David Lloyd: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
David Lloyd Leisure Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is David Lloyd Leisure Group Limited. In the year to December 2025 David Lloyd Leisure Limited reported turnover of £816m.
- In the year to December 2025, David Lloyd had turnover of £816m, up 13.9% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £125m, keeping £15.30 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 9,668 people, with staff costs of £237m.
- David Lloyd Leisure Limited is controlled by David Lloyd Leisure Group Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from David Lloyd Leisure Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 7 September 2026.
- Registered name
- DAVID LLOYD LEISURE LIMITED
- Company number
- 01516226
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 8 September 1980
- Registered office area
- St. Albans
- Industry code on the register
- 93120: Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 7 September 2026
What does David Lloyd do?
David Lloyd runs premium health, racquets and fitness clubs in the UK and Europe. Members pay for access to clubs with gyms, swimming pools, tennis courts, spas, fitness studios and children's activity and soft play areas. It aims its clubs at whole families rather than individual gym-goers. The range of facilities under one roof, especially racquet sports, sets it apart from budget gym chains.
In brief: premium health and fitness clubs · membership-based · pools, tennis and spas · UK and Europe
Source: David Lloyd's own website, retrieved 24 September 2026.
Who owns David Lloyd?
The Companies House register records David Lloyd Leisure Group Limited as the person with significant control of David Lloyd Leisure Limited, company number 01516226. David Lloyd Leisure Group Limited is itself company number 06261643.
That places David Lloyd Leisure Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs David Lloyd?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for David Lloyd Leisure Limited.
All 2 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Patrick James Burrows | 1 December 2017 |
| James Willis | 28 August 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did David Lloyd file?
David Lloyd Leisure Limited reported turnover of £816m in the year to December 2025. That was up 13.9% on £717m the year before.
It reported 9,668 employees. The year before it reported 5,773.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £125m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £55m the year before.
Staff costs came to £237m. That is an average of £25,000 a head. It ended the year with £43m at the bank and net assets of £569m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £816m | £717m |
| Pre-tax profit | £125m (filed) | £55m (filed) |
| Employees | 9,668 | 5,773 |
| Staff costs | £237m | £194m |
| Average staff cost per head | £25,000 | £34,000 |
| Bank and cash | £43m | £4m |
| Net assets | £569m | £468m |
| Interest paid | £118m | |
| Interest received | £104m | |
| Directors' pay | £2m |
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against David Lloyd?
David Lloyd Leisure Limited has registered 29 charges at Companies House, of which 5 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
All 5 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| The Society Incorporated by Lloyd's Act 1871 by the Name of Lloyds | 20 January 2026 |
| Glas Trust Corporation Limited as the Security Agent | 21 November 2025 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | 11 July 2024 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | 11 July 2024 |
| Glas Trust Corporation Limited | 21 June 2021 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How David Lloyd compares
Of the 4 health clubs, David Lloyd is 2nd on turnover, 1st on profit margin and 1st on growth.
| Rank | Health clubs | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Nuffield Health | £1,485m | −£3.96 |
| 2nd | David Lloyd | £816m | £15.30 |
| + 2 more health clubs ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
David Lloyd files as David Lloyd Leisure Limited, whose person with significant control is David Lloyd Leisure Group Limited, with turnover of £816m in its latest filed year.
Questions about David Lloyd
What does David Lloyd do?
David Lloyd runs premium health, racquets and fitness clubs in the UK and Europe. Members pay for access to clubs with gyms, swimming pools, tennis courts, spas, fitness studios and children's activity and soft play areas. It aims its clubs at whole families rather than individual gym-goers. The range of facilities under one roof, especially racquet sports, sets it apart from budget gym chains.
How does David Lloyd compare with its rivals?
By turnover, David Lloyd is 2nd of the 4 companies in our battle of the health clubs, behind Nuffield Health. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the health clubs →
Who owns David Lloyd?
The Companies House register records David Lloyd Leisure Group Limited as the person with significant control of David Lloyd Leisure Limited.
How much does David Lloyd make?
David Lloyd Leisure Limited reported turnover of £816m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £125m.
How many people work at David Lloyd?
David Lloyd Leisure Limited reported 9,668 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs David Lloyd?
The Companies House register lists 2 current officers for David Lloyd Leisure Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from David Lloyd Leisure Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 01516226, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “David Lloyd: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/david-lloyd/. Figures from Companies House filings for DAVID LLOYD LEISURE LIMITED (01516226).
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