2. NOTTS SPORT®, CHILDSPLAY®, VHAF® and NOTTSSWARD® are registered trademarks
Notts Sport was formed in 1984 by Mr. Bert Patrick
Bert’s son, Shaun Patrick, is now the Chairman of the company
Business premise was based on supplying synthetic components
for sport and play facilities around the UK
Original portfolio of solutions consisted of solely Notts Sport
patented systems
We offer 3 product areas –
Cricket - Non Turf Cricket surfacing
Childs Play - Impact absorbing playground surfacing
Multi Sports - Synthetic MUGAs and Pitches
Fast Track Funding was launched in 2011
Notts Sport Ltd

3. Notts Sport offer customers their
unique Design & Advisory Service
on multi sport & synthetic pitch
projects
The service is at no additional cost
to our traditional business premise
& income route of supplying
specialist synthetic components
The only Approved Supplier to
England Hockey for synthetic
pitches
We can offer all types of synthetic
grass for your needs and
requirements
About Multi-Sports
Multi Sport

4. Service Breakdown
Project Development
üProject Appraisal
üBudgeting
üPlanning Consultancy
üDesign Consultancy
Design & Specification
üSite Investigation/Survey
üDesign Evaluation
üTechnical Specification
üTender Package Preview
üTender Evaluation
Supply & Pitch Construction
üContractor Appointment
üContract Management
üCDM Co-Ordination
üQuality Control – Materials & Build
üMaintenance Advice/instruction
üHandover
Post Construction
üMonitoring & Evaluation
üOngoing Maintenance Advice
üOngoing Condition Reports & Surveys

5. We offer a holistic design & enabling
service to customers at no up front fee or
cost, consistently delivering high quality
bespoke facilities
Customers have a company with 29 years
of expertise on their project team
Provides customers reassurance that there
is a specialist company providing complete
design, development & delivery assistance
Customers have a project manager on site
who can act as a intermediary between the
client and contractor, so we can offer
unbiased non-contractor led advice
By working with experienced and proven
contractors, customers have further
reassurance that their facility will be
delivered to the highest qualities and
standards
Service Benefits

6. Planning Objections
Project team commitment
Availability of resources
Demand
Technical Objections
Spatial Constraints
Funding
Common Obstacles

7. To date via the Design & Advisory Service
to overcome the design & development
obstacles
Via Notts Sport Fast Track Funding to solve
any funding issues
How can Notts Sport Help?

9. Unique offer provided by Notts Sport to
customers in the UK
A method of putting in place funding for
synthetic sports facilities such as synthetic
pitches and Multi Use Games Areas
(MUGAs)
Originally developed to offer solutions for
customers with existing facilities in need of
refurbishment
Notts Sport are able to arrange the funding
of the project against which the customer
pays the funding amount over a 5 or 7
year period
Can be used to cover entire project cost or
to top up existing funding or budgets
What is Fast Track
Funding?

10. Designed specifically for State Schools,
Local Authority customers and
Independent Schools
Also available, subject to approval, for
private, commercial and other customer
sectors subject to stringent checks
We are working with established funding
partners, Unilink Ltd, experienced in local
authority and education sectors
Arranged via an operating lease format
which has been passed by the EFA and
auditors as a true operating lease
The first project at Whitefields Academy
(London) has been completed whilst others
are in construction and tender stages.
What is Fast Track
Funding?

11. Fixed rates for entire funding period via
operating lease agreement rather than
financing or loans
Independent customers have greater
flexibility and can use finance leases or
loans
Customers can take up an option to own
facility at the end of the funding period
Flexible terms including topping up
existing funding pots and monies
Can be paid to suit individual
requirements
Funding can be repaid over either a
standard 5 or 7 year funding period
What is Fast Track
Funding?

12. The completed synthetic sports pitch can
generate an income via external lettings
Contributes or even offsets the cost of
the funding
Approval process is extremely fast for the
local authority and education sectors so
there are no lengthy application processes
to third parties
Agreement paperwork has now been used
& approved by EFA
Notts Sport work at risk to secure all
necessary consents AND put in place the
funding
Notts Sport can design the facility to your
specific needs
What is Fast Track
Funding?

