Hollywood Bowl: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC is owned by its shareholders: as a listed company it has no single person with significant control on the register. In the year to September 2025 it reported turnover of £251m.
- Registered name
- HOLLYWOOD BOWL GROUP PLC
- Company number
- 10229630
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 13 June 2016
- Registered office area
- Hemel Hempstead
- Industry code on the register
- 93199: Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to September 2025, filed 6 February 2026
What does Hollywood Bowl do?
Hollywood Bowl runs tenpin bowling centres in the UK and Canada, most of them in retail and leisure parks. It makes money from bowling games, food and drink, and amusement machines, with some centres also offering mini golf and other activities. The group operates under the Hollywood Bowl and AMF brands in the UK and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In brief: tenpin bowling centres · games, food and amusements · UK and Canada · listed
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: hollywoodbowl.co.uk.
Who owns Hollywood Bowl?
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC, company number 10229630, has no person with significant control on the register. That is normal for a company whose shares trade on a regulated market: ownership sits with the shareholders who hold the shares at any given time.
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 Hollywood Bowl?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Hollywood Bowl Group PLC.
All 9 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Stephen Burns | 14 June 2016 |
| Ivan Schofield | 1 October 2017 |
| Melanie Dickinson | 21 October 2021 |
| Bernwood Cosec Limited | 31 March 2022 |
| Julia Marguerite Porter | 1 September 2022 |
| Rachel Bernadette Addison Horsley | 1 September 2023 |
| Darren Mark Shapland | 1 December 2024 |
| Asheeka Singh Hyde | 23 June 2025 |
| Antony David Smith | 2 February 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Hollywood Bowl file?
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC reported turnover of £251m in the year to September 2025. That was up 8.8% on £230m the year before.
It reported 2,882 employees. The year before it reported 2,826.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £44m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £43m the year before.
Staff costs came to £66m. That is an average of £23,000 a head. It ended the year with £15m at the bank and net assets of £151m. It paid dividends of £21m.
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £251m | £230m |
| Pre-tax profit | £44m (filed) | £43m (filed) |
| Employees | 2,882 | 2,826 |
| Staff costs | £66m | £59m |
| Average staff cost per head | £23,000 | £21,000 |
| Bank and cash | £15m | £29m |
| Net assets | £151m | £152m |
| Dividends paid | £21m | £26m |
| Interest paid | £15m | |
| Interest received | £0.8m | |
| Directors' pay | £4m |
Read the accounts to September 2025 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Hollywood Bowl files as Hollywood Bowl Group PLC, with turnover of £251m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Hollywood Bowl
What does Hollywood Bowl do?
Hollywood Bowl runs tenpin bowling centres in the UK and Canada, most of them in retail and leisure parks. It makes money from bowling games, food and drink, and amusement machines, with some centres also offering mini golf and other activities. The group operates under the Hollywood Bowl and AMF brands in the UK and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Who owns Hollywood Bowl?
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC is owned by its shareholders. As a listed company it is exempt from the register of people with significant control, so no single owner appears at Companies House.
How much does Hollywood Bowl make?
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC reported turnover of £251m in the year to September 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £44m.
How many people work at Hollywood Bowl?
Hollywood Bowl Group PLC reported 2,882 employees in the year to September 2025.
Who runs Hollywood Bowl?
The Companies House register lists 9 current officers for Hollywood Bowl Group PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Hollywood Bowl Group PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 10229630, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- 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, “Hollywood Bowl: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/hollywood-bowl/. Figures from Companies House filings for HOLLYWOOD BOWL GROUP PLC (10229630).
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