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Club or Syndicate
The Angling Trust & Fish Legal offer a range of membership options to angling clubs, syndicates and match-fishing teams.
We champion your concerns and interests to Government and its agencies including the Environment Agency, Canal and Rivers Trust and Natural England on all fishery related matters including predation, pollution and environmental legislation.
Take out Fish Legal membership too and receive expert legal advice on angling and fisheries related matters. Find out more here
On top of all this, all Angling Trust member clubs automatically benefit from our industry-leading member club insurance package with a liability limit of £15 million. The cover includes: public liability, employer’s liability and trustee’s liability. Provided by Howden Insurance Brokers, find out more about insurance coverage here.
Prices start from as little as £99 per year – find out more information about our great value club and syndicate membership packages below and join today.
We’ll also provide free expert advice on fisheries management issues such as predator control, invasive species and health and safety, as well as offering guidance on finance and grants to improve your fishery and club as part of our work funded by rod licence income in partnership with the Environment Agency. Plus our development team are on hand to offer advice on participation, coaching qualifications and how you can encourage more new members. This fishing licence funded help is available to all clubs in England and is not dependant on Angling Trust membership.
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Become a Clubs & Syndicates member and take advantage of these benefits
10% off aerators from Aquaculture Equipment
15% off Marmax recycled fishing pegs and platforms
20% off Clubmate member management software
10% off Maydencroft services
Market leading insurance for your club
We’ve got your club or syndicate covered
Developed for clubs – great value, market leading £15 million liability insurance package including both public and employer’s liability. Visit our online insurance centre to find out more.
What our members say
“I have worked with Fish Legal on two occasions and they were extremely professional and unceasing in pursuing both polluters. If you are involved in a fishery, please support Fish Legal and take out a membership. They are the best conservation and fishery lawyers in the UK!”
– Roy Hart (Fishery owner, member of the Ilford and District Angling Club)
“The work you have undertaken on our behalf has been exceptional throughout, for which we are truly grateful.”
– Ouse Angling Preservation Society
Is this membership right for me?
We offer various membership options for angling clubs and syndicates. We also offer membership for match-fishing teams under the “Club” membership umbrella.
We also offer membership for syndicates – often run by one or more people who administer the syndicate memberships and co-ordinate the rules and running of the syndicate. The members of a syndicate often have no voting rights or influence over the running of the syndicate.
Our membership tiers
The subscription rates for the various membership options are shown below. Please note prices updated 30th January 2026:
| Size of club/syndicate | Angling Trust Only | Angling Trust + Fish Legal | Fish Legal Only (Applicable only to Welsh, Scottish & Northern Irish clubs) |
| 1-20 members* | £99 | £211 | N/A |
| 1-50 members | £227 | £357 | £130 |
| 51-200 members | £320 | £568 | £248 |
| 201-500 members | £469 | £862 | £392 |
| 501-1000 members | £627 | £1,368 | £736 |
| 1001-2000 members | £844 | £1,987 | £1,143 |
| 2001-3000 members | £1,110 | £2,253 | £1,143 |
| 3001-4000 members | £1,361 | £2,504 | £1,143 |
| 4001-5000 members | £1,480 | £2,622 | £1,143 |
| 5001+ members | £1,639 | £2,845 | £1,206 |
| *Please Note: The 1-20 member category is for match-fishing teams and small clubs with no fishing rights. If your Club or Syndicate has waters to fish, membership starts with our 1-50 member bracket. | |||
Clubs & syndicates based in England
Clubs based in England may join just the Angling Trust or may take combined membership of the Angling Trust and Fish Legal.
My club is not based in England – can I join?
Clubs from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland may become members of Fish Legal, Angling Trust or take combined membership. Many non-English clubs do join the Angling Trust to support our aims and to benefit from our member club insurance package. If you would like to take out Fish Legal membership only, please contact the Membership Team on 0343 507 7006 or email [email protected]
Why join Fish Legal?
As an Angling Trust club / syndicate member, you also have the option to become a member of Fish Legal.
Fish Legal’s expert lawyers have been helping members to protect their valuable fishing for over seventy years. Founded in 1948, we have gained a considerable reputation through using the law to fight for a healthy water environment in important cases on behalf of our members around the resounding principle of making the polluter pay. Over the years we have taken polluters, water companies and regulators to court with 100% of damages being passed to the impacted fishery to help rebuild the impacted environment. We have won hugely significant cases right across England and Wales whilst also offering support in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Please note, if you are a Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish Club and wish to take out Fish Legal membership only – please contact the Membership Team on 0343 507 7006 or email [email protected]
Fish Legal is globally unique – we offer valuable specialist expert advice and support to our members, including supporting litigation where the following criteria are met:
• there are strong prospects of success
• the risks to Fish Legal should the case be lost are manageable and
• the case aligns with our key objective to protect and improve the water environment with a wider public benefit.
Fish Legal is a community of angling clubs, societies, fisheries and riparian owners – it is not a legal insurance product. A committee of volunteers, supported by an experienced group of legal professionals, offer pro-bono support and the decision to take forward cases and indemnify members rests with this committee.
