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Leisure Charities

Discover 7,410 Leisure charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

7,410
Charities
£2,623,940,098
Total Income
£282,053
Avg Income
80.9%
Program Ratio

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

Hainault Forest Community Association

Associations, Leisure

Promote the benefits of the inhabitants of Hainault and the neighbourhood by associating with the local authorities, voluntary organisations and inhabitants in common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £490,285
Areas of Operation: Redbridge
Status: Registered
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Abbey Community Centre

Facilities, Leisure

Abbey Community Centre aims to improve the quality of life for local people by offering excellent services which provide a range of educational, recreational, cultural and social opportunities. We aim to work in consultation and partnership with the local community and statutory and voluntary agencies in developing our programme and responding to emerging need and new initiatives

Latest Income: £490,181
Areas of Operation: Brent
Status: Registered
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The Cranleigh Arts Centre Limited

Leisure

To promote, present and inspire education, exhibition, performance and participation of the Arts and other leisure time activities (apart from sport) for all ages of the inhabitants of Cranleigh and its surrounding villages.

Latest Income: £482,296
Areas of Operation: Surrey
Status: Registered
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Swim Torquay Limited

Leisure

Running a swimming pool, teaching swimming to all ages and abilities, provision of water based exersize classes.Promotion of swimming as a sport. Promotion of sporting activities.

Latest Income: £481,421
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Grange Farm Centre

Leisure, Saving of lives

The primary object of the charity is to provide or to assist in the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure-time occupation for the benefit of the inhabitants of the London Metropolitan Police District and the District of Epping Forest, Essex.

Latest Income: £478,301
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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World Abilitysport Federation LTD

Leisure, Social welfare

World Abilitysport focuses on providing sport opportunities for persons with physical impairments in the UK and across the globe. The Games programme host international multi-sport events providing recreational and elite sport opportunities for physically impaired athletes. Through education and training, we promotes barrier-free opportunities and social inclusion through the power of sport.

Latest Income: £469,449
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Springboard Project

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

The Springboard Project works with children and young people with or without disabilities and their families by providing inclusive play and leisure opportunities.

Latest Income: £469,100
Areas of Operation: Sutton
Status: Registered
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The Sidings Community Centre

Facilities, Leisure

Sidings Community Centre's main aim is to improve the quality of life for local people, by providing a range of recreational, social, cultural and educational opportunities and services, in consultation and partnership with the local community and other relevant agencies, primarily but not exclusively within the broad neighbourhood of West Hampstead and North Kilburn, London NW6.

Latest Income: £468,252
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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Tottenham Community Sports Centre

Facilities, Health, Leisure

To improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Tottenham and the immediate surrounding areas by the provision of sports and community facilities.

Latest Income: £466,968
Areas of Operation: Haringey
Status: Registered
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Covent Garden Social And Crafts Centre Association

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of central London, including Covent Garden, St Giles and Bloomsbury, the area bounded by the Strand, Aldwych, Kingsway, Great Russell Street and Charing Cross Road to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation, leisure and educational occupations with the object of improving the condition of life for said inhabitants.

Latest Income: £464,305
Areas of Operation: Camden
Status: Registered
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Chinese Association Of Tower Hamlets

Beneficiary group, Education, Housing, Leisure, Social care

Our charity offers Home Care services to frail elderly individuals, enabling them to live independently in their own homes. We provide a variety of classes at our centre, including Chinese calligraphy, Chinese medicine workshops, chair yoga, and a table tennis club, fostering personal well-being. We also operate a Saturday Chinese school for children, teaching Mandarin and Cantonese.

Latest Income: £462,783
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Camberley Gymnastics Club

Leisure

The principle activity is providing gymnastic and other physical recreation in the interests of social welfare in Rushmoor and the surrounding area. Other significant activity areas are coaching, competitions and training camps.

Latest Income: £453,782
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Girdlers' Company Charitable Trust

Leisure

Makes donations, almost exclusively in England, and in particular London, solely to registered charities or registered Community Amateur Sports Clubs. General applications are welcomed from these institutions who have an annual income less than -ú1 million, or whose beneficiaries reside in Peckham or Hammersmith.

Latest Income: £447,056
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Springfields Horticultural Society Limited

Arts, Facilities, Leisure

To act as a horticultural society and to promote the study and practice of horticulture in all its branches and in particular, the cultivation and development of all varieties of flowers grown from bulbs and corms.

Latest Income: £433,336
Areas of Operation: Lincolnshire
Status: Registered
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The Brunel Museum

Heritage, Leisure

To preserve and encourage preservation of the Brunel Engine House, Rotherhithe and surrounding area;To educate the public with regard to the engineering works of Marc and Isambard Brunel;To provide a recreational facility for the public at Rotherhithe and to enhance the surrounding area.

Latest Income: £428,435
Areas of Operation: Southwark
Status: Registered
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Chipping Sodbury Town Lands Charity

Education, Leisure

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR NEEDY PARISHIONERS OF SODBURY.TO AID PROMOTION OF EDUCATION TO PUPILSOF CHIPPING SODBURY COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL. TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION (INC. FURTHER EDUCATION) FOR PERSONS RESIDING IN THE PARISH OF SODBURY. TO PROVIDE/MAINTAIN FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION. TO PROMOTE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR INHABITANTS OF SODBURY

Latest Income: £426,957
Areas of Operation: South Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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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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Calne Community Transport

Beneficiary group, Leisure, Social welfare

Transport for the disabled, frail, elderly, other groups for Social Welfare and recreational purposes including social inclusion to combat loneliness, charitable groups, groups with a common interest and those who are unable to use other forms of transport.

Latest Income: £409,879
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Okehampton Community And Recreation Association

Leisure

To advance education and provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the objectives of improving the conditions of life for all those living in the catchment area of the Charity.

Latest Income: £404,709
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Kew Community Trust

Economic and community development, Leisure

Kew Community Trust is a registered charity which runs The Avenue Club and The Avenue Halls in Kew. The Avenue Club is a vibrant daytime social and leisure club offering a range of classes, activities and events for those who wish to get the most out of retirement. The Avenue Halls provides a first-class venue and welcomes people of all ages for recreation, classes, meetings and private functions.

Latest Income: £399,402
Areas of Operation: Richmond Upon Thames
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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Fuel Allotment

Charitable activities, Leisure, Social welfare

Provision of grants for the benefit of the inhabitants of the civil parish of Sunninghill. Purposes include (in order of priority) relief of poverty, relief of age or sickness, supporting recreational facilities and supporting educational facilities.

Latest Income: £385,628
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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The Multiple Sclerosis Research And Relief Fund

Health, Leisure

MS Research and Relief Fund supports MS groups in Morpeth, Jarrow, Durham, Berwick and Newcastle. We provide complementary therapies which are free of charge to people with MS and their primary carers, in addition we have accessible exercise classes, Tai Chi and a "fitness lounge" where people can use toning tables, MotoMed exercise machines and a vibrogym.

Latest Income: £376,856
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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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many leisure charities are there in the UK?

There are 7,410 registered leisure charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the leisure charities by income?

Royal Mencap Society is the largest by latest reported annual income (£247.3m). 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 leisure charities?

Leisure charities reported a combined annual income of £2.6bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for leisure charities?

Across all leisure charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 80.9%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of leisure charities?

Leisure charities have an average annual income of £282k. 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.