hall.

Latest Income: £11,556
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Shrewsbury Museum And Art Gallery

Arts, Associations, Heritage

1. Support for all the aims and activities of the Museum and Art Gallery in every way possible. 2. Provision of financial help for the acquisition of additions to the collections. 3. A series of seven lectures during the year. 4. About 3 outside trips per annum to museums, galleries, national trust properties etc.

Latest Income: £11,552
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Hammerwich Womens Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Housing, Leisure, Society

To enable women to improve and develop conditions of rural life, to advance their education in citizenship, music, drama and other cultural subjects and in all branches of agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health & social welfare. Hammerwich WI Hall is also available to other groups within the community for meetings and social and recreational activities.

Latest Income: £11,538
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Dearne Culture Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group

Run annual music festival. Run annual community festival. Run mid-year youth development and community events. Help develop community and skills, Develop/support young performers

Latest Income: £11,536
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Rotary Club Of Helston-Lizard Trust Fund

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Leisure

General fundraising through organising and arranging specific events such as a Golf day, Beer Festival, Comedy Events, Christmas Grotto, Dance in a Barn etc.

Latest Income: £11,535
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Basingstoke Music And Arts Festival Association

Arts, Charitable activities

The Basingstoke Music and Arts Festival seeks to advance the education of the public in the arts namely music, speech, drama, creative writing in all their branches. It will hold an annual competitive festival where amateur performers will gain encouragement and constructive comment from professional adjudicators in a friendly supportive environment.

Latest Income: £11,524
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Silver Ring Choir Of Bath

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Mixed Choir to promote the desire to sing and encourage new singers especially the young supporting them at the start of their musical career and to help the older generation enjoy music. To raise money by performances to aid charities and generallly promote singing

Latest Income: £11,514
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Heyrod Residents Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

Working with all groups in the community and surrounding areas: craft, children's parties, family entertainment, fitness and wellbeing, music, raising awareness of heritage and a variety of fund raising events. Mostly held at the Village Hall, Heyrod.

Latest Income: £11,513
Areas of Operation: Tameside
Status: Registered
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Finchingfield Village Hall

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Facilities, Leisure, Saving of lives

Provides a venue for the following activities: - Pre- School, Carpet Bowls, Pilates, Tai Chi, Zumba, Table Tennis, Horticultural Society, BUDS and Dance classes for Children.Contact point in case of emergencies/disaster in local area.

Latest Income: £11,503
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Emile Littler Foundation

Arts

The charity supports a range of activities undertaken by educational, religious and theatrical charities and organisations.

Latest Income: £11,495
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Charles Willis Hall

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Facilities

The Charles Willis Hall is a valuable community venue for our many village activities, available for hire for private functions as well as community and fundraising events. We welcome parties, suppers, evening classes, music groups, lectures, workshops and all manner of functions. We provide a focal point that enhances village life and facilitates fundraising for local projects and charities.

Latest Income: £11,494
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
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.