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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.

Powys Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Provides a talking Newspaper (tapes) to the Blind

Latest Income: £5,968
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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The Luke Players Drama Group

Arts

Performance of Amateur Theatrical Performances

Latest Income: £5,948
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Brentwood And Ingatestone Choral Society

Arts

Educational. Exists to promote music making for the benefit of members and the general public.

Latest Income: £5,933
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Bedford Music Club

Arts

Organises chamber music concerts

Latest Income: £5,925
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Horsell Afternoon Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

Horsel Afternoon WI is interested in local issues, members support the Surrey Federation by attending events and classes. Members enjoy activities such as scrabble, knitting and theatre-going.

Latest Income: £5,925
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Malvern Chase Brass Band

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Education

Community brass band established in 1968 to teach young and old to play. We raise money for instruments and equipment and supporting other charities by giving public concerts.

Latest Income: £5,917
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Bricket Wood Womens Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

The WI is a diverse and multifaceted organisation, which helps women to expand their horizons and make new friends, take up new interests, learn new crafts and develop new skills.We offer all kinds of opportunities to all kinds of women.

Latest Income: £5,914
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Gedling Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Each month we have talks on subjects of interest often with demonstrations. Several times a years the committee organise trips for the members to go on. We try to support the comunity by attending local fetes and by helping the local school after hours clubs by teaching the children crafts. Many sporting events take place, arranged by the local WI Federation

Latest Income: £5,896
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Gainsborough Educational Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Research, Social welfare

Provides grants, bursaries and allowances to assist with a variety of needs, specialist clothing, books or equipment for a course or to assist entry into working life. Allowance towards cost of travel in the UK or aborad for educational purposes.Studying music, arts science or maths. Applicants must be between the ages of 11 and 25 and reside (or their parent reside) in Gainsborough, Lea or Morton

Latest Income: £5,888
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Lightwater Library Association

Arts

Supply meeting room and accommodation for the use of the County Public Library to service the local community.

Latest Income: £5,873
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Art Research Creativity And Health

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Health, Housing, Research, Social welfare

ARCH aims to promote the relationship between the arts & medicine & educate the public in how these may be used to protect & preserve health. The charity arranges fundraising events which fund concerts for patients & staff in hospitals, hospices & old people's homes in England, Scotland & Wales, as well as supporting projects for children in deprived areas.

Latest Income: £5,872
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Woodloes Park Community Centre

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

A community centre for use by various groups and organisations to enhance the lives of people on Woodloes Park. Regular users include - Senior Citizens, Mothers and Toddlers, Townswomens Guild, Weight Watchers, Belly Dancing, Pilates, Community Choir, Youth Theatre, Youth Club.

Latest Income: £5,871
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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East Anglian Traction Engine Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Heritage

The Society's prime objective is to advance the education of the public in all types of road steam engines and associated equipment by providing practical demonstrations and displays of Traction Engines and other machinery and by supporting the production of literature dealing with both technical and historical matters relating to the construction and use of steam on the road.

Latest Income: £5,867
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Endowment Fund For The School At Prescot

Arts, Education, Leisure

Provide financial assistance for pupils who have attended or still attend the school at Prescot by awarding travel scholarships etc. or helping to pay for extra courses, outfits, tools, instruments or books they may need to further their educationGrants for Educational Equipment not provided by the local authorityUpkeep, repairs and improvements to the Outdoor Education facility at Tan y Graig

Latest Income: £5,862
Areas of Operation: Knowsley
Status: Registered
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Park (appleton) Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

We provide a series of speakers on a wide range of topics covering the changing society around us as individual's experiences in work & play. We have an active walking programme, educational visits and theatre outings.

Latest Income: £5,859
Areas of Operation: Warrington
Status: Registered
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Sibbertoft Reading Room

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure, Religion, Social welfare

Providing premises and facilities for hire to individuals and groups, for example, the church, exercise classes, mums and tots group, local Parish Council and craft group. Arranging social events for the village, for example, parties, quiz nights, musical events, dinners and bingo sessions.

Latest Income: £5,857
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Thornsett Band

Arts, Beneficiary group

TO PROMOTE IMPROVE DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF BRASS BAND MUSIC.

Latest Income: £5,856
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Mary Wakefield Festival

Arts

Founded in 1945, we promote music making in the county of Westmorland & Furness. We run an annual musical festival in and around Kendal.

Latest Income: £5,851
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Adlington Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Arts and crafts. Recreational activities. Education in various forms ie Denman College

Latest Income: £5,845
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Hereford Cathedral Roger Mynors Library Book Fund

Arts, Religion

To provide educational and religious books to Hereford Cathedral Library so that they are accessible to members of the public.

Latest Income: £5,838
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Milton Keynes Hospital Radio Service

Arts, Health

Milton Keynes Hospital Radio provides a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week broadcasting service to the patients within Milton Keynes General Hospital. We are a non-profit organisation relying on money raised through membership, funding raising & kind donations.

Latest Income: £5,829
Areas of Operation: Milton Keynes
Status: Registered
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Wesley Historical Society

Arts, Heritage

Promotes the study of the history and literature of early Methodism; to accumulate exact knowledge and provide a medium of intercourse on all related subjects.

Latest Income: £5,826
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Bubwith School

Arts, Associations, Education

Provides books, supplies, toys and enrichment activities for the school and its students. This is funded by various charitable events throughout the year.

Latest Income: £5,821
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Great Comberton Village Hall

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

The charity is established to run the village hall in Great Comberton for the benefit of the village residents & local area. e.g. social committee events, brownies, toddlers group, art classes, W.I., line dancing, yoga etc.

Latest Income: £5,821
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
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Halstead Players

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities

We organise local amateur dramatic productions, usually 1 to 2 a year, in order to give our community the opportunity to experience local theatre, both through taking part in productions and as members of the audience. We also make donations to other organisations and groups within our community (such as the local school, nursery and community cafe), and to other good causes close to our hearts.

Latest Income: £5,820
Areas of Operation: Kent
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.