This is a typical example of an objects statement for a sports club.

• a. To promote the sport of …....
  
  
• b. To supply training facilities for the sport.
  
  
• c. To provide and maintain facilities for the playing of ……
  
  
• d. To encourage and develop players at all skill levels and ages.

NB Sports clubs often own trading facilities, such as a bar or equipment shop. Such facilities cannot be registered as not-for-profit. The solution chosen by some is to register the trading facility as a "company limited by shares" and the club itself as a "company limited by guarantee".

This protects both parts of the organisation without damaging the not-for-profit status of the club.

Don't forget to include a Clause 9 statement. Here is an example.

Earnings over current expenditure will be designated for the maintenance of the facilities and services of the club and/or for the continued promotion of…..