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Virgin Active Health Clubs Limited

Virgin Active Health Clubs Limited is an active UK company (number 01395346), incorporated 1978, with 1 current director, Elena Chambers. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 46

  1. Nicholas Anthony King 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Luca Sommaruga 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Luca Valotta 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Malcolm Robert Armstrong 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. Andrew Bryan Scobie 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Robert Barclay Cook 2016-2019 Director View profile
  7. David Anthony Rowland Carter 2016-2022 Director View profile
  8. Johanna Ruth Hartley 2015-2021 Director View profile
  9. Mark Paul Burrows 2014-2015 Director View profile
  10. Matthew Graham Merrick 2013-2016 Director View profile
  11. Paul Antony Woolf 2013-2017 Director View profile
  12. Norman Mark Field 2010-2013 Director View profile
  13. Matthew William Bucknall 2006-2021 Director View profile
  14. Simon Gordon 2006-2010 Director View profile
  15. Roger Mclaughlan 2006-2006 Director View profile
  16. Lesley Anne Cotton 2006-2006 Director View profile
  17. Nicholas Alan Burrows 2006-2006 Director View profile
  18. Kevin Brian Connolly 2004-2006 Director View profile
  19. Michael Ian Burke 2003-2006 Director View profile
  20. Thomas Ivor Mowbray Lishman 2002-2003 Director View profile
  21. Linda Smeaton 2002-2003 Director View profile
  22. Ian Mitchell Takats 2001-2003 Director View profile
  23. Ian David Turley 2001-2003 Director View profile
  24. Helen Mary Bond 2001-2003 Director View profile
  25. Mark Clive Minter 2000-2003 Director View profile
  26. Peter Harold Lee-Jones 2000-2003 Director View profile
  27. Sarah Marshall 2000-2003 Director View profile
  28. Mario Fedele Pederzolli 2000-2003 Director View profile
  29. Nicholas Coutts 2000-2003 Director View profile
  30. Samantha Claire Taylor 2000-2003 Director View profile
  31. Robert Colin Davies 2000-2003 Director View profile
  32. Sharron Jane Medlin 2000-2003 Director View profile
  33. Frances Bingham 1999-2006 Director View profile
  34. Suzanne Evelyn Hird 1999-2003 Director View profile
  35. Henry Samuel Robert Victor Mosseri 1999-2001 Director View profile
  36. Lee Dale Ginsberg 1998-2004 Director View profile
  37. Christopher Neoh 1996-1999 Director View profile
  38. Peter David Conroy 1997 Director View profile
  39. Lawrence Michael Alkin 2000 Director View profile
  40. Allan Brian Henry Fisher 2004 Director View profile
  41. Nicholas Anthony King 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  42. Hannah Worthington 2020-2023 Secretary View profile
  43. Ashley John Aylmer 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  44. James Hugh Culver Archibald 2013-2020 Secretary View profile
  45. JD Secretariat Limited 1992-1997 Corporate-nominee-secretary View profile
  46. Stuart Graham Petersen 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
23/10/1978

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Virgin Active Health Clubs Limited is controlled by Virgin Active Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Virgin Active Holdings Limited is controlled by Virgin Active Investment Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Virgin Active Investment Holdings Limited is controlled by Virgin Active Group Investments Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Virgin Active Group Investments Limited is controlled by Virgin Active Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Virgin Active Group Limited is controlled by Virgin Active Health Club Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Virgin Active Health Club Holdings Limited is controlled by Virgin Active International Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Virgin Active International Limited.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

1 directors on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Professional services 6Arts and leisure 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01395346
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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