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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.

Disability Recreation Unity Movement

Health, Leisure

Day activities, services and support to adults with physical and/or sensory disabilities and their carers.

Latest Income: £272,460
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Blue Watch Youth Centre

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Health, Housing, Leisure

Blue Watch is a resource for children, young people and families living in Sunderland East and its surrounding area. It provides recreational and leisure activities, services for those who are/at risk of homelessness/temporary accommodation, substance misuse, excluded from education, social media exploitation, debt and limited opportunities due to age, gender, infirmity or disability.

Latest Income: £272,033
Areas of Operation: Sunderland
Status: Registered
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Merlin Theatre Trust Limited

Arts, Leisure

To advance education and provide facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time for the inhabitants of Frome and the surrounding neighbourhood.

Latest Income: £270,051
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Mizzymead Recreation Centre

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Sections for:Indoor and Outdoor Bowling, Tennis, Bridge, Snooker and Pool.Base for Nailsea Shedders.Venue for Line Dancing, Mothers and Toddlers on Wednesday morning, Nailsea Musicals on Wednesday evening, Nailsea and Backwell Rotary Club, Slimming World on Monday evening and Tuesday morning.

Latest Income: £269,452
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
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Churchstoke Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

COMMUNITY AND SPORTS HALL PROVIDED FOR THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY. CAN BE USED BY ANYONE FOR RECREATIONAL USE ETC

Latest Income: £269,125
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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Wellingborough District Hindu Association

Facilities, Leisure, Religion

The advancement, promotion & practice of the Hindu religion, in particular, but not exclusively, by the provision & maintenance of a Temple for the purposes of public religious worship & other religious charitable purpose; to improve social welfare; providing facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £268,306
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Northway District Community Association

Associations, Leisure

Promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Northway and the neighbourhood together, interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £267,896
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Highfields Leisure Park

Leisure

Provision of public recreation and pleasure grounds for the people of the City of Nottingham forever.In order to acheive this, a programme of ongoing maintenance of grounds and equipment is completed each year. This ensures the provision of well maintained public recreation and pleasure grounds.

Latest Income: £264,056
Areas of Operation: Nottingham City
Status: Registered
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The Basingstoke And District Sports Trust Limited

Leisure

sports and leisure

Latest Income: £262,921
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Brightlingsea Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

To establish a Community Centre and to maintain and manage this Centre for the activities promoted by the Association.To promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Brightlingsea by associating local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation.

Latest Income: £258,971
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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King George's Field

Facilities, Leisure

The provision of public spaces and facilities for healthful and educational recreation

Latest Income: £258,246
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Lyndhurst And District Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

The Association promotes for the benefit of the inhabitants of Lyndhurst and the surrounding area the advancement of education, social welfare, recreation and leisure activities. The Association operates a centre which provides a number of meeting rooms and office services for the use of community groups, individuals and commercial organisations.

Latest Income: £255,613
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Crofton Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

The promotion of benefit for the inhabitants of Stubbington and Hill Head Wards of Fareham Borough Council in association with local autorities and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide recreation and leisure facilities.

Latest Income: £255,423
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Bristol Taleem-Ul-Islam Trust

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure, Religion

Education/TrainingReligious activitiesSport/recreation

Latest Income: £255,189
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Calverton Miners' Welfare Trust

Leisure, Professions

The object of the Charity is the provision of a welfare institute for the benefit of the inhabitants of the area of benefit without distinction of political, religoeus or other opinions with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £253,942
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Beverley Town Cricket And Recreation Club

Leisure

Provision of sports facilities and activities

Latest Income: £249,532
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Heanor Miners' Welfare Trust

Arts, Facilities, Health, Leisure, Professions

Provision of an institute and recreational facilities for the benefit of the community of Heanor, including Bowls, Football, Long Alley Skittles,Pool, Darts, Dominoes. Dementia tea dance.

Latest Income: £247,537
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Stevens Park And Recreation Ground

Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

grants to organisations within area of former Stourbridge District Council

Latest Income: £246,951
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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Shree Sanatan Seva Samaj

Arts, Facilities, Leisure, Religion

Shree Sanatan Seva Samaj has its premises at Hereford Road, Lewsey Farm, Luton where the spiritual, religious, cultural, educational, social & recreational needs of Hindu community of Luton & district are met. Besides providing temple for worship, we run Gujarat & Hindi language classes, music and dance classes, Hinduism classes, health seminars, yoga classes. We present cultural events, variety s

Latest Income: £246,944
Areas of Operation: Luton
Status: Registered
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Imperial Charity Promotions

Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Housing, Leisure, Social care

Organising shows, trips and activities for the elderly and adults and children with special needs. We also provide free entertainment to Residential Care and Nursing Homes when requested. Grants are made to Special Needs Schools inWiltshire to support their activities.

Latest Income: £246,659
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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The Quintin Hogg Memorial Fund

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The object of the Charity shall be to promote the education of the students of the University of Westminster by the provision of facilities for their recreation and such other facilities for the advancement of every aspect of their education and subject thereto, the education of other young persons as the Trustees think fit.

Latest Income: £242,682
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Islamic Centre Upton Park

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Religion

The principal activities of the charity is to to advance education in Islamic and non-Islamic studies. It also aims to provide recreational facilities to the young and the elderly in the interest of social welfare with the object of improving the condition of life for such persons. The Charity is based in the London Borough of Newham.

Latest Income: £241,038
Areas of Operation: Newham
Status: Registered
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The Freedom Centre (working With People With Disabilities)

Leisure

The Freedom Centre is established to relieve persons with physical disabilities, primarily in the Isle of Sheppey and Sittingbourne in Kent, in particular by the provisioon of facilities for the education, training, recreation and treatment of such persons.,

Latest Income: £240,293
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Priory Park

Facilities, Leisure

To be dedicated, held, used and enjoyed as and for the purposes of a public park for the benefit of the inhabitants of the Borough of Southend-on-Sea and the recreation of the public area.

Latest Income: £240,254
Areas of Operation: Southend-on-sea
Status: Registered
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Jamia Masjid Bilal And Community Centre

Facilities, Leisure, Religion

Promoting & providing facilities for Islamic religion.Providing facilities in the interest of social welfare & leisure time activities for the people of Wolverhampton.

Latest Income: £240,108
Areas of Operation: Wolverhampton
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.