Peak Pharmacy

What Peak Pharmacy does

Peak Pharmacy, operated by PCT Healthcare Ltd (Company No. 01768840), is a UK community pharmacy chain headquartered in Bolsover, Chesterfield, operating approximately 150 physical pharmacy branches across the East Midlands, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Milton Keynes, and surrounding regions. The company is registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC Registration 9012214) under Superintendent Pharmacist Alison Crompton and is governed by NHS pharmacy regulations. Founded in 2015 as a community pharmacy group, the business combines a national branch network with an online pharmacy platform (peakpharmacy.co.uk) that supports NHS prescription ordering, an online clinic, electronic prescription management via the Healthera integration, and ID verification for controlled drugs and OTC products.

The company offers a broad service portfolio centered on NHS prescription dispensing, NHS Pharmacy First consultations for seven common conditions, and private clinical services including travel vaccinations (Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Hepatitis A/B, Rabies, Japanese Encephalitis, Chikungunya, Dengue, etc.), routine adult immunizations (Flu, COVID-19, Shingles, Chickenpox, Pneumonia, RSV), weight management clinics featuring Wegovy and other GLP-1 therapies, ear wax removal, blood pressure screening, emergency contraception, and Vitamin B12 injections delivered through a partnership with VitaJab. The retail assortment includes OTC pharmaceuticals, anti-malaria tablets, travel accessories, and Verset designer-inspired fragrances.

Revenue is generated through a hybrid model: NHS-funded prescription dispensing and Pharmacy First consultations provide a stable base, while private services (travel and routine vaccinations, weight management, corporate on-site flu programmes, ear wax removal) and direct-to-consumer OTC e-commerce contribute incremental higher-margin revenue. Pricing across private services is transparent and per-unit, ranging from £16 (private flu vaccination) to £220 (Shingles/RSV) and from £99 (Wegovy tablets) to £110 (weight loss injections). The corporate flu programme operates as a B2B field service with a £120 base clinic fee, £35/hr add-on, £16 per vaccine, and a 20-vaccine minimum. Distribution combines the 150-branch physical network, the online e-commerce platform fulfilled via Royal Mail, NHS digital services through the Healthera platform, and on-site enterprise visits for workplace flu vaccinations.

Name

Peak Pharmacy

Legal name

PCT Healthcare Ltd

Website

https://peakpharmacy.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Peak Pharmacy (PCT Healthcare Ltd) is a UK community pharmacy chain operating ~150 branches plus an online platform, delivering NHS prescriptions, Pharmacy First consultations, private travel and routine vaccinations, weight management services, and corporate workplace flu programmes across England.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Pharmacy Services

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro primary industry

Retail & Community Pharmacies (Chain/Independent) (HLAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Retail & Pharmacy-Based Urgent Care Clinics (HLAFADAE)

Keywords

• Community pharmacy services
• NHS prescription dispensing
• Travel vaccination clinics
• Online pharmacy retail
• Corporate health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chesterfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. NHS Prescription Services: NHS-funded prescription dispensing services provided through pharmacy branches and online, regulated by NHS England
2. Private Prescription Dispensing: Dispensing of private prescriptions from their online consultation service or external prescribers
3. Vaccination Services: Private vaccination services including travel vaccines (Yellow Fever, Rabies, Typhoid, etc.) and routine vaccines (Shingles, Chickenpox, HPV, RSV). Both in-store and corporate on-site delivery
4. Over-the-Counter Products: Online retail of pharmacy products including travel accessories, personal care items, fragrances (Verset brand), and OTC medicines
5. Weight Management Services: Private consultations for weight loss injections and tablets, including Wegovy and orlistat products at starting prices from £99

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Peak Pharmacy operates a UK network of approximately 150 community pharmacies and an online pharmacy platform, dispensing NHS and private prescriptions, delivering an online clinic for remote consultations, and administering a broad range of vaccinations including travel, flu, COVID-19, shingles, and chickenpox. Additional services include Pharmacy First minor-illness consultations, weight management clinics (Wegovy and injectable treatments), ear wax removal, blood pressure screening, emergency contraception, vitamin B12 injections, and corporate workplace flu vaccination programmes.

