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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.

Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

Maintaining and administering the use of the East Harptree Theatre premises for the recreational, social and educational benefit of the people of the village of East Harptree.

Latest Income: £100,680
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Kepier Trust

Education, Leisure

We provide, maintain and manage the Kepier Hall which is located in Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear. Kepier Hall and its buildings are used by the community as a whole for amongst other uses, meetings, lectures and classes, recreation and leisure.

Latest Income: £100,416
Areas of Operation: Sunderland
Status: Registered
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Corwen War Memorial Park

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

To provide Sports, Play and Recreational facilities for the people of Corwen and the surrounding area

Latest Income: £100,384
Areas of Operation: Denbighshire
Status: Registered
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Ruan Minor Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Ruan Minor Village Hall provides recreational, social and educational facilities for the residents of our village and surrounding area.

Latest Income: £100,147
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Upton Victory Hall

Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

To permit the premises of the Upton Victory Hall to be used in perpetuity as a place of recreational and social interaction for the benefit of the inhabitants of Upton.

Latest Income: £100,128
Areas of Operation: Wirral
Status: Registered
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The Baggeridge Social Welfare Centre

Leisure

The Centre provides recreational and leisure activities for local residents.

Latest Income: £99,873
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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The Maybury Centre Trust

Leisure

The Maybury Centre Trust is based in Woking, Surrey. Its purpose is to provide facilities for hire for social and business events, education, health, welfare and general recreation.

Latest Income: £99,851
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Shere Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Shere Village Hall operates the Shere Village and Memorial halls for the use of Shere and the neighbourhood for use for meetings, lectures, classes and other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants

Latest Income: £99,396
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Beacon Hill Sports Association

Facilities, Leisure

Provision and maintenance of a village hall and sports facilities

Latest Income: £99,325
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Calder Kids Adventure Playground Association

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure

the provision of facilities for recreation and other leisure time occupation through the medium of play for children and young people with disabilities

Latest Income: £99,197
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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St Albans U3a

Associations, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

It offers lectures/talks on a regular basis. It also provides opportunities to take part in groups which pursue various educational, cultural, recreational, physical and social activities.

Latest Income: £99,144
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Guildford Area University Of The Third Age (u3a)

Arts, Education, Heritage, Leisure, Research

Guildford Area U3a organises in excess of 100 groups for persons retired or semi-retired. For an annual donation members are able to attend groups in Art,Crafts,Discussion,Drama,Games,Health Fitness & Leisure,History Languages, Literature, Music, Research and the Sciences.

Latest Income: £99,043
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Alice Park

Leisure

Community use for leisure and recreation

Latest Income: £98,442
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Derby And Sandiacre Canal Trust Limited

Economic and community development, Heritage, Leisure

To work with the local community to restore the former Derby Canal as a navigable waterway from Sandiacre to Swarkestone via Derby as close as possible to the original route, creating a cruising ring and reconnecting Derby to the national canal network maximising the sustainable economic, job creation, environmental, nature conservancy, leisure, heritage and educational benefits for all.

Latest Income: £97,899
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Wye Village Hall And Recreation Ground Charity

Facilities, Leisure

The Charity manages the Wye Village Hall facilities which comprise a Large Hall, a Small Hall, the Reece Pavilion and a small Meeting Room. Supplemented by two kitchen areas with kitchenettes and some storage space. The halls are hired out for private, one-off functions and for regular/semi-regular use mainly by not-for-profit organisations that are providing a service to the local community.

Latest Income: £97,548
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Pollyfield Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

To establish and maintain a Community Centre for the inhabitants of the Parish of Bideford and to promote the centre for their benefit by providing facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation

Latest Income: £97,539
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Clarence Park Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Public ground for sport and recreation within the City of St Albans

Latest Income: £97,052
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Beverley War Memorial Hall

Arts, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

The trust provides a community building for arts, leisure, recreational and educational use. We offer a film night and now have excellent bar facilities. We offer meeting rooms, a stage, a large dance floor. The hall is available for wedding receptions, parties, conferences as well as educational use, to the whole community.

Latest Income: £96,920
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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B.w.s.c.a. Limited

Facilities, Leisure

Sport/recreation for general public, providing buildings/facilities & open space.

Latest Income: £96,713
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Braithwaite Gospel Trust

Leisure

The main activities in relation to the charitable objects are:a. providing facilities to groups who have the primary aims of advancing education, advancing the christian religion and giving help to the less well off;b. providing facilities for Christian education holidays, e.g. camping, holiday clubs and sport / leisure events;c. assisting local Christian groups with pastoral and event needs

Latest Income: £96,705
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Wyken Community Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure

Ascertain the needs of the Community and endeavour to fulfil them Promote interest, participation and co-ordination of individuals and organisations in a common effort of benefit.The association also offers facilities to a number of sporting and leisure organizations and facilities for a nursery

Latest Income: £96,693
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
Status: Registered
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Cornerstone Christian Fellowship (winlaton)

Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Leisure, Religion, Saving of lives, Social care, Social welfare

Activities to relieve suffering, distress & poverty via ourselves & other outlets. Help to RBC Ministries/Gt. Nth. Air Ambulance/Unicef/Barnabus Fund & Various other Charities plus Disaster requests.Human resources & Church space (disability ok!) available to community for advocacy, advice & leisure. Church Services:- general, weekly Am; 1st Pm monthly at nearby sheltered housing complex.

Latest Income: £96,501
Areas of Operation: Gateshead
Status: Registered
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Marehay Miners' Welfare Institute And Recreation Ground

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Facilities, Leisure, Professions, Social welfare

Promote community events. Provide facilities for other registered charities. Encourage young people in participation of the community events. Provide social events for elderly.Dancing school for young people, old time dancing, snooker, pool, darts, bingo, quiz for all ages, disabled access and facilities.

Latest Income: £96,460
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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Wandsworth Work And Play

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

To provide/assist in the provision of resources & facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation/leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstancesTo advance the education of the public generally on reuse of scrap and waste materials for environmental protection

Latest Income: £96,386
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Whitby Mission And Seafarers Trust

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Religion

The Trust maintains a Christian Ministry to seafarers and their families by the provision of a reading room, chapel and recreational facilities for the use of the inhabitants of Whitby.

Latest Income: £96,165
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
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.