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Leisure Charities That specialise in Sports

Discover 9,423 Leisure charities that specialise in sports. Use the search below to filter within these results.

9,423
Charities
£8,616,316,045
Total Income
£339,613
Avg Income
85.4%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Football Foundation

Education, Facilities, Leisure

The Charity's current and on-going activities are:to put in place a new generation of modern facilities in parks, local leagues and schools;to provide capital/revenue support to increase participation in grass roots football, andto strenghten the links between football and the community and to harness its potential as a force for good in society.

Latest Income: £150,067,000
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Wellington College

Education, Leisure

The Charity aims to provide a world-class education that will enable its pupils to realise their full potential in academic, sporting, artistic and social skills and to engender in them a spirit of self-confidence, a desire to serve the wider community, an international outlook and an enthusiastic attitude to work and life.

Latest Income: £76,225,000
Areas of Operation: Bracknell Forest
Status: Registered
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Rugby School

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The School's principal activity is the education and pastoral care of its pupils.The provision of a broad liberal Christian education at a boarding and day school at Rugby School for children from Rugby and neighbourhood and elsewhere, and by ancillary or incidental activities and other associated activities for the benefit of the community.

Latest Income: £56,986,000
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Charity Projects

Charity and VCS support, Leisure, Social welfare

The principal activities of Comic Relief, the operating name of the charity, are to raise funds and awareness, and to distribute money in the form of grants and social investments for specific charitable purposes, in support of our vision of a just world free from poverty and our mission of driving change through the power of entertainment.

Latest Income: £51,139,000
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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King's College School

Education, Leisure

The Charity supervises three schools which are independent day schools for pupils who are educated up to the age of university entrance. The Schools seek to provide academic education of high quality, extended by a broad range of cultural and sporting opportunities and supported by a responsive pastoral system and firm moral framework.

Latest Income: £50,890,000
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Bh Live

Leisure

Arts,Sport, Leisure and Cultural Trust

Latest Income: £48,114,942
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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St Peter's College (otherwise Known As Westminster School)

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Westminster School is a public boarding school for young persons. The aims encompass this object and have been extended over a number of years to accommodate day pupils and girls. It now educates children from 7 through to 18 and aims to widen access as much as possible. It also aims to provide excellence in sporting and extra-curricular activities, notably artistic, musical and social skills.

Latest Income: £46,101,000
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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People Potential Possibilities

Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Economic and community development, Health, Housing, Leisure, Social welfare

Direct access hostels; youth services;floating support services;prison link worker scheme;mental health supported housing; advice services for young people; job seeking support young people;housing young people; street outreach;adults chronic exclusion work;education services;

Latest Income: £39,119,840
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Premier League Charitable Fund

Leisure

The Premier League Charitable Fund is commited to providing the best opportunuties for people from all walks of life to develop their full potential, particularly through sport.It does this through a number of programmes that embrace one or more of the following themes:Community cohesion. education, health and sports participation.

Latest Income: £39,072,406
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Legacy Leisure Limited

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

The main activity of the charity is the management of leisure facilities with a view to promoting sport, recreation and leisure time activities in the interests of social welfare in local communities for the public at large and for individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances.

Latest Income: £37,071,544
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Oakham School

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The Charity principally provides education in Oakham to boys and girls from the ages of 10 to 18. Many of these pupils come from the immediate vicinity of the county of Rutland, and others come from elsewhere in the UK, as well as overseas. The School's facilities are put to good educational use during holiday periods, with activities including language schools, sporting events and other courses.

Latest Income: £33,451,000
Areas of Operation: Rutland
Status: Registered
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Taunton School Educational Charity

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Advancing education for girls and boys age 2 to 18 both day and boarding. Adding the maximum value to help most pupils achieve excellent exam results and enabling all to maximise their potential. Helping pupils to be 'Ready for Life' through many co-curricular activities including; debating, music, drama and sport.

Latest Income: £31,417,000
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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One YMCA

Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Housing, Leisure

THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL HOUSING FOR SINGLE PEOPLE, THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS.IN ADDITION WE OPERATE A WIDE RANGE OF CHILDRENS' CENTRES AND A FULL DAY NURSERY.OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED FOR THE COMMUNITY INCLUDE HEALTH, SPORTS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES AND MEETING SPACES FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS.

Latest Income: £30,951,955
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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England And Wales Cricket Trust

Leisure

To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for playing cricket and to promote all purposes as recognised as charitable under the laws of England and Wales through an association with cricket.

Latest Income: £29,054,485
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Everybody Health & Leisure

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

The promotion and preservation of good health, provision of facilities for recreation in the interest of social welfare, these facilities are provided to the public at large. Special facilities may be provided to persons who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, poverty or social or economic circumstances may have need of special facilities and services.

Latest Income: £28,673,821
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Stevenage Leisure

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

The provision of affordable facilities and activities for everyone in the interest of social welfare, provided to the public at large, to preserve good health, well being and stimulation through community participation in sports, recreation, fitness, health, education, performing arts, galleries, museums, theatres, libraries, community halls, parks and leisure centres

Latest Income: £25,101,400
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Rugby Football Foundation

Charitable activities, Leisure

-provide grants and loans for capital improvements -provide and assist in the provision of money, materials or other help;-organise and assist in the provision of conferences, courses of instruction, exhibitions,lectures and other educational activities;-publish educational and instructional matter;-promote,encourage,carry out or commission research making the useful results available.

Latest Income: £24,875,111
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Mytime Active

Charitable activities, Leisure

A leisure trust that re-invests surpluses to enhance sports, arts, play facilities and well being services. Giving access to affordable, quality, safe, healthy, fun leisure and cultural experiences for all age groups and abilities. Promoting education of the public at large in the advantages of healthy and active lifestyles including benefits of a balanced diet.

Latest Income: £23,184,928
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Greater Manchester Trust For Recreation

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

To encourage young people to participate in a wide range of activities designed to promote their social and sporting skills.provide appropriate space for active play for young people and young adults

Latest Income: £22,933,042
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Risman Foundation

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Leisure

The Risman Foundation is focused on grant-making and social investment in a variety of areas with emphases on social entrepreneurship, education, sporting endeavour, travel and humanity-related matters.

Latest Income: £22,484,580
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Barnsley Premier Leisure

Leisure

PROVIDES SPORTS AND LESIURE ACTIVITIES

Latest Income: £22,144,271
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Get Golfing CIO

Leisure

The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation, in particular by the provision of facilities for the playing of golf. The secondary charitable objective of the Charity is to carry out such other charitable purposes beneficial to thecommunity consistent with the principal objective as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine.

Latest Income: £22,093,315
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Active Northumberland

Leisure

The charity will provide sport and leisure activities, and promote health and fitness.

Latest Income: £20,099,898
Areas of Operation: Northumberland
Status: Registered
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Enable Leisure And Culture

Facilities, Health, Leisure

As a non-profit distributing organisation we work in partnerships with councils, charities and other bodies to deliver health, leisure and community services that enrich people's lives.We deliver high quality community services including managing local parks, staging innovative public and private events, running sports and local facilities and organising health and wellbeing programmes.

Latest Income: £19,797,418
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Amateur Swimming Association (swim England) Limited

Leisure

National governing body for aquatics in England.

Latest Income: £19,770,000
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many sports leisure charities are there in the UK?

There are 9,423 registered sports leisure charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the sports 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 sports leisure charities?

Sports leisure charities reported a combined annual income of £8.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for sports leisure charities?

Across all sports leisure charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 85.4%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of sports leisure charities?

Sports leisure charities have an average annual income of £340k. 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.