Pharmacy group
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Fittleworth Medical Limited runs a network of 33 branches across 24 integrated care boards. Broadly distributed — no single ICB holds more than 6% of the network. Limited advanced-service footprint — only 0 of 33 branches report activity. Largest single-month intake of +10 branches in Mar 2011 points to a discrete acquisition. Parent company has been incorporated for more than 40 years (since 1984).
A step-change usually marks an acquisition; a steady slope is organic trade. The Pharmacy First launch in January 2024 shows up across most groups.
Plus 14 more ICBs with ≤1 branch each.
Fittleworth Medical Limited is modestly over-indexed to deprived communities (+5pp). National baseline: exactly 30% of LSOAs sit in the most-deprived third, so that's the neutral line.
Least-deprived third: 29% · middle: 35%
Each coloured segment is one of the ten IMD deciles (segment widths scale with branch counts). Red = most-deprived communities; green = least-deprived. A heavy red-weighted bar reads as “serves deprived communities” — a meaningful operator identity in a sector where historical contract allocation concentrated pharmacies in low-income areas.
Each dot is one branch. The vertical line is the median 12-month items in this network; the horizontal line is flat (0%) trend. Quadrants are descriptive, not judgemental: a smaller-volume branch can be entirely appropriate where it serves a small or remote population. Commissioners and operators typically look at the lower-left quadrant as an early-warning area. Click any dot for the branch profile.
Long-running appointments suggest a stable owner-operator. A cluster of resignations or a short director pattern can indicate a recent change in control, a restructure, or onboarding of external investors.
| # | Location | ICB | 12-month trend | Items (12m) | 6-mo Δ | Services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire · RG2 8LW | Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 2 | Tyne & Wear · SR1 2NX | North East and North Cumbria ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 3 |
Group identity reconciled from NHSBSA Contractor Details using legal-entity name, enriched with Companies House registry data for the top 100 corporate groups. Dispensing aggregated across every branch currently owned by the group. Officer tenure and SIC codes sourced live from Companies House under Crown Copyright.
Each cell is one month. Darker cells mean more branches joined the network that month. Evenly-spaced light cells suggest organic growth or absorption by transfer; concentrated hot cells mark discrete acquisitions.
100-hour contracts carry higher opening-hour commitments for a higher core NHS fee. Distance-selling pharmacies fulfil prescriptions by post only — no walk-in customers.
Emerald shading is national pharmacy density; amber outlines flag hexes containing a Fittleworth Medical Limited branch. Lets you read regional strategy at a glance — clustered around a few cities, broadly distributed, or concentrated in one corner of the country.
Each sparkline shows one branch's 12-month items trend. The percentage is the six-month change (last six vs prior six months); it's coloured green when the branch is growing by 3%+, red when declining by 3%+, neutral otherwise. Shapes that cluster tightly suggest a homogeneous chain; wide variation points to an acquired portfolio of independents. Click any card for its profile.
Each cell is the branch's year-on-year % items change for that month — red for decline, stone for flat, green for growth, capped at ±25%. A branch that turns red and stays red is a genuine contractor; a stone band is stable; an intermittent amber-to-green ramp signals recovery. Rows are ordered by 12-month volume — the right-hand number is items dispensed in the last 12 months, coloured red/green by the branch's 6-month trend so growth and decline are visible at both granularities.
| Wiltshire · SP1 2LP |
| Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 0 / 6 |
| 4 | Nottinghamshire · NG8 6AS | Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 5 | Essex · RM10 8PS | North East London ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 6 | Dorset · BH9 2RE | Dorset ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 7 | Essex · SS1 2BB | Mid and South Essex ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 8 | Hertfordshire · EN8 7AF | Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 9 | London · N7 9NY | North Central London ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 10 | Cheshire · CH1 6LT | Cheshire and Merseyside ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 11 | West Midlands · CV3 2NT | Coventry and Warwickshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 12 | HG1 1DW | Humber and North Yorkshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 13 | Berkshire · RG10 9TU | Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 14 | Altrincham · WA14 5EL | Greater Manchester ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 15 | West Sussex · BN13 3QZ | Sussex ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 16 | South Yorkshire · DN4 5JT | South Yorkshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 17 | DE1 2RJ | Derby and Derbyshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 18 | Surrey · GU10 2DY | Frimley ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 19 | BD16 2AN | West Yorkshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 20 | Suffolk · IP4 1AQ | Suffolk and North East Essex ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 21 | Devon · EX2 8WA | Devon ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 22 | Lancashire · LA5 9EX | Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 23 | West Sussex · BN17 7GA | Sussex ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 24 | Devon · PL6 5ZD | Devon ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 25 | YO30 4XF | Humber and North Yorkshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 26 | Surrey · KT1 3GZ | South West London ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 27 | Surrey · SM6 7DJ | South West London ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 28 | PR2 9WT | Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 29 | Essex · CO1 2ZF | Suffolk and North East Essex ICB (C 02-Apr-26) | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 30 | NN1 2BG | Northamptonshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 31 | South Yorkshire · S63 0JF | South Yorkshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 32 | Kent · CT12 6PB | Kent and Medway ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |
| 33 | Nottinghamshire · NG18 5BU | Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB | — | — | — | 0 / 6 |