Sports Health Community

What Sports Health Community does

Sports Health Community (SHC) is a privately held professional services firm headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, founded and operated by co-founders Carlos Gonçalves and João Nuno Graça. The company delivers five complementary service lines targeting four customer segments — sports organizations, sports facility operators, sports professionals, and community entities. Its offerings are: Auditoria (quality and compliance auditing and certification of sports spaces, equipment, services, and projects); Assessoria (360-degree organizational advisory covering compliance, due diligence, stakeholder reputation, and operational efficiency); Consultoria (productivity and well-being programs, funding applications, business development, technical know-how transfer, and sports marketing); Formação (IEFP- and IPDJ-accredited training that awards credits toward DT, TEEF, and TD professional credential renewals); and Eventos (organization of sports and community events promoting physical activity, health, integration, and inclusion).

SHC operates a B2B, sales-led go-to-market, reaching customers through direct phone and email outreach (two listed mobile lines and a general inbox plus per-founder addresses) and supporting brand presence via organic social media (Facebook, Instagram), a company website with a Portuguese-language newsletter subscription, and a LinkedIn company page. Revenue is generated entirely through professional services engagements — no software platform, mobile app, API, proprietary technology stack, patents, or trademarks are disclosed. The company holds strategic accreditation partnerships with Portugal's Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP) and Instituto Português do Desporto e Juventude (IPDJ), which form the regulatory backbone of its training-credential business. No pricing is publicly disclosed and no customer logos or contract values are available.

The company positions itself as a "young and innovative" firm with a publicly stated 2033 vision to become the leader across its operating areas. Its current scope is domestic, limited to the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, with no international footprint, no disclosed institutional funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A or regulatory actions recorded. The operation is effectively bootstrapped and founder-delivered, with a small undisclosed extended team referenced in company copy.

Name

Sports Health Community

Legal name

Sports Health Community

Website

https://sportshealthcommunity.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sports Health Community is a Lisbon-based, founder-led professional services firm providing sports-focused auditing, advisory, consulting, IEFP/IPDJ-accredited training, and event organization to sports organizations, facility operators, professionals, and community entities across Portugal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Consulting Services

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events (7113)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Compliance, Governance & Integrity Services (Safeguarding, Anti-Doping, Match Integrity) (MPAKAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sports Community Relations & Grassroots Program Management (MPAKAKAJ)

Keywords

• Sports facility auditing
• Sports consulting services
• Professional training programs
• Sports event management
• Compliance advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Revenue generated through professional services including auditing, advisory, consulting, training, and event organization for sports and community organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sports Health Community is a Portuguese professional services firm that delivers five service lines to sports-sector clients: Auditoria (Auditing), Assessoria (Advisory), Consultoria (Consulting), Formação (Training), and Eventos (Event Organization). Its clients are sports organizations, sports facility operators, and community entities seeking compliance, advisory, capacity-building, and event delivery support.

Product overview

Sports Health Community (SHC) is a services company that provides five complementary offerings focused on building healthy communities through sport. The core portfolio consists of Auditoria (quality auditing and compliance certification), Assessoria (organizational advisory and compliance support), Consultoria (productivity consulting and business development), Formação (accredited sports and health training), and Eventos (sports and community event organization). These services are designed to work together to support sports organizations, community entities, and institutions in ensuring quality, compliance, and community engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Auditoria (Auditing) Auditing services for sports-sector clients, delivered as part of the firm's bundled professional services offering to sports organizations, facility operators, and community entities.
• Assessoria (Advisory) Advisory services for sports organizations and community entities, provided as one of SHC's five core professional service lines.
• Consultoria (Consulting) Consulting services for sports-sector clients, forming part of the firm's professional services portfolio alongside auditing, advisory, training, and events.
• Formação (Training) Professional training programs delivered to sports organizations and community entities as a standalone service line within SHC's offering.
• Eventos (Event Organization) End-to-end event organization services for the sports and community sector, listed as the fifth core service line of SHC.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IEFPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional - SHC offers accredited training programs by IEFP with credits for professional credential renewal (DT, TEEF, TD).
• IPDJcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInstituto Português do Desporto e Juventude - SHC offers training programs accredited by IPDJ with professional credential renewal credits.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SGS: Global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, with established sports-facility and equipment compliance auditing services. Directly comparable to SHC's Auditoria offering, but operating at much larger scale and with international accreditations.
• Applus+: Global testing, inspection, and certification company with sports and leisure facility compliance services. Comparable to SHC's auditing and compliance offering, with significantly larger scale and broader accreditations.
• TÜV Rheinland: International testing and certification body providing facility audits and management-system certifications, including for sports and recreation. Comparable to SHC's Auditoria capability but operating across multiple industries and geographies.
• Bureau Veritas: Major TIC (testing, inspection, certification) firm providing quality, health, and safety audits including for sports and leisure facilities. Comparable to SHC's Auditoria and Assessoria services, with far broader geographic and accreditation reach.

Others

• Decathlon: Global sporting-goods retailer that runs community sport, inclusion, and physical-activity initiatives adjacent to SHC's community-event and inclusion offerings. Not a direct competitor, but a thematic peer in sport-for-community-health.

Regional players

• Sport England: UK body promoting community sport, physical activity, and grassroots programs, with funding and program-management responsibilities analogous to SHC's community-event and inclusion work. Comparable in mission scope but operating in a different national market.

Direct peers

• SPORTFIVE: Global sports marketing and rights agency offering advisory, consulting, and event services to sports organizations. Comparable to SHC's Assessoria, Consultoria, and Eventos offerings, but at much larger scale and across multiple sports.
• CSM Sport & Entertainment: Global sports and entertainment consultancy offering strategic advisory, marketing, and event services to sports organizations. Comparable to SHC's Consultoria and Eventos portfolio, with established credentials in sport-for-development work similar to SHC's inclusion narrative.
• Infront Sports & Media: International sports marketing company providing advisory, consulting, and event management for sports organizations and federations. Directly comparable to SHC's consultancy and event-organization services, with a global footprint.

Emerging players

• AISTS (International Academy of Sport Science and Technology): Switzerland-based academic and executive-education organization offering accredited sport-management training. Comparable to SHC's Formação capability, particularly in delivering credentials recognized across the sports industry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sports-health-community
• Instagraminstagram.com/shc_mag

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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