WO4LOs was launched in 2006 as a means of rewarding the most popular and successful activities for children, and they have short-listed four activities from around the United Kingdom for the title.

BSS was founded in 1996 by former school teacher Simon Clifford after a research trip to Brazil, with the organisation growing at an unprecedented rate and now coaching over one million children around the world through centres in nations such as America, Australia, Nigeria and Singapore.

Each set-up uses methods Clifford brought back from South America to develop youngsters' footballing technique, with sessions focusing on children working individually or in pairs with specially designed weighted balls to enhance their skills.

In 2008, SOCATOTS scooped the WO4LOs award for Best Activity For Under Fives, and the sister company to BSS has been nominated for the same award once again.

The short-listed organisations will be invited to a presentation evening, to be held in Harrogate next year, hosted by author and broadcast Alice Beer, and the nomination is made all the more pretigious by the fact that parents themselves vote for the winners.

On the nomination, BSS managing director Mark Rasche said: "We're thrilled to have been selected as one of four activities for this award, and it offers each of our franchisees a ringing endorsement of the tremendous work they do.

"We have enjoyed one of our most successful periods over the last 12 months, in terms of growth and the rise of many of our graduates within the professional game, and we aspire to better this again over the coming year."