Skip to main content Skip to navigation

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.

Sherwood And Waudby Charity

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

General benefit of inhabitants of the parish of Walkington.ie. relief of the aged-poor-distress-sickness-recreational and educational facilities and any other ways as the Trustees think fit.

Latest Income: £74,000
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
View Details

1st Harwell (st. Matthew's) Scout Group

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provision of local scouting activities in line with those of the national Scout Association. Providing sport, leisure and recreation for children and young people centred on Harwell, Oxfordshire.

Latest Income: £73,926
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
View Details

Wheelwrights' Charity

Beneficiary group, Leisure

- Mobility for disabled people,especially children and young people- Access to sport and training for Paralympic sport for disabled men and women- Access to educational and recreational activities for disabled children and young people- Education and training in the Wheelwrights' craft- Other relevant charitable causes and awards

Latest Income: £73,924
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
View Details

Ashley Green And District Community Association

Associations, Leisure

To provide facilities for social welfare, educational and recreational use.

Latest Income: £73,850
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
View Details

The Charles Brotherton Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

Provision of grants to recognised organisations - no grants to individuals - in the supported geographical areas.The Charity provides assistance to young people to encourage training, education, and the improvement of their recreation activities. It also supports the elderly and disabled with community support.Priority is given to supporting local organisations.

Latest Income: £73,596
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
View Details

Mangreen Trust

Charitable activities, Health, Leisure

Mangreen Trust provides space, facilities for recreation, spiritual activities, swimming, training, wellness, meetings & educational activities. Monthly spiritual gatherings welcome any faith or none. In-person support for those with dementia, carers & the wider community. An honesty farm shop supports the local community. With our partner, we provide support to other charities and organisations.

Latest Income: £73,436
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
View Details

Barnhill Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

THE CHARITY CONTINUED IN ITS OBJECTIVES TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, EDUCATION AND A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF BARNHILL AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE USE OF FACILITIES FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE AS REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S REPORT. OTHER LETTINGS INCOME WAS HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE WORKING HARD TO MAINTAIN THIS.

Latest Income: £73,374
Areas of Operation: Hillingdon
Status: Registered
View Details

Charity Of Dame Sarah Annabella Boughey

Leisure

The principal activity of the company in the year under review continued to be the holding of property and investments for the purpose of supporting institutions or objects of public benefit to the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of Newport, Shropshire, having regard to promoting the healthy and beneficial occupation of the time of the said inhabitants for leisure and recreation

Latest Income: £73,333
Areas of Operation: Telford & Wrekin
Status: Registered
View Details

The Beatrice Drewe Trust

Facilities, Leisure

THE BEATRICE DREWE TRUST OWNS AND MANAGES THE BUILDINGS KNOWN AS TICEHURST VILLAGE INSTITUTE AND THE ADJOINING RECREATION GROUND.

Latest Income: £73,192
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
View Details

Bedwas Workmen's Hall Community Centre

Facilities, Leisure

Providing educational, cultural and recreational opportunities by hosting clubs and classes, as well as a varied calendar of professional, community and amateur entertainment throughout the year. Primarily strengthening ties with inhabitants of Bedwas, Trethomas, Machen, Graig y Rhacca, and the wider Caerphilly Basin, enabling the facilities to be accessible and inclusive to all.

Latest Income: £73,019
Areas of Operation: Caerphilly
Status: Registered
View Details

Public Park And Pleasure Ground Birmingham Selly Oak Park

Facilities, Leisure

The provisions of public open space for purposes of healthful recreation

Latest Income: £72,764
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
View Details

Wah Sing Chinese Community Centre

Facilities, Leisure

Promote the benefits of all people in the Duke Street, Nelson Street and neighbourhood by bringing the local authority, voluntary organisations and inhabitants together in a common effort to provide recreational and leisure time facilities to the inhabitants.

Latest Income: £72,741
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
View Details

Worth Matravers Village Hall

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

General charitable activities including fund-raising activities and provision of recreational, artistic and social activities for benefit of local community.

Latest Income: £72,679
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
View Details

Bestwood Miners' Welfare Institute And Recreation Ground

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure, Professions

To promote social engagement through sporting activities including Football, Bowling, Karate, Yoga.Other activities: support of a Brass Band, Youth Club, WI Ladies, Bestwood Ladies Group, Autism Group, Male Voice Choir & facilities for local and surrounding families to use.There is also support for the village Christmas Tree, parties and local events.

Latest Income: £72,674
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
View Details

The Wheldrake Recreation Ground Foundation

Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

Management of the village hall and sports field. Fund raising for the costs of operation & maintenance. Support for all the village organisations and in particular those groups using the hall & sports field.

Latest Income: £72,661
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
View Details

The Motcombe Memorial Hall And Recreation Ground

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

In accordance with the Deed of Trust dated 27th May 1927, the Trust must:1. Retain the Motcombe Memorial Hall as a permanent memorial to the late Richard de Aquila, Baron Stalbridge, and keep the Hall in good repair and condition.2. Allow the Hall to be used as a Village Hall for meetings, entertainment and charitable or other public purposes.

Latest Income: £72,573
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
View Details

In The Game

Beneficiary group, Leisure

To promote the community activites of the LMA, with members working on community football coaching projects. To advance education and personal development opportunities for all members. To support financially and otherwise, necessitous members and the necessitous dependents of members. To promote the game of football generally to children and adults as a healthy recreational sport.

Latest Income: £72,573
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
View Details

The Four Oaks Boys' Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

The aim of the club is to help and educate young people through their leisure time activities so as to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities that they may grow to maturity as individuals and members of society and that their coditions of life may be improved.

Latest Income: £72,546
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
View Details

Adams Recreation Ground, St Bees

Facilities, Leisure

Sporting and Recreational Facility for the Local Community

Latest Income: £72,261
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
View Details

Lecture Hall

Leisure, Religion

The object of the charity is the provision and maintenance of a hall for use of the inhabitants of West Wickham for recreational and leisure time activities with the object of improving the condition of life for the said inhabitants, providing that the said hall shall not be used for any purpose which is inimical to the work of the Church of England.

Latest Income: £71,943
Areas of Operation: Bromley
Status: Registered
View Details

Bleadon Coronation Hall

Arts, Leisure

Physical and mental recreation and social, moral, and intellectual development through the medium of reading, 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 Bleadon and immediate vicinity. (extracted from the Trust Deed dated 14 January 1938)

Latest Income: £71,866
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
View Details

Giants Grave And Briton Ferry Boys Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

Providing sports and recreation for children and young people

Latest Income: £71,700
Areas of Operation: Neath Port Talbot
Status: Registered
View Details

Birchington Village Centre Association

Facilities, Leisure

promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of Birchington and Acol to provide facilities in the interest of social welfarefor recreation, education and leisure time.

Latest Income: £71,662
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
View Details

Worcester Area Group U3a

Education, Leisure

The provision of educational, social and recreational activities in and around Worcester for retired people.

Latest Income: £71,380
Areas of Operation: Worcestershire
Status: Registered
View Details

Muswell Hill Centre

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Provides physical & leisure activities & facilities for local youth & community.

Latest Income: £71,242
Areas of Operation: Haringey
Status: Registered
View Details
Previous Page 28 of 163 Next

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.