Sport For All Centre

What Sport For All Centre does

Sport For All Centre is the trading name of B. H. Sports Management Limited, a UK private limited company (Company Number 05217453) that operates four indoor multi-court sports centres across Greater Manchester and Cheshire — in Bury, Oldham, Stockport, and Warrington — totalling 21 courts. The business runs seasonal basketball and netball leagues for school years 1–2 through senior age groups, serving 1,200+ teams as of Summer 2023, alongside 3x3 basketball tournaments, coaching workshops, and casual court hire. All registrations, fixture scheduling, and payments are processed through the Spawtz league management platform.

The revenue model is built on small-ticket, high-volume transactions: team entry fees of £18–£27 per team per season, per-game fees of £32.50–£44.00, tournament entries of £40 per team, coaching workshops at £8 single or £20 for three sessions, and supplementary photography services. The legal entity is self-sustaining with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and a headcount of 1–10 employees. Operational scale is constrained by the fixed four-centre footprint, and growth has been driven by team-count expansion (1,000+ to 1,200+ teams across roughly two seasons) and product-format diversification rather than geographic expansion or capital deployment.

The technology stack is deliberately lean: a single SaaS league-management platform (Spawtz) handles the bulk of administrative and transactional workflows, with no proprietary technology, data assets, or AI/ML components disclosed. The company's competitive positioning rests on physical-asset density in NW England, recurring seasonal participation cycles, and grassroots brand recognition built over 15+ years of operation (incorporation 2004).

Name

Sport For All Centre

Legal name

B. H. Sports Management Limited

Website

https://sportforallcentres.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sport For All Centre operates four indoor multi-court sports centres (21 courts) across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, running seasonal basketball and netball leagues for 1,200+ grassroots teams alongside tournaments, coaching, and court hire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Sports Leagues & Facility Hire

NAICS

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394), Sports Teams and Clubs (711211)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro primary industry

Sport-Specific Amateur Leagues & Circuits (Non-Professional) (MPAKACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arenas & Indoor Sports Centers (MPAKAEAB), Team & Club Coaching (seasonal team coaching) (HSADAEAF)

Keywords

• Community basketball leagues
• Community netball leagues
• Indoor sports facility hire
• League management services
• Youth sports programmes

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockport

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Team Entry Fees: Teams pay entry fees to participate in basketball and netball leagues. Junior league teams pay £18.00 per team entry, senior league teams pay £27.00 per team entry. These fees grant access to league fixtures and competitions for the season.
2. Game Fees: Weekly game fees include court rental plus referee/umpire costs. Junior leagues approximately £32.50-£34.50 per game, senior leagues approximately £41.50-£44.00 per game depending on season and timing.
3. Court Hire: Facilities available for private court bookings for teams, clubs, and community groups. COVID-era protocols included 45-minute booking slots with maximum 20 players per court.
4. Tournament Entry Fees: Special events such as 3x3 basketball tournaments charged at £40 per team. Includes provision of referees for tournament games.
5. Photography Sales: Professional photography services at events with photos available for purchase at venues or through DE Photo website after events.
6. Coaching Workshop Fees: Basketball coaching workshops offered at £8 per individual session or £20 for booking three workshops simultaneously at Stockport Centre.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sport For All Centres operates seasonal basketball and netball leagues across four multi-court indoor venues in Greater Manchester and Cheshire, offering structured competition for juniors, adults, men's, women's, and mixed divisions. The core offering is supplemented by 3x3 basketball tournaments, basketball coaching workshops, charity tournaments, court hire to teams and clubs, and introductory 'Come 'n' Try' taster sessions, all managed through the Spawtz league management platform for online team registration, fixture scheduling, and payment processing.

Product overview

Sport For All Centres operates as a community sports organization offering basketball and netball league programmes across four multi-court indoor facilities (Bury, Oldham, Stockport, Warrington) in Greater Manchester and Cheshire. The core product is competitive league play for teams ranging from school years 1-2 through adult senior levels, supplemented by tournament events (3x3 basketball, charity tournaments), coaching workshops, beginner 'come n try' sessions, and court hire facilities. All leagues are managed through Spawtz software for online registration, fixture management, and player tracking. The organization delivers mass participation sports programmes with over 1,200 teams competing weekly.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 teams playing weekly across the network
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SpawtzcoreTechnology or IntegrationSpawtz is the league management software provider powering Sport For All Centres' online platform. Enables team registration, player management, fixture scheduling, score tracking, and payment processing across all four centres and multiple sports.
• Basketball EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational governing body for basketball. SFAC supports player and official development from grassroots through to elite level. Clubs and teams are encouraged to affiliate for membership benefits and insurance coverage.
• England NetballcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational governing body for netball. SFAC supports player and official development pathways. Clubs and teams encouraged to affiliate through England Netball membership portal for membership benefits.
• Philips High School (Bury)coreOthersSchool venue hosting Bury Centre for basketball and netball leagues. Provides indoor court facilities for community sports programmes.
• Newbridge School (Oldham)coreOthersSchool venue hosting Oldham Centre for basketball and netball leagues. Provides indoor court facilities for community sports programmes.
• Reddish Vale High School (Stockport)coreOthersSchool venue hosting Stockport Centre (North West Regional Basketball Centre). Provides indoor court facilities for basketball and netball leagues and hosts regional/national events.
• Sir Thomas Boteler C of E High School (Warrington)coreOthersSchool venue hosting Warrington Centre (Boteler Community Sports Centre) for basketball and netball leagues. Hosts community sports programmes and charity events.
• DE PhotominorOthersProfessional photography service attending centre events to take team photos and action shots. Photos available for purchase at venues or through DE Photo website.
• Stockport Basketball ClubcoreOthersElite basketball club founded 1963 representing the development pathway for community players from Stockport Centre. Home to Stockport Lapwings women's team who won National Basketball Cup 2022.
• Additional Overflow Venue SchoolsminorOthersAdditional venues used when leagues reach capacity including The Derby High School, Droylsden Academy (Bury), Hathershaw College (Oldham), Wright Robinson Sports College (Stockport).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Goals Soccer Centres: UK-based multi-site operator of small-sided football leagues across numerous regional venues. Closest operating analogue to Sport For All Centres — multiple venues, league membership model, recreational sport teams paying entry and per-game fees, venue partnerships for facilities.
• Powerleague: Multi-venue operator of 5-a-side and 7-a-side football leagues across the UK. Same league-as-a-service business model with seasonal team entries, per-match fees, and venue hire, serving the same recreational adult-league customer base.

Broad incumbents

• David Lloyd Leisure: Premium UK operator of multi-sport leisure clubs offering indoor and outdoor courts, coaching, junior programmes, and league play (including racquet sports). Broader portfolio but overlapping use case for rackets/basketball-style indoor sport memberships and league participation.
• Everyone Active: Major UK leisure trust operating community sports centres, swimming pools, and indoor sports halls. Competes for the same community/recreational participant demographic with multi-court facilities, junior programmes, and league-style activities through local-authority partnerships.
• Nuffield Health: UK health and leisure operator with multi-court indoor sports facilities, junior academies, and league-style programming across its network. Broader fitness/wellness focus, but overlapping court-hire and team-sport use cases with Sport For All Centres' customer base.
• Better (Greenwich Leisure Limited): UK community leisure operator running hundreds of sports facilities, including indoor courts, under local authority contracts. Operates similar mass-participation programmes, junior leagues, and casual court-hire, though across a much broader portfolio of facilities and activities.

Emerging players

• Manchester Giants Basketball: Professional men's basketball franchise in Manchester running community engagement and grassroots development programmes. Comparable sport and regional focus, particularly given the elite pathway that Sport For All Centres aspires to feed.
• Manchester Thunder Netball: Regional elite women's netball organisation in Manchester running development pathways and community outreach programmes. Directly comparable in sport (netball) and geography to Sport For All Centres, operating in the same grassroots-to-elite development funnel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/oldhamsportforall
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sport-for-all-centre

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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