CLASSIC CINEMAS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-28 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-16 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-32.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£72M
+12.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
-89.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,783,451 | £10,758,437 | |
| Operating profit | £77,840,747 | £8,229,894 | |
| Profit before tax | £77,840,658 | £8,229,907 | |
| Net profit | £77,840,658 | £8,229,907 | |
| Cash | £3,326,566 | £2,238,587 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £64,024,107 | £72,254,014 | |
| Net assets | £64,024,107 | £72,254,014 | |
| Equity | £64,024,107 | £72,254,014 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 660.6% | 76.5% | |
| Net margin | 660.6% | 76.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 121.6% | 11.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.2% | 89.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 874615.13x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors of the Company have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which assumes the Company will be able to meet its future obligations as they fall due and the Company will settle all payments within the agreed terms.”
Significant events
- “On 26 July 2024, the Restructuring Plans were launched by Cineworld Cinemas Limited, Cine-UK Limited, Cineworld Cinema Properties Limited, and Cineworld Estates Limited... were sanctioned... on 30 September 2024 and became effective on 1 October 2024. The purpose was to generate material savings for the Plan Companies through reductions in rent and return to profitability.”
- “On 4 August 2025, Empire Cinema 2 Limited, Bromley Cinema 2 Limited, Poole Cinema 2 Limited, Newcastle Cinema 2 Limited, Basildon Cinema 2 Limited, Basildon Cinema Number Two 2 Limited, Hemel Hempstead Two Cinema Limited changed their parent from Cineworld Cinemas Limited to Cine-UK Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
- “On July 1, 2025, Crown Finance US, Inc successfully repriced its $1.9 billion Term Loan, reducing the interest spread from SOFR + 5.25% to SOFR + 4.50%, resulting in a 75 basis point savings.”
- “On April 21, 2025, Crown Finance US, Inc entered into a three-year interest rate swap agreement to fix the interest rate on approximately half of its term loan debt. The swap terminates on May 5, 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENRICH, John Martin | Secretary | 2024-06-28 | — | — |
| HORTON, James | Director | 2025-10-10 | Mar 1990 | British |
| JONES, Shaun Alan | Director | 2018-04-20 | Apr 1970 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKER, Scott | Secretary | 2022-03-01 | 2024-06-28 |
| KRAVITZ, Nigel | Secretary | 2022-01-27 | 2022-03-01 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Secretary | 1996-06-28 | 1999-10-25 |
| SMITH, Fiona Elizabeth | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2022-01-27 |
| TAYLOR, Margaret | Secretary | 1999-10-25 | 1999-12-13 |
| ZAMET, Naomi Rae | Secretary | 1995-09-21 | 1996-06-28 |
| HAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-12-13 | 2004-12-01 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-09-21 | 1995-09-21 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| BOWCOCK, Philip | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2015-06-09 |
| BROOKMYRE, Charlotte Abigail | Director | 2014-03-31 | 2016-08-08 |
| DEVEREUX, Robert Harold Ferrers | Director | 1995-09-21 | 1996-07-25 |
| DHADWAR, Sukhrajit Singh | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2012-11-16 |
| DURA, Jean-Marie | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2004-12-01 |
| EYRE, Matthew Neil | Director | 2016-08-08 | 2018-04-20 |
| HYATT, Gregory John | Director | 1998-11-04 | 2006-03-24 |
| JONES, Richard David | Director | 2006-03-28 | 2011-06-10 |
| KAUFMAN, Roei | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2026-04-10 |
| KEREN, Merav | Director | 2015-06-23 | 2018-04-20 |
| LION, Nir | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2019-08-01 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 1995-09-21 | 1998-11-04 |
| SUSSFIELD, Alain | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2004-12-01 |
| TAYLOR, Margaret | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2004-12-09 |
| VERRECCHIA, Guy | Director | 1999-10-25 | 2004-12-01 |
| WIENER, Stephen Mark | Director | 2004-12-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, David Simon | Director | 1996-07-25 | 1999-10-25 |
| YOE, Tony Tsen Wei | Director | 2011-06-10 | 2013-11-20 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-09-21 | 1995-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cineworld Cinemas Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-25 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-24 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-10-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-08-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-8.7%
£11,783,451 £10,758,437
-
Cash
-32.7%
£3,326,566 £2,238,587
-
Net assets
+12.9%
£64,024,107 £72,254,014
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-89.4%
£77,840,747 £8,229,894
-
Profit before tax
-89.4%
£77,840,658 £8,229,907
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers