Arts Charities
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Friends Of The William Morris Gallery
Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, HeritageThe charity exists to educate the public by the promotion, support, assistance and improvement of the William Morris Gallery through the activities of a group of Friends. Funds raised are used to help the Gallery to make acquisitions and to support its development: following a fund-raising drive, the Gallery reopened to the public in August 2012.
The Dick Harrison Trust
Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, EnvironmentGives charitable grants to students who are undertaking further education in rural land management and livestock auctioneering. Grants may be given in the form of money or books and equipment
Lamorna Village Hall
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Facilities, LeisureLamorna Village Hall is a granite built ex school house. It aims to serve the community by providing a central maintained venue for community activities. There is a wide range of events and activities including yoga, flower clubs, art exhibitions, plays, carol concerts and other events. The Hall is available for hire and is used widely for local family events.
East Ruston Village Hall
Arts, Facilities, LeisureDances and social evenings, Information talks, Pilates, Private hire, Story tellers, Craft fairs and photography/art exhibitions
David Hughes Community Centre
Arts, Facilities, ReligionWe are a community centre and provide a venue for local organisations and groups - art groups and exhibitions, church, bridge, cinema club, amateur dramatics, wedding receptions, meetings, social gatherings, craft & needlework.
Friends Of The North Powys Youth Brass Band
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, EducationYouth Brass Band drawn from North Powys schools. Weekly practice sessions and regular public performances.
Nonington Village Hall
Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, LeisureThe hall is used by various local groups as a venue for meetings and activities including badminton, exercise class, Garden and Film Clubs and Parish Council The Hall is also used as a venue for private parties, wedding receptions, funeral teas, children's parties and as a polling station. The hall is used by people of all ages from the village and surrounding areas.
Village Hall
Arts, FacilitiesHire of premises to a number local organisations, and also to individuals.Hiring of musicians/entertainers for concerts.Maintaining the building in good condition and carrying out improvements.Encouraging wider use of Hall by local residents
Church House
Arts, Heritage, ReligionChurch House, Crowcombe, provides in its medieval Gallery a venue for exhibitions, courses and social functions. A Meeting Room is also available for smaller events, including educational.
Basildon Hospital Radio
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, LeisureBasildon Hospital Radio provide an entertainment and information service to the patients, staff and visitors to the hospital. Most of our programmes are music based with our daily request shows and our weekly programme aimed at the hospital staff being the most popular. We are staffed entirely by volunteers and broadcast 24 hours per day with both live and computer-controlled programmes.
Oxfordshire Local History Association
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, HeritageFosters and promotes the study and publication of local history in Oxfordshire. Publishes a regular news bulletin and an occasional journal and organises two study days a year. Acts as an umbrella organisation for parish and other local history groups. Makes occasional small grants to individuals and organisations to facilitate the study of Oxfordshire local history.
Clwyd Welsh Pony And Cob Association
Animals, Arts, Charity and VCS supportTo promote the breeding and improvement of Welsh Ponies and Cobs for the public benefit and for the benefit of the breed. To promote all sections of the Welsh Stud Book as described in the rules of the Welsh Pony & Cob Society. To organise shows and to award rosettes, prizes and cups. To organise social and fund raising events. To give guidance and advice on the breeding and showing of ponies.
Cymdeithas Hanes Teuluoedd Powys/powys Family History Society
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, HeritageTo promote, for the benefit and education of the public, the study of genealogy, family history and local history, with particular reference to the County of Powys; and to promote the preservation, security and accessability of library and archival materials.
Wakefield Festival Chorus
ArtsWe perform several concerts a year in Wakefield and West Yorkshire, and promote early career singers as soloists. Proceeds from ticket sales help with the costs of the concerts.
Rise Park Community Association
Arts, Associations, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfareThe Association manages a community centre providing many and varied activities for people of all ages and disabilities in the local community in the promotion of health and fitness, art and crafts, and social events including general charitable purposes.
Acaster Malbis Memorial Hall
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, FacilitiesMeeting place for:- craft club - Yorkshire Country Womens Ass - social dancing - fund raising activities, parties etc.
The Otley Players
ArtsThe objects of the charity are to educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to futher development of, public appreciation and taste in them.
Borrowby Village Hall
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Facilities, LeisureTrust document states the hall be run for the benefit of the local community. Local bodies including Parish council, local agricultural show, tennis, football & cricket club hold meetings and fundraising events. There is a book cafe and Kidz club. The hall is let for yoga, pilates, art classes, etc and other social occasions. A side room is let on a permanent basis to a wedding photographer.
The Schola Gregoriana Of Cambridge
ArtsThe study, teaching, promotion and performance of choral and other music, and in particular Gregorian Chant or Plainsong.
Battle And District Historical Society
Arts, HeritageThe Society was founded to encourage the knowledge and study of history within Battle and the surrounding area. This is achieved through a programme of illustrated lectures by specialists in their subjects and the publication of books and journals that are relevant to the local history of Battle.
Mountain Ash And District Choral Society
ArtsThe study, practice and encouragement by means of public performance and otherwise of choral music in all its forms so as to foster knowledge and appreciation of such music including performance in Welsh, where appropriate, or for other such charitable purposes as the Committee in their discretion think fit.
The Guild Singers
ArtsWe are a chamber choir formed in 1980, based in Chorley, Lancashire. We are established performers of a wide repertoire of music ranging from the Renaissance classics of William Byrd and his contemporaries to the lighter styles of modern popular and folk song arrangements. The emphasis is on unaccompanied singing, but all styles are within the choir's capabilities.
Hadleigh Afternoon Womens Institute
Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Housing, Research, SocietyTo enable women who are interested in issues associated with rural life, including arts crafts and sciences,to improve & develop conditions of rural life. To advance education in citizenship, & other cultural subjects & in agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare. Women are given the opportunity to work together to put into practice the ideals of the organisation.
The Sirenian Singers
Arts, HousingMixed Choir formed to bring choral music to the wider public both nationally and internationally through the media of concerts, radio and television including competition both at home and abroad and to encourage music appreciation to people in all walks of life.
Bollington Light Opera Group
ArtsThe object of the Opera Group is to educate the public in the dramatic and operatic arts and to further the development of the public appreciation and taste in the said arts, to assist and further such charitable institutions and charitable purposes as the committee from time to time shall determine.
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.