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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.

The Sports Field

Facilities, Leisure

VILLAGE AMENITY FOR SPORT / RECREATION

Latest Income: £76,978
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Addiscombe Boys' And Girls' Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO HELP AND EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES SO AS TO DEVELOP PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES, SO THAT THEY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED. IN ADDITION TO HELP DISABLED PEOPLE AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PROJECT.

Latest Income: £76,834
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The Nork Community Association

Associations, Leisure

Provision of sports,social and leisure activities for the local community

Latest Income: £76,716
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Minchinhampton Church Club House Trust

Facilities, Leisure, Religion

The trust exists to develop a site, currently in tobacconist Rd, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, both for religious and charitable purposes calculated to promote the spiritual, moral, intellectual or physical improvement or welfare or the reasonable recreational advantage of the residents of the parish.

Latest Income: £76,606
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Appleton Thorn Village Hall Fund

Facilities, Leisure

The charity is a village hall and so provides a venue for a variety of activities for a complete age spectrum-educational and social/recreational.

Latest Income: £76,561
Areas of Operation: Warrington
Status: Registered
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Blofield Heath Community Centre

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Leisure, Social care

The charity runs and maintains the community centre known as 'Heathlands'. The centre holds events which include pre school events, youth club, adult sports, local clubs and a day centre for the elderly. It is available resource for the local community. Outside the centre is a large grassed field used for outside events. Local and visiting football teams use an ajoining second field regularly.

Latest Income: £76,435
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Grayshott And Hindhead Institute And Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

The object of the charity is the provision & maintenance of a village hall for use by the inhabitants of the area of benefit without disctinction of polilitic, religious or other opinions, including use for:(a) meetings, lectures and classes, and(b) other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation

Latest Income: £76,229
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Witchford Playing Field Association

Childcare, Facilities, Leisure

Provides a village facility for all ages to use.Hall building, recreation field & childrens playground area.

Latest Income: £76,220
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Filton Community Association

Associations, Leisure

To promote the wellbeing of the Community resident in the parish of Filton by associating the local authorities, voluntary organisations and residents in a common effort to further health, advance education, provide facilities for physical and mental training and recreation, and social, moral and intellectual development and to foster a community spirit for the achievement of these.

Latest Income: £76,124
Areas of Operation: South Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Victoria Hall

Leisure

Maintenance of the Victoria Hall in Oakham for use by the public and local organisations for recreation, public functions, weddings and parties.

Latest Income: £75,877
Areas of Operation: Rutland
Status: Registered
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Egham And Thorpe Royal Agricultural And Horticultural Association

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Leisure

To provide facilities on an annual basis for the local community to demonstrate their services, goods, skills and hobbies and to provide family orientated traditional entertainment at an affordable price for the elderly and young families.

Latest Income: £75,830
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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The North Ascot Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

Provide community centre to benefit recreation and leisure-time activities for the inhabitants of North Ascot and the neighbourhood.

Latest Income: £75,781
Areas of Operation: Bracknell Forest
Status: Registered
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Burnley Light Opera Society

Arts, Leisure

To provide musical/show entertainment

Latest Income: £75,683
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Crewe Rifle And Pistol Club

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

We provide education, training, sporting and recreational facilities to club members, young people, scout groups and other voluntary bodies in the safe use of air weapons and firearms for target shooting. Any member of the public who is not prohibited from holding a firearms certificate may apply for membership.

Latest Income: £75,403
Areas of Operation: Cheshire East
Status: Registered
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The Horndean Community Association

Associations, Education, Facilities, Leisure

INITIATES AND RUNS LEISURE AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.PROVIDES FACILITIES FOR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WITH SIMILAR OBJECTIVESHIRES OUT ROOMS FOR PRIVATE MEETINGS AND FUNCTIONSWORKS WITH OTHER ORGANISATIONS (EG SCHOOLS) WHERE IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY

Latest Income: £75,359
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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In2venture

Beneficiary group, Leisure

To help educate young people through their leisure time activities so as to develop their physical and mental capacities so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and their conditions of life may improve by the provision of outdoor pursuits at education centers in the North of England and Scottish Borders.

Latest Income: £75,083
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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The Hull & East Yorkshire Centre For The Deaf

Health, Leisure

The provision of social amenities, recreational and other facilities in Hull for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Latest Income: £75,032
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Sutton Benger Recreation Field And Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Sports and recreation

Latest Income: £74,943
Areas of Operation: Swindon
Status: Registered
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Bilsthorpe Miners' Welfare Scheme

Leisure, Professions

The charity has been established to provide for the maintenance of a Welfare Institute and sporting facility for recreation and leisure time occupation. The charity assists in maintaining subsidiary organisation for carry out the objects of the charity. Both the Institute premises and the sports facility are available for hire in accordance with the standard hiring agreement.

Latest Income: £74,869
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Maintenance and up-keep of Kirdford Recreation Ground, pavilion and tennis court.

Latest Income: £74,854
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Saxmundham Sports And Recreational Club

Leisure

The provision of facilities for Sport and Recreation.

Latest Income: £74,611
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Crawley University Of The Third Age

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Crawley u3a is a self-funded learning co-operative of older people which enables members to share many educational, creative and leisure activities. Members learn from each other in various interest groups through sharing their knowledge, skills and experience.

Latest Income: £74,444
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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Kennington Village Hall Charity

Facilities, Leisure

Provision of buildings, equipment and facilities for use by individuals and a variety of bodies both voluntary and commercial in nature. Voluntary bodies are mainly community groups providing recreational facilities for inhabitants of Kennington.

Latest Income: £74,312
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Wordsley And District Community Association

Associations, Leisure

To maintain & manage Wordsley Comunity Association Centres for activities promoted by the association in furtherance o f: Health, advance education, recreation, social, moral and intellectual development of our community residents.

Latest Income: £74,073
Areas of Operation: Dudley
Status: Registered
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Weaverham Community Association

Associations, Leisure

To provide sport and leisure to the community of Weaverham and surrounding isolated communites.

Latest Income: £74,066
Areas of Operation: Cheshire West & Chester
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.