Guidance and Resources

 If your club owns property and is unincorporated, it will be owned in the names of certain members. Therefore, if the club closes owing money, or can’t meet it debts, a creditor can go after the individual members and not just the club’s assets. Thus, incorporation might be a suitable approach for your club. Check out our guidance for more information on the pros/cons of incorporation.

It is estimated that charities in the UK are currently missing out on over £740 million in Gift Aid each year. An estimated £100 million per year is lost by sports clubs in the UK not registered as Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC) or charities.

One of the most important choices you will make when forming your sports club is which legal structure to adopt. Check out our guidance on the pros/cons of each structure available to clubs here.

Learn more about charitable status for sports clubs, including the advantages and disadvantages of gaining recongition from the Charities Commission (England)/OSCR (Scotland.

Find out more about becoming recognised as a Community Amateur Sports Club by HRMC. 

Check out our page on other tax advice, including paying corporation tax, the Trust Registration Service and the Bottle Return Scheme.