Allwyn: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Allwyn Entertainment Ltd's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Allwyn Uk Holding Ltd. In the year to December 2025 Allwyn Entertainment Ltd reported turnover of £3,503m.
- In the year to December 2025, Allwyn had turnover of £3,503m, up 12.2% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £47m.
- Allwyn Entertainment runs The National Lottery. Its turnover is gross gaming revenue of £3,502.5m: total sales of £8,061.2m less £4,555.4m paid out in prizes. From that it passed £1,706.5m to the National Lottery Distribution Fund for good causes and paid £967.4m of Lottery Duty and £242.6m of retailer commission, so most of its turnover is not kept by the company (accounts to 31 December 2025, pp. 14, 16 and 68).
- It employed an average of 1,389 people, with staff costs of £119m.
- Allwyn Entertainment Ltd is controlled by Allwyn Uk Holding Ltd, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Allwyn Entertainment Ltd's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 10 July 2026.
- Registered name
- ALLWYN ENTERTAINMENT LTD
- Company number
- 13157556
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 25 January 2021
- Registered office area
- West London
- Industry code on the register
- 64209: Financial service activities (excl insurance and pension)
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 10 July 2026
What does Allwyn do?
Allwyn Entertainment is the company that runs The National Lottery in the UK, which it took over on 1 February 2024 under the fourth National Lottery licence, awarded by the Gambling Commission for ten years. It sells draw games and online instant win games through around 43,500 shops, the National Lottery website and apps, and most of the money from those sales is paid out again as prizes, money for good causes and Lottery Duty to the government, with the rest covering shop commission, running costs and its profit. It does not decide which good causes get funding, which is done by separate National Lottery distributors, and it trades as Allwyn UK as part of Allwyn, an international lottery group.
In brief: runs The National Lottery · fourth licence since February 2024 · sales go mostly to prizes, good causes and duty · part of the Allwyn group
Source: Allwyn's own website, retrieved 9 November 2026.
Who owns Allwyn?
The Companies House register records Allwyn Uk Holding Ltd as the person with significant control of Allwyn Entertainment Ltd, company number 13157556. Allwyn Uk Holding Ltd is itself company number 13154201.
That places Allwyn Entertainment Ltd inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Allwyn?
The Companies House register lists 12 current officers for Allwyn Entertainment Ltd.
All 12 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Robert Chvatal | 25 January 2021 |
| Katarina Kohlmayer | 25 January 2021 |
| Kenneth Robert Morton | 25 January 2021 |
| Cbe Justin Matthew King | 19 April 2022 |
| Pavel Saroch | 19 April 2022 |
| Sharon Doherty | 15 September 2022 |
| Victoria McKenzie-Gould | 15 September 2022 |
| Simon Paul Burke | 1 February 2024 |
| Lord Sebastian Newbold Coe | 1 February 2024 |
| Harry Willits | 6 February 2024 |
| Adrian Christopher Joseph | 1 June 2024 |
| Philip Keith Walker Moir | 10 September 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Allwyn file?
Allwyn Entertainment Ltd reported turnover of £3,503m in the year to December 2025. That was up 12.2% on £3,122m the year before.
It reported 1,389 employees. The year before it reported 1,141.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £47m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £116m the year before.
Staff costs came to £119m. That is an average of £86,000 a head. It ended the year with £125m at the bank and net assets of £116m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,503m | £3,122m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£47m (filed) | -£116m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,389 | 1,141 |
| Staff costs | £119m | £98m |
| Average staff cost per head | £86,000 | £86,000 |
| Bank and cash | £125m | £221m |
| Net assets | £116m | £112m |
| Interest paid | £6m | |
| Interest received | £4m | |
| Directors' pay | £3m |
What these figures cover: Allwyn Entertainment runs The National Lottery. Its turnover is gross gaming revenue of £3,502.5m: total sales of £8,061.2m less £4,555.4m paid out in prizes. From that it passed £1,706.5m to the National Lottery Distribution Fund for good causes and paid £967.4m of Lottery Duty and £242.6m of retailer commission, so most of its turnover is not kept by the company (accounts to 31 December 2025, pp. 14, 16 and 68).
Read the accounts to December 2025 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets
Are there any charges against Allwyn?
Allwyn Entertainment Ltd has registered 21 charges at Companies House, of which 21 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
All 21 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 23 July 2026 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 23 July 2026 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 3 July 2026 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 2 April 2026 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 6 January 2026 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 7 October 2025 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 3 July 2025 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 3 April 2025 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 6 January 2025 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 3 October 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 8 July 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 8 April 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 2 February 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 2 February 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 2 February 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 2 February 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 1 February 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 31 January 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 31 January 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 23 January 2024 |
| The Law Debenture Trust Corporation P.L.C. | 21 December 2023 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Allwyn files as Allwyn Entertainment Ltd, whose person with significant control is Allwyn Uk Holding Ltd, with turnover of £3,503m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Allwyn
What does Allwyn do?
Allwyn Entertainment is the company that runs The National Lottery in the UK, which it took over on 1 February 2024 under the fourth National Lottery licence, awarded by the Gambling Commission for ten years. It sells draw games and online instant win games through around 43,500 shops, the National Lottery website and apps, and most of the money from those sales is paid out again as prizes, money for good causes and Lottery Duty to the government, with the rest covering shop commission, running costs and its profit. It does not decide which good causes get funding, which is done by separate National Lottery distributors, and it trades as Allwyn UK as part of Allwyn, an international lottery group.
Who owns Allwyn?
The Companies House register records Allwyn Uk Holding Ltd as the person with significant control of Allwyn Entertainment Ltd.
How much does Allwyn make?
Allwyn Entertainment Ltd reported turnover of £3,503m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £47m.
How many people work at Allwyn?
Allwyn Entertainment Ltd reported 1,389 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Allwyn?
The Companies House register lists 12 current officers for Allwyn Entertainment Ltd. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Allwyn Entertainment Ltd's filings at Companies House, company number 13157556, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Allwyn: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/allwyn/. Figures from Companies House filings for ALLWYN ENTERTAINMENT LTD (13157556).
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