The View from The Shard: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Real Estate Management (Uk) Limited. In the year to December 2025 Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited reported turnover of £12m.
- In the year to December 2025, The View from The Shard had turnover of £12m, down 18.2% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax loss of £1.3m, losing £10.75 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 65 people, with staff costs of £2m.
- Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited is controlled by Real Estate Management (Uk) Limited, according to the Companies House register.
- These figures are from Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited's accounts for the year to December 2025, filed at Companies House on 20 June 2026.
- Registered name
- SHARD VIEWING GALLERY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- Company number
- 07870852
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 5 December 2011
- Registered office area
- South East London
- Industry code on the register
- 93290: Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to December 2025, filed 20 June 2026
What does The View from The Shard do?
Shard Viewing Gallery Management runs The View from The Shard, the paid viewing gallery at the top of The Shard by London Bridge. Visitors get panoramic views of London from indoor galleries and a partly open-air skydeck. The business makes money from admission tickets and upgraded packages such as champagne experiences, a gift shop and online retail, and hiring the gallery for private and corporate events. The gallery opened in 2013.
In brief: viewing gallery · The Shard, London · tickets and venue hire
Source: The View from The Shard's own website, retrieved 27 September 2026.
Who owns The View from The Shard?
The Companies House register records Real Estate Management (Uk) Limited as the person with significant control of Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited, company number 07870852. Real Estate Management (Uk) Limited is itself company number 07870825.
That places Shard Viewing Gallery Management 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 The View from The Shard?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited.
All 5 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| James Maxwell Sellar | 26 May 2017 |
| James Patrick Allen | 26 May 2017 |
| Edward Miles Salisbury | 15 June 2023 |
| Aaliscya Reid | 15 November 2023 |
| Mai Gutierrez | 2 December 2024 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did The View from The Shard file?
Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited reported turnover of £12m in the year to December 2025. That was down 18.2% on £15m the year before.
It reported 65 employees. The year before it reported 68.
It filed a pre-tax loss of £1.3m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £1.6m the year before.
Staff costs came to £2m. That is an average of £37,000 a head. It ended the year with £4m at the bank and net liabilities of £0.8m.
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12m | £15m |
| Pre-tax profit | -£1.3m (filed) | £1.6m (filed) |
| Employees | 65 | 68 |
| Staff costs | £2m | £3m |
| Average staff cost per head | £37,000 | £37,000 |
| Bank and cash | £4m | £9m |
| Net assets | -£0.8m | £0.5m |
| Interest paid | £0.9m | |
| Interest received | £0.1m | |
| Directors' pay | £12k |
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
How The View from The Shard compares
Of the 5 visitor attractions, The View from The Shard is 5th on turnover, 5th on profit margin and 5th on growth. Warner Bros. Studio Tour London keeps the most of every £100 of sales: £39.05.
| Rank | Visitor attractions | Turnover | Profit per £100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Warner Bros. Studio Tour London | £292m | £39.05 |
| 5th | The View from The Shard | £12m | −£10.75 |
| + 3 more visitor attractions ranked |
Ranked by turnover. Profit per £100 is pre-tax profit for every £100 of turnover, shown only where the profit is filed.
The View from The Shard files as Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited, whose person with significant control is Real Estate Management (Uk) Limited, with turnover of £12m in its latest filed year.
Questions about The View from The Shard
What does The View from The Shard do?
Shard Viewing Gallery Management runs The View from The Shard, the paid viewing gallery at the top of The Shard by London Bridge. Visitors get panoramic views of London from indoor galleries and a partly open-air skydeck. The business makes money from admission tickets and upgraded packages such as champagne experiences, a gift shop and online retail, and hiring the gallery for private and corporate events. The gallery opened in 2013.
How does The View from The Shard compare with its rivals?
By turnover, The View from The Shard is 5th of the 5 companies in our battle of the visitor attractions, behind Warner Bros. Studio Tour London. The battle ranks them on turnover, pre-tax profit, margin, growth and net assets. The battle of the visitor attractions →
Who owns The View from The Shard?
The Companies House register records Real Estate Management (Uk) Limited as the person with significant control of Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited.
How much does The View from The Shard make?
Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited reported turnover of £12m in the year to December 2025. It filed a pre-tax loss of £1.3m.
How many people work at The View from The Shard?
Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited reported 65 employees in the year to December 2025.
Who runs The View from The Shard?
The Companies House register lists 5 current officers for Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Shard Viewing Gallery Management Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 07870852, 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, “The View from The Shard: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/the-shard-view/. Figures from Companies House filings for SHARD VIEWING GALLERY MANAGEMENT LIMITED (07870852).
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