VUE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Operating as the UK arm of the multinational holding group Vue International, the company runs a major chain of multiplex cinemas under the Vue brand.
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Cash
£10m
-76.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£399m
+11.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3,503
+12.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£39m
+89.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £274,618,000 | £286,749,000 | £313,046,000 | +9.2% | |
| Operating profit | £43,909,000 | £46,178,000 | £45,360,000 | -1.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £14,310,000 | £20,313,000 | £38,566,000 | +89.9% | |
| Net profit | £10,534,000 | £25,324,000 | £39,791,000 | +57.1% | |
| Cash | £10,245,000 | £43,289,000 | £10,106,000 | -76.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £647,029,000 | £657,686,000 | £709,784,000 | +7.9% | |
| Net assets | £333,865,000 | £359,189,000 | £398,980,000 | +11.1% | |
| Equity | £333,865,000 | £359,189,000 | £398,980,000 | +11.1% | |
| Average employees | 3,024 | 3,115 | 3,503 | +12.5% | |
| Wages | £31,476,000 | £32,505,000 | £37,651,000 | +15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.0% | 16.1% | 14.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 8.8% | 12.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.8% | 7.0% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.0% | 60.8% | 58.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.13x | 0.25x | 0.14x | |
| Interest cover | 1.39x | 1.40x | 1.30x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- VUE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 2003-04-09 → present
- MAWLAW 596 LIMITED 2003-03-17 → 2003-04-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- VUE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED · parent
- Vue Properties Limited 100%
- Tulip UK Newco Limited 100%
- The Space Cinema 1 S.p.A 100%
- Vue Beteiligungs GmbH 100%
- Vue Entertainment Holdings (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Vue Danmark A/S 100%
- CinemaxX Cinetainment GmbH 100%
- CinemaxX Entertainment GmbH & Co. KG 100%
- CinemaxX MaxXtainment GmbH 100%
- CinemaxX Movietainment GmbH 100%
- CinemaxX Holdings GmbH 100%
- CinemaxX Cinema GmbH & Co. KG 100%
- CinemaxX Entertainment Verwaltungsgesellschaft GmbH 100%
- Verwaltung CinemaxX Cinema GmbH 100%
- Vue Nederland B.V. 100%
- Vue Cinemas B.V. 100%
- Vue Kerkrade B.V. 100%
- Vue Hoogeveen B.V. 100%
- Showtime Cinemas (Ashbourne) Limited 100%
- Showtime Cinemas (Limerick) Limited 100%
- Digital Cinema Advertising - DCA S.r.l 50%
- Kino.dk A/S 26%
- Multiplex-Kino GmbH & Co. Objekt Veitschochheimer Staße KG 5.5%
Significant events
- “In the 2025 accounting period and prior years, the Company received tax losses for nil consideration of £5.7m, being the estimated value of the gross losses received. The VEIL Group is reassessing its surrender of losses for group relief arising in these years in light of becoming aware of circumstances where a distribution may have taken place otherwise than in accordance with UK company law. As of the date of these financial statements, the company is in the process of determining the remedial actions to be taken.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2026-03-31 | — | — |
| MCARTHUR, James Stewart | Director | 2025-11-18 | Jun 1988 | Australian |
| MOORE, Geoffrey | Director | 2026-02-23 | Oct 1963 | British |
| RICHARDS, James Timothy | Director | 2003-05-07 | Feb 1959 | British |
| SHERGILL, Narinder | Director | 2024-10-01 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEAY, Martin Roy | Secretary | 2003-05-28 | 2003-08-11 |
| SUTTON, Euan | Secretary | 2015-11-13 | 2026-03-31 |
| WHALLEY, Anne | Secretary | 2003-08-11 | 2014-08-29 |
| MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-03-17 | 2003-05-28 |
| ARKSEY, Claire Gillian | Director | 2023-08-31 | 2024-01-30 |
| ARTHUR, Robert Leitch | Director | 2003-05-28 | 2003-11-04 |
| BRADON, Toby William | Director | 2021-05-07 | 2024-09-20 |
| CALDER, Robert Alexander | Director | 2023-03-14 | 2024-06-01 |
| CORNWELL, Alison Margaret | Director | 2022-12-12 | 2025-02-28 |
| CORNWELL, Alison Margaret | Director | 2019-06-14 | 2022-11-07 |
| EYRE, Matthew Neil | Director | 2024-04-22 | 2026-02-16 |
| KNIBBS, Stephen Jeremy | Director | 2003-11-04 | 2023-08-31 |
| MCNAIR, Alan Ewart | Director | 2003-05-07 | 2019-06-14 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Ann Marie | Director | 2021-05-07 | 2022-07-06 |
| MAWLAW CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-03-17 | 2003-05-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vue Entertainment Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 338 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.