Love Recruitment Ltd

What Love Recruitment Ltd does

Love Recruitment Ltd is a UK-based specialist recruitment agency founded in 2015 by Lawrence Everest and Abhishek Lakhina, focused exclusively on the fitness and leisure sector. The company places candidates from personal trainer through to C-suite across commercial gym chains, boutique studios, leisure trusts, public sector operators and emerging segments such as padel, with named clients including PureGym, The Gym Group, Anytime Fitness, Snap Fitness, Gymbox, David Lloyd Leisure, Nuffield Health, F45 Training and Buzz Gym. The firm reports more than 2,000 cumulative placements and over 200 businesses served since inception, supported by a 4.7 Google rating across nearly 400 reviews.

The platform is built on the Teamtailor applicant tracking system and career site, augmented by a proprietary first-stage recorded video interview product and a free candidate-facing job board under the Love Fitness Jobs brand. Thought leadership and candidate acquisition are driven by the Love Your Career podcast (launched October 2022), blog content and active social channels. The group operates a multi-brand structure spanning Love Recruitment (UK core), Love Fitness Jobs (job board), Love Childcare Recruitment (sibling vertical) and Love Recruitment International (USA, Europe, Middle East, Australia).

The business model is transaction-fee based: contingency placement fees structured as a share of placed candidate salary for standard mandates, complemented by higher-value retained executive search for C-suite and senior leadership roles conducted through Love Recruitment International. Go-to-market is sales-led and community-led, combining direct consultant engagement with hiring managers and operators, podcast and content-driven candidate flow, and a self-serve candidate portal. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding.

Name

Love Recruitment Ltd

Legal name

Love Recruitment Ltd

Website

https://loverecruitmentgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UK specialist recruitment agency founded in 2015 that places fitness and leisure professionals, from personal trainers to C-suite executives, for commercial gyms, boutique studios, leisure trusts and emerging sports operators in the UK and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Executive Search Services (561312)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Fitness recruitment services
• Leisure industry hiring
• Executive search fitness
• Talent acquisition agency
• Fitness job board

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contingency Recruitment: Standard recruitment placement fees for filling open positions across fitness and leisure sector. The company earns fees upon successful placement of candidates.
2. Retained Executive Search: Rigorous retained search mandates for C-suite and senior leadership positions, working on exclusive assignments where getting the hire right matters most. Higher-value engagements with dedicated search processes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Love Recruitment Ltd is a specialist recruitment agency placing fitness and leisure professionals into UK and international operator, supplier, and leisure trust businesses. The agency recruits from personal trainer and instructor level through to C-suite, executing both contingency placements and retained executive search mandates, supplemented by a proprietary video interview service for first-stage screening. The firm operates four commercial brands: Love Recruitment (UK), Love Fitness Jobs (job board), Love Childcare Recruitment, and Love Recruitment International.

Product overview

Love Recruitment Ltd operates a multi-brand recruitment platform centered on Love Recruitment (UK's #1 specialist fitness & leisure recruitment agency founded in 2015), supplemented by Love Fitness Jobs (a dedicated job board for fitness professionals), Love Childcare Recruitment, and Love Recruitment International (extending services globally). The core offering includes executive/C-suite search, general management, fitness management, operations, sales, and PT/fitness role placements across commercial gyms, leisure trusts, boutique studios, and padel clubs. Additional services include a video interview platform and the Share The Love environmental initiative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Love Recruitment The main recruitment service recruiting fitness and leisure professionals across the UK from personal trainer to C-suite level, covering commercial gyms, boutique studios, leisure trusts, and padel clubs via contingency and retained search mandates.
• Love Fitness Jobs A dedicated job board for fitness professionals including personal trainers, fitness instructors, group exercise instructors, aquatics, swim teachers, and lifeguards. Free for candidates to register and create profiles.
• Love Childcare Recruitment Specialized childcare recruitment division operating alongside the main fitness recruitment brand, applying the same Service & Delivery culture.
• Love Recruitment International International recruitment arm extending the UK specialist fitness and leisure recruitment expertise to global markets including USA, Europe, Middle East, and Australia, serving senior and executive level placements internationally.
• Video Interview Service A 1st stage recorded video interview service for clients that eliminates initial face-to-face interviews. Candidates answer 5 customized questions in recorded 10-minute sessions, with videos sent to clients along with profiles and CVs for review.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2000 successful placements since 2015
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Love Fitness JobscoreOthers · 1 January 2019Dedicated fitness job board - the UK's only job board built exclusively for fitness professionals. Operates as complementary platform to Love Recruitment for personal trainer, fitness instructor, group exercise, aquatics, and lifeguard roles. Free registration for candidates.
• Love Childcare RecruitmentcoreOthers · 1 January 2015Sister brand operating under the same leadership (CEO Lawrence Everest), specializing in childcare sector recruitment. Same company culture and 'Service & Delivery' approach applied across both verticals.
• Love Recruitment InternationalcoreOthers · 1 January 2015Global expansion arm of Love Recruitment, extending the company's specialist fitness and leisure recruitment expertise to international markets including USA, Europe, Middle East, and Australia. Led by MD Abhishek Lakhina and Tom Trout.
• TeamtailorcoreTechnology or IntegrationRecruitment software and Applicant Tracking System (ATS) platform powering Love Recruitment's career site, job listings, candidate management, and Connect portal. Cookie consent also managed through Teamtailor integration.
• Share The Love (Tree Planting Initiative)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmental initiative where Love Recruitment plants trees with every placement made. Demonstrates company's commitment to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Passion project of CEO Lawrence Everest.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• ukactive: UK trade body for the physical activity sector; not a recruiter but a key sector intermediary whose membership, careers hub, and employer relationships meaningfully shape the UK fitness & leisure hiring market in which Love Recruitment operates.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Global specialist professional recruiter with finance, HR, and operations practices; competes for retained Head Office and Finance Director placements that Love Recruitment also targets in the leisure sector.
• Michael Page: Global generalist recruiter with a dedicated leisure, sport, and lifestyle practice; competes with Love Recruitment on retained executive search for senior fitness and leisure leadership roles across the UK.
• Reed: One of the UK's largest generalist recruitment agencies with a sport and leisure specialism; competes on volume contingency mandates across the same operator base as Love Recruitment.
• Hays: Large UK generalist recruiter with a dedicated Accountancy & Finance and HR practice that competes for mid-to-senior commercial and operational roles inside the fitness and leisure vertical.

Direct peers

• The Fitness Recruitment Group: UK-based specialist fitness and leisure recruitment agency operating in the same vertical niche as Love Recruitment, competing for the same trainer, management, and operator mandates across commercial gyms and leisure trusts.
• Leisure People: UK leisure industry recruitment specialist covering health clubs, leisure centres, and sport; overlaps heavily with Love Recruitment's leisure trust and public-sector segments and contests the same candidate pool.
• KSB Recruitment: Specialist fitness and leisure recruiter operating in the UK with similar vertical focus to Love Recruitment, serving operators with management, instructor, and head-office placements.
• Fitness Jobs UK: UK fitness-only job board competing directly with Love Recruitment's Love Fitness Jobs brand for advertising spend and candidate mind-share in the personal trainer and instructor segment.

Regional players

• CPL Recruitment: Ireland- and UK-focused specialist recruiter with a sport and leisure practice; comparable operating model and vertical focus to Love Recruitment, but geographically weighted toward Ireland and EMEA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/love-recruitment-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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