Independently-owned pilates chain Ten Health & Fitness (THF) has acquired Little Venice Pilates – a single site studio in west London.

Little Venice will become the seventh property in Ten Health’s portfolio of London-based studios, joining sites in Mayfair, St James, Chiswick, Hatton Gardens, Notting Hill and The City.

Historically, Little Venice Pilates has offered its clients an integrated, clinical and personal approach to exercise and wellbeing through one-on-one and small group pilates as well as gyrokinesis sessions.

It also offers physiotherapy, osteopathy, massage and the Alexander technique – a system designed to promote well-being by retraining one's awareness and habits of posture to ensure minimum effort and strain.

Ten Health and Fitness founder, Joanne Mathews, said there are no immediate plans to change the every-day running of the studio.

“It’s a fantastic West London location, already popular in the community and a great space for exercise, treatment and injury rehab,” she said.

“We have no plans to come charging in and start changing all the things the clients love about it.”

Mathews added that instead, Ten Health will be looking to add value by enhancing the studio’s class offering over time and extending the class and treatment schedules to offer clients “more of their preferred services at more convenient times”.

Founded in 2006, Ten Health & Fitness aims to establish itself as a leading provider of dynamic reformer pilates classes. It also offers TRX, Barre and HiiT classes, as well as personal training, physiotherapy and sports massage.

“With in-house physiotherapy and massages across all our studios, we are looking to bridge the gap between the medical and fitness communities,” said Cheyne Voss, Ten Health's physiotherapy director.

“As our first physio-led studio, Little Venice beautifully complements our existing studio portfolio, and will enable us to further reinforce our link with the medical community.”