13. Fast Track Funding
What is the Process?

15. Fast Track Funding
What are the Benefits

16. Notts Sport work at risk throughout the
design, development and all pre-
construction stages
We will include any other elements of the
project within our design & the contract
Funding can help customers plan for the
future refurbishment scheme
May include car parking, access
arrangements and other separate sports
facilities such as macadam courts, jump
pits etc.
Spreads the cost over 5 or 7 years to help
fund other projects
Fast Track Funding
Customer Benefits

17. Improves the sports provision of your site
Likely to improve the availability of your
sports facilities either by maximising the
usage of existing facilities
Frees up usage within other areas (e.g.
sports halls)
Improves the teaching provision for your
pupils
Attracts new customers to the site
Raises the profile of the school or leisure
centre
Fast Track Funding
Customer Benefits

18. Meets government requirements for active
& healthy lifestyles for youngsters and
communities
Meets the government advice for schools
and councils to provide community hubs
that offer services and support throughout
the day and evenings
You can deliver a new synthetic sports
facility without any up front costs
Income from external lettings will
contribute or even cover the funding
payments
Simply a way of spreading the cost
over 5 or 7 years
Fast Track Funding
Customer Benefits

19. Example Projections –
Resurface of Existing Synthetic Pitch

20. Resurface of existing full size Synthetic Pitch
cost £160,000 + VAT.
Working on an existing facility replacing synthetic
grass with shockpad remediation
Maintenance package anticipated to cost £350 per
visit, 6 visits per year for a sand filled/dressed facility
Yearly performance testing/condition checks
included free of charge by Notts Sport.
Fast Track Funding
Example 1 – Resurface of Existing Pitch

21. Fast Track Funding
Example 1 – SYNTHETIC PITCH RESURFACE
PROJECTED COST OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD =
PROJECTED COST OVER A 7 YEAR PERIOD =
PAYMENT
TYPE
£0 DEPOSIT £50,000 DEPOSIT £100,000 DEPOSIT
YEARLY £ 31,744.00 £ 21,824.00 £ 11,904.00
FINAL
PAYMENT
£ 30,272.00 £ 20,812.00 £ 11,352.00
PAYMENT
TYPE
£0 DEPOSIT £50,000 DEPOSIT £100,000 DEPOSIT
YEARLY £ 24,696.00 £ 16,979.00 £ 9,261.00
FINAL
PAYMENT
£ 28,512.00 £ 19,602.00 £ 10,692.00

22. Construction of a new full size Synthetic Pitch costs
estimated at £415,000 + VAT*
Working on an greenfield site with no major site constraints
or underlying issues
Maintenance package anticipated to cost £350 per
visit, 6 visits per year for a sand filled/dressed facility
Yearly performance testing/condition checks
included free of charge by Notts Sport.
*Based on a recent feasibility report in South England
Fast Track Funding
Example 2 – New Build Synthetic Pitch

23. Fast Track Funding
Example 2 – NEW BUILD PITCH
PROJECTED COST OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD =
PROJECTED COST OVER A 7 YEAR PERIOD =
PAYMENT
TYPE
£0 DEPOSIT £100,000 DEPOSIT £150,000 DEPOSIT £200,000 DEPOSIT
YEARLY £ 82,118.00 £ 62,278.00 £ 52,358.00 £ 42,438.00
FINAL
PAYMENT
£ 78,310.00 £ 59,390.00 £ 49,930.00 £ 40,470.00
PAYMENT
TYPE
£0 DEPOSIT £100,000 DEPOSIT £150,000 DEPOSIT £200,000 DEPOSIT
YEARLY £ 63,885.00 £ 48,450.00 £ 40,733.00 £ 33,015.00
FINAL
PAYMENT
£ 73,757.00 £ 55,937.00 £ 47,027.00 £ 38,117.00

