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Leisure Charities That specialise in Hobbies

Discover 336 Leisure charities that specialise in hobbies. Use the search below to filter within these results.

336
Charities
£8,616,316,045
Total Income
£339,613
Avg Income
85.4%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Air Pilots Trust

Charitable activities, Education, Leisure

award of scholarships and grants to support and further education and training within aviation

Latest Income: £540,271
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Young & Inspired LTD

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure, Social welfare

Young & Inspired advocates for children and families facing poverty or adverse childhood circumstances and provides wraparound support throughout their childhood and as they transition into independent adults. Programs Include:Conquer The Kitchen program, empowering very young mothers to cook wholesome food economically,Flying Colours Arts, Sunshine Breakfast Club, Water Sports, Holiday Club

Latest Income: £490,820
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Trust Limited

Heritage, Leisure

Operates a museum for the benefit of the general public and provides educational and research facilities

Latest Income: £477,938
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Flying Seagull Project

Arts, Leisure

We spread joy worldwide through music, art, circus and dance. Working with vulnerable, abandoned, outcast and poorly people, we run creative sessions to help build confidence, aid childhood development and strengthen communication.

Latest Income: £445,589
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Welsh Church Act Fund Within The Areas Of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Bridgend And Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Councils

Charitable activities, Leisure, Religion

gives grants to organisations,principally church based but also hobbies,cultural,medical and educational grants

Latest Income: £411,733
Areas of Operation: Bridgend
Status: Registered
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North Paddington Youth Club

Animals, Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

NPYC's facilities include a multi-purpose sports hall, gym, I.T. room, kitchen, lounge, music room, art room, sensory room & youth hall for activities such as pool, table tennis, and board games. Holiday programmes include flying lessons, go karting, quad biking, driving lessons, jet ski-ing, sky diving, horse riding, scuba diving, cable ski-ing, theatre trips & residential experiences.

Latest Income: £367,699
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Air League Trust

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Education, Health, Leisure

To promote aeronautical education of the young and, through counselling and the award of scholarships and bursaries, to encourage students to follow careers in aviation and the aerospace industry. In pursuance of these objectives the Trustees & Chief Executive Office seeks to encourage support through relevant journals, magazines, the Air League's own website and fund raising events and donations.

Latest Income: £360,102
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Duxford Aviation Society

Heritage, Leisure

The Society is based at the Imperial War Museum site at Duxford, where it works in partnership with the IWM. The Society has a collection of post-WW2 British Civil Aircraft, which it maintains and displays to the public.

Latest Income: £356,759
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Ringwood And District Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Health, Heritage, Leisure

Adult education classes including languages, art, craft, yoga, exercise, judo, dancing, lip reading, 20 clubs covering interests such as garden, antiques, travel, bridge, art, philately, disabled, blind, also youth and pre-school. Day schools in music, archaeology, history, astronomy. 100 affiliated organisations many of which meet at Greyfriars, social functions including quizzes, cinema, suppers

Latest Income: £318,398
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Aeropark Heritage Aircraft Collection

Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure

The advancement knowledge and education of the public in the history of aviation by the establishment of a permanent museum for the preservation of aircraft, aircraft parts and associated ground equipment of historical interest

Latest Income: £312,356
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The British Physics Olympiad Trust

Education, Leisure

The BPhO provides competitive physics problems and competition exam papers within schools. It runs twelve key competitions over four age groups (Yr10 - Yr13), providing resources to stretch able school physics students, part of a process to select and train two teams to represent the UK at the International Physics Olympiad and at the International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics each year.

Latest Income: £302,847
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Raptor Foundation

Charity and VCS support, Education, Leisure

A rescue and rehabilitation centre for wild native birds of prey. Providing education, conservational talks, flying displays and close encounters with the birds of prey to public visiting and Outreach sessions to schools and clubs, bird groups about the work we do. Offering volunteer/ work experience opportunities to schools and high educational pupils.

