Leisure LE¶
Leisure is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Leisure category.
29,552 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 14.59% of all charities.
Keywords to find charities¶
UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.
The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:
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Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 10,276 | 13.61% |
| £10k - £100k | 11,128 | 16.32% |
| £100k - £250k | 2,631 | 12.68% |
| £250k - £500k | 1,279 | 12.99% |
| £500k - £1m | 715 | 11.61% |
| £1m - £10m | 887 | 10.43% |
| Over £10m | 161 | 7.91% |
| Total | 27,077 | 14.18% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 21,799 | 12.79% |
| oscr | 6,610 | 26.49% |
| ccni | 1,143 | 15.86% |
| Total | 29,552 | 14.59% |
Ten largest charities (by income)¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY [Charity number: 222377] Provide support and advice services for people with a learning disabilty including care and support, advocacy, housing, leisure and employment. We work to improve services, challenge prejudice and directly support people to live their lives as they choose. We offer support through our website, printed resources and helpline. Our regional advisers offer direct support by phone, email and in person. |
£216,112,000 |
| Culture and Sport Glasgow [Charity number: SC037844] 4.1 To advance the arts, heritage, culture and science. 4.2 To advance education. 4.3 To advance public participation in sport which involves physical skill and exertion. 4.4 To advance health. 4.5 To promote civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and/or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. 4.6 To provide recreational facilities, and organise recreational activities, where such facilities/activities are available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life. 4.7 To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.8 To advance citizenship and community development (including urban regeneration) by harnessing the cultural and leisure assets of Glasgow, the contribution made by activities in furtherance of paragraphs 4.1 to 4.7, and a range of other measures, to increase vibrancy and promote positive perceptions of Glasgow as a place to work, live, study play, visit and invest - in a common effort with other public, private and third sector partners to address issues of social, economic and physical deprivation across the City of Glasgow, including health inequalities, social exclusion and unemployment. 4.9 To advance such similar charitable purposes as the directors may consider appropriate from time to time. through the provision of services (including those entrusted to it by Glasgow City Council) which contribute to advancing well-being (primarily the wellbeing of residents of Glasgow) including (i) the operation, management and development of museums, art galleries and other facilities which provide public access to collections of works of art, antiquities and objects of scientific interest. (ii) the development and delivery of arts and cultural activities and events, artistic programmes, scientific/research programmes and educational projects. (iii) the operation, management and development of libraries and the provision of library and archive services. (iv) the operation, management and development of indoor and outdoor sports facilities (including arrangements to facilitate access to such facilities by those on lower incomes or having special needs and to encourage wider participation in healthy exercise).(maximum text reached, further full information can be obtained directly from the Charity) |
£146,242,000 |
| The Royal Horticultural Society [Charity number: SC038262] The objects of the Society are the encouragement and improvement of the science, art and practice of horticulture in all its branches. |
£122,096,000 |
| THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [Charity number: 222879] The RHS was founded in 1804 to inspire passion and excellence in horticulture. We want to enrich everyone's life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place. To achieve our aim we undertake scientific research; provide education, training and horticultural advice; support community horticulture projects; and share our renowned gardens and shows with the public. |
£122,096,000 |
| Sustrans [Charity number: SC039263] To promote and encourage both in the UK and overseas for the public benefit the development in the community of and the provision of safe routes, paths and facilities for cycling, walking and other forms of low energy transport and to undertake and carry on projects and activities of a charitable nature which will assist in promoting healthy recreation, the protection of the environment and the conservation of energy resources. |
£112,463,000 |
| SUSTRANS [Charity number: 326550] Sustrans is the charity making it easier for people to walk and cycle. We are engineers and educators, experts and advocates.We connect people and places, create liveable neighbourhoods, transform the school run and deliver a happier, healthier commute.Sustrans works in partnership, bringing people together to find the right solutions. We make the case for walking and cycling with robust evidence. |
£112,463,000 |
| THE FOOTBALL FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1079309] The Charity's current and on-going activities are:to put in place a new generation of modern facilities in parks, local leagues and schools;to provide capital/revenue support to increase participation in grass roots football, andto strenghten the links between football and the community and to harness its potential as a force for good in society. |
£106,323,000 |
| NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL [Charity number: 1091434] The NMC is the independent regulator for nurses and midwives in the UK. Our primary purpose is to protect patients and the public through effective and proportionate regulation of nurses and midwives. We set and promote standards of education and practice, maintain a register of those who meet these standards, and take action when a nurse's or midwife's fitness to practise is called into question. |
£102,885,000 |
| Richmond Fellowship Scotland Ltd [Charity number: SC021621] The objects of the Society are the relief of those who are vulnerable and in need of support, care, advice or other assistance due to reasons of their vulnerability. The Society will or may do this through: - The advancement of health and well being. - The advancement of education. - The advancement of citizenship or community development. - The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities, with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. - The relief of those in need. This may be by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage and any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes. - The prevention or relief of povert |
