The Builders Club

What The Builders Club does

The Builders Club (legal entity: Manly Warringah Master Builders Club Ltd) is a private registered members club founded in 1958 and headquartered at 18 Fisher Rd, Dee Why, NSW, Australia. It operates a single physical hospitality venue in the commercial centre of Sydney's Northern Beaches, serving local residents, corporate clients, and wedding/celebration hosts. The core offering is a multi-revenue club venue combining The Brasserie dining (open six days, lunch and dinner), gaming (TAB and Keno), on-site entertainment (raffle, trivia, poker nights, sports viewing, badge draws), a membership program with token pricing ($5/year or $10/three years), and three function rooms catering events up to 150 guests. It also operates ancillary lines including a storage facility (2.5m²–10m² units) and a swimming sub-club established in 1971.

Underlying technology is conventional physical hospitality infrastructure: a venue with dining facilities, function rooms, gaming terminals, and a member card system; no proprietary software platforms, APIs, or AI capabilities are disclosed. Website and member communications are operated via a WordPress-based site, with social media presence on Facebook and Instagram. The club does not publish a mobile app.

The business model relies on diversified transactional revenue: food and beverage sales, function/event hire with quote-based catering packages, gaming turnover, and storage rentals, layered on top of a low-friction community membership that drives footfall and engagement. Membership is a token annual subscription whose primary function is engagement (points, vouchers, raffles, badge draws) rather than revenue. The club is governed by a Board of Directors with tenures of 23–38 years, managed by Samantha Pedrick (Skinner) as Manager, and partners with the Master Builders Association NSW Manly Warringah Division, which conducts monthly meetings on-site. The entity is a company limited by guarantee under NSW legislation, with no external parent or PE/VC ownership.

Name

The Builders Club

Legal name

Manly Warringah Master Builders Club Ltd

Website

https://thebuildersclub.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Builders Club is a private members club in Dee Why, NSW, founded in 1958, operating a hospitality venue with dining, gaming, three function rooms, storage, and sub-clubs serving the Northern Beaches community of Sydney.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality & Members Club Services

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRANACAA

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns

Consumer Products & Retail/Tobacco, Alcohol & Cannabis Retail/On-Premise Alcohol Retail (Bars, Pubs & Taprooms)

Keywords

• Members club services
• Function venue hire
• Hospitality dining
• Club gaming services
• Self storage rentals

Headquarters

HQ city

Dee Why

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual and multi-year membership subscriptions. Membership costs $5 for 1 year or $10 for 3 years. Members receive discounted drinks, meal specials, bonus points, birthday vouchers, and access to raffles and badge draws.
2. Food and Beverage Sales: The Brasserie dining venue operates 6 days per week serving lunch and dinner. Additional revenue from bar sales, happy hour promotions, and member drink discounts. Catering services for functions and events.
3. Function and Event Hire: Revenue from hiring out 3 sophisticated function rooms for corporate events, weddings, celebrations, and life celebrations. Catering packages, corporate catering, buffet menus, and seated dining services. Capacity up to 150 guests.
4. Storage Facilities: Commercial and personal storage units ranging from 2.5m2 to 10m2. Located centrally in Dee Why with 7am-9pm access. CCTV monitoring and recorded access. Minimum 2-month terms.
5. Gaming Revenue: TAB and Keno gaming facilities contribute to club revenue. Member badge draws twice monthly with jackpot prizes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Builders Club is a registered members' club in Dee Why, Northern Beaches, providing social and hospitality services including brasserie dining, function and event hire, gaming (TAB/Keno), storage rentals, and a partner Swimming Club sub-club. It sells memberships, on-premise food and beverage, and rents out function rooms to both individual celebrants and corporate clients.

Product overview

The Builders Club is a hospitality and community venue offering multiple integrated services: a main club venue with entertainment (trivia, raffles, poker, sports viewing), an on-site Brasserie restaurant, function room hire for events up to 150 guests, a membership program with exclusive perks, storage facilities, and a swimming club sub-club. The venue operates as a single unified hospitality business with these complementary service lines serving members and visitors in the Northern Beaches area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Club Membership Recurring membership subscriptions for individuals that grant access to the Dee Why club's social, dining and gaming facilities; categories include full and special categories for existing members, with sign-up for prospective members and renewal for current members.
• Brasserie (Club Dining) On-premise brasserie-style restaurant and bar service serving lunch and dinner seven days a week to club members and guests.
• Function Venue Hire Hire of multiple on-site function rooms, including the Catalina Room, Garden Room and Friar Tucks, for corporate events, conferences, weddings, birthday celebrations, funerals and other private events.
• 21st Birthday Package Bundled event package offering a private function room and bar service for 21st birthday celebrations, including access to drink selections and finger food.
• Club Gaming (TAB & Keno) Gaming services operated within the club, including TAB and Keno, plus Members Only badge draws.
• On-site Storage Rentals Self-storage units and a large storage cage available for rent through club reception, offered to members and the public.
• Swimming Club Sub-Membership Sub-club swimming activities running from October to March, organised by a separate swimming club committee and open to members and guests.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Master Builders Association (MBA) NSW - Manly Warringah DivisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMBA NSW Manly Warringah Division meets at The Builders Club on the second Thursday of each month. The partnership provides networking opportunities for building and construction industry professionals. MBA members receive benefits including training, legal advice, insurance services, and member discounts through the association.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Merivale: Major Sydney hospitality group operating pubs, restaurants, bars, and event venues across the Sydney metro area. Broad incumbent competitor for function hire, dining, and bar spend in the same Northern Beaches / North Shore catchment.
• ALH Group: Australia's largest pub and hotel operator, offering dining, gaming, sports betting, and entertainment across hundreds of venues. Broad incumbent in the same hospitality and on-premise alcohol category with overlapping consumer offerings.
• RSL Australia: National peak body representing the network of RSL sub-branch clubs across Australia. Many member clubs share the registered-club model, community-service mandate, and NSW regulatory framework that governs The Builders Club.
• Wests Group: Multi-club registered-club group in western Sydney with extensive F&B, gaming, accommodation, and event offerings. Operates at greater scale and broader footprint, with overlapping capabilities in dining, functions, and membership.

Direct peers

• Norths Collective: Multi-club group in North Sydney with registered-club venues offering dining, gaming, function rooms, and membership benefits. Direct comparability in venue type, customer base geography, and product mix to The Builders Club Dee Why.
• Club Marconi: Western Sydney registered club offering dining, gaming (TAB/Keno), entertainment, and large function/event hire. Comparable member-club model with overlapping service lines including community engagement and event-driven GTM.
• Mounties Group: Large NSW registered club group operating multiple venues with dining, gaming, function hire, and membership programs. Closely comparable business model and revenue mix to The Builders Club, though at significantly larger scale and multi-venue footprint.
• Hornsby RSL Club: Northern Sydney registered club (RSL) offering bistro dining, gaming, live entertainment, and function hire. Comparable suburban community-club model serving a similar Sydney upper-north-shore demographic catchment.
• Dee Why RSL Club: Direct geographic competitor operating a registered club in the same Dee Why suburb. Offers near-identical service lines (dining, gaming, functions, membership), and competes for the same Northern Beaches resident base.

Regional players

• Manly RSL Club: Neighboring registered club in Manly serving an overlapping Northern Beaches customer base. Comparable member-club model with dining, gaming, and events; primarily competes for function and leisure spend within the same region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thebuildersclubDY
• Instagraminstagram.com/thebuildersclubDY
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-builders-club

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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