Camden Council has extended its Leisure Centre Management Contract with Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) for five years, aiming to bolster financial recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic, which presented significant financial challenges for the borough's leisure centres. The extension aims to mitigate these challenges.
The decision, made during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday 10 December 2025, modifies the existing contract and extends it from 2030 to 2035. The key terms being modified involve implementing an 'agency model' where GLL operates the centers as an 'agent' for the Council rather than the 'principal'. The Leisure Management Contract Modifications report stated that this decision fell outside the terms of the original agreement.
In addition to the extension, the Cabinet approved a variation to implement an 'agency model' that will allow the contract to benefit from recently updated His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax rules, helping the council achieve a previously agreed Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) saving.
The 'agency model' will allow the contract to benefit from updated HMRC tax rules. This change is expected to help the council achieve a previously agreed Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) saving.
The Cabinet formally resolved to approve both the contract modification and the five-year extension, as detailed in the Decisions 10th-Dec-2025 19.00 Cabinet document.