Mingara

What Mingara does

Mingara Leisure Group is an Australian not-for-profit community organisation that operates five registered clubs across New South Wales: Mingara Recreation Club (Tumbi Umbi, Central Coast), The Westport Club (Port Macquarie), Lantern Club (Roselands, Sydney), Springwood Sports Club (Blue Mountains), and The Greens The Entrance. Founded in 1971 from a grassroots community meeting and headquartered at 12-14 Mingara Drive, Tumbi Umbi, the group serves over 60,000 members and employs 450+ staff across hospitality, gaming, dining, fitness, aquatics, bowling, live entertainment, and — since December 2024 — four-star hotel accommodation through the 86-room Encore by Mingara.

The business operates as a member-based registered club group under NSW Registered Clubs legislation, with revenue generated primarily through gaming (poker machines, TAB, Keno), food and beverage across multiple restaurant brands, function and event hosting, membership subscriptions, and ancillary facilities including Mingara One Fitness Centre, Mingara Aquatics Centre (Olympic 50m pool), and Mingara Regional Athletics Centre (an NSW Institute of Sport Regional High Performance Centre). The group has actively grown through amalgamation, completing six club acquisitions between 2005 and 2019. Ancillary revenue is supplemented by a recently announced Mingara Retirement Living development (approximately 215 apartments and 39 aged care beds).

As a not-for-profit, surplus funds are reinvested into facilities and community programs rather than distributed to shareholders. Under outgoing CEO Paul Barnett's 22-year tenure, net assets grew from A$45 million to over A$135 million, and the group has collectively contributed close to A$18 million to local community, welfare, sporting, health, and education initiatives over the past decade. Marketing is community-led via email newsletters, LinkedIn, local events (including Christmas Under the Stars and Relay for Life hosting), and member communications rather than traditional digital campaigns.

Name

Mingara

Legal name

Mingara Leisure Group

Website

https://mingaraleisuregroup.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Mingara Leisure Group is a not-for-profit community organisation operating five registered clubs across New South Wales, Australia, providing hospitality, gaming, fitness, sporting, entertainment, and accommodation facilities to over 60,000 members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Registered Clubs and Hospitality Services

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (713940), All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (71399)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Hotel Complexes (Mixed-Use) (THAGAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multi-Sport Complexes & Community Sports Parks (MPAKAEAH), Travel & Services Membership Clubs (Ancillary Services-Led) (CRAEADAK), Sports, Golf & Activity-Based All-Inclusive Resorts (THAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Registered clubs NSW
• Hospitality and gaming
• Community leisure venues
• Fitness and aquatics
• Member-based clubs

Headquarters

HQ city

Tumbi Vmbi

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Gaming and Hospitality: Primary revenue streams include gaming (poker machines mentioned historically), food and beverage operations across multiple restaurants and bars at each venue, function and event hosting, and membership fees from over 60,000 members across 5 registered clubs.
2. Accommodation: Encore by Mingara, an 86-room 4-star hotel opened December 2024, provides accommodation revenue with access to club facilities for guests.
3. Retirement Living (in development): Proposed retirement living development with approximately 215 retirement living apartments and 39 high-care aged care beds, designed to support a continuum of care within the Mingara precinct.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mingara Leisure Group is a not-for-profit operator of five registered clubs in New South Wales, Australia, providing members and visitors with hospitality, gaming, dining, function/events, fitness, aquatics, athletics, bowling, live entertainment, and accommodation services across its club network and ancillary facilities. The group's core commercial offering spans gaming (poker machines), food and beverage across multiple restaurants and bars, function and event hosting, TAB/Keno, sporting clubs (bowling greens, athletics), and hotel accommodation (Encore by Mingara), with all surplus reinvested into facilities and community contributions.

