Knight, Kavanagh & Page

What Knight, Kavanagh & Page does

Knight, Kavanagh & Page (KKP) is a privately held UK management consultancy founded in 1990 and headquartered in Bury, Greater Manchester. The firm specialises in strategic planning and advisory services for sport, leisure, physical activity, and open/green spaces, serving UK local authorities, national governing bodies of sport (NGBs), leisure trusts, universities, and select international clients. Core service lines include Playing Pitch Strategies (PPS), Indoor and Built Facilities Strategies, Open Spaces Strategies, Feasibility Studies, Options Appraisals, Development Planning and Mitigation, Evaluation and Research, and Mapping/GIS — eleven named service modules in total. KKP co-authored Sport England's 2013 Playing Pitch Strategy Guidance and has delivered 120+ PPS projects and 318 Local Football Facility Plans for The FA, making it the dominant UK specialist in this niche.

The firm runs as a traditional professional-services practice: ~26 named consultants delivering fee-bearing project work under direct commission or competitive tender, with no product, subscription, or marketplace revenue streams. Technical capability centres on an in-house GIS and database team (MapInfo, E-Spatial, Tableau, bespoke SNAP survey tooling) which underpins needs assessments, catchment mapping, and the construction of proprietary datasets for clients such as Sport Wales, Sport Northern Ireland, and The FA. KKP is building a national multi-authority playing pitch facilities database, the most strategically significant data asset in its portfolio, but currently generates no recurring platform or licensing revenue from it.

KKP's go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with no intermediaries, paid media, or distribution partners. The firm markets via website thought-leadership content and a LinkedIn company page, and engages public-sector clients (Sport England, DCMS, English Football League Trust, States of Jersey, UK local councils) directly. Revenue mechanics are billable consultant time priced per engagement; no standardised pricing, retention model, or public rate card is published. Operating geographies span England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Jersey, with prior international commissions in Malaysia and China.

Name

Knight, Kavanagh & Page

Legal name

Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd

Website

https://kkp.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Knight, Kavanagh & Page is a privately held UK management consultancy founded in 1990 that delivers strategic planning, needs assessments, feasibility studies, and GIS-led research to local authorities, national governing bodies, universities, and leisure trusts across sport, leisure, and open spaces.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Knowsley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consultancy Services: KKP generates revenue by delivering fee-bearing consultancy assignments across its specialist service lines. Projects are commissioned by public sector clients (local authorities, leisure trusts, NGBs, government agencies) and private organisations on a project-by-project basis. As a professional services firm, revenue is earned through consultant time and expertise, billed against agreed project scopes. No product or subscription revenue streams are evident.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Knight, Kavanagh & Page (KKP) is a UK-based management consultancy firm that delivers strategic planning, needs assessments, feasibility studies, evaluation and research, and GIS/mapping services for the sport, leisure, physical activity, and open/green space sectors. The firm works primarily with public sector clients (local authorities, national governing bodies, leisure trusts, universities) on a project-by-project basis, providing evidence-based strategies and advice that support investment decisions, planning policy compliance, and facility development across the UK and Ireland.

Product overview

Knight, Kavanagh & Page (KKP) is a UK-based management consultancy specializing in sport, leisure, physical activity, open and green spaces. Rather than a unified software product, the company offers a portfolio of consulting service modules spanning strategic planning, needs assessments, feasibility studies, research and evaluation, and GIS/mapping services. The core services include Playing Pitch Strategies (PPS), Indoor and Built Facilities Strategies (IBF), Open Spaces Strategies, Sports Facility Strategies, and Active Travel planning. KKP delivers these through its team of approximately 25 specialist consultants who work with local authorities, national governing bodies, leisure trusts, and educational institutions across the UK and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Governance and Strategic Review
• Physical Activity, University and Other Strategies
• Sports Facility Strategies
• Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategies
• Open Spaces, Play and Active Travel
• Feasibilities and Facility Development
• Options Appraisals and Financial Modelling
• Evaluation and Research
• Development Planning and Mitigation
• Mapping, Database Development/Management and GIS
• National and Specialist Commissions

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered 318 Local Football Facility Plans (LFFPs) covering every local authority in England between 2018-2020, identifying pipeline projects for the Football Foundation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Space & Place ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 October 2025Space & Place Architects collaborated with KKP to develop facility design templates for the RFU Impact 25 women's rugby programme. KKP and Space & Place worked together to create optimal ancillary facility designs based on focus group research with 20 current and former women rugby players, informing the national facilities plan.
• Janet Reed (GIS/ICT Manager)minorOthersJanet Reed, KKP's GIS/ICT Manager, has developed the Wales National Natural Facilities Database and online mapping tool, and created systems for Sport Northern Ireland's Active Communities programme. These are internal KKP capabilities rather than external partnerships.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Max Associates: UK-based sport business consultancy delivering strategic reviews, facility strategies, governance reviews and business planning for NGBs, leisure trusts and local authorities — directly comparable to KKP's service portfolio and client base across the UK sport sector.
• 4Global: UK sport and leisure data analytics and consulting firm providing participation data, modelling and strategic advice to NGBs, Sport England and local authorities; competes with KKP in the sport-leisure strategy and evaluation segment.
• Lichfields: UK planning and development consultancy with a dedicated sport, leisure and open space practice delivering Playing Pitch Strategies, sports facility studies and Section 106 mitigation for the same local authority and NGB clients as KKP.

Broad incumbents

• AtkinsRéalis: Global infrastructure consultancy with a UK sport and leisure advisory practice competing for NGB and local authority framework commissions where strategy overlaps with capital projects delivery.
• Arup: Global design, engineering and advisory firm with sport venue strategy and leisure advisory capabilities, competing for high-value feasibility, master-planning and national sport infrastructure briefs.
• Mott MacDonald: Global consultancy delivering leisure, sport and community infrastructure advisory to UK local authorities and NGBs, frequently competing with KKP on integrated facility strategy and feasibility mandates.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with a UK leisure and sport property advisory practice, overlapping with KKP in built facilities strategies, open space studies and active travel planning.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy with sport and leisure advisory capability, frequently tendering alongside KKP for national NGB facility strategies and large local authority leisure reviews.
• Savills: Global real estate advisor with a UK leisure and sport property practice, providing strategic advisory, valuation and feasibility services to operators and local authorities in adjacent segments to KKP.

Emerging players

• Carter Jonas: UK property and infrastructure consultancy with an active leisure and sport advisory team delivering feasibility, valuation and options appraisal work for operators and local authorities — overlapping with KKP's options appraisal and financial modelling services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/knight-kavanagh-and-page-823700142
• Xx.com/kkpconsultants

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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