Reel Cinemas Limited
Registered name: REEL CINEMAS LIMITED
Part of Reel Cinemas (Europe) Limited groupReel Cinemas Limited made £15.3m revenue and a £1.4m loss in the year to 1 Jan 2026.
Reel Cinemas Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £15.3m in the year to 1 Jan 2026, with a loss of £1.4m and 293 employees. The company is classified under “motion picture projection activities” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Dec 2022 | 28 Dec 2023 | 2 Jan 2025 | 1 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.3m | £13.9m | £16.1m | £15.3m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £8.3m | £9.4m | £8.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.6m | £6.7m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.6m | £394k | −£213k | −£1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £328k | −£261k | −£1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £29.3k | −£286k | −£1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £29.3k | −£286k | −£1.4m |
| Staff costs | £3.3m | £3.3m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 272 | 257 | 301 | 293 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.6% | 0.2% | −1.8% | −9% |
| Gross margin | 41% | 40.5% | 41.5% | 42.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.9k | £54.1k | £53.5k | £52.2k |
| Profit per employee | £7.1k | £114 | −£949 | −£4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲15.7% | ▼5.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.5% | ▼1075% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▲17.1% | ▼2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.2m | £3m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £7m | £6.7m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £11m | £15.3m | £14.7m | £14.1m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.7m |
| Debtors | £449k | £324k | £367k | £276k |
| Deferred income | £3.2m | £4.5m | £6.1m | £7.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £52.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 51.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼21%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 293
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £7.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £14.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Reel Cinemas (Europe) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Reel Cinemas Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 1 Jan 2026 (profit −£1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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