£99,637,000 |
| Foundation Scotland [Charity number: SC022910] 2.1 The Objects of the Foundation are specifically restricted to the charitable purposes contained in this Article 2. 2.2 The Objects to be undertaken in Scotland or elsewhere for which the Foundation is established are: 2.2.1 the advancement of citizenship or community development, to include rural and/or urban regeneration, the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector and the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. 2.2.2 the prevention or relief of poverty. 2.2.3 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 2.2.4 the advancement of education. 2.2.5 the saving of lives. 2.2.6 the advancement of religion. 2.2.7 the advancement of health, to include the prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering. 2.2.8 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. 2.2.9 the advancement of public participation in sport and in the provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational facilities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 2.2.10 the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. 2.2.11 the promotion of religious or racial harmony. 2.2.12 the promotion of equality and diversity. 2.2.13 the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 2.2.14 the advancement of animal welfare. 2.2.15 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes. and 2.2.16 any other purpose under section 7 of the Charities Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts |
£80,253,000 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| FRIENDS OF ST. JOSEPH'S ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 1042093] Supports the education and training, sport and recreation of children |
£7,961 |
| THE FUTSAL STARS FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1194598] Provide grants of financial assistance to children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds to access football and futsal coaching services in London and Sussex. |
£46,821 |
| TEN-EM-BEE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE [Charity number: 1090441] SPORT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RECREATIONAL |
£102,340 |
| Coyle's Cottage Women's Group [Charity number: NI104832] Coyle’s Cottage Women’s Group was founded in 1993 to provide a meeting place for women from the Lough Shore area of Coagh and its environs. They provide a meeting place but also a hub of social and recreational activities where women can come and talk about their daily lives and the issues that confront them. If anyone arrives with issues which require professional input whether it be health, education, family or other legal affairs they will be signposted to the appropriate voluntary or statutory agency. They also provide classes in traditional crafts such as sewing, knitting and crochet and regularly knit clothing for a range of charities. They organise talks and lectures on a range of issues such as home accident prevention, energy efficiency and also organise regular visits and tours to places of interest throughout Ireland. The group meet weekly in an ancient mud cottage which they have recently re-thatched thus reserving it for future generations. They also fund-raise for other charities such as the Children’s Hospice. They network with other women’s organisations. They try to access funding for their work and communicate regularly with their client base. |
£565 |
| Maternal Health Africa SCIO [Charity number: SC051913] The organisation’s purposes are to support the following charitable purposes and, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, to provide information, education, facilities and services to those across Africa and where there is a need, in order to improve the health and/or standards of living of those who live there: 4.1. the advancement of health. 4.2. the saving of lives. 4.3. the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 4.4. the advancement of citizenship or community development. 4.5. the prevention or relief of poverty. 4.6. the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. 4.7. the advancement of education. 4.8. the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. 4.9. the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. 4.10. the promotion of religious or racial harmony. 4.11. the promotion of equality and diversity |
£223,719 |
| FRIENDS OF PELICAN PARK [Charity number: 1161532] Our main activities are as follows: Offer facilities and sessions to play multi-sport activities mainly football, cricket and tennis. Increase participation in sport for people of all ages including families, children & young people. Work in partnership with the three main Sport Governing Bodies Football Association, Lawn Tennis Association and Yorkshire Cricket Board. |
£214,641 |
| THE HAMILTON CHARITY [Charity number: 295629] The benefit of poor persons or persons in reduced circumstances who shall have been resident in the Parish of Long Melford for not less than three years with power to apply capital to purchase or hire land to be used as a recreation or sports ground for the Parish |
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| LONG EATON UNITED COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB [Charity number: 1171514] The charity's objects are specifically restricted to advance the amateur sport of association football, to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing access to facilities for playing association football and to advance the education of children and young people whether or not undergoing formal education. |
£111,226 |
| PENTECOSTAL CITY MISSION CHURCH [Charity number: 1072553] a) To advance the Christian religion.b) To promote for the benefit of the public and the community by associating together the inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations to advance education and leisure time occupations.c) To promote racial harmony and good race relations. |
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| FRIENDS OF SILSDEN TOWN HALL [Charity number: 1175255] To promote the health & wellbeing of the residents of Silsden and the surrounding area through the provision of facilities which encourage educational, sporting & social recreational activities in Silsden Town Hall for all age groups. |
£143,928 |
