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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.

Melodians Steel Orchestra ( UK )

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

TO PROMOTE , IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF STEEL ORCHESTRAL MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.

Latest Income: £700
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Centre For Business And Public Sector Ethics Cambridge

Arts

Research on business and government ethics, and corporate social responsibility, disseminated at seminars, lectures, and in publications, in the UK and globally.

Latest Income: £700
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Halifax And District Organists' Association

Arts

We aim to promote the enjoyment of organs and organ music at all levels through workshops, master classes, forums, talks, visits and recitals at various venues in Calderdale. Help and advice is given on organ matters. Events are advertised locally and on our website. We cater for young and old. Non-members of any musical ability or none are welcome at our monthly events which are open to all.

Latest Income: £692
Areas of Operation: Calderdale
Status: Registered
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West Norfolk Jubilee Youth Music Association

Arts, Beneficiary group

Running of a youth orchestra and concert band for young people performing about 6 concerts a year

Latest Income: £691
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Chester Community Toy Library

Arts, Beneficiary group

TOY LIBRARY LENDING TOYS TO FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5. WE ALSO LOAN TO CHILDMINDERS.TOYS ARE BORROWED FOR A FOUR WEEK PERIOD. THIS IS A FREE SERVICE, BUT DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED.

Latest Income: £687
Areas of Operation: Cheshire West & Chester
Status: Registered
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Guildhall Library Centenary Fund

Arts, Heritage

To advance the education and training of the public, in particular but not exclusively by the purchase of works of art, books, prints and articles of historical, archaeological or literary interest for the Guildhall Library.

Latest Income: £681
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Leeds Hospital Radio

Arts, Health

We provide a hospital radio service to the patients of hospitals in the Leeds Hospital Trust, broadcasting a variety of live programmes with both music and spoken word.

Latest Income: £681
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Radio Heartbeat

Arts, Health

Provision of hospital radio services to the staff and patients of Ormskirk and District General Hospital and Southport Hospital

Latest Income: £681
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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North Lincs Talking Newspaper For The Blind

Arts, Health

A fortnightly magazine and newspaper on audio tape or CD covering the towns and villages of North Lincs. It is available to anyone with difficulty reading a standard newspaper due to visual impairment or physical disability.

Latest Income: £675
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Messerschmitt Foundation Of Great Britain

Arts, Heritage, Leisure

Offers technical advice and demonstrations of accuracy. Also offers access to library facilities for students and researchers and any interested party in motor and aviation history. Also has facilities for meetings for clubs, societies and similar groups.

Latest Income: £668
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Heywood Educational Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfare

1)Awards scholarships, grants or maintenance allowances tenable at any education provider approved by the Trustees. 2)Provides financial assistance, outfits, clothing, tools, instruments or books enabling persons to enter into a profession trade or calling. 3)Awards scholarships / maintenance allowances to enable travel to pursue education. 4)Awards prizes to school children.

Latest Income: £665
Areas of Operation: Rochdale
Status: Registered
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The British Piemontese Cattle Society Limited

Arts

Maintaining Herd Book

Latest Income: £663
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Biggleswade District Belfry Repair Fund

Arts, Religion

Promotion of Christianity through the provision of financial assistance to Churches in the Bedfordshire Association of Church Bellringers Biggleswade District for the purpose of maintaining, installing and improving their bell installations. Providing financial assistance to Churches with projects to maintain, install and improve their bell installations.

Latest Income: £661
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Kingdom Power Trust

Arts, Religion

Publication of literature and books, presenting at conferences, holding retreats and supporting church planting initiatives.

Latest Income: £661
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Schubert Institute (uk)

Arts

Quarterly journal, Schubert days 3 or 4 times a year, public talks

Latest Income: £655
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Samuel Crooke's Charities

Arts, Religion, Social welfare

For various Parishes in Croston and Leyland on a rotational basis: the purchase of books of devotion according to the principles of the Church of England; educational stipends; apprenticeships for industrious poor persons; poor indigent and industrious housekeepers.

Latest Income: £654
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Arthur Gaell For Apprenticing Foundation

Arts, Education, Social welfare

BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUT-FITS, CLOTHING,TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS,TO BENEFICIARIES ON LEAVING SCHOOL, A UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT TO PREPARE FOR, OR TO ASSIST THE ENTRY INTO, A PROFESSION, TRADE OR CALLING.

Latest Income: £654
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Shrewsbury And District Organists' And Choirmasters' Association

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

The Association exists to promote the enjoyment of organ music in general and choral music associated with the Christian Church. The Association aims to encourage organists of all ages to develop their musical abilities, and is able to offer small grants to members who are engaged in a recognised course of organ tuition, and who live in Shropshire.

Latest Income: £654
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Livesey's Exhibition Endowment

Arts, Religion

LIVESEY EXHIBITION ENDOWMENT PROVIDES AWARDS TO CATHEDRAL CHORISTERS

Latest Income: £652
Areas of Operation: Blackburn With Darwen
Status: Registered
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Cornish Federation Of Male Voice Choirs

Arts, Beneficiary group

1. Promoting male voice singing throughout Cornwall.2.Increasing public awareness of the cultural traditions and heritage of male voice singing in Cornwall and its benefits to local communities.3.Encouraging composers and arrangers to produce original music/arrangements for the future development and diversity of male voice music.4. Facilitating and organising massed choirs events.

Latest Income: £650
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Horspath Parochial Charities

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Childcare, Education

Allocate small grants to those living within the village of Horspath for the following heating-nursery fees-shoes-school outings-books for study purposes.

Latest Income: £650
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Mrs Mary Montague's Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfare

Makes charitable donations to the following categories of local people: the elderly in need; those in poor health; those who are unemployed; 6th Form, College or University students; and parents/guardians of children needing help with the cost of school books or uniforms.

Latest Income: £648
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Scott Mortimer Little Beck Trust

Arts

arts and crafts

Latest Income: £648
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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The Cookham Welfare Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

Provides financial grants to Students and Apprentices in Cookham Parish for purchase of books, educational material and equipment required for their course work.

Latest Income: £637
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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Elizabeth Barbour's Educational Foundation

Arts, Education

Charity distributes money for books or other non-consumable learning materials in the 3 schools appropriate to the original requests

Latest Income: £632
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
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.