Friends for Leisure

Analysis

Friends for Leisure is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03508369). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends for Leisure reported income of £168k and spending of £165k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £159k to £168k (+5.5%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Friends for Leisure sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diss and District Community Transport Association Limited (£168k), Weston-Super-Mare Foodbank (£168k) and Shine A Light Childhood Cancer Support (£168k).