Product overview

Peak Pharmacy operates as a multi-channel UK pharmacy platform (trading as PCT Healthcare Ltd) offering both online and in-store services. The core offering includes NHS Prescription Services, an Online Clinic with consultation capabilities, and Pharmacy First services for common conditions. The pharmacy network provides extensive vaccination services including travel health clinics (Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Hepatitis A/B, Rabies, Japanese Encephalitis, and others), routine immunizations (Flu, COVID-19, Shingles, Chickenpox, Pneumonia), and corporate workplace vaccination programs. Additional health services encompass Ear Wax Removal, Blood Pressure Screening, Emergency Contraception, Weight Loss Clinics offering Wegovy and injectable treatments, and Vitamin B12 Injection services via VitaJab. The online shop retails pharmaceuticals, travel health products including anti-malaria tablets, and branded items like Verset fragrances and Pyramid SafeHydrate water filters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NHS Prescription Service Online and in-branch NHS prescription ordering, dispensing and delivery service for UK patients with NHS-issued prescriptions.
• Pharmacy First Service NHS-funded service allowing pharmacists to treat seven common conditions (sore throat, earache, sinusitis, UTI, shingles, impetigo, infected insect bites) without GP referral.
• Online Clinic Digital consultation platform providing patients with remote access to healthcare professionals for various medical conditions and private prescriptions.
• Travel Health & Vaccination Clinics Comprehensive travel vaccination service offering risk assessments, travel health advice, and administration of vaccines including Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Hepatitis A/B, Rabies, Japanese Encephalitis, Cholera, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Chikungunya, Dengue, and Meningitis ACWY.
• Peak Pharmacy Weight Loss Clinics Private weight management service offering consultations with trained healthcare professionals, healthy living advice, and weight loss injections including Wegovy and oral semaglutide.
• Ear Wax Removal Service Professional ear wax removal using clinical techniques, available at selected Peak Pharmacy branches for £50.
• Corporate Flu Vaccination On-site workplace flu vaccination programme where Peak Pharmacy pharmacists visit factories, schools and offices to administer flu vaccines to employees, with clinic fee from £120 and £16 per vaccine administered.
• Flu Vaccination Service (NHS and Private) Seasonal influenza vaccination available to NHS-eligible groups and as a private service at £16 for non-eligible individuals.
• COVID-19 Vaccination Service COVID-19 vaccination available as NHS booster for eligible groups during booster periods or as private service at £80.
• Blood Pressure Screening Free blood pressure check service conducted by trained pharmacy staff to identify hypertension risks.
• Emergency Contraception Confidential advice and provision of Emergency Hormonal Contraception (morning after pill) by pharmacists.
• Pharmacy Contraception Service Repeat supply of oral contraception prescribed by GP within the last six months, including emergency contraception and period delay tablets.
• Vitamin B12 Injection Service Vitamin B12 supplementation injection administered by trained pharmacists, priced at £29 per injection via VitaJab voucher system.
• Same Day Medical Letters Service providing same-day medical letters for travel, work and insurance documentation.
• Anti-Malaria Tablets Malaria prevention medications including Generic Malarone (£1.75/tab), Branded Malarone (£2.95/tab), Doxycycline Capsules (£0.35/cap), and Lariam tablets (£3.54/tab).
• Designer-Inspired Fragrances (Verset) Verset brand of designer-inspired fragrances retailed through Peak Pharmacy's online shop.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free delivery on orders over £35
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)minorOthersPharmaceutical brand partner whose logo appears on the Peak Pharmacy website. GSK manufactures medicines including Malarone (antimalarial).
• Lilly (Eli Lilly and Company)minorOthersPharmaceutical brand partner. Lilly manufactures Mounjaro (tirzepatide) for weight management, which Peak Pharmacy dispenses.
• NovartisminorOthersPharmaceutical brand partner whose logo appears on the Peak Pharmacy website.
• Procter & GambleminorOthersConsumer health products brand partner whose logo appears on the Peak Pharmacy website.
• RocheminorOthersPharmaceutical brand partner whose logo appears on the Peak Pharmacy website.
• Teva PharmaceuticalsminorOthersGeneric pharmaceutical manufacturer brand partner whose logo appears on the Peak Pharmacy website.
• VitaJabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVitaJab provides an online platform for purchasing Vitamin B12 injection vouchers. Peak Pharmacy pharmacies redeem vouchers and administer injections. Customers must create account, complete medical screen, and purchase voucher on VitaJab website before visiting Peak Pharmacy for administration.
• Royal MailcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPreferred delivery partner for nearly 100% of parcels. Royal Mail delivers Monday-Friday and occasionally on Saturdays. Critical logistics partner for online order fulfillment.
• General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)coreOthersRegulatory body that registers and regulates Peak Pharmacy (Registration: 9012214). All pharmacists are registered with GPhC.
• NHS EnglandcoreOthersNHS-funded pharmacy services including prescription dispensing, flu vaccinations, COVID-19 vaccinations, and Pharmacy First minor illness service.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Pharmacy2U: Pharmacy2U is the UK's largest NHS-approved online pharmacy, focused on repeat NHS prescription delivery. It is an emerging digital peer competing with Peak's online pharmacy for NHS prescription share, although it lacks a national branch network.

