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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.

West Bromwich Dartmouth Cricket Club Youth Charity

Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provision or assisting in provision of facilities for recreation (primarily connected with cricket) in the interest of social welfare and for the benefit of young people resident in Sandwell, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

Latest Income: £19,830
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Kew Scout Group

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provides indoor and outdoor educational and recreational activities for young persons working through the Scout Association training programme and the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme. Also provides occasional accommodation for local amenity groups.

Latest Income: £19,819
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Baconsthorpe Village Hall

Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

sport and recreation for all ages and abilities, functions for the surrounding villages all types of fund raising activities to help maintain and update our grade 11 listed building.

Latest Income: £19,805
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Mold Darby And Joan Club

Leisure

The hall is a community facility in the centre of Mold adjacent to a car park. It is open for hire to the general public throughout the area and the aims and objectives of the club within its constitution is to provide facilities for recreation or leisure time occupation with the object of improving quality of life for the residents of Flintshire.

Latest Income: £19,791
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Willingale Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

Provides the Village Hall in Willingale for physical exercise, recreation and social and educational activities for a diverse range of the community.

Latest Income: £19,785
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Warfield Memorial Ground

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure

The Memorial Ground provides a space for recreational activities within the village including a play area for young children and facilities for playing cricket and football.

Latest Income: £19,738
Areas of Operation: Bracknell Forest
Status: Registered
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Stockport U3a

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

To advance the education of middle aged and older people who are not in gainful employment and to provide facilities for leisure time and recreational activities to improve conditions of life for such persons.

Latest Income: £19,714
Areas of Operation: Stockport
Status: Registered
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Rearsby Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

Hall for the use of villagers for various activities including films, plays, entertainment etc.Hall is used for parties, weddings and other functions.

Latest Income: £19,708
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

The charity maintains the recreation field for the village

Latest Income: £19,699
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Penshaw Community Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provide a venue for educational, social and recreational activities e.g. parent and toddlers, Taekwondo, Slimming World, carpet bowls, W.I.,, bingo afternoon, lunch club, fencing and exercise sessions . We also have regular themed social evenings and seasonal fairs.

Latest Income: £19,681
Areas of Operation: Sunderland
Status: Registered
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Trelewis O A P Welfare Committee

Arts, Leisure, Social welfare

Arrange various coach Outings to places of interest. Organise various social events eg. concerts, bingo social evenings, luncheon club, Christmas Dinner with entertainment. Provide transport via minibus to events. Organise short break holidays.

Latest Income: £19,653
Areas of Operation: Merthyr Tydfil
Status: Registered
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Linby Miners Welfare Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure, Professions

Sports and Liesure Ativities

Latest Income: £19,650
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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The Vivian Hall

Facilities, Leisure

The objectives of the charity is the provision and maintenance of a village hall for use by the inhabitants of the immediate area of benefit and to be made available also for wider use. In all repects to be without distinction of political, religious or other beliefs and opinions, for recreation and leisure. Available seven days a week.

Latest Income: £19,648
Areas of Operation: City Of Swansea
Status: Registered
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Marnhull Village Hall

Facilities, Housing, Leisure

We provide a social hub for the people of Marnhull and the surrounding area. The Hall is home to some 20 clubs and societies. In addition the hall provides a venue for a variety of public and private events including meetings, shows, with sufficient space for those who require to entertain and be entertained. The pavilion caters for sporting events carried out on the recreation ground.

Latest Income: £19,648
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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Stoke Saint Milborough Village Hall

Charity and VCS support, Facilities, Leisure

We are the management committee of the community building, known as Stoke St Milborough Village Hall. We organise entertainment and fundraising events. The Hall is available for hire by other groups and individuals.

Latest Income: £19,644
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Repton Recreation Ground

Beneficiary group, Childcare, Facilities, Leisure

Open area for use by the public, football games, and cricket games, with playground equipment for children

Latest Income: £19,622
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
Status: Registered
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The Reading Rooms

Facilities, Leisure

Management of The Reading Rooms, a community hall and conference room facility in High Street, Billericay, Essex. The Rooms are hired out to local charitable, non-profit, and commercial organisations, and to private citizens.

Latest Income: £19,579
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Swallownest Hamlet Miners' Welfare Institute And Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure, Professions

Provide and maintain an Institute and Recreation Ground with facilities for recreation and leisure time activities for the benefit of the people of former mining community of Swallownest and surrounding area.

Latest Income: £19,564
Areas of Operation: Rotherham
Status: Registered
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Hale Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Provision and maintenance of open space and facilities for informal and formal recreation

Latest Income: £19,562
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Down Ampney Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

The Hall provides a facility for the Village to use for leisure, sporting & educational purposes

Latest Income: £19,555
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Chinnor Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

HIRING OF HALL TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS FOR CHARITY EVENTS AND LEISURE

Latest Income: £19,531
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Bristol Civic Society Incorporating The Bristol Kyrle Society (established 1905)

Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure

Bristol Civic Society: an independent force for a better Bristol.Our vision is for a city full of activity, diversity and beauty, attractive for living in, work and leisure. A place its citizens are proud of, and a place that people want to visit, especially through its buildings, facilities and public spaces.

Latest Income: £19,526
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Queen Elizabeth Ii Playing Field Corse & Staunton

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

To provide a means of social and recreational facilities to all persons residing within the parishes of Corse & Staunton and their invited guests.To foster, develop and control the pursuit of amateur sport encouraging an atmosphere of goodwill and friendship.To encourage active participation by all elements of the community, in particular, the young and female members.

Latest Income: £19,510
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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Orlingbury Village Hall And Institute

Charitable activities, Facilities, Leisure

The charity provides a clean, warm, safe space for the local community to hold meetings, social and recreation events. To deliver this, the charity runs bi-monthly meetings to review health & safety performance, budgetary position, building maintenance needs, policy and statutory compliance, customer feedback, risk assessment, and then assigns responsibility/funding accordingly

Latest Income: £19,507
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Stainton Recreation Hall

Facilities, Leisure

MAINTENANCE OF STAINTON RECREATION HALL

Latest Income: £19,485
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
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.