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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.

Cymdeithas Gwyl Plant Gwent

Arts, Beneficiary group

Provides resources to enable teaching Welsh folk dance.Organises festivals of Welsh folk dance for children.Teaches Welsh folk dance to those wishing to teach children.

Latest Income: £1,026
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Lewisham Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

To provide weekly recordings in audio format containing local news items and features.

Latest Income: £1,020
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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Court Henry Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Monthly meetings with a guest speaker-members participate in sports, music,drama and educational visits

Latest Income: £1,015
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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High Halstow Womens Institute

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

To improve and develop conditions of rural life and to advance the education of country women in citizenship, in public questions both national and inter-national, in music, drama and other cultural subjects, also to secure instruction and training in all branches of agriculture, handicrafts, home economics, health and social welfare.

Latest Income: £1,010
Areas of Operation: Medway
Status: Registered
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The Music Libraries Trust

Arts

To provide support for the education and training of music librarians in the UK and Ireland and encourage research into music librarianship, bibliography and related disciplines.

Latest Income: £1,005
Areas of Operation: Ireland
Status: Registered
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Witton Gilbert Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

We have lectures, demonstrations & craft classes. Educational outings. Theatre visits. Also raise funds for charities associated with WI.

Latest Income: £1,003
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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The Central Technical Schools For Cornwall

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

The original objects of the Trust are set out in a Trust Deed dated 12th July 1898 and provide for use of the Property in perpetuity and solely for the purposes of instruction of Children and Adults in drawing, painting, modelling, designing for architecture manufactures and decoration.

Latest Income: £1,000
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Barrow Senior Citizens' Section Committee

Arts, Beneficiary group

Weekly social meetings--Meals --Day trips--Cinema and theatre visits.

Latest Income: £1,000
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Fritton (great Yarmouth) Relief In Need Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfare

Benefits to the elderly/disabled and the sick - help with visits to hospitals, convalescent homes or similar institutions and to those in need and the bereaved.Assist fulltime students, living in Fritton, with funds for text books.

Latest Income: £995
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Winterbourne Down Women's Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Education/training/art/culture/sport/recreation, crafts etc

Latest Income: £994
Areas of Operation: South Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Henry Nicholson's Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Education, Facilities

The Henry Nicholson charity has a current policy of providing Winter fuel allowances for the elderly of the Parish. Graveyard maintenance for those in the parish unable to tend graves. Grants for the purchase of books/equipment for students of the parish. Grants to local primary school for special projects. Donations towards charities that serve the local community.

Latest Income: £992
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Llanelli And District Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

provides a fortnightly talking newspaper service to approximately 250 blind and visually handicapped persons, the majority of whom reside in the Llanelli and District area.

Latest Income: £990
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Evergreen Hall

Arts, Beneficiary group

Main Activities include provision of a meeting place for:-1. The Dance Group2. The Whist Group3. The OAP's meeting placeProvides a meeting place for many charitable groups and for events for the over 50's

Latest Income: £986
Areas of Operation: Bridgend
Status: Registered
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Elwick And District Young Farmers Club

Arts, Economic and community development

Meetings are held on a regular basis throughout the year. The programme throughout the year included talks, meetings and visits. Socially throughout the year members have organised interclub nights and a summer do. Involvement in the local community has entailed carol singing and the Grand Draw and Whist Drive at Christmas and also promoting YFC.

Latest Income: £986
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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The William Wright Charitable Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Health

The benefit of York pensioners, York children and inmates of York hospitals especially ex employees of William Wright & Sons (York) Ltd. To help with the finance of medical research, art and music education and the provision of community centres in York and their facilities.

Latest Income: £980
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Winchester And District Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

We provide digital sound recordings, of the best achievable quality, of edited extracts from the "Hampshire Chronicle" on a weekly basis, and articles and information of a wider interest as a monthly magazine, to blind or visually impaired people in Winchester and surrounding areas.

Latest Income: £978
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Haddenham Toddler Group

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education

Haddenham Toddler Group provides a playgroup facility for children from birth to school age for one morning per week. Our aim is to provide a safe, stimulating environment where parents/carers and children can meet, play and have a morning of fun together. We offer a wide range of activities including toys, craft activities and singing. All children must be accompanied by a parent or carer.

Latest Income: £977
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Charity Of Mrs Catherine Bovey For The Distribution Of Bibles And Other Books In The Ancient Parish Of Flaxley, In The County Of Gloucester.

Arts

Provision of Christian religious/moral books for inhabitants of the ancient parish of Flaxley and neighbouring parishes.

Latest Income: £974
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Surrey Heath Archaeological And Heritage Trust

Arts, Heritage

Small archaeological surveys; post excavation work; geophysical surveys; small museum collection; reference collections of borderware, clay pipes and iron age finds; dedicated library of books on archaeology and history; experimental archaeology projects; support for local history, YAC and Y3A groups.

Latest Income: £974
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Bridlington Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Production and recording of spoken news items from local papers/magazines for distribution on memory sticks for people with sight disabilities.

Latest Income: £974
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Cattistock Women's Institute

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

Cattistock WI is in a rural area with women meeting to improve living conditions, advance education and enter political debate regarding key local and other issues. Members develop a range of skills and appreciation of arts and crafts, home economics and advice on health and social welfare.

Latest Income: £970
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Bishop Monkton C E School Fund

Arts, Childcare, Education

Funds used for the benefit of the pupils.Ie Subsidising school trips, purchasing drama equipment (lights, costumes), enhancing playground facilities

Latest Income: £963
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Truro Boys' Club

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Leisure

Providing a secure group of buildings in which young people can attend attend one or more of the following: pre-school group, gymnastics club, karate club, model railway club or dance school. Facilities are fully utilised 7 days a week, with over 400 young people regularly attending from the surrounding area.

Latest Income: £957
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Manchester Organists' Association

Arts

Arrange regular meetings, recitals and lectures for members

Latest Income: £954
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Samuel Croker's Almshouse Charity

Arts, Housing

The Samuel Crokers Almshouses (3) are maintained and funded from Bovey Tracey Town Trust investments and rental income from a TV mast erected in their field.

Latest Income: £953
Areas of Operation: Devon
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.