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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.

The Southend-On-Sea Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Provides a free weekly audio recorded digest of local news, plus a regular magazine edition and a regular information bulletin, each distributed alternately every three weeks, to sight impaired and severely sight impaired listeners. Provided on usb memory stick, CD, via BWFB, Amazon Alexa and dialup telephone. A free usb memory stick player is also supplied where required

Latest Income: £770
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Broome's Lyneham Charity

Arts, Education

The Charity was set up by a Mr Broome in the 1700s to help the education of the under priveliged in the village of Lyneham. These days the interest accrued from the lump sum is given annually to the school for the purchase of books.

Latest Income: £766
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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John Wigham Richardson Charity

Arts, Heritage

John Wigham Richardson gave Newcastle City Council a lump sum to enable it to purchase pictures for the benefit of Newcastle upon Tyne. The City Council owns the Laing Art Gallery, which is operated on its behalf by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. The Laing Art Gallery utilises the funds within the John Wigham Richardson Charity to enable it to purchase pictures.

Latest Income: £758
Areas of Operation: Newcastle Upon Tyne City
Status: Registered
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Mary Richmond Trust

Arts, Leisure

TO PURCHASE BOOKS ON OR ABOUT RELIGION FOR LIBRARIES WITHIN THE AREA OF KINGSTON UPON HULL, SCULCOATES, HORNSEA, SCARBOROUGH, BRIDLINGTON, KIRMNGTON AND SUCH OTHER PLACES AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT

Latest Income: £753
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Margate Silver Band Trading As Cantium Brass

Arts, Leisure

Cantium Brass, formerly Margate Silver Band are based in Kent and boasts an enviable reputation for providing quality entertainment all over the Country and can often be heard performing on Bandstands in Kent. Our aim, is to consistently produce music at a very high standard which in turn reflects outstanding value for money to Concert Promoters.

Latest Income: £750
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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The Monstrous Regiment Limited

Arts

The company continues to pursue the educational aims set out in its memorandum including public talks, panel discussions, meetings with students, interviews with writers and academics. Following the transfer of its archives to the V&A Theatre and Performance collection, the company has focused on the digitisation of this and related material for a website to provide a major educational resource.

Latest Income: £750
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Stevenson And Julian Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group

Donate money to the senior citizens of Elsham and financial support for young people (ie. Books etc.)

Latest Income: £747
Areas of Operation: North Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Simon Clarkson Memorial Fund

Arts

Advancement of musical Education

Latest Income: £746
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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St Albans St Cecilia Festival Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

The Society, under its Constitution, promtes, improves, develops and maintains public education in and appreciation of the art and science of music in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and recitals and by such other ways as the Society through its Committee shall determine from time to time.

Latest Income: £742
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Windsor Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

To provide persons who are either permanently or temporarily blind or partially-sighted or otherwise visually impaired, weekly recordings based on the news and other items from local newspapers or other information sources, serving Windsor, Maidenhead, Slough and surrounding areas. Recordings shall be distributed through the free post facilities available under Royal Mail regulations.

Latest Income: £740
Areas of Operation: Slough
Status: Registered
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Friends Of East Herts Orchestras

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

To advance the musical education of young people of East Herts by providing and assisiting in the provision of facilities for the Area Groups and Orchestras organised by the East Herts Music Centres.To raise money to help finance the Area Groups and Orchestras rehearsals, courses, concerts and tours.

Latest Income: £736
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Talking Friends

Arts, Health, Religion

To provide those who are visually impaired with audio access to Quaker periodicals and books at low cost.

Latest Income: £735
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Windmill Singers Of South Warwickshire

Arts, Charity and VCS support

Choral singing for charity events to raise funds for The Windmill Singers.

Latest Income: £735
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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South Wales Guitar Society

Arts

To provide a forum and social venue for amateur classical guitarists in South Wales. To arrange several concerts each year for Members and the Public. To promote music and in particular music of the classical guitar. To improve the playing and appreciation of our Members by arranging masterclasses from invited professional guitarists and recognised teachers of the guitar.

Latest Income: £735
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Codicote Church Belfry Fund

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

The object of the fund shall be to advance the Christian Religion by providing financial assistance to St Giles Church in the Parish of Codicote in the County of Hertfordshire for the purpose of maintaining and improving all aspects of its bell ringing and its bell installations by making grants to it. Also to contribute to expenses incurred in training of bellringers,

Latest Income: £734
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Great Ayton Dramatic Society

Arts

Production of Drama events for adults. Training in theater skills, open to all local residents in Great Ayton & surrounding area. Use skills within the society to support other local charities.

Latest Income: £733
Areas of Operation: Middlesbrough
Status: Registered
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South Northamptonshire Mencap Gateway Club

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Our Club, people aged 16 and over with learning disabilities, we meet once a week at the Club Venue, where we organise a variety of activities for members, some of which we conduct ourselves, and others where we invite third party specialists to conduct for us, Dancing, Live music, Keep Fit, etc. However, we also take members out for Meals, Theatre, Discos, Pub visits, etc. Our club is for members

Latest Income: £729
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Bromsgrove Concerts

Arts, Beneficiary group

We promote a series of up to ten chamber music recitals in a local (Bromsgrove) arts centre including up to three devoted to contemporary music; we support living composers by commissioning new works;we sponsor music workshops, mainly for young people.

Latest Income: £728
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Radlett Theatre Company

Arts

To promote the advancement and improvement of general education in relation to all aspects of the Art of Drama and the public appreciation of such Art

Latest Income: £712
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Surrey Organists' Association

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

Our charity is involved primarily in the education of the public in the art of music, with special reference to liturgical and organ music. Many of the members of this charity are organists and/or directors of music at a church.

Latest Income: £711
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Waite's Educational Foundation

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Any young person, living in Pattishall Parish and following full or part time higher education may apply. This includes courses at university, college of higher education, industrial and commercial training courses, apprenticeships, placements etc. Grants are given for books, equipment etc.

Latest Income: £709
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Royal Observer Corps Museum Trust

Armed forces, Arts, Heritage, Housing

To provide, and promote a public museum containing a collection of artefacts, a library of books, video and audio tapes illustrating the work of the Royal Observer Corps and associated subjects such as aircraft recognition, The Royal Air Force, Home and Civil Defence. To provide facilities for the education of students and interested persons by using the collections for research and local history.

Latest Income: £706
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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New Orange Tree Theatre Trust

Arts

To promote education for the benefit of the public, by the encouragement of the Arts and by acquiring and using places in the London Borough of Richmond and its environs.

Latest Income: £705
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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City Of Southampton Society

Arts, Economic and community development, Heritage

To promote and encourage the following aims:-a) To encourage high standards of architecture and town planningb) To stimulate public interest in the history of Southamptonc) To encourage preservation of features of historic interestd) To hold meetings, talks and visits in accordance with the above aimse) To publish articles, books etc in accordance with the above aims

Latest Income: £705
Areas of Operation: Southampton City
Status: Registered
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Sid Vale And Eastern Devon Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

306. Compilation of memory sticks extracted from local newspapers on a weekly basis together with the production of a monthly magazine on memory sticks for distribution to blind and partially sighted people living mainly in the Sid Valley and East Devon area.

Latest Income: £701
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.