Case Studies
Sport England
Business Planning
Context
Our role is essentially to research, scope, develop and deliver on a range of business planning (income and expenditure) projects, identified by Sport England.
The advice we provide is frequently published as national guidance, so it has to be accurate, appropriate, and independent. Where appropriate, it also needs to carry a series of caveats, to highlight the inclusions and exclusions in the figures presented, plus any assumptions, and the rationale for these.
Approach
Our revenue estimates are developed on the basis of many years of experience, both strategic and practical, as consultants and operators, of both community and commercial sports facilities. We regularly review commercial operators’ revenue plans, and evaluate these, plus we have developed a database of examples over time, against which, we can compare and benchmark new estimates.
Whilst never an exact science, our revenue estimates, have, over the years, proved incredibly accurate. Our income and expenditure estimates are based on exemplar programming, real-life costs and assumptions, and include best and worst-case scenarios.
Outcomes
The projects undertaken on behalf of Sport England in the last three years have included:
- Affordable Sports Centres – 50m Pool
- Affordable Sports Centres refresh – 25m pools
- Affordable Sports Halls refresh
- Small Pools revision to revenue plans
- Development of m2 income examples for a range of sports facilities