At The Adil Group, our success starts with out people. We don’t offer jobs – we build careers. Many of our leaders began on the front line, growing with us into senior roles. By investing in training, mentorship, and opportunity, we empower every individual to thrive. When our people grow, our business grow.
With over 6,000 talented individuals across the business, we are more than a company – we are a community built on growth, ambition, and opportunity.
Gyms
Wimbledon (London district)
Wood Green (London district)
London
Doncaster (South Yorkshire)
Linwood (Renfrewshire, Scotland)
Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire)
Scunthorpe (Lincolnshire)
Wakefield (West Yorkshire)
Gainsborough (Lincolnshire)
Consett (County Durham)
Grantham (Lincolnshire)
Hull (Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire)
Middlesbrough (Middlehaven)
Hotels in key London areas
Our Chairman, Mohammed being granted an OBE, became the first Asian Franchisee of the then prestigious Wimpy Brand in 1969. The Adil Group acquired its first wimpy restaurant in 1969 which was situated on Ealing Road, Wembley.
Mohammed had the foresight to be the pioneer by entering into the franchise business and identifying opportunities for rapid growth. He realised that people had less time, wanted convenience and variety and therefore, fast food was here to stay.
Mohammed Adil OBE arrives in England from Pakistan at the age of 18 and joins Transport for London as a bus driver. The bus route was number 16, passing through Cricklewood Broadway where he would see a bustling Wimpy restaurant. Being ambitious and with an entrepreneurial mindset, is determined to start his own business as soon as possible.
The Adil Group is established and we acquire our first Wimpy restaurant, situated on Ealing Road, Wembley.
This proved to be the start of The Adil Group’s success and ignited the fire in Mohammed to continue expanding into the fast-food arena.
Wimpy is acquired by Burger King and The Adil Group begin converting their Wimpy estate into Burger King counter-service restaurants.
At this time, The Adil Group own and operate 15 Burger King restaurants and have key landmark sites in shopping centres. Burger King has mass market appeal with the signature product being the flame grilled Whopper which drives double-digit sales growth.
The Adil Group acquire 0.6 acre of prime land in central Milton Keynes to build its first Burger King Drive-Thru restaurant. This was a multi-million pound investment and represented a split strategy of both property investment as well as the building of a retail restaurant.
This site proved to be the catalyst which gave The Adil Group the confidence to roll out Drive-Thru assets throughout the UK.
In 2001, the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom caused a crisis when people lost confidence in eating red meat.
At the peak of the crisis, we saw a large sales drop over night. This situation made The Adil Group rethink its strategy and diversify into other areas of fast food which were not red meat focused.
Raja Adil joins The Adil Group as group CEO and embarks upon a diversification strategy by becoming a KFC franchisee. The Adil Group go onto acquire 11 KFC restaurants from Eales and Martin in the Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire area.
This was the largest acquisition that The Adil Group had completed to date. This paves the way to forming a long-term partnership with Yum.
We identified coffee as a potential growth market, realising that coffee culture was here to stay.
The Adil Group is selected as a growth partner with Whitbread to open Costa Coffee Stores. We open our first Costa Coffee store on Chatham High Street. Whitbread and The Adil Group form a strong partnership where we continue to roll out new store openings.
Raja Adil negotiates the purchase of 14 KFC restaurants from Marsdens Caterers of Sheffield Ltd. This was the largest KFC deal completed to date and highlighted The Adil Groups faith in the KFC brand.
This acquisition represented a turning point for The Adil Group whose business would now extend as far north as Yorkshire and would have a presence throughout the M1 corridor.
After a strategic review of The Adil family property portfolio, it is decided that the property situated at 53-59 Kilburn High Road, NW6 would lend itself to be converted from offices into a hotel.
Raja is tasked with embarking upon this ambitious project which results in The Adil Group opening its first London hotel being The Matrise Hotel, Maida Vale, comprising of 110 rooms.
The Adil Group continue to invest in both its people and infrastructure and acquire a 16,000 sq. ft office building in Wembley, London, to utilise as our Head Office with on site car parking and state of the art facilities.
This investment enables The Adil Group to continue its ambitious growth plans for the future.
Our expansion drive in the North continues where The Adil Group identify Scotland as being a major market for future growth.
