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Leisure Charities That specialise in Recreation

Discover 4,072 Leisure charities that specialise in recreation. Use the search below to filter within these results.

4,072
Charities
£2,704,707,050
Total Income
£272,076
Avg Income
81.8%
Program Ratio

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

Cransley Village Memorial Hall

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

Provides the only meeting place in Cransley for the local community. Available for hire to various organisations including keep fit, yoga, bowls, upholstery classes. Holds events regularly which provide entertainment for the village as well as fundraising - barn dances, concerts, annual horticultural show, annual fete, annual Christmas craft fair.

Latest Income: £10,189
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Tynemouth Society For Mencap

Beneficiary group, Leisure

social sport recreation

Latest Income: £10,188
Areas of Operation: North Tyneside
Status: Registered
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Lawhitton Parish Hall Committee

Animals, Beneficiary group, Education, Facilities, Leisure

The charity will organise; Whistdrives, Dances, Coffee mornings. Provides equipment for Darts, Badminton. Skittles. The hall is used for Dog Training, Badminton by 2 clubs, Zumba classes, U3A clubs, also Election Polling station.Meetings of various local organisations for both recreation and business, as well as by the villagers for parties and family events.

Latest Income: £10,173
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Llanfaelog Village Hall

Beneficiary group, Environment, Facilities, Housing, Leisure

Llanfaelog Village Hall operates for the benefit of the community of Llanfaelog and surrounding area in being a quality facility, housing numerous activities for children, young people, older people including social educational, cultural, recreational events. We have also been selected for a pilot waste/recycling project with Anglesey County Council. Helping those in neeed during COVID-19 pandemic

Latest Income: £10,149
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Anglesey
Status: Registered
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Lound Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Providing and maintaining a village hall for the people of Lound and providing recreational, educational and leisure activities for the benefit of the residents.

Latest Income: £10,147
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Tydd St Mary Playing Field Committee

Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

To provide recreational facilities for the village residents and visitors to hire for personal use and fundraising activities.

Latest Income: £10,132
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Montgomery Recreation Association

Beneficiary group, Leisure

The charity provides and manages a community building where several groups such as youth, life long learning, fitness and health classes meet.

Latest Income: £10,126
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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Linden Baroque Orchestral Society

Arts, Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Leisure

We play music of the 17th and 18th century using original instruments and historically informed performance practices. We often play unperformed music or unusual repertoire. We give concerts for public entertainment and education. We normally give one concert a year for charitable fundraising. We give platform for students and those who wish to learn the techniques.

Latest Income: £10,119
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Hayfield Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

We provide a venue for social, recreational and educational activities and for the physical well-being of all age groups regardless of sex, age or ethnicity both indoors and in an adjoining garden.

Latest Income: £10,088
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Chris Brasher Trust

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the recreation of people of the UK, with particular focus on those with special needs by focus by reason of their youth, poverty or social and economic circumstances.

Latest Income: £10,082
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Town Hall Charity

Facilities, Leisure

Provision and maintenance of a community hall for the use of the inhabitants of Lutterworth without distinction of political, religious or other opinions; including the use for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants.Maintain, improve Lutterworth Town Hall.

Latest Income: £10,073
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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The Talgai Hall Trust

Leisure

The Talgai Hall Trust maintains the Hall for the local community and is available for groups to meet in connection with education, training, arts, culture, sport, recreation and local meetings and charitable events.

Latest Income: £10,056
Areas of Operation: Gwynedd
Status: Registered
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Credenhill Community Hall

Facilities, Health, Leisure

Village Hall - Renting Space to Local Groups for the furtherance of Education,Health and Wellbeing and Leisure activities. Community based

Latest Income: £10,048
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Haddiscoe Village Hall

Associations, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

Provision of building with well equipped facilities that provides a venue for public recreational, educational, and social activities to improve the local community

Latest Income: £10,033
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Sturton By Stow Recreation Ground

Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Recreation Field - Used for football ,village events such as firework display, village fetes, facilities available for local organisations such as Girl Guides, Scouts, activity clubs, cricket etc. Also includes, 5 a side area and skateboard park

Latest Income: £10,024
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Coolham Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

To provide and maintain a village hall for the use of the inhabitants of Coolham and surrounding areas. The hall to be used for education, meetings, recreation and leisure-time occupation, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £10,000
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Ilfracombe Unit 193 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

The charitable purpose of the Unit is to promote the development of young people in achieving their physical, intellectual and social potential as individuals and as responsible citizens by the provision of education and leisure time activities using a nautical theme and in accordance with the principles, ethos and practices of the Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC).

Latest Income: £9,999
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Seaton Ross Village Hall

Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

The village hall is for the use of all villagers and surrounding villages. It is used for charity, educational, social and recreational purposes. The Village Hall Committee raises money for the upkeep of the hall.

Latest Income: £9,993
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Saron Welfare Association

Facilities, Leisure

To maintain and develop projects and activities based on the Saron Welfare Hall for the benefit of the whole community of Saron.To further improve the leisure cultural and educational facilities for the whole community

Latest Income: £9,952
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Steppingley Village Hall

Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Facilities, Leisure

Steppingley Village Association is the governing body of Steppingley Village Hall and Steppingley Recreational Association. We organise a variety of social and leisure activities throughout the year for children, youth and adults. We maintain and manage the village hall, village pavilion, recreation ground and the children's play area for the benefit of the village and its neighbourhood.

Latest Income: £9,936
Areas of Operation: Central Bedfordshire
Status: Registered
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Brompton Recreation Group

Facilities, Leisure

The Charity manages a sports field under a 98 year lease from the local Council together with land in its own ownership whereby it provides use of playing fields for recreational purposes for the inhabitants of Brompton and the surrounding neighborhood, facilities for sport recreation and leisure time for the purpose of relaxation. We also manage Weavers Pavilion.

Latest Income: £9,914
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Stonebroom Community Association

Associations, Leisure

Promote benefit of the inhabitants of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter Stonebroom and the neighbourbood by the advancement of education and the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure time occupation.

Latest Income: £9,910
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Colmworth Village Hall

Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

The village hall is available for hire and is used for meetings, lectures, classes and for other forms of recreation and leisuretime activities including scouts, youth activities, dances, parties and wedding receptions.

Latest Income: £9,896
Areas of Operation: Bedford
Status: Registered
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Chilterns Gateway Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

LEISURE ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY WITHIN A STRUCTURED SETTING OF A CLUB.

Latest Income: £9,895
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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2nd Cirencester (stratton) Scout Group

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Recreation and learning activities for children between the ages of 6 - 15

Latest Income: £9,882
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many recreation leisure charities are there in the UK?

There are 4,072 registered recreation leisure charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the recreation 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 recreation leisure charities?

Recreation leisure charities reported a combined annual income of £2.7bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for recreation leisure charities?

Across all recreation leisure charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 81.8%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of recreation leisure charities?

Recreation leisure charities have an average annual income of £272k. 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.