VIRGIN ACTIVE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-22 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+5.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£106M
-12.6% vs 2023
Employees
2,144
-9.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£22M
-44.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VIRGIN ACTIVE LIMITED 1997-12-02 → present
- CHARTMIX LIMITED 1997-10-13 → 1997-12-02
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 | £120,383,000 | £130,430,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,450,000 | -£11,125,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,164,000 | -£21,922,000 | |
| Net profit | -£12,014,000 | -£15,321,000 | |
| Cash | £8,184,000 | £8,670,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £339,248,000 | £314,069,000 | |
| Net assets | £121,694,000 | £106,373,000 | |
| Equity | £121,694,000 | £106,373,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,379 | 2,144 | |
| Wages | £48,954,000 | £46,525,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.7% | -8.5% | |
| Net margin | -10.0% | -11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | -3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.2% | 78.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.10x | 0.10x | |
| Interest cover | -0.27x | -0.65x |
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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Significant events
- “During 2024 the business continued its recovery following the significant disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 and 2021.”
- “A major refurbishment of the Chiswick Riverside club began in 2024 and will continue into 2025.”
- “Opened a further 12 Kauai cafés (2023: 6 cafés) throughout the club estate.”
- “Introduced Hyperice stations and Sound Bath Yoga classes as well as improving communal social spaces such as our lounges.”
- “2024 also saw the launch of our new app, which supports members on their wellness journey and rewards them for their loyalty, engagement and hitting their goals.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEVELIGHAN, Poppy | Secretary | 2023-12-12 | — | — |
| CHAMBERS, Elena | Director | 2025-10-20 | Dec 1983 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHIBALD, James Hugh Culver | Secretary | 2013-08-13 | 2020-09-02 |
| AYLMER, Ashley John | Secretary | 2006-06-08 | 2013-08-13 |
| BUCKNALL, Matthew William | Secretary | 2002-05-13 | 2005-06-06 |
| GORDON, Simon | Secretary | 2005-06-06 | 2006-06-08 |
| GRAM, Peter Gerardus | Secretary | 2000-03-10 | 2002-05-14 |
| KING, Nicholas Anthony | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | 2023-12-12 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Secretary | 1997-10-17 | 2000-03-10 |
| WORTHINGTON, Hannah | Secretary | 2020-09-02 | 2023-09-01 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-10-13 | 1997-10-17 |
| ARMSTRONG, Malcolm Robert | Director | 2022-12-21 | 2023-11-30 |
| AYLMER, Ashley John | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-04-30 |
| BRANSON, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir | Director | 1999-03-30 | 2002-02-22 |
| BUCKNALL, Matthew William | Director | 1999-03-30 | 2021-09-29 |
| BURROUGHS, Ian Steven | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2003-05-12 |
| BURROWS, Mark Paul | Director | 2014-11-24 | 2015-12-01 |
| CARTER, David Anthony Rowland | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2022-11-30 |
| COOK, Robert Barclay | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2019-11-13 |
| DORMANDY, Alexis Paul Momtchiloff | Director | 1999-03-30 | 2000-12-31 |
| FIELD, Norman Mark | Director | 2010-10-06 | 2013-02-27 |
| FOX, Patrick Adam Charles | Director | 2003-07-15 | 2003-07-15 |
| GORDON, Simon | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2010-10-06 |
| HARTLEY, Johanna Ruth | Director | 2015-12-09 | 2021-10-04 |
| KING, Nicholas Anthony | Director | 2023-12-12 | 2024-08-30 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Director | 1998-11-04 | 1999-03-30 |
| MERRICK, Matthew Graham | Director | 2013-03-21 | 2016-08-02 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 1997-10-17 | 1998-11-04 |
| REED, Frank Andrew | Director | 1999-03-30 | 2006-01-19 |
| SCOBIE, Andrew Bryan | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| SOMMARUGA, Luca | Director | 2023-12-12 | 2024-11-30 |
| VALOTTA, Luca | Director | 2022-12-21 | 2025-10-21 |
| WOOLF, Paul Antony | Director | 2013-02-27 | 2017-02-21 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-10-13 | 1997-10-17 |
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 | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-05-24 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-24 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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
+8.3%
£120,383,000 £130,430,000
-
Cash
+5.9%
£8,184,000 £8,670,000
-
Net assets
-12.6%
£121,694,000 £106,373,000
-
Employees
-9.9%
2,379 2,144
-
Operating profit
-150%
-£4,450,000 -£11,125,000
-
Profit before tax
-44.6%
-£15,164,000 -£21,922,000
-
Wages
-5%
£48,954,000 £46,525,000
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