Stock Markets January 26, 2026

Venture Life posts 32% revenue gain for 2025 as branded portfolio drives growth

Company shifts to pure branded consumer healthcare with strong UK performance, £34.4m net cash and ongoing buyback

By Sofia Navarro
Venture Life posts 32% revenue gain for 2025 as branded portfolio drives growth

Venture Life Group (LON:VLG) reported total revenues of £35.1 million for the year to December 31, 2025, a 32% increase year-on-year. On a proforma basis, assuming acquisitions were in place for the full prior year, revenue rose 11.1%, with 0.9% attributed to price increases and 10.2% to higher volumes. The Power Brands portfolio and the UK market led growth, while international sales declined amid partner order timing and distributor issues in Scandinavia.

Key Points

  • Venture Life reported £35.1m revenue for the year to Dec. 31, 2025, a 32% increase year-on-year; proforma revenue rose 11.1% (0.9% price, 10.2% volume).
  • Power Brands grew 14.9% to £33.1m, with strong UK performance up 20.7% to £25.7m driven by increased advertising and promotion - sectors impacted include consumer healthcare and retail.
  • Company completed strategic changes in 2025 - disposed CDMO operations and consolidated international functions into the UK team - and held net cash of £34.4m with £1.1m returned via buybacks.

Venture Life Group (LON:VLG), which develops consumer healthcare products, reported annual revenues of £35.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, representing a 32% rise compared with the prior year.

Adjusted to a proforma basis - treating acquisitions as if they had been held for the entirety of the previous year - the company said revenues increased by 11.1% year-on-year. The proforma gain comprised a 0.9% contribution from price increases and a 10.2% uplift attributable to higher volumes sold.

The company's Power Brands segment - made up of Balance Activ, Lift/Glucogel, Earol, and Health & Her/Him - expanded by 14.9% to reach £33.1 million for the year.

Geographically, the UK market delivered particularly strong results. UK revenues rose 20.7% to £25.7 million, a performance the company linked to stepped-up advertising and promotional investment.

  • Balance Activ posted the largest brand-level gain, with revenues up 37% to £4.3 million.
  • Earol sales increased 11.5% to £3.2 million.
  • The Lift brand recovered in the second half and finished the year up 4.9% at £7.3 million.
  • Brands acquired in November 2024 under the Health & Her/Him banner delivered 44% proforma growth, reaching £8.5 million.

By contrast, the company reported an 8.7% decline in its international business, which fell to £9.4 million. Venture Life attributed that drop to the timing of partner orders and temporary distributor disruptions in Scandinavia.

Strategic changes in 2025 included the disposal of the company's CDMO operations, a move that repositioned Venture Life as a pure branded consumer healthcare business. As part of a reorganisation of its international footprint, the company closed its Spanish office and transferred those functions into the UK-based commercial team.

On the balance sheet, Venture Life held net cash of £34.4 million as at December 31, 2025. The company also resumed shareholder returns via a share buyback programme announced in September 2025; to date that programme has returned £1.1 million to shareholders through the purchase of approximately 1.7 million ordinary shares.

Chief Executive Officer Jerry Randall commented on the results, saying the higher advertising and promotional spend in the UK had been "vindicated by the revenue growth seen across the Power Brands which are well ahead of sector norms." He added that the group entered 2026 with "great momentum" and said it was "very active in pursuing the right M&A opportunities."

The results underscore a transitionary year for Venture Life: a shift away from contract manufacturing towards a concentrated branded consumer healthcare model, supported by targeted marketing investment in its core UK market and continued balance-sheet flexibility.

Risks

  • International sales declined 8.7% to £9.4m, attributed to partner order timing and temporary distributor disruptions in Scandinavia - risk to international distribution and logistics in the consumer healthcare sector.
  • Shifts in the group structure, including disposal of CDMO operations and consolidation of overseas functions, create execution and integration risk for commercial operations - impacting corporate services and international sales channels.

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