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Leisure Charities

Discover 7,074 Leisure charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

7,074
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.

Sedbergh Youth And Community Centre

Beneficiary group, Education, Facilities, Leisure

To help educate, support & empower people of all ages and backgrounds through their leisure time activities.

Latest Income: £157,793
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Moorside Rangers Youth And Community Association

Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provision of coaching and organised football for boys and girls aged 4-18 and open age players.The development of football for children with Down's Syndrome aged 4 to 16yrs.

Latest Income: £157,738
Areas of Operation: Salford City
Status: Registered
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Charles Young Centre

Arts, Beneficiary group, Leisure

INDOOR BOWLS, DARTS, BINGO NIGHTS & SOCIAL DANCESDAILY LUNCHES & KEEP FIT CLASSES AND MUSIC BUFFET NIGHTS, DAY OUTINGS,SHOPPING TRIPS, HALL HIRE

Latest Income: £157,592
Areas of Operation: South Tyneside
Status: Registered
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3rd Chalkwell Bay Sea Scout Group

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

A Sea Scout Group providing a huge array of activities and training, on and off the water, offering #Skillsforlife to young people aged 6 to 25 and beyond. It is a Royal Yachting Association Teaching Establishment and British Rowing Accredited delivering training to national governing body standards. The Group is Royal Navy recognised and affiliated to the Royal British Legion.

Latest Income: £157,427
Areas of Operation: Southend-on-sea
Status: Registered
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The Welsh Schools' Rugby Union

Education, Leisure

The charity helps and educates school pupils by promoting, organising, and developing schools Rugby Union Football throughout Wales.

Latest Income: £157,196
Areas of Operation: Wales
Status: Registered
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U3a In London

Education, Leisure

Provision of educational and leisure activities for retired and semi-retired men and women.

Latest Income: £157,000
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Jubilee Gardens (1978) Limited

Beneficiary group, Facilities, Leisure

The company is a registered charity and is principally engaged in providing horticultural training for adults with learning disabilities. This activity continued through out the year. The object for which the company is established is to promote and provide for the advancement of education and training of people with learning disabilities and to promote the development of horticultural skills

Latest Income: £156,762
Areas of Operation: Wiltshire
Status: Registered
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Aylsham Recreation Ground

Facilities, Leisure

recreation ground and sport facility

Latest Income: £156,724
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Henley And District Agricultural Association Limited

Economic and community development, Leisure

To promote and improve agriculture, horticulture and the breeding and rearing of livestock via events such as Henley Farm & Country Show and an annual ploughing match.

Latest Income: £156,380
Areas of Operation: Buckinghamshire
Status: Registered
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Weston-Super-Mare Operatic Society

Arts, Leisure

Theatre arts - the furtherence of performing arts in the locality and the education and entertainment of the general public

Latest Income: £155,758
Areas of Operation: North Somerset
Status: Registered
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Orsett Horticultural And Agricultural Society

Economic and community development, Leisure

Staging of annual agricultural show

Latest Income: £155,545
Areas of Operation: Essex
Status: Registered
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Churchdown Community Association

Associations, Facilities, Leisure

The main objective of the Association is to provide and maintain, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Churchdown and neighbourhood a Community Centre, in which the Management Committee's aim is to promote good facilities for arts and recreation, social and leisure time occupation, whilst recognising this must be at a reasonable cost.

Latest Income: £155,488
Areas of Operation: Gloucestershire
Status: Registered
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The Football Association Benevolent Fund

Leisure, Social welfare

To alleviate hardship for individuals connected to the game of association football

Latest Income: £155,328
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Posk Foundation

Leisure, Social welfare

The objects of the Charity are the advancement of the arts,culture or heritage; the provision of recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare; the advancement of education; the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need.

Latest Income: £154,408
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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London Schools' Cricket Association

Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

To encourage in everyway cricket among the school children of London, to secure adequate provision of facilities for cricket, to provide opportunities for coaching of the highest standard, to arrange representative matches at various age levels between the London Schools' Cricket Association and other similar associations and to promote and arrange matches and festivals of cricket between London's

Latest Income: £154,080
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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Gotham Memorial Hall And Recreation Ground Trust

Arts, Associations, Beneficiary group, Facilities, Heritage, Leisure

For the well being of local residents.This includes sporting facilities ie cricket, football, outdoor bowls, tennis and netballThe Memorial Hall supports all activities such as Doctors Surgery, library facilities, Women's Institute, Line Dancing, Coffee club, British Legion meetings, History Society, tea dancing, Astronomical Society, Pilates and other group exercise classes, mother/baby group

Latest Income: £154,012
Areas of Operation: Nottinghamshire
Status: Registered
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William Walter Hinde For Open Space

Facilities, Leisure

The provision of public spaces for healthful recreation

Latest Income: £153,943
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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Piddinghoe Village Hall

Facilities, Leisure

VILLAGE HALL AVAILABLE FOR INTEREST GROUPS/CLUBS LOCAL FUNCTIONS TABLE TENNIS KEEP FIT.

Latest Income: £153,796
Areas of Operation: East Sussex
Status: Registered
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Orpington Village Hall Trust

Facilities, Leisure

The charity provides for religious, moral, social and intellectual welfare and rational recreation and amusement of the inhabitants and visitors to the Parish of Orpington, and to their friends.

Latest Income: £153,361
Areas of Operation: Bromley
Status: Registered
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Croft Hall

Leisure, Religion

Lettings to various organisations and hall and room hires for community and entertainment events and private functions

Latest Income: £153,123
Areas of Operation: West Berkshire
Status: Registered
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Ryhope Community Association

Associations, Leisure

Ryhope Community Association aims to work with members of the local community to identify need, subsequently plans and delivers a broad range of social, leisure and educational opportunities that address the identified needs and promote community cohesion thereby enhancing the quality of life for local residents.

Latest Income: £153,105
Areas of Operation: Sunderland
Status: Registered
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New Windsor Community Association

Associations, Leisure

Sports and recreation facilities for the local area.

Latest Income: £152,854
Areas of Operation: Windsor And Maidenhead
Status: Registered
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Chorleywood Common Youth Football Club

Beneficiary group, Leisure

Provision of youth football matches and associated activities

Latest Income: £152,831
Areas of Operation: Hertfordshire
Status: Registered
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Robert B Massey Memorial Trust

Facilities, Leisure

1. To provide in interests of social welfare and improvement of conditions of life for the inhabitants of the town of Market Weighton and its neighbourhood, a public recreation ground, other recreational facilities, and a bowling green.2. Charitable purposes for general benefit of inhabitants of Market Weighton and its neighbourhood for which provision is not made from public rates & taxes

Latest Income: £152,598
Areas of Operation: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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Ystradowen Community And Sports Association

Facilities, Leisure

To maintain and manage a Community Centre (Ystradowen Village Hall). To provide facilities, in the interests of social welfare, for recreation and leisure-time occupation, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Ystradowen.

Latest Income: £152,542
Areas of Operation: Vale Of Glamorgan
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many leisure charities are there in the UK?

There are 7,074 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 (£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 leisure charities?

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 leisure charities?

Across all 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 leisure charities?

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.