Latest Income: £297,771
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Shuttleworth Veteran Aeroplane Society

Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure, Research

The SVAS exists to advance the education of the public in the science, practice and history of aviation and automotive transport by providing financial support and voluntary labour to maintain in working order the assets of the Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Rememberance Trust.

Latest Income: £289,028
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Abberton Rural Training

Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

The objects of the CIO are:(a) The advancement of education, training or retraining and(b) The relief of those in need in particular but not exclusively among unemployed people in Essex by providing them with work experience, volunteering opportunities, mentoring and rural employability and craft skills courses, and by supporting their re-integration back into the Community.

Latest Income: £286,541
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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The Schools' Aerospace Careers Programme

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure, Research

For the pubic benefit, advancing the education of young people by promoting, sustaining and increasing their individual and collective knowledge and understanding of engineering, aviation and related sciences via the medium of aerospace and inspiring them to pursue engineering and aviation related careers.

Latest Income: £282,619
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Royal Flying Doctor Service Of Australia, Friends In The United Kingdom

Charity and VCS support, Leisure

This charity carries out fundraising activities in the UK to support The Royal Flying Doctors of Australia

Latest Income: £276,771
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Royal International Air Tattoo Flying Scholarships For Disabled People

Education, Leisure

To relieve the condition of and improve the quality of life of disabled people by means of offering scholarships to learn to fly aircraft and to promote and facilitate the flying of aircraft by disabled people. Thereby assisting them to realise and achieve their potential.

Latest Income: £270,024
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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City Of Norwich Aviation Museum

Heritage, Leisure

Preservation of the aviation history of Norfolk.

Latest Income: £236,392
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Midlands Air Museum Limited

Charitable activities, Heritage, Leisure

Advance the education of the public in the preservation of aircraft and aeronautical equipment of historical, technical or other public interest relating to Coventry in particular and to the Midlands and aviation generally.The Museum's mission is to be recognised as one of the leading independent collections, renowned for its friendly atmosphere and exceptional standards of customer service.

Latest Income: £235,321
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Aviation Environment Trust

Leisure

To advance knowledge and understanding of aviation's adverse environmental impacts through research and education.

Latest Income: £234,634
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Solway Aviation Society Limited

Heritage, Leisure

To preserve for the General Public an aviation museum providing information, education and preservation of our historic collection of British Jet Aircraft and the aviation heritage from Cumbria and the surrounding area.

Latest Income: £223,168
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Gatwick Aviation Museum

Heritage, Leisure

For awareness of National Aviation History. Maintain & display historic aircraft & engines, classic aircraft & associated memorabilia & provide practical workshop on the development and progress of aviation.

Latest Income: £221,654
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Vulcan Restoration Trust

Heritage, Leisure

Preservation of Avro Vulcan aircraft as part of Britain's aviation heritage, in particular Avro Vulcan B2 XL426 at London Southend Airport, Essex, and to educate the general public in matters relating to the Vulcan's role in Britain's military history.

Latest Income: £217,222
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited

Heritage, Leisure

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Limited is a heritage aviation museum.

Latest Income: £212,948
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Force Gliding And Soaring Association

Armed forces, Leisure

The aim of the Association is to promote the efficiency of the RAF by providing an opportunity to indulge in the sport of Gliding and Soaring, thereby encouraging physical fitness and airmanship among all its members. In achieving this aim special regard is to be paid to bringing gliding and soaring within reach of all members of the RAF with priority to those normally employed on the ground.

Latest Income: £190,086
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many hobbies leisure charities are there in the UK?

There are 336 registered hobbies leisure charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the hobbies leisure charities by income?

Royal Mencap Society is the largest by latest reported annual income (£244.4m). 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 hobbies leisure charities?

Hobbies leisure charities reported a combined annual income of £8.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for hobbies leisure charities?

Across all hobbies leisure charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 85.4%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of hobbies leisure charities?

Hobbies leisure charities have an average annual income of £340k. 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.