Picturehouse: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Picturehouse Cinemas Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Cineworld Holdings Limited. In the year to December 2024 Picturehouse Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £43m.
- Registered name
- PICTUREHOUSE CINEMAS LIMITED
- Company number
- 02310403
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 28 October 1988
- Registered office area
- Twickenham
- Industry code on the register
- 59140: Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2024, filed 10 March 2026
What does Picturehouse do?
Picturehouse is a cinema chain showing independent, arthouse and international films alongside mainstream releases, in venues that typically include a cafe and bar. It makes money from ticket sales, food and drink, and a paid membership scheme that offers free tickets and discounts. Many of its cinemas are in historic or restored buildings, and it also distributes films through Picturehouse Entertainment. Picturehouse is part of the Cineworld group.
In brief: cinemas · independent and arthouse film · tickets, bars and membership · part of Cineworld
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: picturehouses.com.
Who owns Picturehouse?
The Companies House register records Cineworld Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Picturehouse Cinemas Limited, company number 02310403. Cineworld Holdings Limited is itself company number 05212440.
That places Picturehouse Cinemas Limited inside a larger group. Its accounts are group accounts, covering the companies it owns as well.
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 Picturehouse?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Picturehouse Cinemas Limited.
All 4 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Clare Louise Binns | 20 September 2007 |
| John Martin Henrich | 28 June 2024 |
| James Gregory Horton | 10 October 2025 |
| Alastair Irven Oatey | 17 September 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Picturehouse file?
Picturehouse Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £43m in the year to December 2024. That was up 12.8% on £38m the year before.
It reported 695 employees. The year before it reported 660.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £10m for the year, against a pre-tax loss of £2m the year before.
Staff costs came to £16m. That is an average of £23,000 a head. It ended the year with £5m at the bank and net assets of -£43m.
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £43m | £38m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£10m (filed) | -£2m (filed) |
| Employees | 695 | 660 |
| Staff costs | £16m | £15m |
| Average staff cost per head | £23,000 | £23,000 |
| Bank and cash | £5m | £2m |
| Net assets | -£43m | -£33m |
| Interest paid | £4m |
Read the accounts to December 2024 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Are there any charges against Picturehouse?
Picturehouse Cinemas Limited has registered 30 charges at Companies House, of which 3 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 3 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Barclays Bank PLC in Its Capacity as Administrative Agent | 13 December 2024 |
| Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative Agent | 11 December 2024 |
| Regal Cinemas, Inc. as Chargee | 4 July 2024 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Picturehouse files as Picturehouse Cinemas Limited, whose person with significant control is Cineworld Holdings Limited, with turnover of £43m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Picturehouse
What does Picturehouse do?
Picturehouse is a cinema chain showing independent, arthouse and international films alongside mainstream releases, in venues that typically include a cafe and bar. It makes money from ticket sales, food and drink, and a paid membership scheme that offers free tickets and discounts. Many of its cinemas are in historic or restored buildings, and it also distributes films through Picturehouse Entertainment. Picturehouse is part of the Cineworld group.
Who owns Picturehouse?
The Companies House register records Cineworld Holdings Limited as the person with significant control of Picturehouse Cinemas Limited.
How much does Picturehouse make?
Picturehouse Cinemas Limited reported turnover of £43m in the year to December 2024. It filed a pre-tax loss of £10m.
How many people work at Picturehouse?
Picturehouse Cinemas Limited reported 695 employees in the year to December 2024.
Who runs Picturehouse?
The Companies House register lists 4 current officers for Picturehouse Cinemas Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Picturehouse Cinemas Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 02310403, 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, “Picturehouse: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/picturehouse/. Figures from Companies House filings for PICTUREHOUSE CINEMAS LIMITED (02310403).
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