Recreation LE105¶
Recreation is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Leisure category.
18,475 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 9.10% 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:
\b(recreational|recreation|leisure|entertainment)\b
Distribution by size of charity¶
| Income band | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| Under £10k | 6,046 | 8.47% |
| £10k - £100k | 6,896 | 9.86% |
| £100k - £250k | 1,703 | 7.73% |
| £250k - £500k | 839 | 7.76% |
| £500k - £1m | 462 | 6.91% |
| £1m - £10m | 520 | 5.78% |
| Over £10m | 122 | 5.61% |
| Total | 16,588 | 8.64% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 12,427 | 7.26% |
| oscr | 5,564 | 22.47% |
| ccni | 484 | 6.73% |
| Total | 18,475 | 9.10% |
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. |
£228,027,000 |
| 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) |
£151,659,000 |
| Walk Wheel Cycle Trust [Charity number: SC039263] 2 Objects 2.1 The Objects of the Charity are the promotion of health and the protection of the natural environment, both in the UK and overseas, for the public benefit through 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. |
£110,673,000 |
| 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 |
£103,180,000 |
| Edinburgh Merchant Company Education Board [Charity number: SC009747] The Education Board?s Charitable Purposes are: (a) the advancement of education, particularly the education and advancement of children and young people. (b) the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science. (c) the advancement of public participation in sport. (d) 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. and (e) the advancement of citizenship or community development. |
£84,994,162 |
| Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance [Charity number: SC037754] The Objects of the Alliance are:- 1. to spread and propagate the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and primarily but not exclusively the Foundational Truths hereinafter Fourthly set forth. 2. to demonstrate the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by the relief of people who by reason of their disability, age, infirmity, sickness, social or economic circumstances or caring responsibilities have a need of health, social care or other related community services or recreational facilities by the provision of information, advice, support and other services and facilities calculated to relieve those needs. and 3. to demonstrate the full Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ by the advancement of education in such ways as may from time to time be charitable. |
£79,041,198 |
| THE CHARITIES PROPERTY FUND [Charity number: 1080290] THE FUND AIMS TO PROVIDE A HIGH AND SECURE LEVEL OF INCOME WITH THE PROSPECT OF GROWTH IN INCOME AND TO MAINTAIN THE CAPITAL VALUE OF ASSETS HELD IN THE FUND, THROUGH INVESTING IN A DIVERSIFIED UK COMMERCIAL PORTFOLIO. THE FUND INVESTS IN THE PRINCIPAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SECTORS: OFFICE, RETAIL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER (LEISURE, CAR SHOWROOMS). IT DOES NOT INVEST IN SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENTS. |
£78,394,992 |
| THE HARPUR TRUST [Charity number: 1066861] A local foundation that uses the legacy of Sir William Harpur, the founder in 1566, to benefit the inhabitants of the Borough of Bedford through the promotion of education; the relief of poverty, sickness and distress; and the provision of recreational facilities with a social welfare purpose. |
£75,469,000 |
| MILLFIELD [Charity number: 310283] The education of children and young people within Millfield School and Millfield Prep School (including Pre-Prep); the development of associated extra-curricular activites; the operation of educational and recreational courses. |
£69,811,000 |
| ENABLE Communities Group [Charity number: SC049060] 4.1 The objects of the Company are (i) the relief of those in need by reason of ill-health, disability or other disadvantage. (ii) the advancement of health. and (iii) the advancement of citizenship and community development through the promotion of the effectiveness or efficiency of charities. and in furtherance of those objects but not otherwise:- (a) to support and promote the interests and welfare of people with learning disabilities or communication difficulties, physical disabilities, hearing and visual impairment, or other illness and disability, including working to meet their needs, development their capabilities and enable and encourage them to participate in decisions affecting any area of their lives. (b) to promote mutual help, support, co-operation and understanding amongst people with all forms of illness and disability, and their relatives and friends and those providing services to them. (c) to promote and encourage the provision of services and facilities for the benefit of people with all forms of illness and disability, their families and carers including the provision of special forms of housing and residential care and support to beneficiaries (in particular amongst those who have more profound disabilities). (d) to encourage research into the causes, treatment and management of all kinds of illness and disability and to disseminate the useful results of such research. (e) to provide support and companionship to enable beneficiaries to pursue their interests and take part in leisure activities. (f) to create and deliver personalised, community based support to adults and children. |
£63,144,946 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| FAIRFIELD ROAD RECREATION GROUND [Charity number: 305187] Provision and maintenance of a public park for the enjoyment of the inhabitants of Burgess Hill and Mid Sussex district. |
£15,950 |
| EXMOUTH ROWING CLUB [Charity number: 1154367] The club promotes community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities for rowing on an amateur basis. |
£29,717 |
| SHALFORD VILLAGE HALL (SURREY) [Charity number: 1190571] The charity exists to provide a village hall and other facilities for the use of the inhabitants of Shalford and the neighbourhood for meetings, educational purposes and other forms of leisure time occupation, including sports, arts, culture and community development. |
£104,683 |
| UPTON SNODSBURY PARISH RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 1112077] To provide a recreation ground and recreational facilities for the benefit of the community of the Parish of Upton Snodsbury. |
£504 |
| Loch Shin Sailing Club [Charity number: SC044909] 4.1 the advancement of education 4.2 the advancement of public participation in sport 4.3 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 |
£4,263 |
| LLANHAMLACH COMMUNITY HALL [Charity number: 507947] Use of hall for political, religious, meetings, lectures and classes and other forms of recreation with the object of improving the lives of the residents of the parish. |
£3,832 |
| LINTON VILLAGE HALL TRUST [Charity number: 1203741] THE VILLAGE HALL IS FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF LINTON AND THE NEIGHBOURHOD (HEREINAFTER CALED THE AREAS OF BENEFIT) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES, CLASSES, AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS. |
£11,173 |
| Orcome Trust [Charity number: SC014107] 1. The advancement and support of any, science, craft, skill or technique and public transport therein. 2. The advancement and support of artistic, scientific, technological, literary and historical work, study and education. 3. The protection and preservation of natural amenities, natural life and any property, whether heritable or moveable real or personal, having historical, scientific or aesthetic interest and the provision, improvement and extension of facilities and opportunities for the enjoyment and appreciation of the same by members of the public. 4. The advancement of animal welfare by the prevention of unnecessary cruelty to animals, and the succouring and treatment of sick and injured animals. 5. The advancement and support of social welfare, social services and recreational and leisure time interests and activities. 6. The advancement of physical and mental health and the prevention and alleviation of disease or physical or mental ailments or disabilities. |
£64,550 |
| Carmyle Community Centre [Charity number: SC006439] 4.1 The advancement of education. 4.2 The advancement of health. 4.3 The advancement of citizenship or community development. 4.4 The advancement of the arts and culture. 4.5 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. 4.6 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. through the operation of a community centre delivering a range of services to the local community, including (but not limited to) the provision of: a variety of classes and workshops. fitness facilities and activities. meeting space for local groups. and advice and support service |
£1,260 |
| Auchtermuchty Bellvue Colts Football Club [Charity number: SC049824] Purposes (4) The objectives of Auchtermuchty Bellvue Colts FC are to serve the community and individuals: by fostering and promoting educational, health, social, and life skills. by working directly and laterally with peer organisations in these fields, and by using sport, exercise and leisure activities, to achieve the charitable purposes of: o Advancement of Education. o Advancement of Community Development. o The relief of those in Need by reason of Age, Ill-Health, Disability, Financial Hardship or other Disadvantage. and o Advancement of Public Participation in Sport |
£57,935 |
