Registered charity · Sheffield
Leisure United
- 4 trustees
- Income £12m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Recreation
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- leisureunited.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Leisure United
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12m£10m
- 2024£8.5m£7.7m
- 2023£5.6m£5.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.2m£4.1m
- 2021£2.4m£2.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND/OR2. THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION; AND/OR3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BOTH ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL) OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE AGE OF 16 IN THE SUBJECT OF SPORTS, SPORTS MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SUBJECTS, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) FOOTBALL.
Grants received
1 grant · £195,200 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Sport England · £195,200
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- David John Gallagher since 2016
- Stephen Ardley since 2018
- Sarah Louise Wakefield since 2020
- Stuart Everett since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- David John Gallagher since 2016
- Stephen Ardley since 2018
- Sarah Louise Wakefield since 2020
- Stuart Everett since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (1)
- Sarah Louise Wakefield since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- David John Gallagher since 2016
- Stephen Ardley since 2018
- Stuart Everett since 2018
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1174371
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 MAR 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 26 JUL 2017 as amended on 06 Apr 2020 as amended on 23 Jun 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 10076004 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07785710630 · david.gallagher@leisureunited.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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