Soccer Coaching Limited (SCL) provides sports-based coaching and school clubs across the South-East of England. Headquartered in Sandhurst, Berkshire, its School Sport & Children’s Activities business offers holiday, breakfast, lunchtime and after-school clubs for children under 12. With sport at the centre of its activities, SCL works with schools, coaches and families to deliver sessions throughout the school day and holidays, with ambitions to extend its services into additional counties.

SCL’s limited online booking facility left many parents relying on paper forms and cash or cheque payments. Coaches typically visited headquarters twice a week to reconcile payments against registers, with each visit taking up to two hours. This created time-consuming administration, inconvenienced parents and restricted expansion to areas within practical travelling distance of Sandhurst. SCL needed an integrated booking system that worked with its existing website, supported mobile users and secure payments, and accommodated medical information, club availability and flexible payment options.

One Beyond began with workshops, interactive demonstrations and visual specifications to establish the booking journey. We then developed an integrated system using ASP.NET MVC, C# and SQL Server, with embedded Sage Pay payment processing and a mobile-friendly interface. The platform combined club availability, medical information capture and voucher or promotional code redemption with a members’ area for reviewing bookings. Management reporting gave SCL visibility of club sales, while fortnightly development sprints enabled regular testing and feedback. The system launched on schedule in January 2017, ready for February half-term bookings.