Part-Time batting cages in a rented hall

Local clubs and teams, school and youth groups, and individual players booking evening or weekend slots.

Per-session or hourly cage bookings, block bookings for clubs, and optional coaching. You only pay venue hire for the hours you use.

• Customer service
• Setting up and packing away equipment safely
• Organising bookings
• Basic coaching or working with coaches

• Public liability insurance that covers you running sports sessions in someone else's venue
• Check the venue's own insurance, floor protection rules and safety requirements
• Risk assessments, supervision and clear rules, especially for under-18s
• Safeguarding checks if you will be working with children, check what applies to you
• Storing and transporting heavy equipment, which may need a van or a storage unit

Startup costs are typically around £4,000 to £15,000, depending on the number of cages, your pitching machine, insurance and transport or storage for equipment. Hall hire is an ongoing cost on top.

Monthly revenue is typically around £600 to £3,000, depending on how many sessions you run, your prices and how many clubs, schools and individual players book. It can start with just evenings and weekends.

Check public liability insurance covers you in someone else's venue, plus the venue's own insurance and safety requirements. Also check risk assessments and supervision, and what safeguarding checks apply if you work with under-18s.