Sports club development

Help with setting up and running a sports club, with tips on management, meetings, policies and structures.

How to set up and run a sports club.

Download our guide (pdf 125KB), including:

  • administration and management
  • constitutions
  • meetings – general, committee
  • policies and procedures – a quick guide, club governance
  • club structures – unincorporated association, incorporation as a limited company, mutual society and limited liability, registered charity, community amateur sport clubs, business partnership
  • facilities: establishing a base, facility leasing, using public and private centres.

There's further information on the Sport England website, in their Club Matters section.

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