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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.

Code Institute

Leisure

Provides indoor sport & recreation facilities. Provides storage facilities for other voluntary bodies. Provides building to other charities. Provides facilities to general public/mankind.

Latest Income: £6,124
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Great Paxton Recreation Ground

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Maintain an area of land donated to the village for recreational use by the village and a pavilion with utilities. An adult football team and a youth football team regularly use the area. Primarily concerned with paying for the utilities, maintaining the land for recreational use with a goal of creating an all weather games areas for use by the children of the village.

Latest Income: £6,124
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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The Malvern Womens Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

provides a weekly meeting place where members can listen to speakers, watch demonstrations and take part in outings and other leisure persuits with an educational or cultural theme

Latest Income: £6,121
Areas of Operation: Knowsley
Status: Registered
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Public Park And Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Parish Council - provision of recreation facilities.

Latest Income: £6,088
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Holcombe Playing Field And Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Provision of recreational facilities to the villagers of Holcombe

Latest Income: £6,048
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Normanton-On-Trent Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Provision of educational, social, recreational and support facilities for the residents of Normanton on Trent and Skegby and surrounding villages.

Latest Income: £6,048
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Stiffkey Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Stiffkey Village hall is used for any religious/charitable purpose and purposes to promote the spiritual, moral, or physical improvement or welfare and resonable recreation advantage or benefit of the Parishioners of Stiffkey

Latest Income: £6,040
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Forton Village Hall And Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Management and upkeep of village hall and recreation ground (including a pavillion which is located on the recreation ground) Note: This was previously split between two seperate charities (Hall and Recreation Ground) which officially merged in January 2011 to form a single charitie and committee.

Latest Income: £6,038
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Timperley Women's Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

To advance education and to provide facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving life for women in the area of benefit without distinction of political, religious or other opinions.

Latest Income: £6,037
Areas of Operation: Salford City
Status: Registered
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Upton Village Recreational Hall

Associations, Leisure, Social welfare

Social activities for the benefit of all Villagers

Latest Income: £6,011
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Watlington Public Charities Trust

Facilities, Leisure, Religion

Each year our income is distributed in the following way: 2/8th to Watlington Parochial Church Council, 3/8th to Watlington Educational Foundation; 3/8th to Watlington Recreation Grounds Charity.

Latest Income: £6,001
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Miscellaneous sums to support the provision of parks and open spaces.

Latest Income: £5,996
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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War Memorial Recreation Ground

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

Provides recreational facilities for the public.

Latest Income: £5,984
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Snipe Clough

Facilities, Leisure

Recreation ground

Latest Income: £5,984
Areas of Operation: Oldham
Status: Registered
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Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

PROVIDES RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE VILLAGE OF SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE

Latest Income: £5,947
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Playing Field And Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Promoting sport

Latest Income: £5,940
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Birmingham Chinese Society

Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

TO SERVE AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN BIRMINGHAM &THE WEST MIDLANDS BY RELIEVING POVERTY, ENCOURAGING EDUCATION, RECREATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND PROVIDING ADVOCACY, ADVICE AND TRANSLATION SERVICES AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE. SERVICES INCLUDING, INFORMATION AND ADVICE, TRAINING, HEALTH ADVOCACNY, INTERPRETING AND TRANSLATING, BUSINESS ADVICES

Latest Income: £5,933
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Winster Playing Fields

Childcare, Facilities, Leisure

MAINTENANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES INCLUDING AN ALL-WEATHER MULTI PLAY AREA, GRASS FOOTBALL PITCH AND CHILDRENS PLAY AREA

Latest Income: £5,923
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Austwick Jubilee Recreation Committee

Facilities, Leisure

Provides and maintains sport & recreational services for all sectors of the local community.

Latest Income: £5,916
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Gleaston Recreation Ground And Village Hall

Charity and VCS support, Childcare, Facilities, Leisure

Management of Community owned assets (Village Hall, village playground, and associated village green). Fund raising for development and on going management of assets.Organize events for the benefit of the community.

Latest Income: £5,907
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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The Dan-Y-Coed Community Association

Associations, Leisure

To promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Dan y Coed and the neighbourhood without distinction of sex,religion, or other opinions by associating with local authorities,voluntary organisations and inhabitants in a common effort to advance education and to promote facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupations.

Latest Income: £5,900
Areas of Operation: Neath Port Talbot
Status: Registered
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Chrystie Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

The charity is a recreation ground provided for informal recreation and some organised sports.

Latest Income: £5,898
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Wellingore Women's Institute

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

,Education/training .arts/culture,sport/recreation,environment/conservation/heritage communitydevelopment

Latest Income: £5,892
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Memorial Hall

Associations, Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure

Maintenance of the Village Hall for recreational and other community activities by residents and visitors

Latest Income: £5,885
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Chelmondiston Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Maintenance of playing field, play equipment and pavilion

Latest Income: £5,874
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
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.