Product overview

Mingara Leisure Group operates a portfolio of five registered clubs across NSW, Australia, including Mingara Recreation Club (Central Coast), The Westport Club (Port Macquarie), Lantern Club (Sydney), Springwood Sports Club (Blue Mountains), and The Greens The Entrance (Central Coast). The organization provides hospitality, leisure, entertainment, fitness and sporting facilities through its club network. Ancillary offerings include Mingara Aquatics Centre, Mingara One Fitness Centre, Mingara Regional Athletics Centre, the Encore by Mingara hotel, and the announced Mingara Retirement Living development. The clubs offer dining options, gaming, TAB, bowling greens, event spaces, and wellness facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mingara Recreation Club The flagship club of Mingara Leisure Group, located in Tumbi Umbi, Central Coast. Features resort-style entertainment, dining, bar, functions, sporting and leisure options including bowling greens, gaming, TAB, and live entertainment for members and visitors.
• The Westport Club Club located in Port Macquarie alongside the Hastings River, offering waterside dining at Aqua restaurant and Hastings Coffee Co., gaming, TAB, Keno, Jimmy's Bar and Lounge, and Event Centre for members and visitors.
• Lantern Club Boutique entertainment and lifestyle club in the Canterbury/Bankstown area at Roselands. Features MaZi restaurant with modern Australian/Mediterranean cuisine, bar, lounge and alfresco spaces, EV charging stations, and gaming/entertainment facilities.
• Springwood Sports Club Club in the Blue Mountains village of Springwood featuring Gather restaurant with home-style food, coffee, TAB, bowling greens, regular promotions and live entertainment for members.
• The Greens The Entrance Club on the Central Coast near The Entrance and Blue Bay, featuring Theo's casual dining restaurant, TAB area, sports screens, and two large outdoor undercover bowling greens.
• Encore by Mingara Four-star hotel with 86 rooms over four storeys at Mingara Drive, Tumbi Umbi. Architecturally designed by Marchese Partners with interiors informed by Central Coast natural landscapes. Provides guests access to all club facilities including entertainment, restaurants, cafes, bars, Event Centre, fitness and aquatic facilities.
• Mingara One Fitness Centre Fitness centre providing facilities for the Central Coast community, winner of industry accolades. Includes Wellness Centre with physiotherapist, hairdresser, beauty therapist, martial arts studio, and café.
• Mingara Aquatics Centre Aquatic facility operated in partnership with Central Coast Council featuring a 50m Olympic indoor heated pool, hydrotherapy pool, leisure pools, spas, rapid river ride, and health club.
• Mingara Regional Athletics Centre Regional athletics facility developed in partnership with Central Coast Athletics, Wyong Shire Council, Gosford City Council, and NSW State Government. Features an IAAF standard all-weather synthetic athletics track and serves as a NSW Institute of Sport Regional High Performance Centre.

