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Best arts charities in London

416 rated arts & culture charities connected to London — local organisations plus UK-wide charities serving the area. Free Clarity Scores from UK regulator filings. Information only — not donation advice.

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Among the highest Clarity Scores on CharityCompare for arts work connected to London are COMMON WEALTH THEATRE LIMITED, HACKNEY QUEST, BEATING TIME. There are 416 rated options here — a mix of local charities and UK-wide organisations serving the area. Scores reflect filing transparency and financial stewardship from UK regulator filings, not programme impact. Use the table to compare, then give via each charity’s official site if you want to donate to local arts charities in London.
Charity Score Cause spend Income Scope
COMMON WEALTH THEATRE LIMITED 100 100% £760k UK-wide
HACKNEY QUEST 100 92% £827k Local
BEATING TIME 99 99% £669k UK-wide
COIN STREET CENTRE TRUST 99 100% £1.2m Local
CREATE (ARTS) LIMITED 99 89% £1.6m UK-wide
LONDON GAY MENS CHORUS (LGMC) 99 99% £588k UK-wide
SPREAD THE WORD 99 98% £592k Local
THE BIG HOUSE THEATRE COMPANY 99 88% £900k Local
THE FLYING SEAGULL PROJECT 99 88% £446k UK-wide
THE MINISTRY OF STORIES 99 93% £474k Local
UCLU 98 100% £18m Local
ART EXPLORA UK 97 88% £1.2m UK-wide
HALLE CONCERTS SOCIETY 97 92% £11m UK-wide
OXFORD LIEDER 97 89% £742k UK-wide
WELSHPOOL AND LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY PRESERVATION CO. LIMITED 97 78% £1.2m UK-wide
SHERMAN CYMRU 96 89% £2.6m UK-wide
STAGETEXT 96 97% £999k UK-wide
THE JAPAN SOCIETY 96 97% £523k UK-wide
CASTLEFIELD GALLERY 95 100% £671k UK-wide
MUSIC IN THE ROUND LIMITED 95 96% £869k UK-wide
SHUBBAK:A WINDOW ON CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE 95 100% £305k Local
THE MUSIC WORKS (CHARITY) 95 97% £2.1m UK-wide
BALLET LORENT LIMITED 94 98% £817k UK-wide
BIRMINGHAM OPERA COMPANY 94 94% £824k UK-wide
THE SHAKESPEARE GLOBE TRUST 94 85% £31m UK-wide
HAY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION LTD 93 99% £6.9m UK-wide
LONDON HANDEL SOCIETY LIMITED 93 95% £579k UK-wide
NOFIT STATE COMMUNITY CIRCUS LTD 93 97% £2.4m UK-wide
AWARDS FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS 92 94% £1.9m UK-wide
OPERA HOLLAND PARK 92 97% £5.0m UK-wide
THE AVENUES YOUTH PROJECT 92 98% £1.2m Local
THE NEW ENGLISH BALLET THEATRE 92 99% £834k UK-wide
BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE 91 100% £1.8m Local
CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE 91 86% £3.3m Local
IMPERIAL HEALTH CHARITY 91 90% £8.9m UK-wide
SYNERGY THEATRE PROJECT 91 91% £484k UK-wide
AMSCORDI LIMITED 90 100% £482k Local
BRITISH TEXTILE BIENNIAL 90 100% £442k UK-wide
OXFORD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TRUST 90 100% £3.1m UK-wide
THE BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY 90 99% £4.8m UK-wide
THE EGYPT EXPLORATION SOCIETY 90 81% £1.2m UK-wide
THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION 90 77% £251m UK-wide
The VOCES8 Foundation 90 100% £2.5m UK-wide
THE WORDSWORTH TRUST 90 78% £2.2m UK-wide
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 89 95% £8.6m UK-wide
ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET 89 94% £25m UK-wide
ENTELECHY ARTS LIMITED 89 N/D £496k Local
M6 THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED 89 100% £602k UK-wide
NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS FUND 89 94% £18m UK-wide
TANGLED FEET LIMITED 89 98% £767k UK-wide
CROYDON YOUTH ZONE 88 98% £1.0m Local
DELIGHT 88 90% £551k Local
DONMAR WAREHOUSE PROJECTS LIMITED 88 90% £10m Local
NORTHERN BALLET LIMITED 88 86% £11m UK-wide
PAVILION DANCE SOUTH WEST LIMITED 88 88% £1.1m UK-wide
PHILHARMONIA LTD 88 94% £11m UK-wide
STUDIO WAYNE MCGREGOR LIMITED 88 92% £3.1m UK-wide
THE BETHLEM ART AND HISTORY COLLECTIONS TRUST 88 100% £504k Local
THE PARK THEATRE 88 70% £2.9m Local
THE PEOPLE'S ORCHESTRA 88 82% £668k UK-wide
TOWNER 88 84% £3.6m UK-wide
BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN LIMITED 87 89% £868k Local
DANCE UMBRELLA LIMITED 87 96% £621k Local
IN PLACE OF WAR CIO 87 98% £681k UK-wide
JERWOOD FOUNDATION 87 90% £32m UK-wide
