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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.

Bishops Hull Community Playgroup

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education

VILLAGE PRE-SCHOOL, PROVIDING PRE-SCHOOL CHILDCARE FOR CHILDREN AGED 2 - 4.THIS SETTING IS BASED IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM OF THE SCHOOL AND OFFERS ACTIVITIES BASED AROUND THE EYFS STATUTORY GUIDANCE, INCLUDING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS, PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT, LANGUAGE, BOOKS, PUZZLES,CONSTRUCTION AND NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES BASED AROUND AREAS OF LEARNING.

Latest Income: £63,317
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The City Of York Guildhall Orchestra

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Classical music Orchestra, mainly amateur, providing concerts for the public and experience for enthusiastic players of any age. Engaging with local schools and children's musical organisations so as to bring music both to a wider audience and to children in particular.

Latest Income: £63,105
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Shree Kutchi Leva Patel Samaj

Arts, Leisure, Social welfare

main aim of the Organisation is to keep Cultural events and traditions alive within the communityActivities we provide Music & Dance classes every weekPensioners Club get together on daily basisSports & Social events for youngstersLadies keepfit classesArts & Crafts classsesLadies Association get together

Latest Income: £63,085
Areas of Operation: India
Status: Registered
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Chiswick Saturday Music Centre

Arts, Beneficiary group

Main purpose of the charity is to educate of children in the art of making music. Activities include the organisation of lessons, ensemble groups and concerts

Latest Income: £63,011
Areas of Operation: Hounslow
Status: Registered
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Bishops Lydeard Village Hall And Playing Field

Arts, Facilities

The village hall comprises internally 3 halls, stage, kitchen and toilets, and externally an annexe, a childrens play park, playing field and car park. The internal facilities and annexe are hired to a wide range of regular user groups, and also to individuals and organisations for concerts, meetings, parties and wedding receptions. The external facilities are available to all at no charge.

Latest Income: £62,973
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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National Association Of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Health

Promotes hospital, health & wellbeing broadcasting in the UK.Acts as umbrella organisation supporting independent local hospital, health & wellbeing broadcasting organisations.

Latest Income: £62,952
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Music Therapy Charity

Arts, Charitable activities

Promotion of research into music therapy. Provision of grants to music therapy students. Support for music therapy projects.

Latest Income: £62,671
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Sir John Gielgud Charitable Trust

Arts, Education, Social welfare

The trustees principally grant bursaries to final year drama students who are suffering financial hardship and who are nominated by their respective drama schools.Please note that we do not accept private applications for funding.

Latest Income: £62,597
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Stainsby Folk Group

Arts

Stainsby Festival and associated educational arts activities

Latest Income: £62,569
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Arab Educational And Cultural Forum

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

Saturday schools for teaching Arabic language to children

Latest Income: £62,564
Areas of Operation: Ealing
Status: Registered
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Cymdeithas Ddrama Llangefni

Arts

performing arts ( acting, singing, dancing)

Latest Income: £62,553
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Digby Hall And Library

Arts, Facilities

MANAGEMENT AND HIRE OF A PUBLIC HALL FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF SHERBORNE AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Latest Income: £62,551
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Acton Amateur Operatic Society

Arts

Operatic Society

Latest Income: £62,499
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Mousehole Male Voice Choir

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

We are a male voice choir from Cornwall who give regular concerts in the Cornwall & Devon area. To raise funds for the running of the choir but primarily to raise funds to support a number of charities both locally and nationally.

Latest Income: £62,386
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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New London Orchestra Limited

Arts, Education

The New London Orchestra offers music projects including concerts, recordings, and music-related education and outreach projects in schools and in the wider community. All projects aim to have an education element, whether through choice of repertoire, or through bringing the experience of live music to places it might not otherwise reach.

Latest Income: £62,357
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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The Exmoor Pony Society

Animals, Arts

The Charity's objects are to promote Registered Exmoor Ponies and to encourage and maintain the standards of ponies used for breeding and to form and publish a stud book for the registration of Exmoor ponies. The Charity seeks to educate the public on the attributes of this rare native breed and act in an advisory capacity in reported cases of ill treatment of Registered Exmoor Ponies.

Latest Income: £62,316
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Society For Army Historical Research

Armed forces, Arts, Heritage

The objects of the society shall be the encouragement of army historical research, and the promotion and maintenance of regimental and military traditions including:- a) Research, (b) Quarterly Publication of a Journal contaning original articles, military manuscripts and other material, advice and encouragement to those interested including students, and a lecture programme

Latest Income: £62,248
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Carlton Little Theatre Trust

Arts

The objects are to promote the advancement and improvements of the general education in relation to all aspects of the arts or drama and the development of public appreciation of such arts.This is achieved by the provision of amateur theatre for the benefit of the local community.

Latest Income: £62,140
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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Eric Thompson Charitable Trust For Organists And Organ Music

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

The Trust aims to provide grants to help aspiring professional organists. Preference will be given to students seeking assistance towards special projects, rather than continuing academic tuition. The Flentrop scholarship awarded annually allows a student to spend two weeks in Holland with Flentrop, organ builders. The ETT Annual Award funds a candidate in a project related to the organ.

Latest Income: £62,089
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Emmanuel Trust Wokingham

Arts, Religion, Social welfare

Promotion of the Christian faith by such means as are charitable. Financially support Christian missions and workers. Printing and distribution of Christian literature and the relief of special poverty / need whether in UK or abroad

Latest Income: £62,073
Areas of Operation: Wokingham
Status: Registered
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The Guide Association Somerset

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

The aim of the Charity is to promote the education of girls and young women to help them develop emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually so that they can make a positive contribution to their community and the wider world. Somerset County is composed of 10 Divisions. Each of these has numerous units. Weekly guiding activities, camps, crafts and sporting events take place at all levels.

Latest Income: £61,592
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Torbay And South West Of England Festival

Arts

Competitive festival of performing arts

Latest Income: £61,503
Areas of Operation: Torbay
Status: Registered
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Ash Village Hall

Arts, Facilities

Administers village hall with stage plus small KCC library room, for hire by village clubs and organisations; also private parties and functions and adult (KCC) education classes.

Latest Income: £61,483
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Marilyn Baker Ministries

Arts, Religion

Marilyn Baker and team communicate the Christian faith through music, songs and the spoken word. They minister through the organisation of and attendance at concerts, conferences and meetings throughout the year.

Latest Income: £61,384
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Copdock And Washbrook Village Hall

Arts, Associations, Facilities, Leisure

WE ACT AS A CENTRE FOR VILLAGE ACTIVITIES AND AS SUCH WE CATER FOR A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BADMINTON, BOWLS, DRAMA, DANCING, WI, ETC.

Latest Income: £61,371
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
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.