Quantifiable outcome

• Close to $18 million contributed to local communities over the last decade
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Red Eye ConstructionscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2023Mingara Leisure Group partnered with local Central Coast construction company Red Eye Constructions to build the $24 million Encore by Mingara hotel. Red Eye Constructions has been operating on the Central Coast for over 16 years with 50 experienced team members and won awards for excellence in building.
• Marchese Partners ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Marchese Partners Architects from North Sydney designed and provided interior design for the Encore by Mingara hotel. The hotel is a contemporary Australian style informed by the natural surrounds of the Central Coast.
• Disaster Relief AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2022Mingara Leisure Group donated $10,000 to Disaster Relief Australia to aid flood disaster relief efforts for communities in Forbes, Parkes, Cowra, and Wagga Wagga in Central West NSW. DRA unites skills of Australian Defence Force Veterans, emergency responders and civilians to rapidly deploy disaster relief.
• Disaster Relief AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2022Mingara Leisure Group donated $25,000 to Disaster Relief Australia to aid flood disaster relief efforts in Northern NSW. The donation was made on behalf of all clubs in the Northern NSW region through ClubsNSW call for industry assistance.
• Raise Youth Mentoring ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Lantern Club partnered with Raise Mentoring Program, donating approximately $11,900 to support 15 at-risk students at Belmore Boys High School. The donation funds mentor training, community awareness, and tools to help kids improve communication, confidence and wellbeing.
• Learning LinksminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Lantern Club donated $20,000 to Learning Links through the ClubGRANTS program to fund the expansion of literacy and numeracy programs within selected schools around the Canterbury catchment area. Learning Links is a not-for-profit supporting children with specific learning difficulties.
• Lifeline Mid North CoastcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019The Westport Club partnered with Lifeline Mid North Coast to bring the HALT (Have A Break, Take a breath, Look at alternatives, Talk to someone) mental health program to Port Macquarie. The program is designed to end the negative stigma around mental illness in tradespeople and includes talks at TAFE and schools, casual barbecues, and professional support services.
• Dymocks Children's CharitiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009The Westport Club partnered with Dymocks Children's Charities for the Library Regeneration Program. Since 2009, the program has donated books to libraries of every primary school in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region, with over $75,000 in books donated. The partnership enables the club to support literacy and education in local schools.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Crown Resorts: Crown Resorts operates large-scale integrated entertainment complexes in Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney with hotels, gaming, dining, and entertainment. Comparable to Mingara's integrated precinct model (Encore hotel + club + dining + entertainment) but at materially larger scale and as a commercial (not member-owned) operator.

Direct peers

• Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club: Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL is a large Sydney registered (RSL) club in the Canterbury-Bankstown region offering gaming, dining, entertainment, and function facilities. Comparable to Mingara in operating model (member-based registered club with hospitality-led revenue mix) and overlapping with Mingara's Lantern Club catchment.
• Club Marconi: Club Marconi is a major Sydney registered club with hospitality, gaming, fitness, sport, and live entertainment. Comparable to Mingara as a member-based registered club offering a similar full-service mix (gaming, dining, fitness, events) targeting Sydney's diverse community.
• Mounties Group: Mounties Group is a large NSW-based registered clubs and hospitality group operating multiple venues with gaming, dining, fitness, and entertainment offerings. It mirrors Mingara's multi-club registered club structure, community-led not-for-profit positioning, and diversified hospitality mix across Sydney metropolitan and regional NSW locations.
• Revesby Workers' Club: Revesby Workers' Club is a large western Sydney registered club offering gaming, dining, entertainment, and event facilities. It is comparable to Mingara as a member-based registered club with a similar hospitality/gaming revenue mix serving the broader Canterbury-Bankstown community.
• Wests Group Australia: Wests Group operates multiple registered club venues across Sydney (Western Suburbs Leagues Club, Ashfield, etc.) with gaming, dining, sport, and entertainment offerings. It is directly comparable to Mingara as a multi-venue NSW registered clubs group with similar community/club identity and diversified hospitality revenue streams.
• Hornsby RSL Club: Hornsby RSL is a large Sydney metropolitan registered club with gaming, dining, live entertainment, and events. Comparable to Mingara in member-based registered club structure, diversified hospitality offerings, and regional NSW positioning outside the Sydney CBD.
• Penrith Panthers Group: Penrith Panthers is one of NSW's largest multi-venue registered clubs groups, operating clubs, hotels, function centres, and entertainment venues. It is highly comparable to Mingara in business model (member-based registered clubs), revenue mix (gaming, hospitality, events), and multi-venue consolidation strategy across NSW.
• Bankstown Sports Club: Bankstown Sports Club is a large Sydney registered club with gaming, dining, function, and entertainment offerings. Comparable to Mingara's Lantern Club on the basis of operating model, hospitality-led revenue mix, and serving overlapping western/SW Sydney member communities.

Regional players

• The Tradies (Dickson): The Tradies is a Canberra-based registered club offering hospitality, gaming, sport, and event facilities. Comparable to Mingara as a member-based registered club with diversified hospitality revenue, though operating primarily in the ACT rather than NSW.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mingara-leisure-group

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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