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as at 27 September 2026

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17,849 charities work on recreation

That is 10.4% of the register. Together they report £5.7bn of income, and 871 (4.9%) are behind with their accounts. A charity can list several purposes, so it can appear under more than one.

The largest, by income

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 Oasis Charitable Trust 1026487 £344.5m
2 Royal Mencap Society 222377 £244.4m
3 Canal & River Trust 1146792 £232.6m
4 The Master Charitable Trust 1139904 £155.3m
5 Denise Coates Foundation 1149110 £144.0m
6 The Royal Parks [limited] 1172042 £109.9m
7 Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance 251549 £83.9m
8 The Harpur Trust 1066861 £73.0m
9 Livability 1116530 £66.4m
10 The London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited 283813 £62.7m
11 BH Live 1138311 £48.1m
12 England and Wales Cricket Trust 1112540 £41.7m
13 Legacy Leisure Limited 1152401 £37.1m
14 Joseph Rowntree Foundation 1184957 £35.1m
15 BFBS 233480 £32.3m
16 The Guide Association 306016 £31.6m
17 YMCA Chiltern Group 1102301 £31.0m
18 Armed Forces Covenant Fund 1177627 £30.9m
19 YMCA ST Paul's Group 1041923 £30.2m
20 Saint John of God Hospitaller Services 1108428 £29.7m
21 The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust 269501 £29.1m
22 Everybody Health & Leisure 1156084 £28.7m
23 Alexandra Park and Palace 281991 £28.6m
24 Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure 1122720 £26.1m
25 YMCA Robin Hood Group 243044 £25.3m
26 Stevenage Leisure 1144638 £25.1m
27 The Rotherwick Foundation 1058900 £24.2m
28 The Greater Manchester Trust for Recreation 521234 £22.9m
29 Barnsley Premier Leisure 1076681 £22.1m
30 JNF Charitable Trust 225910 £21.6m
31 Outward Housing 800529 £21.4m
32 Onside Youth Zones 1125893 £20.8m
33 Active Northumberland 1153198 £20.1m
34 Enable Leisure and Culture 1172345 £19.8m
35 Halo Leisure Services Limited 1091543 £19.5m
36 Ben - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund 297877 £19.5m
37 Chatsworth House Trust 511149 £19.4m
38 The Powell-Cotton Trust 1167318 £19.3m
39 Uclu 1142404 £18.4m
40 King's School 525934 £17.8m

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