Www.Thegymnasticsacademy.co.uk Avis 

Do be aware that this company takes on temporary staff and do not pay them for their work. I have it on good authority that this has happened more than once. I am writing this because I despise companies that abuse their staff. They do not deserve to be trading. Interestingly, according to Companies House, The Gymnastics Academy Ltd is dissolved as of the end of March 2026 so perhaps this is why they are not paying wages?

I booked a trial session for my daughter that I couldn’t join and was charged the full fees.
Chris helped me in setting up the subscription with a good offer :)

These people are complete scammers. Their website appears malicious, and the contract contains incorrect and misleading information. They provide false advice, do not obtain proper permission or consent, and have taken unauthorised payments from my account. I would strongly advise others to be cautious.

I signed up to a taster session. Then was bombarded with cold calls for weeks. Literally getting multiple calls a day! Even after I opted out of the calls and emails. Complete breach of GDPR which I am reporting them about.
Weeks later, I took them up on an offer of £10 for a full month so my daughter could give it a proper try but asked after the 4 weeks I could just cancel and was told yes yes ‘you don’t need to continue, you can just cancel’ Lies! After the 4 weeks I sent my notice to cancel within 48 hours of the final class as per the instruction but told I need to pay £66 for a full months membership to cancel! A lot of back and forth but getting nowhere with them. They don’t care, no customer service at all. Total scammers.

The class itself was okkk - the coaches weren’t very enthusiastic and felt they didn’t have good rapport with the children. Definetly not inspiring.

To add - notice all the ‘Great’ reviews are from people who are calling and speaking to the account manager or customer service - not a lot about the classes themselves. That’s because while they are on the phone to you - they ask you to leave a review and send you the link to Trustpilot while on the phone. This is before you’ve even gone to a class and had a full experience, they are pushing to leave good reviews to try combat all the real bad ones.

Avoid this company. Avoid avoid avoid

Hi, I spoke to Chris this evening. It had been a long day, and I was feeling very tired and grumpy. Chris worked through everything with me and explained things clearly until we resolved the issue I was having. He was extremely patient and a great listener. I really appreciated the call and felt understood and supported.

My daughter went on the £1 trail got automatically charged for insurance and month after even though I said she wasn't going to be continuing as on the phone they say one price and charge more had constant nuisence calls since to were blocked them after months still trying to take 140 from bank even though she hasn't been back and bank says they crnt do out till actually do stay away from gymnastics academy

Appalling- the gymnastics center hasn't even opened its doors yet, and I emailed 2 months prior to the opening date saying my daughter wouldn't be attending. They have since been trying to charge me £56 for a club that isn't even open yet!! And the email they sent me said first payment would be the 1st of August.
DO NOT SIGN UP TO THEM. clearly scammers.

scam company, they don't return calls once you sign up (prior to sign up they absolutely hound you)

chris in particular is ignoring now

Chris the account manager dealt with my query extremely quickly and it was resolved within a phone call. He was extremely friendly and helpful.

Christian the account manager is the best too good for his job. Brill man thankyou

So, my daughter 7yrs old, has been going to The Gymnastics Academy in Xscape since September 2025, the price has increased twice in this time from £48 to £52, now £56.. it isn't worth this amount so with hardly any kids showing up, bored, not getting anything from this anymore, we've decided its time for something else.
We followed all their terms and conditions...We paid the months notice in advance, then they've taken the months fee again a week later. Repeatedly phoned, left messages, contacted on chat online, several emails for 11days, Dad has even turned up, spoke to someone who clearly doesn't care ... no refunds, no apology, an email on Friday stating they would reply in 48hrs.... nope nothing since.
I have had to cancel my card to make sure no future payments go out of my account.
There's so many chats on fb about this company. Absolute disgrace.

If I could give 0 stars I would!!! Absolutely appalled!

My daughter went for a trial session at castleford brand, no one welcomed her, no one even said hi or tried to acknowledge her.

She’s only 6!!!! She was so so excited to start gymnastics as a child would be she got her hopes really high for it.

They went in, she didn’t have a clue what she was doing wasn’t told to do anything just stood there looking terrified.

All parents with their eyes on her in the waiting room probably felt intimidating too.

Within 2 minutes she was crying wanting to come out… the coaches didn’t even acknowledge her until she was stood there for a good 2 mins crying.

