Flat fees from £5k per month - One retainer, all five fibres.

The UK Franchise Growth Index

Super Star Sport

Childcare and Children’s Activities · Children’s Sports · Multi Sports Coaching

Super Star Sport is a children's sports coaching organisation founded in 2011 by Angelo Ciccarelli. Its published founder account describes beginning with part-time sessions for early-years children. The business now promotes delivery in nurseries, schools and community settings, using active sessions to introduce movement, coordination and enjoyment of sport.

Read more about Super Star Sport

Overall Five Fibre score
81/100
Assessment
Independent
Last reviewed
Data confidence
Low

The Five Fibre score measures this network against Twine Growth's Five Fibre Framework™ using the information available at the assessment date. It is not an endorsement, a financial recommendation or a recommendation to purchase a franchise.

About the network

More about Super Star Sport.

The official franchise page reports more than 25,000 children attending each week across over 900 locations. These figures describe participation and delivery settings, not independent franchise owner numbers. The local business depends on relationships with educational settings and families, together with reliable coaching and the ability to organise a growing timetable.

Published support includes an exclusive operating area, training, equipment, branded resources, marketing assistance and business development guidance. Early-stage activity involves setting up the business, promoting services and developing school, nursery and parent relationships. The franchise model therefore combines practical coaching provision with sales, organisation and the management of people as delivery expands.

The dedicated recruitment site gives an investment of £17,995 with a £2,000 deposit, while published partner material specifies £17,995 plus VAT and recommends additional working capital. The recruitment sequence includes a discovery discussion, meeting an existing franchisee, business planning, training and a supported launch. Applicants need confirmation of the current package and full opening budget rather than treating the deposit as the total entry cost.

The main franchise FAQ identifies continuing royalties and marketing contributions, with detailed amounts discussed during recruitment. It also states that earnings depend on territory, session volume and business development and cannot be guaranteed. A current agreement should establish the precise area, contract rights, staffing and coaching requirements, safeguarding, equipment and working capital. The central brand and resources support the operator, while acquiring and retaining local settings remains essential to building the business.

At a glance

Super Star Sport at a glance.

Industry
Childcare and Children’s Activities
Franchise category
Children’s Sports
Sub industry
Multi Sports Coaching
Founded
2011
BFA member
Yes
UK origin
Yes
Recruitment status
Active

Investment

Franchise investment.

Investment from
£17,995 plus VAT
Management franchise
Yes
Home based
Yes
Mobile
Yes
Executive franchise
Yes

View franchise opportunity

Investment figures change. Confirm current requirements directly with the franchise network before making any decision.

Five Fibre assessment

How the foundations score.

Every franchise network is assessed across the five connected areas Twine Growth believes support sustainable franchise growth.

How the Five Fibre score is calculated

01 Assess Strong15.5/20

Assess: Independent operators and a defined management role are clear, without representative net earnings.

  • Profitable core business: Partially, 2.5/5. Independent owner histories support viability, without representative core net-profit accounts.
  • Operates without daily founder input: Yes, 5/5. Franchise directors, coach teams and central specialists demonstrate delivery beyond the founder personally.
  • Ideal owner defined: Yes, 3/3. Recruitment identifies leadership, motivation and commitment to children's sports provision.
  • Realistic owner earnings: Partially, 2/4. Earnings claims and selected owner stories do not establish representative net owner earnings.
  • Distinct proposition: Yes, 3/3. A defined children's sports and early-years service proposition differentiates the opportunity.
02 Build Scale Ready17.5/20

Build: Training, delivery standards and shared resources are evidenced, with less explicit complete manual detail.

  • Documented operating playbook: Partially, 2.5/5. Delivery frameworks and operational systems exist, without a complete maintained owner manual being verified.
  • Structured onboarding: Yes, 4/4. The current journey includes business training, product preparation and continuing mentorship.
  • Documented brand experience: Yes, 4/4. The 2026 delivery pillars and training calendar establish consistent coaching expectations.
  • Central resource access: Yes, 3/3. National resources, lead-generation materials and systems provide shared operating support.
  • Launch without constant founder input: Yes, 4/4. Independent directors and a Network Manager substantiate launch beyond constant founder input.
03 Launch Scale Ready20/20

Launch: The current recruitment site explains discovery, owner contact and supported launch.

  • Clear ownership proposition: Yes, 5/5. The current offer explains territory ownership and the local leadership role.
  • Targeted recruitment messaging: Yes, 4/4. Messaging addresses suitable personal qualities and different starting backgrounds.
  • Enquiry journey: Yes, 4/4. A direct form and Network Manager discovery call provide clear next steps.
  • Pre-acceptance discovery: Yes, 4/4. The journey includes a discovery call and contact with an existing franchisee before commitment.
  • Recruitment launch plan: Yes, 3/3. A dedicated recruitment site and structured sales-and-marketing launch establish a route to market.
04 Grow Developing9.5/20

Grow: Territory design and a Network Manager establish structure, without monthly source-quality and conversion disclosure.

  • Consistent monthly ownership enquiries: Partially, 2.5/5. Recent area launches and current recruitment show activity, without consistent monthly ownership enquiry disclosure.
  • Enquiry sources and prospect quality: No public verification, 0/4. No current franchise applicant source-quality reporting was verified.
  • Enquiry-to-owner conversion: No public verification, 0/4. No current enquiry-to-franchise agreement conversion evidence was verified.
  • Next locations or territories: Yes, 3/3. Exclusive school-count territories and area analysis establish geographical planning.
  • Founder-independent recruitment: Yes, 4/4. The Network Manager explicitly handles initial franchise discovery conversations.
05 Amplify Scale Ready18.5/20

Amplify: Local contacts, campaigns and continuing mentoring support acquisition, with less complete commercial attribution.

