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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.

Sir John Henry Morris-Jones Trust Fund

Arts, Charitable activities, Leisure, Research

Award grants to persons under 19 and who reside in the area of the former Borough of Colwyn Bay (Colwyn Bay,Rhos on Sea,Old Colwyn,Mochdre and Llysfaen).Such persons will have to satisfy the Trustees of their degrees of excellence in one of the following fields: Arts/Crafts/Music,Sport,Academic/Research,Commerce/Business,Science/Technology,Any other field.

Latest Income: £4,243
Areas of Operation: Conwy
Status: Registered
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Alton Choral Society

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Educating amateur singers in choral music.Raising money for local charites through putting on concerts.

Latest Income: £4,238
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Holmewood Toy Library

Arts

loan toys free of charge

Latest Income: £4,224
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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The Christopher Singers

Arts, Charitable activities

Arts and culture - promoting concerts to provide funds for deserving charities

Latest Income: £4,215
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Merseyside Archaeological Society

Arts, Heritage

Provides members of the public monthly lectures in winter, monthly day trips in summer plus an annual weekend away. Produces an occasional journal on regional archaeological developments. Organises community archaeology projects.

Latest Income: £4,213
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Llanfach Village Hall

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities

A village hall open to everyone without prejudice for meetings lectures young people, senior citizens dance groups bingo private hire.

Latest Income: £4,205
Areas of Operation: Caerphilly
Status: Registered
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Felicity Belfield Scholarship

Arts, Education

We give help to dance students mostly at vocational schools and colleges.

Latest Income: £4,203
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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The Sidney Lawton Charitable Trust

Arts, Education

The advancement of musical education of pupils at Queen's College, Taunton

Latest Income: £4,196
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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St Luke's Sound

Arts, Health, Leisure

Provide an entertainment, music & news service, by radio, to & for patients and staff in St Luke's Hospital, Bradford.

Latest Income: £4,195
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Garndiffaith Gleemen Male Voice Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group, Housing, Leisure

We perform charitable concerts for local senior citizens organisations/homes & religious organisations. We organise and perform biannual celebrity concerts bringing well known classical artists to the area for the entertainment and enjoyment of local residents and visitors.

Latest Income: £4,190
Areas of Operation: Torfaen
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Hodgkin House

Arts, Associations, Housing

Offering hospitality to overseas students in a student hostel. Events are arranged at the student hostel - monthly Sunday teas. An annual programme of events is organised eg theatre outings, weekends away in country cottages, city and country walks, visits to places of interest, social evenings.

Latest Income: £4,180
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Fuel Allotment Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education

Fuel grants to the over 60s and younger residents of Culmstock needing help with heating bills. Also grants to students resident in Culmstock to purchase books for college courses.

Latest Income: £4,167
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The City Of Durham Trust

Arts

The Trust encourages appreciation, and furthers the conservation, of the city and its environs. It participates fully in planning matters, holds lectures, makes occasional visits, issues regular newsletters and publishes occasional book, makes annual award for architecture and in 'Beautiful Durham' competition.

Latest Income: £4,167
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Mourholme Local History Society

Arts, Heritage

Provide lectures by visiting speakers on historical events in the area. Encourage members to carry out and publish their own research.Publish a magazine and books concerning the historic parish of Warton, which included the townships of Borwick, Carnforth, Priest Hutton, Silverdale, Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne.Store archives of historic material of local concern.Establish web site

Latest Income: £4,166
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Rossendale Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

Weekly provision of recorded media to registered visually impaired persons in the Rossendale area, which contain information and news from the local paper and also magazine type articles. Electronic readers are supplied where necessary.

Latest Income: £4,163
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Merryfields School Parent, Teachers And Friends Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education

Various fundraising activities ranging from car boot sales, summer fayres, charity auction, sponsored walks, Christmas Fayre etc. Expenditure is the cost of reward trips for the children, theatre company visits and other activities that are not curriculum related.

Latest Income: £4,158
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Serio Ensemble

Arts, Beneficiary group

The Ensemble works with young people both in Arts training and in assisting in access to the Arts in general. The focus is on new writing,music, dance, and theatre.

Latest Income: £4,156
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Welburn Hall Home-School Association (in Connection With Welburn Hall School)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, Facilities, Housing, Leisure

The Association supports the education and welfare of pupils by fostering relationships with staff, parents and other associates of the school and engaging in activities which assist the pupils' education both in and out of the classroom. Fund raising events include the annual garden party, car boot sales, quizzes. Funds support theatre trips, keep fit/play equipment and larger projects.

Latest Income: £4,147
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Cranmer Hall

Arts

Current activities involve purchase of Christian literature and support of Christian activities for the benefit of the people of Ilfracombe and especially of those in the parish of St Philip and St James.

Latest Income: £4,143
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Society For Italic Handwriting

Arts

Encourging the use of better handwriting especially Italic handwriting. Forming where possible teaching seminars or similar activities. Publishing magazines and other literature for the betterment of handwriting.

Latest Income: £4,141
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The West Somerset Singers

Arts

Promotion of an appreciation of choral music in the community by means of public performances.

Latest Income: £4,139
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Church In India

Arts, Associations, Religion

Holds an Annual Day for members and guests. Publishes 'Pilgrim' magazine twice a year. Encourages interest in and prayer for the Church in India, in particular CNI and CSI and unity. Seeks to promote unity in the church in the UK. Arranges lectures and other events from time to time.

Latest Income: £4,137
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of St Nicholas' Church, Blakeney

Arts, Associations, Facilities, Religion

To help improve, maintain, repair, renew and preserve the fabric, fixtures, fittings, furniture and equipment of the Church (St Nicholas Blakeney) and the churchyard for the benifit of the Public.To help maintain and develop the music and other aspects of worship and the life of the Church.

Latest Income: £4,136
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Great Sutton Male Voice Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Research

The object of the choir shall be to promote, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the art and science or choral music in all it aspects by the presentation of public choral concerts and by such other way as the choir may determine from time to time.

Latest Income: £4,135
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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Wollaton Women's Institute

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

Monthly meetings with Speakers on various topics. Additional meetings of interest groups - gardening, scrabble, rummikub, walking, craft, book club. Outings to places of interest, theatre, etc. Fund raising for various local charities and community projects.

Latest Income: £4,135
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
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.