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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.

Westminster School Scholarship And Bursary Fund

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Westminster School educates children from 7 through to 18 and aims widen access as much as possible. It also aims to provide excellence in sporting and extra-curricular activities, notably artistic, musical and social skills. The aim of this charity is to fund scholarships and bursaries for pupils attending the School. This fund is a restricted fund for this purpose.

Latest Income: £414,000
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Laburnum Boat Club

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Canoeing, youth club, inclusion club, adult club, schools canoeing, narrowboatnhg

Latest Income: £410,666
Areas of Operation: Hackney
Status: Registered
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Rhayader Leisure Centre

Leisure

Rhayader leisure centre provides opportunities for people of all ages to take part in social, sporting, training, arts and cultural activities through organising classes and providing facilities suitable for purpose.

Latest Income: £409,598
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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Weybourne Gymnastics Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

We provide gymnastic classes for children and young people, including those with disabilities or special needs. We also provide training for young people wishing to become qualified coaches (British Gymnastics) or judges.

Latest Income: £396,995
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Kentish Town City Farm Limited

Beneficiary group, Leisure

The charity is an educational/recreational project providing services covering environmental and community education/sports and recreation/play and youth work/elderly and special needs

Latest Income: £388,844
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Plymouth Swallows School Of Gymnastics

Education, Leisure

THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND HIGH QUALITY GYMNASTIC COACHING AT ALL LEVELS

Latest Income: £384,613
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Polonsky Foundation

Leisure, Research

The primary objectives of the Foundation are: to promote access to and dissemination of cultural heritage through support of major cultural and educational institutions; to support education and research in the humanities and social sciences; and to support excellence and innovation in the arts.

Latest Income: £380,373
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Exeter Canal And Quay Trust Limited

Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Heritage, Leisure

The preservation of land, buildings around the Canal and Quay Basin The promotion and encouragement of high standards of architecture The promotion of educational and cultural activities and support of community participation in any form of healthy recreation, including waterborne sportsThe education of the public about the historic trade passing through Canal and Quay.

Latest Income: £376,580
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Barnet Recreational Trust

Beneficiary group, Leisure

Donations to local community charities, including the development of youth rugby football.

Latest Income: £375,337
Areas of Operation: Barnet
Status: Registered
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Derby West Indian Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Heritage, Leisure

Social, cultural and educational activities are undertaken by the Association and these include: Youth Club, Bowls, Dominoes, Darts, Board Games, Tai chi and Zumba.Supplementary Saturday School. Health Promotional events. Computer classes.Annual Derby Caribbean Carnival. Annual Summer Scheme.Black History month activities. Annual Youth Conference. Annual Christmas dinner.

Latest Income: £367,903
Areas of Operation: Derby City
Status: Registered
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North Paddington Youth Club

Animals, Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

NPYC's facilities include a multi-purpose sports hall, gym, I.T. room, kitchen, lounge, music room, art room, sensory room & youth hall for activities such as pool, table tennis, and board games. Holiday programmes include flying lessons, go karting, quad biking, driving lessons, jet ski-ing, sky diving, horse riding, scuba diving, cable ski-ing, theatre trips & residential experiences.

Latest Income: £367,699
Areas of Operation: City Of Westminster
Status: Registered
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Oxford Sail Training Trust

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

We provide the opportunity for adults and young people to go sailing at Farmoor Reservoir near Oxford. We teach sailing to both able and disabled young people.

Latest Income: £366,476
Areas of Operation: Oxfordshire
Status: Registered
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Brunswick Club Trust

Beneficiary group, Leisure

THE BUNSWICK CLUB IS A RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING CLUB FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, MAINLY BETWEEN THE AGES OF 8 AND 19.