  • Local customer acquisition support: Yes, 5/5. Ready-to-use campaigns, lead-generation resources and sales support assist local acquisition.
  • Every owner represented online: Yes, 4/4. The current branch directory identifies local customer contacts across service areas.
  • Continuing local marketing plan: Yes, 4/4. Continuing business-development meetings and mentoring extend beyond initial launch.
  • Individual enquiry and performance tracking: Partially, 1.5/3. Booking, finance and performance reviews provide some control, without complete individual source-to-contribution reporting.
  • Customers beyond personal networks: Yes, 4/4. School outreach, local campaigns and parent booking routes extend beyond personal referrals.
81/100 Overall Five Fibre score

Five Fibre score: 81/100. Assess 15.5/20, Build 17.5/20, Launch 20/20, Grow 9.5/20, Amplify 18.5/20.

Assessment band: Scale Ready.

Super Star Sport has meaningful evidence of a connected franchise system rather than a coaching brand offering only a name and equipment. The current recruitment site explains the owner journey, territory structure and continuing mentorship. Independent director accounts and recent network development support replication. The assessment recognises those foundations while reserving marks for representative net owner earnings, the complete maintained manual and franchise recruitment measurements that remain unverified publicly. Coaching quality and owner commercial performance need to be assessed together.

The supplied franchise URL returned an error, but the live franchising page links to the current dedicated recruitment site. That gives applicants an identifiable route without requiring this scoring update to change the original URL field. Public scale figures also describe different units. Children coached, delivery settings, franchise locations and independent owners are not interchangeable. The conference and recent expansion reports establish development activity, but they should not be added together to create a current owner census or treated as evidence of predictable monthly applicant demand.

Assess benefits from a defined local management role. The owner develops school and nursery relationships while recruiting, supporting and overseeing coaches. That is different from simply buying a personal coaching job. A suitable applicant needs the ability to maintain standards through other people and build a timetable the team can deliver. Passion for sport can support motivation, but it does not answer the practical questions of staffing, customer communication and the contribution generated by each service. Selection should test those connections before commitment.

The financial presentation needs qualification. The current recruitment journey gives an investment figure and deposit, while other material promotes first-year earnings potential. Those categories are different, and a deposit is not the complete cash required to establish the operation. A buyer needs the applicable charges, equipment, staffing and working-capital assumptions, together with representative results by territory maturity. Selected strong performers and broad franchise-success statistics should not be interpreted as a guarantee that an individual applicant will achieve the same return or launch without risk.

Build has useful recent evidence. The 2026 conference report describes a delivery framework and a train-the-trainer programme intended to embed standards locally. Current recruitment material also identifies training, resources and continuing mentoring. These connections support a system that can develop beyond founder delivery. The complete maintained owner manual remains less explicit publicly, so that question is partial. The important operational test is whether owners and coaches consistently follow the standards when teams change, sessions increase or a key person is absent.

Launch is comparatively well explained. Applicants can speak with a Network Manager and meet an existing franchisee, then move through planning, training and opening support. These are useful investigation stages. Candidates should use them to understand the work involved and test the assumptions behind their area, rather than focus only on the initial price. Any promise about early revenue should be assessed against its terms and the actual launch plan. A first school relationship needs dependable delivery before it becomes a sustainable recurring account.

Grow has dedicated applicant handling and geographical analysis without public monthly source-quality or agreement-conversion reporting. The next useful measure would connect candidate suitability with the performance of the business after launch. A school-count territory provides structure, but the practical opportunity depends on decision-makers, competition and delivery capacity. Recruitment pace should also match the Network Manager and training team’s ability to support owners. Expanding the map would be a weak commercial outcome if existing teams cannot maintain the service promised to customers.

Amplify benefits from local contacts, ready-to-use campaigns and continuing commercial support. The opportunity is to connect those assets with retained school accounts, parent demand and contribution. A territory may need better sales follow-up, more coaches or improved timetable efficiency. Those are different constraints and should not all trigger more marketing. Individual reviews should identify which relationship limits sustainable growth and use the existing support structure to resolve it before adding further commitments.

A useful local measure is the contribution from a dependable delivery pattern, rather than the number of sessions alone. Better retention and sensible coach scheduling may improve owner returns while also making the experience more consistent for schools and families.

Priority one is to substantiate representative owner economics and complete launch cash requirements.

Priority two is to demonstrate the maintained playbook and embed the current delivery standards consistently.

Priority three is to keep discovery and owner contact focused on practical suitability.

Priority four is to connect recruitment quality with support capacity and successful local trading.

Priority five is to connect acquisition, retention, staffing and contribution before increasing territory or enquiry numbers.

Benchmark

How this network compares.

Overall, against the whole Index
This network81
UK Index average64
Overall, against Childcare and Children’s Activities (116 networks)
This network81
Industry average67

Explore Childcare and Children’s Activities in the UK Franchise Data Explorer

Keep your profile accurate

This profile is built from independently researched public information. If you represent this network, take the Five Fibre scorecard for it. We check your answers against our research before any score changes.

Update your Five Fibre scores

Something out of date?

Franchise information changes. If something on this profile is wrong or has changed, tell us and we’ll check it.

Tell us what’s changed

The Five Fibre Franchise Growth Scorecard

Want to assess your own network?

See where your franchise growth foundations are strong, where they are exposed and where growth may be getting blocked. Twenty five questions, around five minutes.

Take the scorecard