Gym Group PLC (The) Pre-close trading update (1610Z)
10 Janvier 2024 - 8:00AM
UK Regulatory
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Gym Group PLC (The)
10 January 2024
10 January 2024
The Gym Group plc
("The Gym Group" or "the Group")
Pre-close trading update
Leading low-cost gym operator, The Gym Group plc, is pleased to
announce that the positive trading trends highlighted in our H1
results have continued throughout the remainder of the year,
resulting in good growth in both membership and yield.
Revenue for the year ended 31 December 2023 increased by 18% to
GBP204.0m (2022: GBP172.9m), with average members up 8% to 872,000
(2022: 808,000), and average revenue per member per month (ARPMM)
up 9% to GBP19.50 (2022: GBP17.82). Like-for-like revenue grew 8%
year on year(1) , maintaining the momentum of the first half. We
closed the year with 850,000 members compared with 821,000 at 31
December 2022, an increase of 4%. We opened six new sites in the
year and closed two.
Net debt as at 31 December 2023 was GBP66.4m, compared with
GBP76.1m at 31 December 2022. The reduction reflects strong working
capital performance and the timing of spend on new site openings
and other capital expenditure projects.
As anticipated in our previous guidance for FY23, revenue growth
has offset utility-driven cost inflation and leverage(2) is
expected to remain within the range of 1.5 to 2.0x.
We have implemented a 3-tier price architecture with the roll
out of an Off-Peak membership to the entire estate following the
successful trial. We expect to accelerate new site openings to
10-12 sites in 2024 and continue to reinvest in our existing
estate, funded from free cashflow.
The Group will publish its full FY23 results and provide a
strategy update together with guidance for FY24 on 13 March
2024.
Will Orr, CEO of The Gym Group, commented:
"We have delivered good growth in both membership and revenue
which will underpin FY23 results in line with guidance, and we are
well-prepared for our key recruitment period in the coming quarter,
with a flexible, high-value low-cost offer that makes gym
membership even more accessible for everyone. These are strong
foundations on which to build our "Next Chapter" growth plan and I
will provide an update on this with our full year results in
March."
1 Like-for-like Revenue vs 2022 includes all sites open as at 31
December 2020
2 Calculated as Non-Property Net Debt : Group Adjusted EBITDA
Less Normalised Rent
For further information, please contact:
The Gym Group plc via Instinctif
Will Orr, CEO
Luke Tait, CFO
Katharine Wynne, IR
Instinctif Partners (Financial
PR)
Justine Warren
Matthew Smallwood
Joe Quinlan +44 (0)20 7457 2020
Notes for editors:
The Gym Group was a pioneer of the low-cost gym model, and now
operates 233 high quality sites across the UK. These gyms offer
24/7 opening and flexible, no-contract membership. As at 31
December 2023 there were 850,000 members nationwide. Our gyms have
over 60 million visits per annum, score highly on member
satisfaction and are consistently rated "excellent" on Trustpilot.
The Gym Group is the UK's first carbon neutral chain of gyms.
Sites opened in 2023 are: Accrington, Edinburgh Corstorphine,
Wimbledon, Uxbridge, Stafford and Coventry.
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