We negotiate the purchase of 10 KFC restaurants from Yum, of which, there is a combination of both Drive Thru and High Street. The Adil Group acquires landmark locations in Central Glasgow, including both Argyle and Renfield Street.
The Adil Group are selected by Whitbread to continue their expansion and open new Costa sites in Scotland.
We conclude negotiations and enter into cluster agreements to facilitate the opening of new costa stores throughout Scotland. Our first Costa opening in Scotland was in Motherwell, which has paved the way for further sites.
After carefully reviewing the QSR market and understanding customers desire for variety and new products, we approached Yum to obtain the rights to roll out the Taco Bell brand in Scotland, the East Midlands and London.
Our first site opened in late 2017 on Sauchiehall street, Central Glasgow. We have further sites identified in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness.
Mohammed being granted an OBE for services to business, job creation and Charity.
One of the proudest days for the Adil family to see Mohammed’s hard work acknowledged.
Our first gym opened in July 2018 and is situated next to our Matrise Hotel Maida Vale. Anytime Fitness Kilburn benefits from the following facilities:Our first gym opened in July 2018 and is situated next to our Matrise Hotel Maida Vale. Anytime Fitness Kilburn benefits from the following facilities:
The Adil Group successfully opens the first Taco Bell Drive-Thru at Riverway Retail Park, Scotland. This proves to be an enormous success which encourages future development of new Taco Bell Drive-Thru sites throughout the UK.
This coincides with The Adil Group celebrating 50 years of being in business.
The Adil Group, a leading franchise for KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell, Costa Coffee and Anytime Fitness has won the Franchisee HSBC Multi-Unit award at the 2020 bfa HSBC Franchise Awards, held virtually on 30 November.
The Adil Group opens it’s 50th Costa franchise.
Adil Group win Growth partner of the year 2022 from KFC, part of YUM brands.
Raja Adil from The Adil Group has been honoured with the esteemed HSBC Best in Class Multi-Brand Leader Award at the 2023 KFC HSBC Franchise Awards!
The Adil Group acquired 40 KFC stores in the Kent and London region from The Caskade Group further cementing our position as a large growth partner with Yum Brands.
This acquisition marks an incredible milestone in The Adil Group’s journey of growth and brings our total number of stores across the UK to over 200 locations across all of our brands.
Mohammed Adil OBE arrives in England from Pakistan at the age of 18 and joins Transport for London as a bus driver. The bus route was number 16, passing through Cricklewood Broadway where he would see a bustling Wimpy restaurant. Being ambitious and with an entrepreneurial mindset, is determined to start his own business as soon as possible.
The Adil Group is established and we acquire our first Wimpy restaurant, situated on Ealing Road, Wembley.
This proved to be the start of The Adil Group’s success and ignited the fire in Mohammed to continue expanding into the fast-food arena.
Wimpy is acquired by Burger King and The Adil Group begin converting their Wimpy estate into Burger King counter-service restaurants.
At this time, The Adil Group own and operate 15 Burger King restaurants and have key landmark sites in shopping centres. Burger King has mass market appeal with the signature product being the flame grilled Whopper which drives double-digit sales growth.
The Adil Group acquire 0.6 acre of prime land in central Milton Keynes to build its first Burger King Drive-Thru restaurant. This was a multi-million pound investment and represented a split strategy of both property investment as well as the building of a retail restaurant.
This site proved to be the catalyst which gave The Adil Group the confidence to roll out Drive-Thru assets throughout the UK.
In 2001, the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom caused a crisis when people lost confidence in eating red meat.
At the peak of the crisis, we saw a large sales drop over night. This situation made The Adil Group rethink its strategy and diversify into other areas of fast food which were not red meat focused.
Raja Adil joins The Adil Group as group CEO and embarks upon a diversification strategy by becoming a KFC franchisee. The Adil Group go onto acquire 11 KFC restaurants from Eales and Martin in the Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire area.
This was the largest acquisition that The Adil Group had completed to date. This paves the way to forming a long-term partnership with Yum.
We identified coffee as a potential growth market, realising that coffee culture was here to stay.
