Cineworld: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Cineworld Cinemas Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Cineworld Cinemas Holdings Limited. In the year to December 2025 Cineworld Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £93m.
- In the year to December 2025, Cineworld had turnover of £93m, down 15.5% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £16m.
- Cineworld Cinemas Limited runs Cineworld cinemas 'together with Cine-UK Limited and certain Jersey-registered fellow subsidiaries', so its £93.0m of revenue covers only part of Cineworld's UK estate (accounts to 31 December 2025, pp. 4 and 32).
- It employed an average of 1,332 people, with staff costs of £33m.
- Cineworld Cinemas Limited is controlled by Cineworld Cinemas Holdings Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Cineworld Cinemas Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 2 October 2026.
- Registered name
- CINEWORLD CINEMAS LIMITED
- Company number
- 01915767
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 22 May 1985
- Registered office area
- West London
- Industry code on the register
- 59131: Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 2 October 2026
What does Cineworld do?
Cineworld runs cinemas across the UK and Ireland under the Cineworld and Picturehouse names, showing new films in standard and premium formats such as IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. It makes money from ticket sales, food and drink, screen advertising and its Unlimited monthly membership, which gives members as many films as they like. Its Picturehouse venues focus on independent and art-house films.
In brief: cinema chain · tickets, food and drink · Unlimited membership · Cineworld and Picturehouse
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: cineworld.co.uk.
Who owns Cineworld?
The Companies House register records Cineworld Cinemas Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Cineworld Cinemas Limited, company number 01915767. Cineworld Cinemas Holdings Limited is itself company number 02010626.
That places Cineworld Cinemas Limited 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 Cineworld?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for Cineworld Cinemas Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| John Martin Henrich | 28 June 2024 |
| James Gregory Horton | 10 October 2025 |
| Richard Bell | 17 September 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Cineworld file?
Cineworld Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £93m in the year to December 2025. That was down 15.5% on £110m the year before.
It reported 1,332 employees. The year before it reported 1,584.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £16m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £23m the year before.
Staff costs came to £33m. That is an average of £25,000 a head. It ended the year with £21m at the bank and net liabilities of £328m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £93m | £110m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£16m (filed) | £23m (filed) |
| Employees | 1,332 | 1,584 |
| Staff costs | £33m | £40m |
| Average staff cost per head | £25,000 | £25,000 |
| Bank and cash | £21m | £34m |
| Net assets | -£328m | -£16m |
| Interest paid | £14m | |
| Interest received | £3m | |
| Directors' pay | £0.5m |
What these figures cover: Cineworld Cinemas Limited runs Cineworld cinemas 'together with Cine-UK Limited and certain Jersey-registered fellow subsidiaries', so its £93.0m of revenue covers only part of Cineworld's UK estate (accounts to 31 December 2025, pp. 4 and 32).
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 Cineworld?
Cineworld Cinemas Limited has registered 29 charges at Companies House, of which 4 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 4 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Barclays Bank PLC in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent | 13 December 2024 |
| Barclays Bank PLC in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent | 13 December 2024 |
| Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | 11 December 2024 |
| Barclays Bank PLC | 5 May 2021 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Cineworld compares
Of the 6 cinema chains, Cineworld is 4th on turnover, 4th on profit margin and 6th on growth. Vue keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £12.32.
| Rank | Cinema chains | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vue | £313m | £12.32 |
| 4th | Cineworld | £93m | −£16.78 |
| + 4 more cinema chains ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
Cineworld files as Cineworld Cinemas Limited, whose person with significant control is Cineworld Cinemas Holdings Limited, with turnover of £93m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Cineworld
What does Cineworld do?
Cineworld runs cinemas across the UK and Ireland under the Cineworld and Picturehouse names, showing new films in standard and premium formats such as IMAX, 4DX and ScreenX. It makes money from ticket sales, food and drink, screen advertising and its Unlimited monthly membership, which gives members as many films as they like. Its Picturehouse venues focus on independent and art-house films.
Is Cineworld bigger than Odeon?
No, by turnover. Cineworld reported £93m in its latest accounts, against £221m at Odeon. Our Cineworld v Odeon page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Cineworld v Odeon →
How does Cineworld compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Cineworld is 4th of the 6 companies in our battle of the cinema chains, behind Vue. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the cinema chains →
Who owns Cineworld?
The Companies House register records Cineworld Cinemas Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Cineworld Cinemas Limited.
How much does Cineworld make?
Cineworld Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £93m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £16m.
How many people work at Cineworld?
Cineworld Cinemas Limited reported 1,332 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Cineworld?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for Cineworld Cinemas Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Cineworld Cinemas Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 01915767, 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, “Cineworld: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/cineworld/. Figures from Companies House filings for CINEWORLD CINEMAS LIMITED (01915767).
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