Odeon: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Odeon Cinemas Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Odeon Cinemas Holdings Limited. In the year to December 2025 Odeon Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £221m.
- In the year to December 2025, Odeon had turnover of £221m, up 4.8% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £52m, losing £23.71 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 2,842 people, with staff costs of £65m.
- Odeon Cinemas Limited is controlled by Odeon Cinemas Holdings Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Odeon Cinemas Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 21 September 2026.
- Registered name
- ODEON CINEMAS LIMITED
- Company number
- 01854132
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 10 October 1984
- Registered office area
- Manchester
- 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 21 September 2026
What does Odeon do?
Odeon runs cinemas across the UK and Ireland, showing new film releases alongside event screenings. It earns money from ticket sales, food and drink, on-screen advertising and its Limitless subscription, which gives members unlimited films for a monthly fee. Many sites have been refitted with reclining seats under the Odeon Luxe name. The chain was started by Oscar Deutsch in Birmingham and is owned by AMC Entertainment of the US.
In brief: cinema chain · tickets, food and drink · Limitless subscription · owned by AMC
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: odeon.co.uk.
Who owns Odeon?
The Companies House register records Odeon Cinemas Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Odeon Cinemas Limited, company number 01854132. Odeon Cinemas Holdings Limited is itself company number 03878148.
That places Odeon 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 Odeon?
The Companies House register lists 8 current officers for Odeon Cinemas Limited.
All 8 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Andrew Stephen Alker | 21 March 2007 |
| Neil James Williams | 18 June 2014 |
| Mark Jonathan Way | 22 September 2014 |
| Christopher Thomas | 25 January 2018 |
| Suzannah Kay Welch | 12 September 2023 |
| Oakwood Corporate Secretary Limited | 7 November 2024 |
| Sean David Goodman | 24 February 2026 |
| Chris Alan Cox | 24 February 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Odeon file?
Odeon Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £221m in the year to December 2025. That was up 4.8% on £211m the year before.
It reported 2,842 employees. The year before it reported 2,783.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £52m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £48m the year before.
Staff costs came to £65m. That is an average of £23,000 a head. It ended the year with £27m at the bank and net assets of £27m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £221m | £211m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£52m (filed) | -£48m (filed) |
| Employees | 2,842 | 2,783 |
| Staff costs | £65m | £58m |
| Average staff cost per head | £23,000 | £21,000 |
| Bank and cash | £27m | £32m |
| Net assets | £27m | -£16m |
| Interest paid | £23m | |
| Interest received | £1.3m | |
| Directors' pay | £2m |
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 Odeon?
Odeon Cinemas Limited has registered 26 charges at Companies House, of which 2 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.
Both outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | 23 April 2026 |
| Us Bank Trust Company, National Association as Security Trustee for Itself and the Other Secured Parties | 21 October 2022 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
How Odeon compares
Of the 6 cinema chains, Odeon is 2nd on turnover, 6th on profit margin and 4th 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 |
| 2nd | Odeon | £221m | −£23.71 |
| + 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.
Odeon files as Odeon Cinemas Limited, whose person with significant control is Odeon Cinemas Holdings Limited, with turnover of £221m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Odeon
What does Odeon do?
Odeon runs cinemas across the UK and Ireland, showing new film releases alongside event screenings. It earns money from ticket sales, food and drink, on-screen advertising and its Limitless subscription, which gives members unlimited films for a monthly fee. Many sites have been refitted with reclining seats under the Odeon Luxe name. The chain was started by Oscar Deutsch in Birmingham and is owned by AMC Entertainment of the US.
Is Odeon bigger than Cineworld?
Yes, by turnover. Odeon reported £221m in its latest accounts, against £93m at Cineworld. Our Cineworld v Odeon page compares the two on profit, margin, growth and staff. Cineworld v Odeon →
How does Odeon compare with its rivals?
By turnover, Odeon is 2nd 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 Odeon?
The Companies House register records Odeon Cinemas Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Odeon Cinemas Limited.
How much does Odeon make?
Odeon Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £221m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £52m.
How many people work at Odeon?
Odeon Cinemas Limited reported 2,842 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs Odeon?
The Companies House register lists 8 current officers for Odeon Cinemas Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Odeon Cinemas Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 01854132, 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, “Odeon: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 9 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/odeon/. Figures from Companies House filings for ODEON CINEMAS LIMITED (01854132).
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