Small sports club bank account

gaz0301

Hi everyone, apologies if this isn't in the right section.

I'm looking to set up a bank account for a small basketball club I will be treasurer for. We don't have a lot of income, but just want a bank account to be able to collect player fees and cover costs for referees for games etc.

I've been looking at various club bank accounts and many of them mention "free day to day banking", but when you look in to the terms and conditions it looks like there may be a monthly fee for the account after a 12 or 18 month free period.

Could anyone advise a good bank to use for this, as I'd rather not be paying for an account when it will be used in such a simple fashion.

Thanks,
Gary

xylophone

https://www.resourcecentre.org.uk/information/bank-accounts-for-community-and-voluntary-organisations/

https://personal.natwest.com/personal/life-moments/starting-a-club.html

Have you checked out all the above?

gaz0301

I had seen the second link but not the first.

Lloyds was one I haven't tried from the information you gave me and just had a friend recommend them.

After a quick call I definitely think I'll be going with them so thanks for your advice!

Westie983

Both my brownies and Guide bank accounts are with lloyds, and we dont have a high income and its used for termly payments and trips payments in and out, and of course small payments to cover equipment.

Westie983

gingercordial

I'm treasurer for a small-medium charity and we use Santander. However they have given us the run-around on several occasions so I wouldn't really recommend them for ease of use.

https://www.santander.co.uk/uk/business/clubs-charities-accounts/treasurers-current-account

When we started a small spin-off charitable trust I therefore went with Co-op for that.

https://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/business/currentaccounts/community-directplus

Both of the above are free as long as your turnover isn't above a certain level.