Medigold Health

What Medigold Health does

Medigold Health is a UK-based occupational health and corporate wellbeing services provider founded in 1998 and headquartered in Northampton. The company delivers absence management, employee occupational health assessments, drug and alcohol screening, health surveillance, specialist medicals, vaccinations, physiotherapy, mental health support, neurodiversity and menopause support, and ill-health retirement advisory services to employers across all sectors. Following the March 2023 acquisition of Health Management, Medigold serves over 3,500 client organisations covering approximately 4.5 million employees, operating from more than 60 UK clinic locations with a workforce of over 1,100 occupational health professionals.

The company operates a modular platform-plus-services architecture. The proprietary Medigold Pulse platform provides web-based, tablet-friendly management information tools for client portfolio oversight, complemented by Microsoft Azure AI Services integration. The Absentia service enables day-one absence management, the Protect-OH subscription product targets small businesses under 250 employees, and the wholly-owned Matrix Diagnostics subsidiary operates an ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited laboratory for workplace drug and alcohol testing. Security infrastructure includes ISO 27001:2022 and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications with CHECK & CREST penetration testing. No public-facing API or developer SDK is offered.

Medigold Health generates revenue through a mix of subscription-style recurring contracts with enterprises and SMBs, one-time fees for testing products, vaccinations, and specialist medicals, and bespoke enterprise pricing for blue-chip clients. The go-to-market is sales-led via direct enterprise field engagement with HR and management, supplemented by a self-serve client portal (medigoldone.com). The company is privately held and backed by BGF (Business Growth Fund), with a disclosed 2017 growth round of approximately $12.5M that was deployed to fund the March 2023 Health Management acquisition.

Name

Medigold Health

Legal name

Medigold Health Consultancy Limited

Website

https://medigold-health.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Medigold Health is a UK occupational health and corporate wellbeing services provider, founded 1998, serving over 3,500 employers and approximately 4.5 million employees across 60+ nationwide clinics via its Medigold Pulse platform, Absentia, and Matrix Diagnostics laboratory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Occupational Health Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (62151)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Medical Laboratories (8071), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Occupational Health & Employer Clinic Services (HLAEAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Occupational & Employer-Sponsored Primary Care Clinics (HLAFAGAJ), Occupational Medicine & Work Injury Urgent Care Clinics (HLAFADAG), Occupational Health & Worksite Health Virtual Care (fit-for-duty, RTW) (HLALADAM)

Keywords

• Occupational health services
• Corporate wellbeing programmes
• Employee health screening
• Absence management solutions
• Workplace health surveillance

Headquarters

HQ city

Northampton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Occupational Health Assessment Services: Core revenue stream from providing occupational health assessments, management referrals, absence management, employee screening, health surveillance, specialist medicals, and ill health retirement services to employers.
2. Drug and Alcohol Testing Products and Services: Laboratory services and rapid testing products for workplace drug and alcohol screening, including Matrix Diagnostics ISO 17025:2017 accredited laboratory services.
3. Employee Wellbeing Services: Mental health support, counselling, physiotherapy, ergonomic solutions, neurodiversity support, menopause support, and workplace wellbeing programmes.
4. Vaccinations and Immunisations: Vaccination and immunisation services provided to employers and their workforce.
5. Protect Subscription Service: Small business support subscription service with payment terms requiring subscription renewal prior to expiry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Medigold Health provides occupational health and wellbeing services to UK employers, including management referrals, day-one absence management (Absentia), employee health screening, health surveillance, specialist medicals, vaccinations and immunisations, drug and alcohol testing supported by an ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited laboratory (Matrix Diagnostics), and workplace wellbeing programmes covering mental health, physiotherapy, neurodiversity and menopause support. Services are delivered through a direct field sales motion, an online client portal, and a nationwide network of over 60 clinics, with the proprietary Medigold Pulse platform providing management information and reporting.

Product overview

Medigold Health operates as an occupational health and wellbeing services provider offering a modular platform-plus-services architecture. The core Medigold Pulse platform delivers web-based occupational health management with tablet-friendly interfaces for management information and portfolio oversight. Core modules include Absentia (Day One Absence Management), Drug and Alcohol Testing with Matrix Diagnostics laboratory services (ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited), and Employee Screening (placement health screening, health surveillance, specialist medicals). Wellbeing services encompass Employee Assistance Programme, Vaccinations and Immunisations, and Employee Wellbeing offerings including mental health courses, neurodiversity support, physiotherapy and ergonomic solutions, and menopause support. Protect-OH provides a subscription-based entry tier for small businesses, while Ill Health Retirement and Management Referrals offer specialist advisory services. The company also provides a network of over 60 nationwide clinics across the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Matrix Diagnostics: ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited laboratory providing workplace drug and alcohol testing services
• Absentia
• Protect-OH

Products and services

• Medigold Pulse

Quantifiable outcome

• Serving approximately 4.5 million employees across 3,500+ client organisations

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Microsoft AzurecoreTechnology or IntegrationMedigold Health uses Azure AI Services to improve the lives of clinicians and clients. Azure cloud infrastructure supports Medigold's occupational health management applications and data security requirements.
• People PuzzlesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeople Puzzles provides HR and people-related consulting services. Partnership likely relates to providing comprehensive HR solutions alongside Medigold's occupational health services.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BUPA UK: BUPA is a major UK private healthcare incumbent with corporate health, EAP and occupational health offerings. It overlaps with Medigold's employer-facing services but within a much larger diversified healthcare portfolio.
• Nuffield Health: Nuffield Health is a large UK health and wellbeing incumbent offering corporate wellness, physiotherapy, mental health and EAP as part of a much broader hospital and fitness network. It competes with Medigold for enterprise corporate health contracts but is not OH-specialist.
• AXA Health (UK): AXA Health provides corporate health insurance and employee wellbeing/EAP services to UK employers. It is a broad incumbent offering OH-adjacent services rather than a dedicated OH specialist, competing mostly on enterprise RFPs.

Direct peers

• BHSF Occupational Health: BHSF provides occupational health, physiotherapy and wellbeing services to UK employers and is a direct competitor across Medigold's core OH assessment and wellbeing portfolio.
• Kinesis Health Solutions: Kinesis provides UK occupational health services including management referrals, health surveillance and employee screening. It is a UK-only direct competitor focused on the same employer customer base.
• PAM Group (People Asset Management): PAM Group is a UK occupational health, absence management and physiotherapy provider serving employers of all sizes. Its service mix (management referrals, absence management, MSK/physio, wellbeing) overlaps directly with Medigold's core offerings.
• Optima Health: Optima Health is one of the largest UK occupational health providers, offering management referrals, health surveillance, EAP and wellbeing services to employers. It competes head-to-head with Medigold for the same blue-chip and mid-market employer contracts across the UK.
• Status Health (now Corazon Health / DHC): A UK occupational health and wellbeing provider offering management referrals, health surveillance, EAP and physiotherapy services to corporate clients — overlapping product set with Medigold's.
• Duradiamond Healthcare: Duradiamond Healthcare delivers occupational health services, drug and alcohol testing and wellbeing programmes to UK employers, directly competing with Medigold across screening and wellbeing modules.

Others

• Health Management (subsidiary of Medigold post-2023): Health Management was acquired by Medigold Health in March 2023; prior to acquisition it was a direct UK OH competitor. Included here as ecosystem reference for the integration cohort rather than an active competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/medigold_health
• Facebookfacebook.com/medigold-health-404850343056318

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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