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Leisure Charities That specialise in Sports

Discover 3,216 Leisure charities that specialise in sports. Use the search below to filter within these results.

3,216
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.

Dover Life Guard Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

The charity teaches people to swim, offers life saving, water polo, long distance and open water swimming, and competition swimming to national standard. Dover Lifeguard Club is an accredited swim 21 club.

Latest Income: £212,925
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Griff & Coton Sports & Miners Welfare Charity

Associations, Economic and community development, Leisure, Professions

General Sporting activities and community activities

Latest Income: £212,792
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

In general terms, makes grants to organisations connected with the sport of rowing; primarily for the provision of facilities and resources to enable and encourage young persons receiving education or undergoing training in the UK, to row or to scull.

Latest Income: £211,736
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Lea Hall Miners Welfare Centre

Arts, Facilities, Health, Leisure, Professions

Many sporting/leisure facilities are provided for the local community, including football, karate,bowls, snooker,pool, kick boxing, dancing, bingo, and flower arranging, etc. Many local organisations (like , Rugeley Stroke Club and Miners Memorial Society) use the premises.The Welfare Centre is at the heart of the local community.

Latest Income: £209,668
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Primary Club

Health, Leisure

The provision of sporting and recreational facilities for the blind and partially-sighted

Latest Income: £209,020
Areas of Operation: Northern Ireland
Status: Registered
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Hetton Town Trust

Childcare, Leisure, Professions

We are a community facility in which we run courses for the general public, provide rooms for community organisations and a creche. Sporting facilities for football of all ages and sexes.

Latest Income: £208,881
Areas of Operation: Sunderland
Status: Registered
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East Kirkby Miners Welfare Trust

Facilities, Leisure, Professions

The Charity raises income through various charitable activities, such as hiring rooms to all the community. The Summit Centre also has sporting activities with a fitness suite, and multi use games area.

Latest Income: £206,870
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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League Of Welldoers

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Monday to Friday we provide daily subsidised lunches and activities e.g. exercise classes, theatre visits, afternoon dances etc for older people as well as facilities for all ages including drama and sport. We also have meeting rooms which are used by other organisations from the local area.

Latest Income: £206,751
Areas of Operation: Liverpool City
Status: Registered
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Berlin Infantry Brigade Memorial Trust Fund

Armed forces, Charitable activities, Leisure

The trust aims to make soldiering fun. It does this by making a very wide range of grants to units, formations & individuals. These are mainly, but not exclusively, in support of adventurous training or sport not paid for out of public moneys.

Latest Income: £205,501
Areas of Operation: Germany
Status: Registered
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The Prince Of Wales Youth Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

To provide youth club and sports facilities for young people in the Canterbury area

Latest Income: £204,703
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Somerset County Federation Of Women's Institutes

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

S.C.F.W.I have continued to offer opportunities for members to take advantage of many varied educational courses e.g. computer technology; food hygiene; bowls; photography etc. within Somerset.

Latest Income: £204,479
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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Staffordshire Ladsandads Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

SPORT AND RECREATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO AID SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Latest Income: £203,689
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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YMCA St Paul's Youth Project

Associations, Beneficiary group, Housing, Leisure

The Charity aims to improve the lives of local young people by providing supported housing, youth activities, sports and leisure and child care services.

Latest Income: £203,542
Areas of Operation: Waltham Forest
Status: Registered
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Yardley Educational Foundation

Arts, Charitable activities, Education, Leisure, Social welfare

The giving of grants to students at secondary educational establishments for clothing, sport kit and books. Other grants for the furthering of vocational training and assisting apprentices. Grants to educational establishments for students 11 years and over

Latest Income: £199,952
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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The Newcastle Emlyn And District Swimming Pool And Recreational Facilities Association

Education, Leisure

The charity provides facilities in the interest of social welfare for recreation or leisure time occupation for the inhabitants of the area, defined by the catchment area of Emlyn comprehensive school.This is done with the effect of improving of life of the said inhabitants, and for those reasons to provide a swimming pool as recreation and lessons.

Latest Income: £199,513
Areas of Operation: Carmarthenshire
Status: Registered
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Prees Cricket And Recreation Club

Leisure

To provide a sports ground for the general benefit of the village and surrounding environs, to provide a Clubhouse for social communication between members, mutual helpfulness, mental and moral improvement and recreation and to supply refreshments to members.

Latest Income: £197,415
Areas of Operation: Shropshire
Status: Registered
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Woburn Lido

Leisure

To manage and operate the Lido and open air swimming pool known as Woburn Lido. Open all year for the benefit, health and well being of the residents of Woburn and surrounding areas with May to September Summer Season having full pool heating, and the remainder of the year for adult only Cold Water Swimming,

Latest Income: £197,161
Areas of Operation: Central Bedfordshire
Status: Registered
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Ramgarhia Sabha Derby

Leisure, Religion

Worship of God and promotion of the Sikh religion through social, cultural and sporting activities.

Latest Income: £196,000
Areas of Operation: Derby City
Status: Registered
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Bellingham Community Project Limited

Facilities, Leisure

Within the London Borough of Lewisham and the surrounding boroughs, to develop the capacity and skills of the inhabitants to help meet their own needs and to work with voluntary and community groups to provide facilities for sport and recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life.

Latest Income: £195,937
Areas of Operation: Lewisham
Status: Registered
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Oxsrad

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

OXSRAD is a unique facility, providing sports and recreation facilities for 400 disabled children and adults. It is located on the east of Oxford and serves many disadvantaged communities. OXSRAD also has many able-bodied members who use the facilities. This integration of disabled and able-bodied is one of the fundamental aims of OXSRAD and lies at the heart of best practice.

Latest Income: £195,116
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Droylsden Youth Centre

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

Youth Centre, mainly Boxing and Football

Latest Income: £191,055
Areas of Operation: Tameside
Status: Registered
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Islington Boat Club

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Watersports, Youth Club, Schools canoeing

Latest Income: £190,438
Areas of Operation: Islington
Status: Registered
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Calstock Village Hall

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

Private function hire, occasional cafe, music and performance events, coffee mornings, sports and recreational activities.

Latest Income: £189,037
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Acle War Memorial Recreation Centre

Heritage, Leisure

Recreation centre catering for a wide range of internal and external activities meeting the needs of local sports clubs, societies and individuals.

Latest Income: £187,240
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Wickford Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Various Keep Fit classes, Tai Chi, Short Mat Bowls, Ladies Club, Ballroom dancing and afternoon Tea dances, Table Tennis, Fencing, Art and Crafts Club, Parent and Baby Group, Childrens tuition, dance classes and self defence classes. Weightwatchers & Slimming World groups, Bingo social and Members Bar with regular monthly entertainment.

Latest Income: £185,759
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many sports leisure charities are there in the UK?

There are 3,216 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 £2.7bn 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 81.8%. 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 £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.