When we walked in as parents we had no clue what we was doing either no one told us anything just had to guess!

Felt absolutely awful for my daughter my heart broke for her. Took her to Junction 32 outlet accross the road after to get her some sweets and play outside to cheer her up!

She’s scarred for life and never wants to try gymnastics again thanks to this awful experience!!!

Wouldn’t recommend it to anyone, absolutely appalled and the staff didn’t seem to give two about it either even when I emailed!

Absolutely disgusted!!!

If only it was possible to leave a zero. This is the most unprofessional company I have ever come across, and that says something. They are an absolute shambles. Taking extra payments as they see fit, having unrestricted access to your payment details, and doing everything they can to avoid or delay paying these back. They have an obvious policy of refusing and ignoring requests to leave, ignoring parents when giving them notice of their children leaving. They then continue to rack up debt on your account and chase you for fictional overdue payments. The only way I was able to stop further unauthorised payment was getting the bank to put a block on them and then changing my card details. Trying to contact them is like trying to contact the dead. I have been pulling my hair out since December and here we are in the middle of May and still it continues. I would urge anyone thinking about enrolling their children to give this company as wide a berth as possible. I cannot overstate how bad they are. When reading other ‘positive’ reviews, ask yourself, how many of these have tried to cancel membership, that’s when your problems really start!! You have been warned.

Kent was very helpful dealing with my refund and cancellation query which I have been trying to sort for the last 2 weeks. I have previously left voicemails and been told someone would call me back with no luck but Kent clarified everything within the hour and called back when he said he would. He did this without any hassle and stress for myself. Thanks

If I could give a ZERO star I would tick that but there's no option here. The company is full of lie where they trick you into theso called "free trail" or £1 trail, but you have to give them your card details. PLEASE DO NOT TRUST THEM! Once they have your card details, they cut payments without your concent! I've been fighting to get my money back (which they took from my bank card without notifying me) and it's been more than 4 months now. They initially agreed to give me money but, only blackmailed me into taken my review off here then I will receive the refund. So I did but they just LIE! They never end up giving me money back. I'm in the process of appealing to higher authority now to try take them off the market! STOP GOING TO THEM, YOUR WILL REGRET! Such a pain to deal with these people. I wish I had never answered their selling call in the first place!

Great customer service from Chris.

Great experience overall. The coaches are knowledgeable, patient, and supportive, and they do a good job helping students build both skills and confidence at their own pace. The classes are well-structured, and there’s a positive, encouraging atmosphere that makes training enjoyable. The facility is kept clean and organized, and communication about schedules and updates is clear. A real strength of this academy is how they balance discipline and technique with making classes fun and motivating for students.

Absolutely appalling customer service.
I signed my daughter up in person at her trial session, she is 4 years old. I stated I wanted her to attend a specific class, and was advised this had been done. I made the payments of £66 for the month and £44 for the insurance fee.
A week later, these payments were taken out of my bank again via direct debit. I called and requested a refund, was advised this can take 7-14 working days. Two days later, the amounts were taken again.
I called and emailed and it took 2 days for anyone to get back to me to resolve the matter.
In the meantime, when we turned up for the class they said my daughter had been put onto a Saturday class, not the one I asked for. They changed this for me on the day.
Then, my daughter at her second class got very upset and decided she didn’t want to continue. I spoke to a member of staff and she stated she had ‘no idea’ about the cancellation process and to ‘just look on the app’. When I advised I hadn’t been told about the app as I signed up in person, she again just told me to download it and look on there. The coach then came over and said to give it another week in case my daughter changed her mind.
My daughter was adamant she didn’t want to come back (no fault of the staff here they were lovely with her, it just wasn’t for her)
I emailed the company to cancel and was advised there’s a one month cancellation policy and another £66 would have to be taken before I could cancel. I emailed back to say nobody at any point had advised me of this and to cancel with immediate effect. This was ignored and the £66 taken anyway.
I have since requested to raise this as a formal complaint and have heard nothing back.
The staff are great with the kids but shocking with communication over policy and payments are handled badly also. Would not recommend.

Chris was very helpful polite and clear, very happy with the customer service

Badly managed. Cant get through to anyone. Took £56 and cancelled all my sessions. Do not go!!