State of Badminton
Live, evidence-led snapshot of badminton in England across the four strategic pillars: Inspire (participation), Develop (juniors & coaches), Thrive (safety, inclusion, diversity), Perform (elite pipeline). Demo tenants are included to demonstrate scale; cells with n < 5 are suppressed.
Demo data, illustrative only.
Not real participation. For evaluation purposes only.
Active members across 22 BC-connected clubs in 42 counties.
Played at least one session in the past month.
U18 members in the pathway.
Inspire, participation
Frequency of play aligned with Sport England Active Lives bands, and who's playing today.
Frequency of play (last 28 days)
Sessions per week, derived from actual attendance on BC-connected clubs. Aligned with Sport England Active Lives bands.
| Band | Players | Share |
|---|---|---|
| No sessions | 12 (100.0%) | |
| Less than once a week | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Once a week | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Twice a week | 0 (0.0%) | |
| 3+ times a week | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Daily or near-daily | 0 (0.0%) |
Develop, juniors & coaches
Junior pathway retention, drop-off transitions, and the coach qualification pipeline. The U17→U19 cliff and the 30-min drivetime coverage are BE 10-year priorities.
England + Wales
0 of 35,672 LSOAs · BE 10-year headline metric
0 LSOAs within 30km of a Performance coach
0 of 10,126 most-deprived LSOAs covered
Coverage summary: 0 of 1,000 LSOAs are within 30 km of a Level 2 coach. In the most deprived deciles (IMD 1-3), 318 LSOAs remain uncovered.
Thrive, safety, inclusion, diversity
Safeguarding compliance R/A/G across clubs, Women & Girls recruitment, and ethnicity participation cuts.
Clubs meeting full safeguarding compliance.
Clubs with one or more outstanding items.
Clubs with critical outstanding items.
0 open safeguarding incidents nationwide.
Perform, elite pipeline
BE Performance coaches and the development pipeline beneath them.
Top of the pipeline, county / regional / national-grade qualifications.
Share of LSOAs within 30 km of a Performance coach.
Coaches current against BE's 6-point annual threshold.
Programme portfolio
All active funded programmes BE has visibility on. The portfolio view is the same surface used by funder dashboards.
| Code | Name | Funder | Participants | Converted | £ / converted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shuttle_stars_2026_q3 | Shuttle Stars 2026 Q3 | Badminton England | 0 | 0 | - |
| back_to_badminton_2026 | Back to Badminton 2026 | Badminton England | 0 | 0 | - |
| disability_badminton_2026 | Disability Badminton 2026 | Badminton England | 0 | 0 | - |
| discover_badminton_2026 | Discover Badminton 2026 | Badminton England | 0 | 0 | - |
| women_girls_2026 | Women & Girls 2026 | Badminton England | 0 | 0 | - |