Recreation LE105¶
Recreation is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Leisure category.
17,831 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 8.85% 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 | 6,929 | 8.36% |
| £10k - £100k | 6,325 | 9.75% |
| £100k - £250k | 1,393 | 7.20% |
| £250k - £500k | 662 | 7.30% |
| £1m - £10m | 455 | 5.72% |
| £500k - £1m | 377 | 6.54% |
| Over £10m | 90 | 4.86% |
| Total | 16,231 | 8.46% |
Distribution by charity regulator¶
| Regulator | Charities with tag | Percent of all charities |
|---|---|---|
| ccew | 12,028 | 7.12% |
| oscr | 5,300 | 20.86% |
| ccni | 503 | 7.07% |
| Total | 17,831 | 8.85% |
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. |
£239,014,000 |
| 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) |
£123,430,000 |
| 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. |
£114,715,000 |
| 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 |
£95,331,000 |
| The Prince's Trust [Charity number: SC041198] (i) To promote by all charitable means the mental, spiritual, moral and physical development and improvement of young people and to provide opportunities for them to develop their full capacities and enable them to become responsible members of society so that their conditions of life may be improved, to include: (a) providing facilities for young people for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare. (b) advancing the education of young people by the provision, encouragement and promotion of education, instruction or training in professions, vocations, industries, crafts, trades or the skills needed in employment. (c) relieving poverty amongst young people through the provision of assistance (including financial assistance) and encouragement whilst their education is being advanced as aforesaid or whilst they are in the process of establishing new businesses or preparing for entering upon or engaging in a profession, trade, craft or service. (d) arranging periods of voluntary work in the community. and (e) for the benefit of the public encouraging and assisting young people in their understanding of and practical action in support of the natural and built environment. (ii) To promote and conduct research into social conditions affecting young people and the mental, spiritual, moral and physical needs of young people and to publish the useful results of such research. (iii) To carry out any such approved objects (as defined by Regulation 33 of the Landfill Tax Regulations 1996 or any amendment thereto) as are exclusively charitable and to encourage young people particularly to do so. (iv) To support such charity or charities or such charitable purpose or purposes as the Council shall in its absolute discretion think fit |
£80,643,000 |
| 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. |
£65,808,209 |
| 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. |
£65,145,000 |
| 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. |
£64,567,750 |
| 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. |
£55,138,000 |
| Joseph Rowntree Foundation [Charity number: SC049712] 1.1 to prevent and to relieve poverty and other necessitous circumstances 1.2 to relieve those in need because of youth, age, ill-health (whether mental or physical), disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage 1.3 to undertake and carry on such activities as are calculated to ameliorate unsatisfactory living conditions, social unrest or disharmony amongst the public 1.4 to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare for the public at large. Nothing in these articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008. |
£54,067,000 |
Ten random charities¶
| Name | Latest income |
|---|---|
| BLESSING IN DISGUISE [Charity number: 1161139] PROVISION OF SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT AND ACTIVITIES TO RELIEVE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE UK WHO ARE DISABLED, HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS OR TERMINALLY ILL, AND THEIR PARENTS OR CARERS, ENABLING THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL, INCREASE INDEPENDENCE AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE BY THE PROVISION OF RESPITE, RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES OTHER SERVICES OR SUPPORT TO ADDRESS THEIR NEED |
£61,475 |
| ST MARY'S STUDENTS' UNION [Charity number: 1173502] Promoting the interests and welfare of Students at St Mary?s University during their course of study; representing, supporting & advising Students;.being the representative channel between Students & the University; providing social, cultural, sporting & recreational activities and forums for personal development. |
£433,528 |
| Noorul Huda Islamic and Cultural Centre [Charity number: SC051970] 4.1 The advancement of education by means of, but not exclusively, through the provision or facilitation of educational activities, workshops, training seminars, lectures, exhibitions, conferences, gatherings and other activities as determined from time to time by the Trustees. 4.2 The advancement of religion by means of, but not exclusively, the provision or facilitation of congregational prayer facilities, marriage and funeral services in line with the Islamic faith. and other activities as determined from time to time by the Trustees in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Qu'ran and the Sunnah of Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him), conforming to the interpretations and accepted views of the Ahle Sunnah Wa Al-Jammah. 4.3 The provision of recreational facilities or the organisation of recreational activities that contribute towards the well-being of individuals and families including, but not exclusively, lunch clubs for the elderly, youth activities, mother and toddler groups. 4.4 The relief of those in need including those experiencing financial hardship, distress and suffering particularly amongst poor people and other people in need, by means of, but not exclusively, through making grants or loans to provide or pay for items, equipment, services and facilities, including the provision or assistance in the provision of food and clothing for the benefit of the public. |
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| THE AVON AND ARROW GREENWAY PROJECT [Charity number: 1188324] Activities include the promotion of cycling and walking environments and infrastructure within the valleys of the rivers Avon and Arrow in Worcestershire and Warwickshire to support the creation of traffic free leisure paths linking rural communities to the principal towns in the area. The paths will support health and wellbeing, local tourism and responsible cycling for all ages and abilities. |
£3,000 |
| RUSTON SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB [Charity number: 1173964] The charity promotes participation in healthy recreation for the community. We provide sporting facilities and coaching for football, squash, bowls, tennis and provision can be made for other sports. We host other activities for the community, e.g. weight watchers, slimming world, tumble tots and county tournaments. We operate in Lincoln for the benefit of the local public. |
£155,992 |
| QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL WORSTEAD [Charity number: 1026313] Provision of village hall facilities for a multitude of events including film shows, theatre, entertainment events, antique and arts and crafts, childrens activities, badminton, dog shows, weddings, private parties, meetings, learning centre and many smaller events such as keep fit, bingo and indoor bowls. |
£40,251 |
| PITSTONE MEMORIAL HALL [Charity number: 300318] The provision and maintenance of a Memorial Village Hall and facilities ancillary thereto for the use of the inhabitants of the Parish of Pitstone and the immediate neighbourhood thereof without distinction of sex or of political, religious or other opinions, including use for meetings, lectures and classes and for other forms of recreation and leisure-time occupation. |
£58,397 |
| Borders Youth Theatre [Charity number: SC022282] The purpose of the Borders Youth Theatre is to advance the informal education of children and young people through the medium of arts and culture. to provide recreational facilities and organise recreational activities that promote the interest of children and young people in all aspects of performance arts, with the object of improving their conditions of life and well-being. |
£28,416 |
| THE TORCH ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 515527] The relief of illness and suffering of all disabled persons resident in a defined local area of Tynedale and beyond by providing, managing and maintaining a Centre for recreation or other leisure time occupation and in particular by providing facilities for competitive and non- competitive sports. |
£34,802 |
| Sailor's Rest Community Gym [Charity number: SC046293] a) To advance public participation in sport, primarily within the Levenmouth area of Fife through the provision of, and access to recreational facilities, and activities, with such facilities/activities being made available to members of the public at large with the object of improving their conditions of life, and only in relation to recreational facilities or activities which are: (i) primarily intended for persons who have need of them by reason of their age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. and b) To advance advancement of education, primarily within the operating area, in particular promoting the benefits in relation to health and well-being, active recreation and physical activity |
£13,490 |
Last update:
January 2, 2024
Created: January 2, 2024
Created: January 2, 2024
