Leisure Studies Association

Analysis

Leisure Studies Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Renfrewshire. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Leisure Studies Association reported income of £17k and spending of £14k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £15k to £17k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Leisure Studies Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shadworth Hodgson Bequest (£17k), Mount Pleasant Group Riding for the Disabled (£17k) and Let Pan Pwint (£17k).