LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Company number 03263608 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Lifetime Training Group is a significant-scale apprenticeship provider that has experienced severe operational and financial difficulties, with £20.7m operating losses driven by cost-base misalignment, a £5m ESFA provision, and static government funding caps. The company is undergoing a substantive turnaround under new leadership, evidenced by the OFSTED improvement to "Good," successful client wins, and a major group-level recapitalisation that wrote off £43.3m of debt. While the business possesses genuine competitive strengths in its blue-chip client base and multi-sector capability, its financial performance remains well below sector benchmarks, and sustainable profitability is dependent on the continued execution of the right-sizing programme and favourable government funding decisions.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-10-15
- Registered office
- 291 Paintworks, Arnos Vale, Bristol, England, BS4 3AW
- Postcode
- BS4 3AW
- Capital
- 112 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-24
- Next due by
- 2027-10-08
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 33 resigned
Group structure 6 subsidiaries
Controlled by LVTG LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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RISING STARS ( HEALTH CLUBS ) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 11
£24,977,123,800 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-07-31) as part of the MTH MIDCO 2 LIMITED group statement — 2 years on the registry.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5165342 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
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Political donations 1
£26,000 in registered political donations since 2011.
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Conservative and Unionist Party
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
4%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- lifetimetraining.co.uk
- Phone
- 0333 0143 669
Apprenticeships and training provider for people-powered learning. Trusted by Care UK, BUPA, Whitbread & McDonalds to train the workforce of tomorrow.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LIFETIME HEALTH & FITNESS LIMITED | 2011-01-21 |
| LIFE TIME HEALTH & FITNESS LIMITED | 1998-01-27 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 FLEET PLACE, LONDON, EC4M 7RD, ENGLAND | 2017-04-11 |
| FLOOR ELEVEN CLIFTON HEIGHTS, TRIANGLE WEST, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 1EJ | 2016-10-20 |
| 3 BERKELEY SQUARE, BRISTOL, AVON BS8 1HL | 2007-12-14 |
| UNIVERSITY GATE (2ND FLOOR), PARK ROW, BRISTOL, BS1 5UB | 1997-01-13 |
| 2 PENYDARREN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, MID GLAMORGAN CF47 9AH | 1996-11-29 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 473 similar companies in BS, trading since 1996
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,236 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-09-24
- Where
- City Of Bristol (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL150235 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2018-09-24 | — |
| BL150237 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2018-09-24 | — |
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