Regional players

• Cohens Chemist: Cohens Chemist is a regional UK pharmacy chain with NHS dispensing and private services, particularly strong in the North of England. It is comparable to Peak as a similarly sized multi-branch community pharmacy operator.
• Knights Pharmacy: Knights Pharmacy operates a network of community pharmacies in the Midlands and other UK regions, providing NHS prescriptions, private services and flu vaccinations. It is a comparable mid-sized chain competing with Peak in overlapping geographies.
• Whitworth Chemists: Whitworth Chemists is a UK regional pharmacy chain offering NHS dispensing, private services and online retail. It is comparable to Peak in scale and service mix, particularly as a community pharmacy operator with a developing digital channel.
• Weldricks Pharmacy: Weldricks is an independent-style pharmacy group in Yorkshire and the East Midlands offering NHS dispensing, travel clinics and an online shop. It competes with Peak Pharmacy's online portal and East Midlands branch footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Boots: Boots (part of Walgreens Boots Alliance) is the UK's dominant pharmacy chain, operating ~2,000 stores and a full online pharmacy. It overlaps with Peak across NHS dispensing, Pharmacy First, travel vaccinations, weight management and online retail, but at much greater national scale.
• Superdrug Pharmacy: Superdrug operates in-store pharmacies inside its health-and-beauty retail estate and sells pharmacy products online. It competes with Peak for OTC retail, travel vaccinations and select NHS services, although its core proposition is broader retail rather than pharmacy-led.

Direct peers

• Well Pharmacy: Well Pharmacy is one of the UK's largest community pharmacy chains with several hundred branches and a similar mix of NHS dispensing, private services, travel vaccinations and online pharmacy. It is the closest direct competitor to Peak in scale and service mix.
• Rowlands Pharmacy: Rowlands is a UK community pharmacy chain of comparable regional size to Peak, offering NHS dispensing, private services and travel vaccinations. It is a direct competitor in overlapping regions such as the North of England and the Midlands.
• Lloyds Pharmacy: Lloyds Pharmacy was historically the UK's second-largest pharmacy chain and now operates primarily online following store closures. It competes directly with Peak Pharmacy Online for NHS and private prescriptions as well as online clinic services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PeakPharmacyUK
• Facebookfacebook.com/PeakPharmacy2017
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peakpharmacyuk

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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