LEWISHAM YOUTH THEATRE LTD 87 98% £397k Local
LONDON YOUTH CHOIR 87 89% £736k Local
SOUTH EAST DANCE LIMITED 87 95% £902k UK-wide
TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS 87 95% £1.8m UK-wide
THE CORN EXCHANGE (NEWBURY) TRUST 87 95% £2.9m UK-wide
THE KOESTLER TRUST 87 87% £964k Local
THE STUDY SOCIETY 87 N/D £327k UK-wide
THEATRE PECKHAM 87 82% £1.1m Local
GREENWICH + DOCKLANDS FESTIVALS 86 100% £1.8m UK-wide
Kiln Theatre 86 85% £4.0m Local
MIRACLE THEATRE TRUST LIMITED 86 92% £666k UK-wide
NORTHERN BROADSIDES THEATRE COMPANY 86 99% £530k UK-wide
ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY 86 57% £5.1m UK-wide
THE MOZARTISTS 86 90% £689k Local
THE NORMANDY MEMORIAL TRUST LTD 86 86% £1.3m Local
THE OXFORD PLAYHOUSE TRUST 86 83% £5.3m UK-wide
THE WIGMORE HALL TRUST 86 96% £11m Local
THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU 86 100% £1.5m UK-wide
UPSWING AERIAL LIMITED 86 99% £588k UK-wide
CHAZAK LIMITED 85 99% £2.1m Local
EX CATHEDRA LTD 85 94% £906k UK-wide
FIRST STORY LIMITED 85 92% £858k UK-wide
INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS 85 86% £697k UK-wide
JEWISH FUTURES TRUST LIMITED 85 97% £14m UK-wide
LONDON CONTEMPORARY DANCE (THE PLACE) LIMITED 85 93% £11m UK-wide
OKRE: OPENING KNOWLEDGE ACROSS RESEARCH AND ENTERTAINMENT 85 98% £1.1m UK-wide
OPERA RARA 85 91% £996k Local
RICHMOND SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY 85 N/D £189k Local
ST ANDREW'S CLUB 85 86% £706k Local
THE BARBICAN CENTRE TRUST LIMITED 85 88% £2.7m Local
THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED 85 99% £246m UK-wide
THE JENCKS FOUNDATION 85 36% £688k UK-wide
THE LINE ART WALK 85 99% £1.4m Local
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART 85 100% £8.3m UK-wide
THE ROYAL DRAWING SCHOOL 85 83% £4.4m Local
THE ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE 85 83% £129m Local
AL MADAD FOUNDATION 84 100% £577k UK-wide
DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY 84 70% £5.6m Local
HEADLONG THEATRE LIMITED 84 99% £1.9m UK-wide
HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY LTD 84 94% £2.7m UK-wide
PECKHAM PLATFORM LTD 84 97% £514k Local
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY LIMITED 84 85% £285k Local
THE LONDON MOZART PLAYERS TRUST 84 98% £1.3m UK-wide
THE NATIONAL YOUTH THEATRE OF GREAT BRITAIN 84 89% £4.0m UK-wide
THE UK ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION - MUSIC MARK 84 94% £816k UK-wide
THEATR NA N'OG-THEATRE OF ETERNAL YOUTH 84 91% £691k UK-wide
WANDSWORTH MUSIC 84 96% £2.0m Local
WJEC CBAC LIMITED 84 100% £61m UK-wide
A M QATTAN FOUNDATION 83 90% £4.8m Local
AKRAM KHAN DANCE COMPANY 83 100% £2.7m UK-wide
ARTICHOKE TRUST 83 84% £1.1m UK-wide
BARNET YOUTH ZONE 83 99% £1.3m Local
FLATPACK PROJECTS 83 99% £533k UK-wide
GARSINGTON OPERA LIMITED 83 88% £10m UK-wide
IMPROBABLE 83 98% £549k UK-wide
MANSFIELD AND SUTTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY CIO 83 62% £2.5m UK-wide
MILAP FESTIVAL TRUST 83 84% £527k UK-wide
ONE DANCE UK 83 94% £853k UK-wide
PAINES PLOUGH LIMITED 83 96% £1.3m UK-wide
PEGASUS OPERA COMPANY LIMITED 83 93% £603k Local
RICHMOND UPON THAMES MUSIC TRUST COMPANY LIMITED 83 95% £1.8m Local
ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS 83 96% £537k Local
SADLER'S WELLS FOUNDATION LTD 83 100% £1.6m Local
THE BULLDOG TRUST LIMITED 83 60% £1.0m UK-wide
THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST 83 91% £14m UK-wide
Unicorn Theatre London Ltd 83 94% £3.8m UK-wide
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA LIMITED 83 85% £18m UK-wide
YOUNG CLASSICAL ARTISTS TRUST 83 82% £815k UK-wide
AURORA ORCHESTRA 82 93% £2.3m UK-wide
GLOBAL EDUCATION OREGON IN LONDON 82 100% £1.9m Local
JROOTS LIMITED 82 100% £4.3m Local
ONSIDE YOUTH ZONES 82 100% £21m UK-wide
ORCHESTRAS LIVE 82 93% £1.1m UK-wide
PIONEER THEATRES LIMITED 82 96% £4.3m Local
RAVEN ROW 82 100% £1.5m UK-wide
SIOBHAN DAVIES DANCE COMPANY 82 97% £908k UK-wide
SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE THEATRE COMPANY 82 76% £1.7m Local
THE ARTS DEPOT TRUST LIMITED 82 91% £2.5m Local
THE CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY 82 90% £2.1m Local
THE DICKENS HOUSE AND THE DICKENS HOUSE FUND 82 78% £982k UK-wide
