Runs a museum of transport heritage with education and outreach programmes, permanent displays, events and collections.

Produces educational plays and encourages drama, ballet, music and other arts, mainly for children and young people.

Opens Chatsworth House and its gardens to visitors, with events, exhibitions and educational programmes for school visits.

Maintains and develops the open-air museum at Beamish, which represents the North of England.

Provides leisure, recreation, family services and dramatic arts facilities to the local community, promoting health and wellbeing.

Shares the story of the Royal Air Force, past, present and future, using its people's stories and collections to inspire learning.

Presents opera performances, symphony concerts and educational events, mainly in the North of England, to encourage appreciation of lyric art.

Runs a drama school offering validated degrees, courses and diplomas, plus drama and communications examinations in the UK and overseas.

Promotes creativity and learning through the production and presentation of high quality theatre that reflects its communities.

Acts as a grant-giving foundation in London that supports education, communities, knowledge and areas including neuroscience and the arts.

Helps all young people in Wales develop as complete individuals through the Welsh language, with residential, arts, sports and local activities.

Stages opera and runs educational activity, along with concerts, broadcasts, recordings and publications.

Enriches museums and galleries across the UK with works of art, campaigns for wider access to art and runs a membership scheme.

Makes theatre accessible to everyone in its community, as participants and audiences, regardless of circumstances or background.

Aims to be the UK's foremost international ballet company, enriching people's lives through dance.

Runs a London museum of design that carries out charitable and educational activities for the public.

Runs the Glasshouse International Centre for Music, a venue for musical discovery that welcomes people of all musical styles and languages.

Operates an academy of dramatic art that teaches drama and promotes its study, practice and knowledge across the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world.

Carries out scientific research into the marine environment, the threats it faces and its relationship with society, to support a sustainable ocean.