The Adil Group is selected as a growth partner with Whitbread to open Costa Coffee Stores. We open our first Costa Coffee store on Chatham High Street. Whitbread and The Adil Group form a strong partnership where we continue to roll out new store openings.
Raja Adil negotiates the purchase of 14 KFC restaurants from Marsdens Caterers of Sheffield Ltd. This was the largest KFC deal completed to date and highlighted The Adil Groups faith in the KFC brand.
This acquisition represented a turning point for The Adil Group whose business would now extend as far north as Yorkshire and would have a presence throughout the M1 corridor.
After a strategic review of The Adil family property portfolio, it is decided that the property situated at 53-59 Kilburn High Road, NW6 would lend itself to be converted from offices into a hotel.
Raja is tasked with embarking upon this ambitious project which results in The Adil Group opening its first London hotel being The Matrise Hotel, Maida Vale, comprising of 110 rooms.
The Adil Group continue to invest in both its people and infrastructure and acquire a 16,000 sq. ft office building in Wembley, London, to utilise as our Head Office with on site car parking and state of the art facilities.
This investment enables The Adil Group to continue its ambitious growth plans for the future.
Our expansion drive in the North continues where The Adil Group identify Scotland as being a major market for future growth.
We negotiate the purchase of 10 KFC restaurants from Yum, of which, there is a combination of both Drive Thru and High Street. The Adil Group acquires landmark locations in Central Glasgow, including both Argyle and Renfield Street.
The Adil Group are selected by Whitbread to continue their expansion and open new Costa sites in Scotland.
We conclude negotiations and enter into cluster agreements to facilitate the opening of new costa stores throughout Scotland. Our first Costa opening in Scotland was in Motherwell, which has paved the way for further sites.
After carefully reviewing the QSR market and understanding customers desire for variety and new products, we approached Yum to obtain the rights to roll out the Taco Bell brand in Scotland, the East Midlands and London.
Our first site opened in late 2017 on Sauchiehall street, Central Glasgow. We have further sites identified in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness.
Mohammed being granted an OBE for services to business, job creation and Charity.
One of the proudest days for the Adil family to see Mohammed’s hard work acknowledged.
Our first gym opened in July 2018 and is situated next to our Matrise Hotel Maida Vale. Anytime Fitness Kilburn benefits from the following facilities:Our first gym opened in July 2018 and is situated next to our Matrise Hotel Maida Vale. Anytime Fitness Kilburn benefits from the following facilities:
The Adil Group successfully opens the first Taco Bell Drive-Thru at Riverway Retail Park, Scotland. This proves to be an enormous success which encourages future development of new Taco Bell Drive-Thru sites throughout the UK.
This coincides with The Adil Group celebrating 50 years of being in business.
The Adil Group, a leading franchise for KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell, Costa Coffee and Anytime Fitness has won the Franchisee HSBC Multi-Unit award at the 2020 bfa HSBC Franchise Awards, held virtually on 30 November.
The Adil Group opens it’s 50th Costa franchise.
Adil Group win Growth partner of the year 2022 from KFC, part of YUM brands.
Raja Adil from The Adil Group has been honoured with the esteemed HSBC Best in Class Multi-Brand Leader Award at the 2023 KFC HSBC Franchise Awards!
The Adil Group acquired 40 KFC stores in the Kent and London region from The Caskade Group further cementing our position as a large growth partner with Yum Brands.
This acquisition marks an incredible milestone in The Adil Group’s journey of growth and brings our total number of stores across the UK to over 200 locations across all of our brands.
CHAIRMAN
Our Chairman, Mohammed Adil, is a true Entrepreneur. He was the first Asian Franchisee of the then prestigious Wimpy Brand in 1969. The Adil Group acquired its first Wimpy restaurant in 1969 which was situated on Ealing Road, Wembley. Mohammed had the foresight to be the pioneer by entering into the franchise business and identifying opportunities for rapid growth. He realised that people had less time, wanted convenience and variety and therefore fast food was here to stay.
Mohammed’s current role as Chairman is to guide the growth strategy of the business going forward and to ensure the ethos of The Adil Group remains true. Mohammed plays a strong role within the community and supports a number of charitable organisations, both within the UK and abroad.
Mohammed was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Years Honours list for services to Business, job creation and charity.