24. WHAT INCOME CAN A
SYNTHETIC PITCH
GENERATE?

25. The levels that can be charged varies
across the UK with metropolitan/urban
areas charging as much as £90 per hour
In other areas of the UK then costs can be
as little as £30 per hour for a full size pitch
Cross pitches are most commonly let and
due to the range of hire rates this also
varies across the UK
Typically £30-£40 per hour but as
little as £15 per hour in parts of the
UK
It is important to maximise bookings
throughout the year
Summer Camps
Non Traditional Sports
Example Synthetic
Pitch Income

26. Determining the demand for the local area is
critical and customers are advised to speak to
other facility operators and NGB’s to ascertain
rates and clubs looking for pitches
EXAMPLE HOCKEY PITCH LETTINGS:
Monday – Thursday
£30 per cross field pitch (3no.)
2 hours per night (average)
£720 per week
£70 per full pitch (1no.)
3 times per week (Tues-Thurs)
£210 per week
Weekends
£90 per match
4 matches per weekend
£360 per weekend
TOTAL INCOME = £1,290 per week (44 wks)
TOTAL INCOME = £56,760 per annum
Example Synthetic
Pitch Income

27. Fast Track Funding
Example 2 – NEW BUILD PITCH
PROJECTED COST OVER A 5 YEAR PERIOD =
PROJECTED COST OVER A 7 YEAR PERIOD =
PAYMENT
TYPE
£0 DEPOSIT £100,000 DEPOSIT £150,000 DEPOSIT £200,000 DEPOSIT
YEARLY £ 82,118.00 £ 62,278.00 £ 52,358.00 £ 42,438.00
FINAL
PAYMENT
£ 78,310.00 £ 59,390.00 £ 49,930.00 £ 40,470.00
PAYMENT
TYPE
£0 DEPOSIT £100,000 DEPOSIT £150,000 DEPOSIT £200,000 DEPOSIT
YEARLY £ 63,885.00 £ 48,450.00 £ 40,733.00 £ 33,015.00
FINAL
PAYMENT
£ 73,757.00 £ 55,937.00 £ 47,027.00 £ 38,117.00

28. Notts Sport will offer initial appraisals of
anticipated income generation, usually
based on 44 weeks of lettings per year
Different surfaces can generate greater
income with 3G (football) pitches usually
being the biggest income generator
followed by high quality sand dressed
hockey grasses
It is critical to establish what
teams/demand there is in the local area
before choosing your surface if income
generation is key to the feasibility of the
scheme
Good practice is to host open days to
establish demand within the local area and
have Clubs fill out booking sheets based on
anticipated requirements
Example Synthetic
Pitch Income

29. FAST TRACK FUNDING
SUMMARY

30. Service Breakdown
Project Development
üProject Appraisal
üBudgeting
üPlanning Consultancy
üDesign Consultancy
Design & Specification
üSite Investigation/Survey
üDesign Evaluation
üTechnical Specification
üTender Package Preview
üTender Evaluation
Supply & Pitch Construction
üContractor Appointment
üContract Management
üCDM Co-Ordination
üQuality Control – Materials & Build
üMaintenance Advice/instruction
üHandover
Post Construction
üMonitoring & Evaluation
üOngoing Maintenance Advice
üOngoing Condition Reports & Surveys

32. Working with the Approved Suppliers to
England Hockey to assist in determining
strategic importance of the project & for
future funding plans
Fully transparent Design & Advisory
Service with specialist expertise available
for Fast Tracking Funding via Unilink
Our service takes you from earliest stages
to completion and beyond working at risk
to give you the best chance possible of
achieving your goals.
Deliver a synthetic pitch without any
capital contribution
Benefits to You

33. As a company we strive to offer
customers the best possible solutions
for their budgets
Delivery on time, on budget and to
the specified standards
By offering funding solutions we can
provide your facility for you
Please do not hesitate to contact us
to discuss your scheme
Notts Sport