Sports `LE106`¶

Sports is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Leisure category.

13,810 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 6.80% 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:

Distribution by size of charity¶

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	4,269	6.01%
£10k - £100k	5,475	7.80%
£100k - £250k	1,455	6.53%
£250k - £500k	721	6.61%
£500k - £1m	420	6.12%
£1m - £10m	536	5.89%
Over £10m	99	4.44%
Total	12,975	6.73%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	10,770	6.29%
oscr	2,424	9.78%
ccni	616	8.55%
Total	13,810	6.80%

Ten largest charities (by income)¶

Name	Latest income
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
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.	£150,067,000
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
THE WELLINGTON COLLEGE [Charity number: 309093] The Charity aims to provide a world-class education that will enable its pupils to realise their full potential in academic, sporting, artistic and social skills and to engender in them a spirit of self-confidence, a desire to serve the wider community, an international outlook and an enthusiastic attitude to work and life.	£76,225,000
Clanmil Housing Association Limited [Charity number: NI103840] Clanmil Housing provides high quality, affordable homes for rent throughout Northern Ireland and helps facilitate home ownership for people who cannot afford to purchase a home outright. By providing efficient, value for money maintenance and a responsive repair service we ensure that our tenants have high quality, comfortable homes they can be proud of. We work closely with local communities and their representatives to ensure that that the homes we build really meet their needs. Our homes are well designed with energy efficiency features. We work with our tenants to develop innovative solutions to problems and deliver community development programmes that address their needs and interests. We work in partnership with local authorities, social enterprises, residents groups and other agencies on: training and access to jobs; social, sport and wellbeing programmes; reducing anti-social behaviour; helping our tenants manage their personal finances. As with many in Northern Ireland, we believe that people who wish to live in mixed neighbourhoods should have that opportunity and we are committed to continuing to deliver shared neighbourhoods. Looking to the future, we believe we can make a real difference for our tenants by focusing our efforts in four key areas: 1. Customer: We will understand our customers better and focus everything we do on providing the best possible homes and services. 2. Organisation: We will develop our people and the organisation to ensure we are best placed to deliver great homes and services that matter. 3. Growth: We will build more homes for people who need them. 4. Communication: We will communicate better with our stakeholders so that they know what decisions we have taken and why.	£56,889,968
RUGBY SCHOOL [Charity number: 528752] The School's principal activity is the education and pastoral care of its pupils.The provision of a broad liberal Christian education at a boarding and day school at Rugby School for children from Rugby and neighbourhood and elsewhere, and by ancillary or incidental activities and other associated activities for the benefit of the community.	£54,512,000
KING'S COLLEGE SCHOOL [Charity number: 310024] The Charity supervises three schools which are independent day schools for pupils who are educated up to the age of university entrance. The Schools seek to provide academic education of high quality, extended by a broad range of cultural and sporting opportunities and supported by a responsive pastoral system and firm moral framework.	£50,890,000
The Suttie Foundation [Charity number: SC053301] The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund for such purposes ('Purposes') only as are within the meaning of charitable purposes in terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 as amended or superseded from time to time which are also regarded as charitable purposes in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts from time to time in force. DECLARING that the Purposes may include all or any of the following purposes:- 3.1 the prevention or relief of poverty. 3.2 the advancement of education. 3.3 the advancement of health. 3.4 the saving of lives. 3.5 the advancement of citizenship or community development. 3.6 the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. 3.7 the advancement of public participation in sport. 3.8 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. 3.9 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 3.10 the advancement of animal welfare. and 3.11 any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes.	£50,000,020
Postcode Justice Trust [Charity number: SC043779] 3. The Company is incorporated for charitable objects and purposes only with the intention of providing public benefit in Scotland or elsewhere, and in particular the Company is established to promote: 3.1 the advancement of education. 3.2 the advancement of health. 3.3 the advancement of citizenship or community development. 3.4 the advancement of public participation in sport. and 3.5 the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation. and 3.6 the promotion of equality and diversity.	£49,303,056
Postcode Children Trust [Charity number: SC044773] 3 The Company is incorporated for charitable objects and purposes only with the intention of providing public benefit in Scotland or elsewhere, and in particular the Company is established to promote: 3.1 The prevention or relief of poverty. 3.2 The advancement of education. 3.3 The advancement of health. 3.4 The saving of lives. 3.5 The promotion of equality and diversity. 3.6 The advancement of public participation in sport. and 3.7 The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.	£49,118,245

