Guides for UK gym owners, with every figure sourced

Which guides are there?

• Gym membership churn and revenue in the UK

  What UK gyms report for member churn and membership revenue, from the operators' and researchers' own figures, with worked tables of members kept and revenue lost.

• Direct Debit and card fees for UK gyms

  What a UK gym pays to collect a membership by Direct Debit or by card, worked from the fees Stripe and GoCardless publish. Dated, sourced, arithmetic shown.

How do you hear about a new guide?

There is a feed at /guides/rss.xml. Add that address to any feed reader. It lists every guide on this page, newest first, with the date it was published.

How is a guide made?

• Primary sources first. Legislation, regulators, official bodies, a company's own published pages and a researcher's own account of their study. Where a report cannot be read without registering, the guide says so and names who reported it.
• Every source dated. Each link shows the day we last read it, and we keep a copy of what the page said that day.
• The working is shown. A figure we worked out ourselves comes with the arithmetic, so you can check it.
• Conflicts are stated. Where two sources disagree, the guide says so and shows both.
• A changelog. Each guide lists what changed and when.

The editorial policy has the detail on how pages are written and checked.

Can you rely on a guide as advice?

No. A guide is general information about the position on the day it was last updated. It is not legal, tax or financial advice, and it does not know your gym's contracts or circumstances. For a decision that matters, ask a solicitor or an accountant.

Where is the data on what gym software costs?

In the UK gym software price index, which lists what each vendor publishes on its own pricing page.