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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.

Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (school Of Islamic Sufism)

Arts, Education, Health, Religion, Society

Weekly webcasts & lectures on Sufism, Koran classes & book reading, Tamarkoz (Meditation) classes, translation classes, Farsi classes, ceremonies & other events, interfaith activities, musical performances, arts and crafts and tuition on traditional Iranian instruments

Latest Income: £60,083
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Longwell Green Christian Fellowship

Arts, Religion, Social welfare

The advancement of the Christian faith and the worship of God by preaching, proclamation of the gospel and teaching of Christian doctrine. The printing and distribution of the Bible and other Christian literature.The relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress or who are aged or sick.The advancement of education on the basis of Christian principles for all ages.

Latest Income: £60,015
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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The Dunnington And Grimston Playing Fields

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

Provides sport and recreation facilities for all ages/genders/abilities in the community and surrounding areas. Sporting facilities as well as buildings are made available as well as making grants available to organisations. Sports are football, cricket, bowls, squash, tennis, table tennis, Indoor facilities for elderly e.g. chair aerobics and for young people e.g. dance. Large play park.

Latest Income: £59,895
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Morel Charitable Trust

Arts, Economic and community development

support of the arts, in particular drama, organisations working for improved race relations, inner city projects and third world projects

Latest Income: £59,802
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Newton-Le-Willows Boys And Girls Club

Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Leisure

The club offers youth group activities to seniors (12-18) and juniors (8-11 Years), these activities are educational and recreational. A group of volunteers and paid staff run these groups.WA12Radio station now belongs to Newton Boys and Girls Club. A community radio used by the local community for the community. We broadcast online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Latest Income: £59,766
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Insurance Orchestral Society

Arts

Provision of symphony orchestra rehearsals and concerts for amateurs who predominantly are employed in the insurance and financial services industry, led by professional conductor and leader.

Latest Income: £59,470
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Harrow Choral Society

Arts, Charitable activities, Research

To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals.

Latest Income: £59,327
Areas of Operation: Harrow
Status: Registered
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Bovey Tracey Activities Trust

Arts, Education, Leisure

Membership is restricted to a radius of 5 miles of the centre of Bovey Tracey.Activivities include, members coffee mornings, Art and Craft sessions, Pitch & Putt, Carpet Bowls, Darts, Table Tennis, Whist, Bridge, Chess, Keep fit, Walking Group, Petanque, Computer training, Jazz and Classical music meetings.

Latest Income: £59,274
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Holly Lodge Community Centre Limited

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Health, Leisure

Social and educational activities for all ages. Computer suite. Hall for hire for private and community groups and classes such as Pilates for cancer recoverers, judo, yoga, telescope making, zumba, children's art class. Luncheon club on Mondays - no age restrictions. Film club.

Latest Income: £59,025
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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Friends Of St John's Highbury Vale School Association

Arts, Associations, Charity and VCS support, Education

Fundraising for school activites and projects that enrich the lives of pupils, e.g. music provision, school trips and other materials and projects not funded by general school budget

Latest Income: £58,957
Areas of Operation: Islington
Status: Registered
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The Tonbridge Philharmonic Society

Arts

The Charity's principal objects are the study and practice of choral and orchestral music for the enhancement of musical satisfaction in order to foster public knowledge and appreciation of such music by means of public performance. These objectives are achieved through the performance of public concerts

Latest Income: £58,943
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Congleton Players Amateur Theatre Club

Arts, Associations, Social welfare

Three full length plays are performed each year at Daneside Theatre, Park Road, Congleton, Cheshire. Every two years a one act playwriting competition is organised which culminates in a one act play festival. Social activities also take place, including visits to performances at other theatres.

Latest Income: £58,938
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Portsmouth Victoria Nursing Association

Arts, Health, Professions, Social care, Social welfare

The Charity provides help to the sick or disabled who are in financial need. Grants may be made to purchase among other items, equipment, special clothing, help with energy bills and respite care. Support is also given to the Community Nurses by providing help with training courses, books and special equipment not normally funded by the NHS.

Latest Income: £58,935
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Alwoodley Community Association

Arts, Associations, Facilities, Leisure

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Alwoodley by providing facilities for social welfare and recreation currently including Art, Badminton, Carpet Bowls, Chess, Football, Junior Chess, Lace & Craft, Sinfonia, Singers, Social Club, Table Tennis, Tennis.Affiliated Groups - Scouts & Guides, Townswomen's Guild

Latest Income: £58,842
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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The Warwick Arts Trust

Arts

Giving opportunities to young musicians to appear before an audience. Supporting other charities in related fields.

Latest Income: £58,779
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Petersfield Musical Festival

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education

To run an annual music festival in Petersfield in March, which consists of concerts by local choral societies and orchestras, celebrity concerts, recitals, and youth concerts for young singers and musicians from local schools. To run choral workshops and competitions for young composers. To assist young musicians by making financial awards towards their tuition or instruments.

Latest Income: £58,758
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Hilperton Village Hall

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities

Activities run for the benefit of the local community. Facilities available to hire for use by community groups, e.g. Pre-school, uniform groups, performing arts groups, WI, Dance groups(children and adult). Rooms available for hire by individuals for parties/charity events etc.

Latest Income: £58,651
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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The Oral History Society

Arts, Heritage

We run training programmes in oral history techniques, run a website, publish a journal, run a regional network, offer advice, run an annual conference, act as a focal point for oral history and deal with ethical issues, archiving and technical developments for dissemination.

Latest Income: £58,596
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Harvest Christian Fellowship

Arts, Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfare

Pimarily the promotion of the Christian faith by provision of a place of worship, the carrying out of religious services, relief of poverty through practical and financial assistance, preparation and broadcast of Christian teaching material along with the provision of children's and youth activities

Latest Income: £58,496
Areas of Operation: Croydon
Status: Registered
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The Mothers Union (diocese Of Durham Branch)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Education, Health, Housing, Saving of lives, Social welfare

Parish support. Short breaks for those in difficult circumstances, support for women prisoners and families, school children in deprived area, womens refuge. Blankets, baby clothes, toilet bags to hospitals, support members overseas, literacy, development, health education, famine relief.

Latest Income: £58,320
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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First Church Of Christ , Scientist, Walton And Weybridge

Arts, Charitable activities, Education

Holding church services, sunday school services and testimony meetings; operating a reading room and book shop

Latest Income: £58,318
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Mitsubishi Ufj Trust Oxford Foundation

Arts

Supporting the work of the Oxford Literary and Debating Union Charitable Trust which provides library, reading room and debating facilities within the City of Oxford

Latest Income: £58,227
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Hereford Choral Society

Arts

Rehearsals and Concerts for a membership of 200 singers; concerts promoted throughout Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire; diseminate information about singing and concerts to membership; Friends' organisation to support the aims of the Society

Latest Income: £58,175
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Montgomeryshire Community Regeneration Association Cymdeithas Adfywio Cymunedol Maldwyn

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Heritage, Leisure

The Charity operates Plas Dolerw as a Voluntary Sector Centre and organises an annual lecture to discuss issues of concern in Montgomeryshire. The Charity also owns Oriel Davies Gallery, which is leased to a separate charity. Exhibitions and arts education courses are provided there for the benefit of the people of mid Wales.

Latest Income: £58,159
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Shakespeare At The Towers Trust

Arts, Education

Annual Shakespearen production in courtyard of local hotel.Providing bursaries to participants who have been involved in productions and are pursuing professional training.Providing hire of staging, equipment and costumes to local groups.

Latest Income: £58,061
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
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.