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Discover 6,882 Arts charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

6,882
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.

Miss M P Laurie Trust Fund

Arts, Religion

The education of a selected boy during the time such boy is a probationer, singing boy or chorister of Canterbury Cathedral.

Latest Income: £205
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Lewes And District Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

To produce and distribute tapes weekly to the blind, containing local news from the Sussex Express and a selection of magazine items.

Latest Income: £205
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Clarkes Music Services Trust

Arts, Charitable activities

To provide grants to musicians in the Parishes of Leverington and Gorefield in need of financial help

Latest Income: £197
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Plumstead Free School Foundation

Arts, Education

Provides support for education and cultural activities related to the Parish of St Mark with St Margaret, Plumstead. Typically expenditure might relate to music lessons and activities involving the junior members of the Church choir.

Latest Income: £197
Areas of Operation: Greenwich
Status: Registered
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York Talking News

Arts, Health

Monthly talking newspaper.

Latest Income: £195
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Vernon Harriss Gift

Arts, Religion

For the maintenance and support of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral and its music.

Latest Income: £190
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Hilda Anderson Deane Trust

Arts, Education

To provide an annual prize at each of the Royal College of Music, the Guildhall School Of Music, the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama , Royal Northern College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music

Latest Income: £189
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Women's Institute - Bingham

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group

monthly meetings with speaker book club walking group craft group theatre group thursday coffee morning serving the public on market day christmas and summer fair in the village

Latest Income: £184
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Holcenberg Foundation Trust Fund

Arts, Religion

Purchase of Library material for the advancement of education with regard to matters of Jewish interest and the Jewish Religion.

Latest Income: £168
Areas of Operation: Plymouth City
Status: Registered
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Friends Of Cromer Academy Trust

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

Fundraising Activities & Grant Applications to help with school funds. Activities Include: School discos, Christmas Bazaars, Musical events. Helping with refreshments for school productions and other school events, Quizzes, Bingo etc.

Latest Income: £167
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Ocho Rios Steel Band

Arts, Leisure

Provide musical entertainment for the general public in the form of steel band music. The band normally perform within a radius of 50 miles from Rugby.

Latest Income: £165
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Tomlinson Charity

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

To provide funds for the upkeep of the choir and organ of Dronfield Parish Church.

Latest Income: £160
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Miss Sarah Brinton For The Organist

Arts, Education

Repair of Christ Church Organ

Latest Income: £153
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Y Gwalia-Canolfan Y Teulu Penrhiwceiber

Arts, Beneficiary group

Encourage the use of the Welsh language and provide facilities for families

Latest Income: £150
Areas of Operation: Rhondda Cynon Taff
Status: Registered
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Haigh-Stratford Award Trust

Arts, Education, Religion

Provides scholarships for the musical tuition of young choristers to develop in these choristers a love and knowledge of the liturgy and music of the Church of England, thereby helping to ensure the future of Church music and the choir of St Mary's Worsbrough Village.

Latest Income: £150
Areas of Operation: Barnsley
Status: Registered
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Ymddiriedolaeth Cerdd Ynys Mon (anglesey Music Trust)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Makes grants to promote the musical education of the young people of Anglesey.

Latest Income: £148
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Anglesey
Status: Registered
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Pontefract And Castleford Talking Newspaper Association

Arts, Health

Supplying tapes of the local Pontefract and Castleford Express newspaper to the local blind people

Latest Income: £146
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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Priors Charity

Arts, Education

Grants for students of the Chesham Bucks area for education books at university

Latest Income: £140
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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H B Lankester Charities In Connexion With Avenue Congregational Church

Arts, Religion

Income paid directly into Avenue St. Andrew's United Reformed Church, Southampton Church Accounts and used to augment the Minister's Stipend, Organist's Stipend and the Organ fund. (The charity does not have its own current account).The Trustees are the currently serving trustees (the Elders) of Avenue St. Andrew's United Reformed Church, Southampton, Charity No. 1130504

Latest Income: £135
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Barking And Dagenham Talking Newspaper

Arts, Health

Provides recordings of the local newspaper for visually impaired people in borough.

Latest Income: £130
Areas of Operation: Barking And Dagenham
Status: Registered
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John Carewe Brighton Orchestra Trust

Arts, Charity and VCS support

RAISING FUNDS FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE BRIGHTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Latest Income: £124
Areas of Operation: Brighton And Hove
Status: Registered
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Generating Hope In Action Gobaith Mewn Gweitheediad

Arts, Education

Our aim is to assist schools and health centres in Uganda as well as assisting educational provision through publications in Britain.

Latest Income: £120
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Francis Bradford

Arts, Education

Gives a small grant to students in their second year of higher education toward books and equiptment

Latest Income: £120
Areas of Operation: Monmouthshire
Status: Registered
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The Lonsdale Foundation At Shap

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Shap Primary School - buys books for the school and children

Latest Income: £120
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Dean And Chapter Of Exeter Cathedral School Prize Fund

Arts, Education

Provide prizes for choristers and pupils at Exeter Cathedral School

Latest Income: £118
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 6,882 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.