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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.

Brockhampton Parish Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Providing space for local leisure and interest pursuits, and providing functions for the use of village residents and surrounding areas.

Latest Income: £2,510
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Hebden Recreation Ground

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Facilities, Leisure

Provide open space for both local people and visitors to the village.Provide a playground for the children of the village and visitor children.

Latest Income: £2,509
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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United Charities

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

THERE ARE NO ACTIVITIES FOR THE CHEADLE UNITED CHARITIES, THE INTEREST FROM THE INVESTED MONEY FROM WEATHLY PEOPLE WHO LEFT MONEY FOR VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY OF CHEADLE, i.e. OVER 60's, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND THE NEEDY OF THE TOWN. WITHIN THE COMBINED CHARITY THE RECREATION GROUND LEFT TO THE TOWN CAN RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THE UPKEEP THE MONEY IS ONLY DISTRIBUTED ONCE A YEAR IN DEC

Latest Income: £2,508
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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Llanfilo Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Providing cultural,social, recreational and educational facilities for the public.

Latest Income: £2,502
Areas of Operation: Powys
Status: Registered
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Frank Thomas Arnold For A Park Or Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

An area of land which was bequeathed to the people of Lowestoft for their use and enjoyment.

Latest Income: £2,500
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Cliff Road Public Open Space

Facilities, Leisure

Land for sport and recreation for use by the general public/mankind

Latest Income: £2,499
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Crugybar Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Provides a village hall and recreation ground for the use of the inhabitants of Crugybar. The hall is used for meetings,lectures and classes, community meals, whist drves and celebration parties.

Latest Income: £2,481
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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The George And Sarah Beresford Memorial Foundation

Facilities, Leisure

Provision and maintenance of Village Hall and recreation field

Latest Income: £2,479
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Harold Styan Charity For Youth

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

The object of the charity is to help and educate young people in the district of Harrogate through leisure time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may be improved.

Latest Income: £2,476
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Clarborough And District Women's Institute

Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Leisure

We organise an annual programme of events for our members and guests as a branch of the main WI movement. As a charity we organise fund-raising events in order to finance a Christmas meal and entertainment, free of charge, to all senior citizens in Clarborough and District.

Latest Income: £2,474
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Johnston Recreation Ground

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Management of public recreation ground and children's playing field

Latest Income: £2,461
Areas of Operation: Cheshire West & Chester
Status: Registered
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The Waterhouse Foundation

Associations, Leisure, Social welfare

PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Latest Income: £2,441
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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Forest School Fund

Education, Leisure

To advance the education of the pupils of The Forest School by providing or assisting the provision of education, recreational and other charitable faciliities in augmentation of such facilities financed by the LA.

Latest Income: £2,434
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Holmrook Reading Room

Arts, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

Supports local history,environmental studies music and recreational activities within the local community.Supplies a designated play area for young children.Is a centre for art & craft circle.Supports the elderly with coffee mornings.Has a designated natural wild flower garden area.

Latest Income: £2,429
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Devon And Exeter Jigsaw Puzzle Library

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

We loan jigsaw puzzles to people living in the community, particularly to provide recreation for the elderly, less enabled, retired or housebound in Exeter and other areas of Devon but everyone is welcome.

Latest Income: £2,424
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of Wrotham Recreational Ground

Associations, Leisure

Providing capital expenditure for sporting facilities within the local area

Latest Income: £2,420
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Scotton Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

In line with its constitution Scotton Village Hall provides an amenity for the whole community for use by inhabitants in the parish of Scotton without distinction of political, religious or other opinions including 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 for the said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £2,412
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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Penn Parish Recreation Grounds Charity

Facilities, Leisure

We have received capital from the grant of easements across a common and manage the investments to maintain our play and recreation areas. Our 2yr Bond matured in October 2024 and we received credit interest of £2,388.46 giving a final balance of £58,918.75. After taking advice it was determined to re-invest the balance in a 1 Year Bond.

Latest Income: £2,388
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Longden Terrace Miners' Welfare Trust

Facilities, Leisure, Professions

Social & sporting activities.

Latest Income: £2,387
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Friends Of St Peter's

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Heritage, Leisure, Religion

To raise funds for the upkeep and repair of the fabric of St. Peter's Church, Hall Green, Birmingham. Fundraising activities are mainly local to the church and generally consist of local events e.g. barbecues, coach trips, supper & entertainment evenings. We also run a Fifty/fifty club on a monthly basis.

Latest Income: £2,386
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Manaton Church Field

Facilities, Leisure, Religion

Controls the use of the Church Field for the purposes of recreation, churchyard extension, car parking.

Latest Income: £2,384
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Ashurst Public Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Maintain the Recreation Ground

Latest Income: £2,375
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Southsea Afternoon Womens Institute

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

the mission statement of the women's Institute?to advance the education of women and girls for the public benefit in all areas including (without limitation): local, national and international issues of political and social importance; music, drama and other cultural subjects; and.Social and recreational activities, and guidance and support to members

Latest Income: £2,374
Areas of Operation: Portsmouth City
Status: Registered
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Roughton Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Hire of Hall for meetings, classes and recreation.

Latest Income: £2,373
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Rosemarket Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

For the purposes of physical and mental recreation and social moral and intellectual development through the medium of reading and recreation rooms, library, lectures, classes, recreations and entertainments or otherwise as may be found expedient for the benefit of the inhabitants of the parish of Rosemarket in the County of Pembrokeshire

Latest Income: £2,347
Areas of Operation: Pembrokeshire
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.