Latest Income: £366,200
Areas of Operation: Hammersmith And Fulham
Status: Registered
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Beaufort Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure, Social care

GENERAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PRE-SCHOOL; AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS; ALL DAY CARE FACILITIES, BINGO, KARATE, TAI CHI, BALLROOM, LATIN, DISCO DANCING, BALLET & TAP DANCING, VARIOUS KEEP FIT CLASSES, SLIMMING CLASSES, UNIVERSITY OF THIRD AGE GROUP PLUS MANY MORE.

Latest Income: £363,839
Areas of Operation: Bournemouth
Status: Registered
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Haringey Sports Development

Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Leisure

To give every child in Haringey the opportunity to take part in sport.To give every child in Haringey the opportunity to join a sports club in order to achieve from participation through to international level.Through sport, to provide a framework for children and young people to develop life skills and key skills that will help them with future employment.

Latest Income: £360,414
Areas of Operation: Haringey
Status: Registered
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Hastings And Rother Sports Trust

Facilities, Leisure

To provide affordable sport and recreation facilities to the general public and residents of the town.

Latest Income: £360,116
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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The Rugby School General Charitable Trust

Education, Leisure

The Trust raises and applies funds for the benefit of such charitable purposes connected with Rugby School as the Trustees shall in their discretion determine.Provided that the requirements of Rugby School have been considered first, funds may also be applied for such other charitable purposes as the Trustees shall decide.

Latest Income: £357,651
Areas of Operation: Warwickshire
Status: Registered
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The Canvey Island Senior Citizens' Association

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Leisure

We offer senior citizens over 55, snacks, breakfast and midday meals all at nominal cost. Plus recreation activities including short mat bowls, snooker, outings, dances, social and chair exercises. We have an open access policy. There is no membership requirement.

Latest Income: £345,806
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Ringwood And District Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Education, Facilities, Health, Heritage, Leisure

Adult education classes including languages, art, craft, yoga, exercise, judo, dancing, lip reading, 20 clubs covering interests such as garden, antiques, travel, bridge, art, philately, disabled, blind, also youth and pre-school. Day schools in music, archaeology, history, astronomy. 100 affiliated organisations many of which meet at Greyfriars, social functions including quizzes, cinema, suppers

Latest Income: £344,537
Areas of Operation: Dorset
Status: Registered
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South Manchester Gymnastics Centre

Leisure

THE CENTRE IS LOCATED IN SOUTH MANCHESTER AND ITS AIM IS TO PROVIDE FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAFE PARTICIPATION IN GYMNASTIC ACTIVITIES FOR A VARIETY OF GROUPS.

Latest Income: £339,541
Areas of Operation: Manchester City
Status: Registered
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The Carpenters' And Dockland Community Centre

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

To improve the quality of live of local people through a diverse programme of activities including social, recreational, sporting and educational projects, with a focus on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.

Latest Income: £336,496
Areas of Operation: Newham
Status: Registered
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Bolton Young Men's Christian Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Facilities, Leisure, Social welfare

Our main activities :youth and community work, play and children's work, health sports and fitness, Youth Cafe, detached youth work. personal and social development for people who are disadvantaged by poverty, disability, health issues, young offenders, members of minority community groups enabling them to develop and make a positive contribution to the community in which they live.,

Latest Income: £336,471
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Oxford And Cambridge Rowing Foundation

Associations, Education, Leisure

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Latest Income: £332,389
Areas of Operation: Cambridgeshire
Status: Registered
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Avondale Gymnastics Club

Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

Avondale Gymnastics provides gymnastics activities to children from 18 months to 18 years.We have a dedicated gymnasium and cater for all children whatever their ability from grass roots upwards.

Latest Income: £332,356
Areas of Operation: Kingston Upon Thames
Status: Registered
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Potters Green Community Association

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Childcare, Leisure

The community association helps members of the community especially the young and aged. Its activities include a term time playgroup, weekly OAP's group, bingo, football teams, bowls teams, domino teams, table tennis, line dancing, brownies, Irish dancing and function room for weddings etc.

Latest Income: £327,680
Areas of Operation: Coventry City
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.