School clubs: Registering as a food business

If you run a before and after school club or holiday club and regularly provide food to children, you will likely need to register as a food business. 

Before and after school clubs

Clubs that operate every school day and routinely provide any of the following will be considered a food business:

• breakfast
• snacks 
• drinks 
• light meals
• dinner after school 

Summer holiday clubs

Holiday clubs with organised staff will usually need to register as a food business if for consecutive years they:

• operate every day for several weeks 
• serve lunches and snacks 

Holiday clubs will not likely have to register as a food business if they are a: 

• one-week holiday scheme run once as a community event 
• short-term church holiday club providing only occasional refreshments 
• one-off children's event