Cinemas
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
1023
Active companies
794
Formed in latest 12 months
148
Median active-company age
6.0 years
Revenue known
26
Importers
31
Exporters
14
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,023 |
| Active companies | 794 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 148 |
| Importers | 31 |
| Exporters | 14 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 26 known, 768 unknown (3.3%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 9 | 8 |
| 2025-12 | 5 | 11 |
| 2026-01 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026-02 | 13 | 13 |
| 2026-03 | 18 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 19 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 14 | 4 |
| 2026-06 | 13 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 19 | 12 |
| 2026-08 | 2 | 5 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 794 |
| Dissolved | 225 |
| In Administration | 2 |
| Liquidation | 2 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 103 |
| Inner London - East | 102 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 66 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 45 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 27 |
| West Midlands | 24 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 23 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 23 |
| Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | 23 |
| West Central Scotland | 18 |
Geography coverage: 783 known, 11 unknown (98.6%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 392 |
| 1m-15m | 87 |
| 15m-54m | 4 |
| 54m+ | 14 |
Revenue-range coverage: 497 known, 297 unknown (62.6%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 209 |
| Small | 252 |
| Large | 18 |
| Holding | 13 |
| Dormant | 89 |
Company-size coverage: 581 known, 213 unknown (73.2%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 162 |
| 1–9 | 197 |
| 10–49 | 51 |
| 50–249 | 9 |
| 250+ | 2 |
Employee coverage: 421 known, 373 unknown (53.0%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 146 |
| 1–3 years | 151 |
| 3–5 years | 74 |
| 5–10 years | 129 |
| 10–20 years | 179 |
| 20+ years | 115 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 794 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 794 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 18 |
| Exporter only | 1 |
| Both | 13 |
| Neither | 762 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 20 | £7,894,873,871 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 15 | £795,155,724 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 13 | £6,466,481,272 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 13 | £1,697,780,722 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 4 | £103,865,350 | 2020-07-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 3 | £69,806,300 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 63 — Various textile products, sets, used clothing, and rags | 3 | £3,620,395 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 3 | £13,149,046 | 2022-07-01 – 2024-06-01 |
| 49 — Printed materials like books, newspapers, and pictures | 2 | £109,522,012 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 70 — Glass and Glassware | 2 | £3,064,735 | 2023-07-01 – 2024-03-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 10 | £1,571,768,954 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 6 | £245,585,952 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £103,524,489 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 4 | £252,267,683 | 2021-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 32 — Tanning and dyeing products | 1 | £16,191,856 | 2022-08-01 – 2026-01-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £2,509,248 | 2025-01-01 – 2025-01-01 |
| 46 — Straw or plaiting material products | 1 | £163,747 | 2021-06-01 – 2021-06-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 1 | £4,609,928 | 2021-09-01 – 2023-02-01 |
| 67 — Prepared feathers, down, and related items; artificial flowers; human hair products | 1 | £218,109 | 2021-06-01 – 2021-06-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 1 | £405,341 | 2021-06-01 – 2021-06-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 32 | 638 | 156 | 80.4% |
| Holding company | 0 | 638 | 156 | 80.4% |
| Solo founder | 354 | 638 | 156 | 80.4% |
| Ecommerce | 4 | 21 | 773 | 2.6% |
| Website | 26 | 26 | 768 | 3.3% |
| 16 | 26 | 768 | 3.3% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Reel Cinemas Limited | £16,096,292 |
| Arc Cinema Ltd | £6,646,570 |
| Parkway Entertainment Company Limited | £6,213,882 |
| Eccleston Motion Picture Ltd | £930,794 |
| Romford Film Limited | £125,000 |
| Little Venice Film Festival Cic | £65,230 |
| Cine-sister C.i.c. | £46,270 |
| Queer East Cic | £25,241 |
| Portsmouth Film Society Cic | £23,752 |
| 99p Films C.i.c. | £16,024 |
Revenue coverage: 26 known, 768 unknown (3.3%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Video production | 28,339 |
| Film production | 22,124 |
| TV production | 15,857 |
| Post-production | 8,556 |
| Video distribution | 1,942 |
| Film distribution | 1,734 |
| TV distribution | 851 |
SIC classification
SIC 59140 — Motion picture projection activities
Includes
activities of motion picture or video tape projection in cinemas, in the open air or in other projection facilities., activities of cine-clubs.
Details
This class includes the activities of production of original (sound) master recordings, such as tapes, CD-s; releasing, promoting and distributing sound recordings to wholesalers, retailers or directly to the public. These activities might be integrated or not with the production of master recordings in the same unit. If not, the unit exercising these activities has to obtain the reproduction and distribution rights to master recordings. This class also includes sound recording service activities in a studio or elsewhere including the production of taped (i.e. non-live) radio programming. This class also includes the activities of music publishing, i.e. activities of acquiring and registering copyrights for musical compositions, promoting, authorising and using these compositions in recordings, radio, television, motion pictures, live performances, print and other media. Units engaged in these activities may own the copyright or act as administrator of the music copyrights on behalf of the copyright owners. Publishing of music and sheet books is included here.