We undertake a two-part assessment of club status, objectives, and aspirations. We deliver a written report including a risk assessment and prioritised action plan including  the following.

• Governance & structure

• Financial health (inc PAYE/VAT risks)

• Benchmarking - Wages to turnover ratio), running costs, F&B profitability

• Commercial activity & revenue streams

• Fan engagement & digital presence

• Facilities & ground grading compliance

• Regulatory compliance (FA rules, safeguarding, etc.) including appeals.

• Community engagement programme.

The approach taken to auditing competitions is similar to that for clubs, with the written report including the following.

• Centralised commercial strategy

• Sponsorship deals

• Digital strategy

• Club engagement

• Governance standardisation

• Shared services (marketing, finance, compliance)

We can help make your Club investment-ready by ensuring you have the right Club structure in place, risks mitigated and meet potential investors’ requirements. This includes:

• Support investor readiness (pitch materials, valuations)

• Facilitate introductions to potential investors/partners

• Provide due diligence support for buyers/investors

We’ll help you navigate a safe upward journey through each step of the Pyramid. Our knowledge of on and off-field requirements from budgets to ground grading regulations will ensure informed decision-making. This includes:

·      Off field – Structure, fan experience, revenue streams, compliance

·      On field  - Budgets, recruitment, contracts/non-contract

·      Cultural – the biggest and smallest inter-step jumps.

Partners, sponsors, and football authorities demand good governance. We will help you choose the model that provides the best fit whilst complying with football and statutory regulations. And when things go wrong, we’ll be there to fight your corner. This support includes, but is not limited to:

• FA and League rules & regulations compliance including appeals

• Club structures (CICs, charities, limited companies)

• Financial controls and reporting

Growing your Club requires revenues to be maximised. We’ll help you to create a vibrant and innovative commercial strategy, tapping into new income streams that embrace digital channels and the matchday experience, from pricing to delivery. This support includes, but is not limited to:

• Grant identification and application support

• Digital Marketing & Fan Engagement including Streaming

• Data analytics and monetisation, pricing strategy, and revenue analytics

We will help you sweat your facility assets, from Food & Beverage income to day-time usage for meetings and training courses, optimising usage, and ensuring facilities do not hold back on-field progress is a priority for most Clubs. This support includes, but is not limited to:

• Focus on income optimisation whilst maintaining FA ground grading compliance

• Sourcing funding pathways (grants, loans)

• Assessing facility expansion ROI (e.g. 3G pitches, bar and catering, retailing)

We can help you maximize cash flow, minimise significant tax penalties, and ensure long-term financial sustainability by helping improve PAYE and VAT management and mitigate the risks associated with sometimes chaotic football finances. This support includes, but is not limited to:

• VAT registration and management

• HMRC risk mitigation

• Financial planning and cashflow management

More and more non-League Clubs recognise the value of building proper pathways for female players. We can help you grow your Club and fanbase by setting up girls’ and women’s teams and leveraging the available funding to improve facilities. This support includes, but is not limited to:

• Scoping the benefits and ROI of setting up women’s teams

• Integrate girls and women’s teams into Club structures

• Create funding strategies

Charitable status can strengthen financial sustainability, attract grants and donations, reduce tax liabilities, and demonstrate wider community value beyond matchdays. It can also improve governance, and long-term resilience. This support includes practical advice on:

·      Establishing charitable structures and governance

·      Meeting Charity Commission and HMRC compliance requirements

·      Developing sustainable community programmes that generate measurable social impact.

Owners and directors of non-league clubs need to expect the unexpected. We know how to react when things go wrong, from player behaviours and insolvency, relegation shocks, and ownership disputes needs calm heads and a clear plan. This support includes practical advice on:

• Governance restructuring

• Emergency funding strategies

• Stakeholder communication plans

Attracting and retaining volunteers is a skill. We can develop a programme that makes your volunteers feel valued and which is based on matching volunteer’s skills with the club’s workforce needs. This support includes practical advice on:

• Volunteer pipeline development

• Role structuring and clarity

• Succession planning

A vibrant community programme is a must-have component of every successful non-League Club. We can help you to tap into a priceless seam of volunteers, sponsors, and the fans of tomorrow. This support includes practical advice on:

• Schools, universities, charities, and local authority partnerships

• Funding applications (FA, Sport England, local authorities)

• Measuring social impact

We can help you to create a ‘One Club ‘philosophy that opens up a world of opportunities for grants and partnerships whilst creating a pathway from the youngest ages to the first team at both boys/men’s and girls/women’s levels. This support includes practical advice on:

• Academy structuring

• Talent pathway alignment

• Football department budgeting

Good decisions start with good data. We help Clubs and Competitions move beyond gut feel and spreadsheets towards clear, actionable insight — turning matchday, financial, and operational information into the kind of evidence that informs board decisions, satisfies investors, and underpins funding bids. From benchmarking against your peers to building dashboards your committee can actually use, we make sure the numbers work as hard as everyone else at the Club. This support includes, but is not limited to:

• Performance dashboards & KPI reporting for boards, committees and investors

• Benchmarking against peer Clubs (wages to turnover, attendance, F&B yield, running costs)

• Attendance, membership and fan spend analysis

• Data-driven pricing and revenue optimisation

• Funding and grant application evidence packs

• Data integrity, reconciliation and reporting processes