Sports coaching academy in a hired or leased venue

Families enrolling kids for ongoing classes, adults joining skills or social programs, and parents booking holiday camps and birthday parties.

Weekly or termly enrolment fees, often with direct debit memberships. Extra income from holiday camps, grading or competition fees and party bookings.

• Coaching and program design
• Managing and rostering casual coaches
• Marketing and enrolments
• Basic bookkeeping

• Lease commitments, security bond (often several months' rent) and fit-out costs if you lease your own venue; hiring by the hour keeps start-up costs much lower
• Council planning or zoning approval for a commercial sports venue, so check before leasing
• Working with Children Check for you and every coach, plus any sport-specific accreditation
• Public liability insurance, and workers compensation insurance once you hire (state schemes)
• Injury risk and having participants sign waivers and health forms
• Registering for GST once turnover reaches the threshold

Startup costs are typically around $15,000 to $75,000, depending on whether you hire by the hour or lease your own venue, plus bond and fit-out. Hiring by the hour keeps costs much lower. These are estimates.

Estimated monthly revenue is typically around $3,000 to $15,000, depending on class numbers, enrolments, and extras such as holiday camps and birthday parties. This is revenue before venue, coach and insurance costs.

Check lease commitments and council planning or zoning approval before leasing. Also check Working with Children Checks for you and every coach, public liability and workers compensation insurance, waivers and health forms, and GST registration once turnover reaches the threshold.