Sportsafe was established in 1997.

Since then we have expanded beyond all recognition from a team of two, to now more than 70 staff members at three locations throughout the UK: Colchester (Our Head Office), Wigan and Scotland.

Sportsafe offers installation, inspection, servicing/maintenance and sales of sports and fitness equipment to more than 10,000 customers, from the Shetland Isles to the South Coast in the UK. These customers consist of private schools, sports centres, care homes and more than 100 county councils as well as fire, police and NHS authorities.

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Our Approach

We strive to put you, our customer at the heart of everthing we do. we succeed by delivering quality – whether it’s the equipment we supply or the service we provide, the excellence of our inspections or the pride that we take in providing the very best customer service.

Why Choose Sportsafe

Our Culture & Core Values

Sportsafe has six core values, including: Pride, Trust, Quality, Enjoyment & Passion, Integrity and Respect, all of which are the backbone of the company’s vision for the future.

– Operation Excellence –

Attention To Detail

At Sportsafe, we believe in getting all the details right in every sense. Ensuring all our inspections are logged accurately on all our systems, the drive time is minimized, the reports are accurate, the remedial work quotation is accurate, the dates for remedial work are swiftly delivered, the stock arrives on time, the inspector is cafefully scheduled. At every stage we know where the order is in our process and so we can keep the customer briefed on their order.

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Sportsafe Accreditations

ISO 9001

The world’s most recognised quality management standard. Sportsafe operates to a strict quality management system. Every job is meticulously recorded to ensure each follows the same path.

Responsible environmental management is assured by a fully transparent and independently audited system. This system prescribes in detail how Sportsafe deals with energy, consumables and waste. As well as being ‘the right thing to do’ the accreditation has also allowed Sportsafe to identify efficiency savings to reduce costs.

CHAS is established as the market leader for health and safety pre-qualification in the UK. It is available to suppliers (those who provide goods and services) and to organisations (buyers) looking for suitably competent suppliers.

Constructionline is the UK’s leading procurement and supply chain management service that collects, assesses and monitors standard company information through a question set that is aligned to PAS 91, the standardised pre-qualification questionnaire developed by BSI to reduce duplication within the construction industry.

Alcumus Safecontractor is an accreditation scheme that assesses the health & safety competency of contractors and service providers. Every organisation has a legal obligation to ensure that contractors visiting their premises operate in a safe way.

The Association for Physical Education (afPE) is the only physical education subject association in the UK. They are committed to being the representative organisation of choice for people and organisations delivering or supporting the delivery of physical education in schools and in the wider community.

The only UK charity to work across occupational health and safety, and road, home, leisure and education safety, ROSPA promote the exchange of life-enhancing skills and knowledge by:

  • Researching the evidence base for accident prevention, campaigning on the big issues and sharing advice and information
  • Providing training, consultancy, qualifications, events and products for businesses and professionals to help them manage risks to their workers and others
  • Welcoming organisations into their membership and awards communities where they can learn from best practice and celebrate their achievements.