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Arts Charities

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.

The Pat Gray Arts (music) And Rural Education Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Economic and community development

To advance public education in the Arts (particularly music, literature and drama), country life and related subjects.

Latest Income: £33
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Alnwick District Arts Association

Arts, Heritage

Promoting the arts

Latest Income: £32
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Hewitt's Charities

Arts, Beneficiary group

A small charity to help a child in education by providing a book.

Latest Income: £31
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Mary Ann Dixon For Choir

Arts, Social welfare

Help for the Choir & the Poor

Latest Income: £28
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Woking Community Play Association Limited

Arts, Heritage

To produce dramatic plays on the history of Woking open to participation by all the community.

Latest Income: £27
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Ian Whitfield Memorial Awards

Arts

To provide awards as motivation for young musicians.

Latest Income: £24
Areas of Operation: North East Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Thomas Bradridge's Gift

Arts, Education

The charity offers assistance with the purchase of books at local primary schools

Latest Income: £21
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Cardiff County And Vale Of Glamorgan Youth Brass Band Parents Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

To promote & advance the musical education of children & young persons under the age of 21 in the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan area.In particular to advance their knowledge and appreciation of Brass Band Music

Latest Income: £12
Areas of Operation: Cardiff
Status: Registered
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Captain Ray's Charity

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Religion

Local fund raising; annual church service, occasional donations from theatrical production.Donations as required with approval of trustees.

Latest Income: £2
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Lyte House Charity

Arts, Housing, Religion

Provide affordable accommodation for people in housing need. Provide room for a Brixham Mission Community office and for the printing of parish magazine. Provide rooms to let at affordable rates to small groups.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The City Arts Trust Limited

Arts

to promote, maintain, improve and advance education, particularly by the encouragement of the arts, including the arts of design, drama, mime, dance, singing and music and to formulate, prepare and establish festivals and schemes therefor in the City of London and elsewhere

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: City Of London
Status: Registered
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Matthew Wyldbore's Charity

Arts, Religion

Provision of church bellringing and the welfare and training of church bellringers

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Peterborough City
Status: Registered
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Lawrence Joseph Ball Memorial Fund

Arts

PROVISION OF BOOKS PRINCIPALLY OF A RELIGIOUS CHARACTER TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGHT THE CITY OF PLYMOUTHS LIBRARY SERVICE

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Plymouth City
Status: Registered
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Theatre Royal Windsor Trust

Arts

To futher the work of the Windsor Theatre Limited.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Stephen Blair

Arts, Religion

Provision of annual donations : for maintenance of Bolton Parish Church; Organist at Bolton Parish Church; Choir at Bolton Parish Church;

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Bolton
Status: Registered
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The Ashford Hospital Broadcasting Service

Arts, Health, Leisure

AHBS provides a service of entertainment and information to patients in the William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Adventist Book Centre (south) LTD

Arts, Religion

PROMULGATION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE WORLDWIDE BY THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Princes Risborough Choral Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THE ART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY PRESENTATION AT PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS AND BY OTHER SUCH MEANS AS THE SOCIETY, THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE SHALL DETERMINE.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The South Island Trust

Arts, Beneficiary group

Offers Arts & Crafts activities to children and young people in a safe and stimulating environment

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Bredfield Amateur Dramatic Society

Arts, Research

THE EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DRAMATIC ART BY THE PRESENTATION OF PLAYS AND DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS IN BREDFIELD AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. ANY SURPLUS INCOME SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS IN BREDFIELD.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Bath Theatre Trust

Arts

Ownership of listed theatre building

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Radio Hinchingbrooke

Arts

Providing a radio service for the community

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Lady Beck's Charitable Trust

Arts, Heritage

The trustees principally support a public gallery.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Treasury Singers

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

Promotion, development and maintenance of public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music (especially in choral music) particularly in the Whitehall area and the surrounding neighbourhood through rehearsals for, and the presentation of, public concerts and recitals.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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The Tefe Trust

Arts, Charitable activities, Religion

Grants to Churches in UK, Bible Society, Bible Translation, Missionary Work and Christian Radio.

Latest Income: £0
Areas of Operation: Various
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.