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
KING EDWARD VII SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL TRUST [Charity number: 1068928] The provision of swimming facilities and lessons to a broad selection of people. Open to members of the public, ante-natal swimming classes, sessions for pensioners, swimming club members for training, students. Aquaerobics classes provided. Help given to clients recovering from surgery.	£432,874
The 1926 Foundation [Charity number: SC040789] The funding of school prizes at Kelso High School. The funding and support of the academic, sporting and pastoral activities of Kelso High School. The funding of projects to advance public particitpation in any sport in Kelso. The funding of projects for the benefit of the citizens of the town of Kelso and its surrounding areas. The funding, administration, management and development of a colelction of books, periodicals and artefacts related to the Great War of 1914-1919 and associated conflicts ('the Collection'). The provision of funding to any body, corporate or incoporated, any group, organisation or association to be used for any purposes in (i) to (v) above.	£14,744
City of Glasgow Seals [Charity number: SC041917] The mission of COGS is to provide year round swimming training and competition in for individuals eight years and above with a learning disability, physical impairment or both. It provides them with continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness and skills, demonstrate commitment, and experience all the pleasures of developing friendships with other swimmers, families, friends and the community, so that their conditions of life can be improved.	£3,517
STREET LEAGUE [Charity number: 1101313] Street League use sport and physical activity to tackle youth unemployment. We do this by working with young people who live in the most disadvantaged areas of the UK, and engage them in structured football, fitness or dance fitness and education programmes with a view to getting participants into work, mainstream education or training.	£7,359,773
Ilfracombe Coast U3A [Charity number: 1027348] Active Groups for:-Art Appreciation, Ballet, Craft, Discussion, Garden Visits, Geology, Golf,Live Arts,Knit & Natter, Local History, Music Appreciation, Novel Readers, Opera Forum, Playreaders, Poetry, Practical Art, Pub Lunches (Tues/Fri), Ramblers, Shakespeare, Singing, Skittles, Singles Sunday Lunch,, Sunday Lunches for Singles, Theatre Visits	£6,865
WELSH ASSOCIATION OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED BOWLERS [Charity number: 512850] To Organise and Participate in Bowls events in Wales, UK and World Tournaments for People who are either Blind or Partially Sighted.	£6,140
The Cairngorm Club [Charity number: SC047567] the advancement of public participation in the sport of mountaineering and the preservation of the environment with special reference to the Cairngorm Mountains	£50,313
MANUSH MANUSHER JONNO FOUNDATION [Charity number: 1191980] General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAmateur Sport	£7,253
THE HALSTEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE CHARITABLE COMPANY [Charity number: 1155631] The aims and objectives of the Charity are to provide a new Community Building which will include facilities for education, information, economic development, sport and recreation. This new Community Hub will go a very long way to meet the need of the residents of Halstead and the surrounding area and ensure that Halstead is a sustainable, vibrant and thriving place to live.	£250,000
Ligoniel Amateur Boxing Club [Charity number: NI102002] LABC’s activities enable residents to improve their health through availing of the physical activities offered by the club. Involvement in physical activity programmes for youth e.g. circuit training, boxing training, which incorporates educational and personal development, not only helps improve physical levels of fitness but assists by engaging youths in positive behaviour as opposed to negative anti-social behaviour. Ligoniel has experienced increased levels of antisocial behaviour, it has an increasing populations (without an increase in service or facility provision) there are mobility issues and high levels of drug and alcohol abuse. The club assist in addressing such issues. The club and community recognise the need for activities that bring structure and ambition to the lives of the young people in the area. To create a socially safe environment for them to progressively develop. Through the sport of boxing our young people can gain control, a sense of self esteem and discipline, skills that will enable them to better themselves in the future. The people who attend the club benefit from engaging in physical exercise within a secure social setting that will aid and guide their development away from negative social pressures within the community environment. This has an impact on negative activity within the area, reduce the likelihood of anti social behaviour, and provides early intervention to support and promote emotional well-being which will have positive benefits in later life. Furthermore, the participants will be recruited are from different communities/cultures; developing common interests should have an impact on future cross-community relations.	£7,480