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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.

Rayleigh, Rochford & Castle Point Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health, Leisure

Provider of audio entertainment for the visually impaired

Latest Income: £1,763
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The British Kodaly Academy

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

working for improvement of British Music Education using the voice as the main instrument, through courses, workshops and demonstrations, for teachers and other adults who work with children or adults or who wish to improve their own musicianship. Major activities include the annual Summer School, Spring Course, and certified training for teachers' professional development.

Latest Income: £1,761
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Longfield Womens Institute

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

The main purposes of the W.I Organisation are to enable women who are interested in issues associated with rural life, arts and crafts, improve conditions, advance education in citizenship in public questions - national and international, in music, drama and other cultural subjects and in agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health & social welfare, and to put in practice those ideals.

Latest Income: £1,750
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Rhoshirwaun Village Hall

Arts, Facilities

For the holding of Eisteddfod AU, music festivals and other meetings calculated in the opinion of the trustees to uphold the morality and education of the inhabitants of Rhoshirwaun village and persons living within a radius of three miles of the said hall.

Latest Income: £1,745
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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South Petherton Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Monthly meetings with speaker. Educational talks and trips. Craft, reading, theatre, gardening, skittles and walking groups.

Latest Income: £1,743
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Long Eaton Militaires Carnival Band

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Helping organisations raise money by performing at road parades, field events and indoor concerts. Helping people of all ages play instruments and read music.

Latest Income: £1,740
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Mount Olivet Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Housing, Religion

Children's ministry, aged peoples homes ministry, agricultural show witness and counsellingsupport for smaller churches and ministers, teaching and training for Christian workers and correspondence courses for beginners and adults. Overseas aid, supplying literature. Area is Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Bristol, Avon, India, The Philip pines, Thailandand Malawi.

Latest Income: £1,731
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Yeovil Archaeological And Local History Society

Arts, Heritage

The Society promotes the preservation and protection of sites, buildings, objects, documents and images that are considered by the Society, to be of significant interest and importance to the archaeology or history of Yeovil and its hinterland through education and information by holding meetings for lectures activities, discussion, fieldwork & research and undertaking a programme of publications.

Latest Income: £1,725
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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St Mark's Players

Arts

Amateur drama group in Reigate Surrey

Latest Income: £1,711
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Cratfield Town Estate Public Purposes Branch

Arts, Education, Facilities

In the absence now of either a Public Elementary School or a reading room/library (as detailed in the Scheme of 1901) funds from this Charity might typically be usd to support other charitable institutions such as Cratfield Village Hall or the playing field.

Latest Income: £1,710
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Charles Pope Memorial Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Makes grants for the benefit of music students in the Aylesbury Vale area.

Latest Income: £1,701
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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East Devon Music Festival CIO

Arts

PRESENTATION OF LIVE HIGH QUALITY MUSICAL AND VISUAL ARTS EVENTS IN HONITON AND DISTRICT

Latest Income: £1,691
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Educational Foundation Of William Turner

Arts, Education, Religion

Financial support for those in higher education and resident in the parish of Arkholme, LancashireFinancial support for the purchase of books by Arkholme Church of England Primary School

Latest Income: £1,690
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Music Of Holy Trinity Folkestone

Arts, Associations

Provision of musical support to Holy Trinity choir and organ and other activities relating to religious and other music at Holy Trinity. Supporting the training of organ scholars.

Latest Income: £1,685
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Southam And District Theatrical Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

To provide facilities for children and adults of the local area to participate and learn the skills required to perform 'on stage'. To provide a safe environment when young persons can learn to be part of a team, participate in all sides of drama activities including performing 'on stage ' to an audience.

Latest Income: £1,685
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Manchester Geological Association

Arts, Research

To extend knowledge of earth sciences through lectures, meetings, field trips and to support relevant publications and to support earth science conservation.

Latest Income: £1,679
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Robert Bamford Charity

Arts

To buy books and equipment for students.

Latest Income: £1,675
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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The Dr Margaret Lowenfeld Trust

Arts

Maintaining availability of publications and materials necessary to practice psychotherapeutic techniques developed by Dr Lowenfeld. Support and expansion of opportunities for practitioners to be trained in these techniques. Support of relevant research and publications.

Latest Income: £1,674
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Walter And Langston Charitable Trust

Arts, Education, Social welfare

Promote education of persons under 25 who are resident in the Parishes of Churchill and Sarsden. Award maintenance allowances at any school, university, college or institution of further education (including professional and technical) approved by the Trustees. Provide financial assistance towards outfits, clothing, tools, instruments, books or travel connected with their study.

Latest Income: £1,673
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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The Tynedale Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Each week, a team of readers records the Hexham Courant, Tynedale's local newspaper, for distribution to blind and partially sighted people, and to other disabled people unable to read a printed newspaper. Recordings are copied onto memory sticks, and posted on Friday evenings. Listeners return the sticks to be re-used for the following week's recording. We normally have around 100 listeners.

Latest Income: £1,669
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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The Kent Band Of Hope And Temperance Federation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Health

The KTF is a christian charity which provides informative literature concerning alcohol and drug education, and speakers with an ability to deliver the same in an interesting format, to schools, youth groups, churches and individuals.

Latest Income: £1,668
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Merton Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

Serving the visually impaired and blind residents of the London Borough of Merton by distributing free weekly audio recordings on memory sticks and as attachments to Emails. The recordings include local news (mainly from the free local newspaper) and a 30-minute audio Magazine on a wide range of topics of general interest.

Latest Income: £1,665
Areas of Operation: Merton
Status: Registered
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Thomas Topp's Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Religion

The Charity provides scholarship payments for girls and boys in Leicester Cathedral Choir.

Latest Income: £1,663
Areas of Operation: Leicester City
Status: Registered
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Hedgeley Women's Institute

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

The aim are to enable women who are interested in issues associated with rural life, including arts, crafts and sciences to improve and develope conditions of rural life, to advance thier education in citizenship, in public questions both national and internatial, in music, drama and other culturual subjects. It seeks to give to women the oppertunity of working together through the W.I

Latest Income: £1,662
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Colne Valley Youth Orchestra Society

Arts, Beneficiary group

Encouraging young musicians from the Colchester and surrounding area in Essex to meet on a regular basis to rehearse as a Youth Orchestra and give concerts, some for parents and friends and some public concerts, for the benefit first and foremost of these young people and for the general pleasure of those attending.

Latest Income: £1,656
Areas of Operation: Essex
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.