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Virgin Active Limited

Virgin Active Limited is an active UK company (number 03448441), incorporated 1997, with 1 current director, Elena Chambers. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 26

  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. Patrick Adam Charles Fox 2003-2003 Director View profile
  14. Alexis Paul Momtchiloff Dormandy 1999-2000 Director View profile
  15. Frank Andrew Reed 1999-2006 Director View profile
  16. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson 1999-2002 Director View profile
  17. Ian Steven Burroughs 1998-2003 Director View profile
  18. Diana Patricia Legge 1997-2000 Director View profile
  19. Stephen Thomas Matthew Murphy 1997-1998 Director View profile
  20. Nicholas Anthony King 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  21. Hannah Worthington 2020-2023 Secretary View profile
  22. Ashley John Aylmer 2019-2022 Secretary View profile
  23. James Hugh Culver Archibald 2013-2020 Secretary View profile
  24. Simon Gordon 2004-2010 Secretary View profile
  25. Peter Gerardus Gram 2000-2002 Secretary View profile
  26. Matthew William Bucknall 1999-2021 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
13/10/1997

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 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.

Grants received

1 grant · £2,615 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Education · £2,615

Most recent

  • Department for Education £2,6152023-04-01
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
03448441
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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