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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.

Braithwaite Gospel Trust

Leisure

The main activities in relation to the charitable objects are:a. providing facilities to groups who have the primary aims of advancing education, advancing the christian religion and giving help to the less well off;b. providing facilities for Christian education holidays, e.g. camping, holiday clubs and sport / leisure events;c. assisting local Christian groups with pastoral and event needs

Latest Income: £96,705
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Wyken Community Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure

Ascertain the needs of the Community and endeavour to fulfil them Promote interest, participation and co-ordination of individuals and organisations in a common effort of benefit.The association also offers facilities to a number of sporting and leisure organizations and facilities for a nursery

Latest Income: £96,693
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
Status: Registered
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Portreath Surf Life Saving Club

Leisure, Saving of lives

Coaching in Surf Lifesaving skills to gain qualifications for Surf Lifesaving Sport and lifeguarding to aid prevention of loss of life on Portreath Beach.

Latest Income: £96,047
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Swanley Therapy Centre (s.u.m.s)

Beneficiary group, Health, Leisure

Provision of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment for a wide variety of conditions including multiple sclerosis, cerebal palsy, autism, strokes and sports injuries.

Latest Income: £95,767
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Sheffield Unit 302 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The education and training of young people (aged 10 to 18) in a range of activities and life skills. Some associated with sailing/boating and the traditions of the Royal Navy. Others involving climbing and other outdoor activities; music; computing; cookery skills; etc....

Latest Income: £95,664
Areas of Operation: Sheffield City
Status: Registered
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Nunthorpe And Marton Playing Fields Association

Associations, Charity and VCS support, Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

We provide and maintain community sports and recreation facilities for people of all ages in Nunthorpe, Marton and Ormesby. Through football, cricket, racket sports, running, quoits, volunteering and community activities, we promote health, wellbeing, social inclusion and active lifestyles while preserving open space for public benefit

Latest Income: £95,650
Areas of Operation: Middlesbrough
Status: Registered
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The Grove Miners Welfare Trust

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Professions

We provide the clubhouse for social meetings and for informal leisure pursuits such as playing cards. We also rent out the clubhouse for one-off events such as parties. Organised activities are whist, crown green bowling, with ladies, mens and mixed teams, tennis on hard courts, indoor short-mat bowls and ladies darts. Cash bingo takes place on Monday and Saturday evenings.

Latest Income: £95,208
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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4th Bramshill (hartley Wintney) Scout Group

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. Provides a variety of activities including camps, sports, crafts, leadership development.

Latest Income: £95,204
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Shire Way Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

We are a Community Centre offering facilites to a variety of regular user groups and sports clubs. We also hire out small rooms for meetinga and training courses and our large halls for parties. We have a Social Club as part of the premises providing a licensed bar to members and catering services.

Latest Income: £94,841
Areas of Operation: South Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation

Charitable activities, Leisure

Providing grants to other charitable organisations with particular emphasis on the performing arts and young cricketers.

Latest Income: £93,054
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Andover Salto Gymnastics Club Limited

Leisure

The Charity promotes gymnastics and provides gymnastics coaching facilities. It operates a purpose built gymnastics centre in Andover Hampshire. It has achieved National Centre of Excellence status.

Latest Income: £92,700
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Swillington Miners' Welfare Institute And Recreation Ground

Arts, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure, Professions

We are a local charity that has sports facilities & pitches. We have numerous football & rugby teams from 5 years old up to open age. We have crown green bowling facilities with many teams as well as a ladies rounders team. We have full disabled access in our club house & pavilion. The club house is used for recreational sports such as snooker as well as a large concert room for events.

Latest Income: £92,567
Areas of Operation: Leeds City
Status: Registered
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Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Sport recreation

Latest Income: £92,458
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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North Muskham Playing Field

Associations, Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

Providing community facilities for people of all ages within our local area. This includes provision for children and senior citizens as well as providing a venue for a large range of sporting, recreational, cultural and social activities.

Latest Income: £91,944
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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1st Warsash Sea Scout Group

Associations, Leisure

The main activities of the Group are based on both the land and the sea. Beavers, Cubs and Scouts all take part in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Scouts spend the summer months afloat, sailing the Group's fleet of boats under the tuition of the Group's instructors. All sections also take part in District Scouting activities.

Latest Income: £91,883
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Keighley Community Transport

Education, Leisure, Social welfare

The charity provides low cost transport to "not-for-profit" groups/organisations. We are a membership only charity and our members are generally within the Bradford Metropolitan District. We provide minibus transport for community groups, schools, not for profit schemes, sports clubs, day centres etc.We also provide a one to one car service for people who cannot use public transport.

Latest Income: £91,862
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Pegasus Playscheme

Leisure

summer playscheme includes, swimmimg,bowling,ice skating,sailing

Latest Income: £91,700
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Bull Croft Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

Provide sport and leisure facilities for the general public

Latest Income: £91,412
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Hitchin Boys' School Charitable Trust

Education, Leisure

The objective is to assist in the provision of facilities which will enable and encourage the pupils of Hitchin Boys' School to play games and sports.

Latest Income: £91,150
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Chippenham Unit428 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Arts, Associations, Leisure

Outdoor pursuits, canoeing, sailing, camping. Qualifications in catering, sailing, safety boat, canoeing, radio communications, electronics. Musical instrument (band) training. Drill training. All forms of sports , swimming

Latest Income: £90,849
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Seaham Town Park

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Housing, Leisure, Professions

The Parks continues to be well used by the community as the major open space in this area of Seaham. There are many sports groups who use the park as their home ground:-Football - Seaham Red Star Football Club plus 4 junior football teamsSeaham Town Bowls Club - mens and ladiesCricket - numerous teams of a variety of age groupsThere is also a well used play park and bmx/skatepark

Latest Income: £90,805
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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Essex Disabled Sports Foundation

Leisure

The provision of sporting activities for disabled and special needs youngsters.

Latest Income: £90,511
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Brodsworth Miners Welfare Fund

Animals, Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure, Professions

Bingo (Tues, Thurs, Sat), carboot, dog shows, gala's, funfair, boxing, slimming clubs, over 60's club, circus.Football, cricket, Bowls and theatre group

Latest Income: £90,012
Areas of Operation: Doncaster
Status: Registered
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Threemilestone Community Centre

Facilities, Leisure

Traditional Village Hall facility, provision of accomodation for sporting, social, entertainment, local goverment and educational activities.

Latest Income: £89,625
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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Ashwick Village Hall And Recreation Ground

Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

We are a community facility that provides recreational & training facilities for local inhabitants and for specific groups, club & societies including:- Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, Indoor Bowls, Football, Gardening Club, History Group, Parish Council Meetings and also for private parties. As of Jan 2023, we also have a Community Cafe with good parking and high speed broadband/internet access.

Latest Income: £89,578
Areas of Operation: Somerset
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.