Community basketball club with teams

Parents of junior players, adult players, and sometimes local sponsors.

Monthly or termly membership fees and session fees, plus tournament entry fees. Income covers hall hire, coaches, kit and league costs.

• Basketball knowledge and coaching
• Organising people and fixtures
• Communicating with parents
• Basic bookkeeping

• Safeguarding rules for working with children: check what your governing body and venues expect, including DBS checks and a safeguarding policy
• Public liability insurance, and whether affiliating to Basketball England (or the Scottish or Welsh equivalent) is needed for leagues and cover
• Whether to run as a sole trader, a constituted club or a community interest company, and how to handle a separate club bank account
• Hall hire costs are fixed, so a slow start in numbers can leave you out of pocket

Startup costs are typically around £500 to £2,500, depending on equipment, insurance, affiliation and hall hire. These are estimates, and hall hire is a fixed cost, so a slow start in numbers can leave you out of pocket.

Monthly revenue is typically around £600 to £3,000, depending on membership numbers, fees and any sponsors. The estimate starts from about 8 hours a week, and costs such as hall hire still need paying from that revenue.

Check safeguarding rules for working with children, including what your governing body and venues expect, such as DBS checks and a safeguarding policy. Also check public liability insurance and whether affiliating to Basketball England, or the Scottish or Welsh equivalent, is needed.