Register as a community amateur sports club (CASC)
Eligibility
To register as a new CASC you must be based in the UK, provide facilities for eligible sports and encourage people to take part.
You must also be:
- set up with a formal constitution, known as a governing document
- open to the whole community and have affordable membership fees
- organised on an amateur basis
- managed by ‘fit and proper persons’
Governing document
This is the document that sets out the purpose and structure of your club. It may also be called a ‘memorandum and articles of association’.
It must:
- set out how you meet the eligibility criteria for registering as a CASC
- state that any assets left after the club closes are only used by another registered CASC, charity or related community sport
Open to the whole community
CASCs must be open to people of all ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, religions or beliefs, sexes, ages and ability - except when a certain level of physical ability is needed to take part in a sport.
Membership fees
CASCs cannot charge more than £31 a week for membership, and clubs that charge more than £10 a week must provide help (for example a discount) for people who cannot pay.
You can charge different fees for different types of members, like juniors or students, as long as you’re not discriminating against groups or individuals.
Organised on an amateur basis
CASCs must:
- not make a profit, unless this is reinvested in the club and spent only on promoting participation and providing facilities for eligible sports
- not pay more than £10,000 in total to all players in a year
- provide only the benefits normally associated with an amateur sports club, such as use of equipment, coaching, post-match refreshments
- only pay expenses for matches and tours where players take part in and promote the club’s sport