ESPORTA HEALTH & FITNESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£86M
+2,296.8% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£162K
0% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ESPORTA HEALTH & FITNESS LIMITED 1999-10-28 → present
- FIRST LEISURE HEALTH & FITNESS LIMITED 1995-04-26 → 1999-10-28
- ALNERY NO. 1415 LIMITED 1994-12-07 → 1995-04-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£162,000 | -£162,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£162,000 | -£162,000 | |
| Net profit | -£162,000 | -£162,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,717,000 | £87,330,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,572,000 | £85,613,000 | |
| Equity | £3,572,000 | £85,613,000 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -2.4% | -0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.6% | 47.4% |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company is a subsidiary of Virgin Active Investment Holdings Limited. Virgin Active Investment Holdings Limited and its subsidiary companies are funded through bank loan facilities that service the entire European and APAC Group (the "Group"). The Company therefore belongs to a funding arrangement that the European and APAC Group has access to. When assessing going concern of the Company the director evaluates whether the Group's bank loan facilities are sufficient to cover day-to-day working capital requirements and that there is no shortfall of liquidity during the going concern period. In addition, they check that all covenants within the facilities agreement are complied with. Under both plans (the "base plan" and "the severe but plausible downside plan") the Group is forecast to meet all of its cash flow obligations and applicable covenants during the going concern assessment period; accordingly the director believes it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- ESPORTA HEALTH & FITNESS LIMITED · parent
- Esporta H&F Propco (1A) Limited 100%
- Esporta H&F Propco (2A) Limited 100%
- Esporta Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 4th March 2025, the Company passed special resolutions to cancel and extinguish all but one of the shares of £1.00 each in the Company. Each of the shares were fully paid up and the amount by which the share capital was so reduced (£81,131,512) was credited to the profit and loss reserve.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 59 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEVELIGHAN, Poppy | Secretary | 2023-12-12 | — | — |
| CHAMBERS, Elena | Director | 2025-10-20 | Dec 1983 | British |
Show 59 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHIBALD, James | Secretary | 2011-07-18 | 2020-09-02 |
| BALL, Michael David | Secretary | 2003-02-28 | 2004-07-12 |
| DREGENT, Patricia Ann Taylor | Secretary | 1997-11-01 | 1998-11-06 |
| KING, Nicholas Anthony | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | 2023-12-12 |
| PENRICE, Victoria Margaret | Secretary | 1999-11-02 | 2003-02-28 |
| SCALES, Eugene Patrick | Secretary | 2008-07-07 | 2010-06-30 |
| SHILLINGLAW, Gary Preston | Secretary | 1995-04-13 | 1997-11-01 |
| TYSON, Roger Thomas Virley | Secretary | 2004-07-12 | 2008-07-07 |
| WHEELER, Jonathan | Secretary | 1999-01-19 | 1999-11-02 |
| WONG, Wai Chung | Secretary | 2003-05-13 | 2003-08-22 |
| WORTHINGTON, Hannah | Secretary | 2020-09-02 | 2023-09-01 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-07 | 1995-04-13 |
| ANDERSON, Ruth | Director | 2003-03-17 | 2004-09-30 |
| ARMSTRONG, Malcolm Robert | Director | 2022-12-21 | 2023-11-30 |
| AYLMER, Ashley John | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-04-30 |
| BALL, Michael David | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2007-08-13 |
| BEADLE, Mark Ronald Sydney | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2001-07-20 |
| BUCKNALL, Matthew William | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2021-09-29 |
| BURROWS, Mark Paul | Director | 2014-11-24 | 2015-12-01 |
| CARTER, David Anthony Rowland | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2022-11-30 |
| CHARLTON, Stephen Paul | Director | 2007-09-04 | 2008-11-30 |
| CLELAND, Jonathan Bradley | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2011-07-18 |
| COLES, Charles Graham | Director | 1999-11-02 | 2001-10-21 |
| COLES, Charles Graham | Director | 1995-04-13 | 1997-11-01 |
| CONLAN, John Oliver | Director | 1995-04-13 | 1997-06-02 |
| COOK, Robert Barclay | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2019-11-13 |
| CREED, Stuart John | Director | 2002-10-11 | 2003-05-13 |
| DHODY, Jog | Director | 2008-03-26 | 2011-07-18 |
| FIELD, Norman Mark | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2013-02-27 |
| FOSTER, Michael Raymond | Director | 1997-11-01 | 1999-11-02 |
| GILLIS, Neil Duncan | Director | 2003-08-21 | 2007-07-13 |
| GUYER, Paul John | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2007-09-12 |
| HALL, Andrew James | Director | 2007-11-28 | 2008-04-30 |
| HARTLEY, Johanna Ruth | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2021-10-04 |
| HENCHOZ, Patrick | Director | 1995-04-13 | 2000-12-31 |
| KELLY, Maurice William | Director | 2002-01-11 | 2002-08-22 |
| KING, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2023-12-12 | 2024-08-30 |
| LEATHERBARROW, David Jon | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2011-07-18 |
| MCCOLLUM, Kevin Boyd | Director | 2002-10-11 | 2003-02-24 |
| MCGUIGAN, Marc Edward | Director | 2003-10-03 | 2006-05-09 |
| MERRICK, Matthew Graham | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2016-08-02 |
| MOORE, Trevor Philip | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2007-04-04 |
| NASH, John Alfred Stoddard | Director | 1995-04-13 | 1999-04-19 |
| PENRICE, Victoria Margaret | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2003-02-28 |
| REDBURN, Timothy John | Director | 2007-09-04 | 2007-11-01 |
| SALMON, Harry | Director | 1995-04-13 | 1999-04-19 |
| SCOBIE, Andrew Bryan | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| SEGAL, Richard Lawrence | Director | 2009-10-14 | 2011-07-18 |
| SHILLINGHAM, Gary Preston | Director | 1997-11-01 | 1999-01-19 |
| SMITH, Alan Frank | Director | 2003-03-12 | 2003-08-22 |
| SOMMARUGA, Luca | Director | 2023-12-12 | 2024-11-30 |
| TAMBLYN, Nicholas | Director | 1995-04-13 | 1997-06-06 |
| TIMMS, Glenn Gordon | Director | 2007-07-13 | 2009-06-18 |
| VALOTTA, Luca | Director | 2022-12-21 | 2025-10-21 |
| WADDELL, Douglas Ross | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2002-09-20 |
| WHEELER, Jonathan | Director | 1998-12-01 | 1999-11-02 |
| WOOLF, Paul Antony | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2017-02-21 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-12-07 | 1995-04-13 |
| ALNERY INCORPORATIONS NO 2 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-12-07 | 1995-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Active Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-12-12 | Active |
| Esporta Non Racquets Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 308 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-04 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-04 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-03-04 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-04 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-03-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+2,296.8%
£3,572,000 £85,613,000
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
0%
-£162,000 -£162,000
-
Profit before tax
0%
-£162,000 -£162,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers