Welcome to Club Development Scotland

While Club Development Scotland can’t guarantee success on the pitch, we can show you a route to succeed off it as one of Scotland’s leading sport club consultants.

We know finding the time and expertise to develop, grow and improve your sports club can be difficult. In fact, 54% of people are concerned that their community sports club would struggle to stay running over the long term without support from external organisations.

Furthermore, research has revealed that before COVID-19, over 40% of local community sports clubs were either in deficit or just breaking even. The pandemic has put over 25% of community clubs at risk of permanent closure. 

However, help is at hand. We offer guidance and support to enable the development of sustainable community sports clubs that win for all.

We bring unrivalled experience having helped sports groups raise more than £50 million in funding and can typically help a club raise an extra 25% in revenue.

If your club is interested in community asset transfers, charitable status, incorporation, gift aid, raising capital or developing facilities, we can help with our network of highly experienced, qualified and licensed practitioners. As a social enterprise, our fees are very reasonable.

However, don’t just take our word for it, check out our clients and testimonials to see who we’re supporting and what they’re saying about our work!

TESTIMONIALS

St Mirren Independent Supporters Association

The deal for ourselves and Gordon Scott to buy St Mirren was a year in the making, and the team at Club Development Scotland were with us from the start. The team were on hand with advice and support and we want to thank them for all they did.

Part of that work they did for us included a report into St Mirren’s financial position and the insight and advice we received from their financial expert Nick Igoe was utterly invaluable at a crucial point in the negotiations.

Our bid came about because we believed there could be no better owners for our club than the local community – we would encourage any other fan groups who think the same to find out how the Club Development could help them too.

Dave Nicol
St Mirren Independent Supporters Association

Kennoway Star Hearts Football Club

From the first contact between us as a Club and Club Development Scotland to the end, the advice, information, and service was superb. We can’t speak highly enough of Andrew and his team and would have no concerns in recommending Club Development Scotland to other clubs and associations. If required, we will certainly be going back

Calum Doctor, Chairman
Kennoway Star Hearts Football Club

Deveronvale Community Football Club

We first linked up with Club Development Scotland through our partnership with My Club Hub to assist and progress our application to gain charitable status as a SCIO and HMRC registration for Gift Aid. The application process is quite a daunting task for any club but straight from the start the guys were first class, getting a real understanding of our club first of all and from there on in, it was a very streamlined and simple process which resulted in a successful outcome. Their expertise and honesty was evident. Real genuine guys and we can’t speak highly enough of the work of Club Development Scotland. We would have no doubts in recommending the first-class services provided

Kevin Stewart, Chairman
Deveronvale Community Football Club

Annan Athletic

We’ve worked very closely with Club Development Scotland. The expertise has been immense

Phillip Jones
Annan Athletic FC

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