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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.

Friends Of Medway Towns Music Centre

Arts, Associations, Education

The friends help Kent Music School to run their Medway Towns Music Centre. The friends of MTMC provide helpers, music, instruments, music equipment such as stands, run a reedshop & tuckshop and provide theory & aural booster classes and bursaries.

Latest Income: £6,108
Areas of Operation: Medway
Status: Registered
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The Chepstow Society

Arts, Facilities, Heritage

Organising and controlling financing of excursions and both annual & summer garden parties, open to members only. These to be of historical or nature interest (excursions) only.Monthly talks on local and historic items of interest, especially about Chepstow.Digitisation of Ivor Walters books on historic Chepstow, previously published between 1950s and 1970s

Latest Income: £6,099
Areas of Operation: Monmouthshire
Status: Registered
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Cheltenham Music Festival Society

Arts

To further and promote the work of the Cheltenham Music Festival

Latest Income: £6,099
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Warwickshire Music Education Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Support for young people in Warwickshire in pursuit of excellence in music and the development of music making groups at County level.

Latest Income: £6,093
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Rowlands Gill Scout Supporters Association

Arts, Associations

Uniformed groups and dancing classes

Latest Income: £6,085
Areas of Operation: Gateshead
Status: Registered
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Broom Leys Choral Society Of North-West Leicestershire

Arts

A MIXED VOICE NON-AUDITION CHOIR OF 50 MEMBERS PROVIDING CONCERTS FOR THE PUBLIC WITH A LARGE REPERTOIRE FROM LARGE CHORAL WORKS WITH ORCHESTRA TO SONGS FROM MUSICALS AND OTHER PART SONGS. WE ARE A FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING SOCIETY.

Latest Income: £6,076
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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R U Sayce Bequest

Arts, Heritage

Funding for Powysland Museum & book library.

Latest Income: £6,073
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Boston Concert Club

Arts, Education

We organise a subscription series of six chamber music concerts each year from October to March. Prior to the pandemic, many of our visiting artists also visited local schools, mainly primary, to give educational workshops.

Latest Income: £6,068
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Joint Gospel

Arts, Religion

An organisation that exists to bring unity among the diverse societies and cultures across our world through the gospel. we aim to promote the gospel and advance the Christian faith, spreading a message of unity, hope and faith, through its musical concerts, crusades, and its involvement in charity work to make an impact on the inner London communities.

Latest Income: £6,054
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Lincoln Chorale

Arts, Crime and Justice, Education, Heritage

Choral concerts in the Area of Operation, including performances in schools, prisons, museums and churches.

Latest Income: £6,053
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Hunstanton And District Festival Of Arts

Arts, Beneficiary group

To provide arts and culture to Hunstanton and its surrounding area. To be fully inclusive and especially encourage the local youth population to get involved. To support and work closely with other agencies providing arts and culture.

Latest Income: £6,045
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The London Journal Trust

Arts

SUPERVISES THE EDITING AND PUBLICATON OF THE LONDON JOURNAL, BY CONTRIBUTING TO COSTS INCURRED BY EDITORIAL BOARD AND AUTHORS OF ARTICLES IN THE JOURNAL

Latest Income: £6,044
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Stockport Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

Provision of audio recordings to the blind, partially blind and temporally vision impaired

Latest Income: £6,037
Areas of Operation: Stockport
Status: Registered
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Darlington Social Club For The Blind And Visually Impaired

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Health

During the year we have arranged monthly trips throughout the summer. There are weekly activities: coffee & chat, with games and other activities as arranged. There are also other occasional activities - fundraising with Christmas and Easter fairs, Darlington carnival and a Christmas lunch.

Latest Income: £6,030
Areas of Operation: Darlington
Status: Registered
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Kempston Central Women's Institute

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

Undertake activities to enable women interested in issues associated with rural life to improve their education in citizenship, public questions, music, culture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare and to improve rural life.

Latest Income: £6,017
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Leighton Buzzard Women's Institute

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

Undertake activities to enable women interested in issues associated with rural life, to improve their education in citizenship, public questions, music, culture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare and to improve rural life.

Latest Income: £6,016
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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The Godolphin School

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The Charity provides day education in its Preparatory School for girls between the ages of 3 1/2 and 11 years, and boarding or day education in its senior school for girls between the ages of 11 and 18 years. The School aims to educate girls to achieve their individual potential, both academically and in other spheres, including art, drama, music and sport; and to inspire a passion for learning.

Latest Income: £6,015
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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The Derby Porcelain International Society

Arts

STUDY OF THE CERAMICS OF DERBYSHIRE.PUBLICATION OF RESULTS OF RESEARCH VIA A TWICE YEARLY NEWSLETTER AND OCCASIONAL JOURALS.

Latest Income: £6,007
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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St Austell Festival Of Music And Speech

Arts

Music Festival for competitors of all ages in music and speech from all districts of Cornwall .

Latest Income: £6,004
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Bamford Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities

Bamford Community Centre is currently used by a Pre-School Playgroup, and the local ladies group.It is also available for casual letting for parties, dance classes, local meetings and other functions as and when required.

Latest Income: £6,000
Areas of Operation: Rochdale
Status: Registered
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The Missing Peace Trust

Arts

Printing of the booklet The Missing Peace and various other Christian literature in various languages, production of DVD's

Latest Income: £6,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Newton (porthcawl) Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

Small interest groups which include walking, drama and crafts. Educational trips.Monthly meetings with a speaker with talks on various subjects

Latest Income: £5,983
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Viva Voce Singers

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

The objective of Viva Voce Singers is to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music by the presentation of public concerts and recitals.

Latest Income: £5,980
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Exmouth And District Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

We record on audio equipment extracts from local newspapers. Copies are sent to those with sight impairment in this district, i.e. those with difficulties in reading those newspapers. We also send an audio magazine to these listeners. This contains miscellaneous items of interest.

Latest Income: £5,973
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Castle Bromwich Theatre Group

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

Summer play, children's pantomime, participation in local events and fund raising, additional one-off plays during the year.

Latest Income: £5,971
Areas of Operation: Solihull
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.