Group CEO
Raja Adil is a second generation franchisee who started working in his family business, which was a Wimpy franchise from a young age. He subsequently completed University and went on to qualify as a solicitor in a large City law firm. Upon joining the business full time, Raja embarked upon a diversification strategy and in 2004 became a KFC franchisee by acquiring 12 restaurants in the Midlands. Not content with just operating Burger King and KFC, Raja continued his drive for new ventures and became a Costa Coffee franchisee in 2007.
Under his leadership, The Adil Group has seen expediential growth both in terms of organic new store openings as well as by way of acquisition. The Adil Group are leading franchisees for KFC, Burger King, Costa Coffee, having recently opened their first Taco Bell and soon to be Anytime Fitness Gym. In addition, The Adil Group own and operate four hotels under their own brand being Maitrise Hotels Limited and have further diversified their property holdings by acquiring leisure/retail parks.
Head of Growth & Strategy
Head of Growth & Strategy
Rafay leads the Strategy & Growth for the Group, including optimising current operational standards, systems and processes as well as new ventures. In 2021, Rafay became the Principal Operator for the KFC business underpinning the drive for growth and enabling greater operating standards.
In 2022, Rafay founded Moonbeam Car Wash a next-generation car wash business with focus on subscription revenue, sustainability and quality product. Prior to joining the business Rafay gained an Industrial Economics BSc from The University of Nottingham, and a Msc in Real Estate, as well as a position at VISA in the Business Development division
CHAIRMAN
Our Chairman, Mohammed Adil, is a true Entrepreneur. He was the first Asian Franchisee of the then prestigious Wimpy Brand in 1969. The Adil Group acquired its first Wimpy restaurant in 1969 which was situated on Ealing Road, Wembley. Mohammed had the foresight to be the pioneer by entering into the franchise business and identifying opportunities for rapid growth. He realised that people had less time, wanted convenience and variety and therefore fast food was here to stay.
Mohammed’s current role as Chairman is to guide the growth strategy of the business going forward and to ensure the ethos of The Adil Group remains true. Mohammed plays a strong role within the community and supports a number of charitable organisations, both within the UK and abroad.
Mohammed was awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Years Honours list for services to Business, job creation and charity.
Group CEO
Raja Adil is a second generation franchisee who started working in his family business, which was a Wimpy franchise from a young age. He subsequently completed University and went on to qualify as a solicitor in a large City law firm. Upon joining the business full time, Raja embarked upon a diversification strategy and in 2004 became a KFC franchisee by acquiring 12 restaurants in the Midlands. Not content with just operating Burger King and KFC, Raja continued his drive for new ventures and became a Costa Coffee franchisee in 2007.
Under his leadership, The Adil Group has seen expediential growth both in terms of organic new store openings as well as by way of acquisition. The Adil Group are leading franchisees for KFC, Burger King, Costa Coffee, having recently opened their first Taco Bell and soon to be Anytime Fitness Gym. In addition, The Adil Group own and operate four hotels under their own brand being Maitrise Hotels Limited and have further diversified their property holdings by acquiring leisure/retail parks.
Head of Growth & Strategy
Rafay leads the Strategy & Growth for the Group, including optimising current operational standards, systems and processes as well as new ventures. In 2021, Rafay became the Principal Operator for the KFC business underpinning the drive for growth and enabling greater operating standards.
In 2022, Rafay founded Moonbeam Car Wash a next-generation car wash business with focus on subscription revenue, sustainability and quality product. Prior to joining the business Rafay gained an Industrial Economics BSc from The University of Nottingham, and a Msc in Real Estate, as well as a position at VISA in the Business Development division
At the 2023 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards, which took place on 9 November 2023 at The Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham, Raja Adil, CEO of The Adil Group, won the “Multi‑Brand, HSBC Best in Class, Multi‑Unit” award.
Regarding this achievement, Raja Adil commented:
“This award and the recognition of the Adil Group is the pinnacle of success that all franchisees hope to achieve during their careers… a testament to the dedication and hard work of our entire team.”
In the 2020 BFA HSBC British Franchise Awards, held virtually on 30 November 2020, Raja Adil of The Adil Group was honoured with the “Franchise Multi‑Unit” award.
This award recognized excellence in operating multiple franchise units within a single brand.