AUTOGRAPH ABP 81 77% £1.6m UK-wide
BALLET BLACK 81 93% £1.0m UK-wide
BOOKTRUST 81 92% £12m UK-wide
EMERGENCY EXIT ARTS 81 91% £672k UK-wide
HOUNSLOW MUSIC SERVICE 81 100% £1.5m Local
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ORCHESTRAS OF GREAT BRITAIN 81 93% £1.7m UK-wide
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LIMITED 81 96% £12m UK-wide
THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED) 81 99% £25m UK-wide
THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD 81 100% £10m UK-wide
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 80 97% £6.4m UK-wide
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 80 95% £8.6m UK-wide
NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE 80 97% £86m UK-wide
Polish Social and Cultural Association 80 99% £1.6m Local
PROPER JOB THEATRE COMPANY 80 100% £985k UK-wide
SPITALFIELDS FESTIVAL LIMITED 80 N/D £328k Local
THE ANVIL TRUST LIMITED 80 98% £6.9m UK-wide
THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LIMITED 80 93% £29m Local
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 80 94% £236k UK-wide
WISE CHILDREN LIMITED 80 99% £3.4m UK-wide
BIRMINGHAM CONTEMPORARY MUSIC GROUP 79 98% £630k UK-wide
CANDOCO DANCE COMPANY 79 93% £830k UK-wide
CARDBOARD CITIZENS 79 85% £858k Local
GINGKO 79 88% £303k UK-wide
GLYNDEBOURNE PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 79 95% £42m UK-wide
GREATER MANCHESTER ARTS CENTRE LIMITED 79 93% £7.2m UK-wide
NATIONAL OPERA STUDIO 79 92% £1.2m Local
NORTH MUSIC TRUST 79 86% £17m UK-wide
SCIENCE MEDIA CENTRE 79 94% £775k UK-wide
STUDIO VOLTAIRE 79 84% £2.3m Local
THE BARAKAT TRUST 79 95% £337k UK-wide
THE BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS 79 95% £1.7m Local
THE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN 79 75% £4.3m UK-wide
THE OLD VIC THEATRE TRUST 2000 79 88% £24m Local
THE THEODORA CHILDREN'S CHARITY 79 78% £600k UK-wide
Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation 78 95% £996k UK-wide
LYRIC THEATRE HAMMERSMITH LIMITED 78 84% £6.7m Local
ORANGE TREE THEATRE LTD 78 94% £4.6m Local
Punchdrunk Enrichment Limited 78 69% £2.1m Local
RUSSELL MALIPHANT DANCE COMPANY 78 99% £209k UK-wide
THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE 78 99% £49m UK-wide
THE ARTANGEL TRUST 78 91% £1.4m UK-wide
THE LITTLE ANGEL THEATRE 78 82% £2.4m UK-wide
THE PUBLIC CATALOGUE FOUNDATION 78 93% £2.2m UK-wide
THE SIXTEEN 78 92% £1.6m UK-wide
UK Music Masters Ltd. 78 81% £1.5m UK-wide
Acosta Dance Foundation Ltd 77 92% £1.5m UK-wide
APPLES AND SNAKES 77 88% £772k UK-wide
BATTERSEA ARTS CENTRE 77 81% £4.6m Local
FILM AND VIDEO UMBRELLA 77 100% £445k UK-wide
Leeds International Piano Competition 77 87% £672k UK-wide
LEWISHAM MUSIC 77 99% £1.3m Local
MAMA YOUTH PROJECT 77 100% £580k Local
MANCHESTER CAMERATA LIMITED 77 93% £1.9m UK-wide
NEW DIORAMA 77 95% £1.4m Local
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY 77 93% £539k UK-wide

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What are the best arts charities in London? +

Among the highest Clarity Scores on CharityCompare for arts work connected to London are COMMON WEALTH THEATRE LIMITED, HACKNEY QUEST, BEATING TIME. There are 416 rated options here — a mix of local charities and UK-wide organisations serving the area. Scores reflect filing transparency and financial stewardship from UK regulator filings, not programme impact. Use the table to compare, then give via each charity’s official site if you want to donate to local arts charities in London.

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Both. This page includes charities based in London and UK-wide organisations that operate in or serve the area. Check each profile’s location and scope before you donate if you specifically want money to stay local.

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Each rated charity gets a Clarity Score (0–100) from four beacons — Accountability & Transparency, Financial Health, Financial Efficiency, and Community Support — calculated from Charity Commission and other UK regulator filings. It is not donation advice and not an impact ranking.

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