PEARL & DEAN CINEMAS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
-10.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.9m
+20.8% vs 2024
Employees
58
+7.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+224.9% highest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £5,239,522 | £11,475,512 | £19,353,360 | £19,840,753 | £21,543,418 | +8.6% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,579,218 | £1,270,536 | £1,072,674 | £37,175 | £2,145,445 | +5,671.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,241,021 | -£3,298,119 | -£1,658,673 | -£862,155 | £1,076,983 | +224.9% | |
| Net profit | -£1,012,021 | -£3,497,445 | -£1,821,556 | -£855,515 | £759,861 | +188.8% | |
| Cash | £387,254 | £3,364,870 | £691,424 | £1,693,516 | £1,522,189 | -10.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,589,487 | -£1,978,500 | -£2,758,895 | -£3,631,952 | -£2,886,454 | +20.5% | |
| Net assets | £875,188 | -£2,048,857 | -£2,804,655 | -£3,660,170 | -£2,900,309 | +20.8% | |
| Equity | £875,188 | -£2,048,857 | -£2,804,655 | -£3,660,170 | -£2,900,309 | +20.8% | |
| Average employees | 39 | 41 | 54 | 54 | 58 | +7.4% | |
| Wages | £1,868,335 | £1,947,352 | £3,108,752 | £3,280,010 | £3,293,579 | +0.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £330,000 | £850,500 | £554,607 | £506,857 | £514,098 | +1.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £44,481 | £34,566 | £30,538 | -11.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £283,422 | £238,291 | £276,984 | +16.2% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -30.1% | 11.1% | 5.5% | 0.2% | 10.0% | |
| Net margin | -19.3% | -30.5% | -9.4% | -4.3% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -34.4% | — | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.7% | 121.4% | 137.4% | 156.2% | 141.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.72x | 0.63x | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | -7.57x | 4.14x | 1.52x | 0.06x | 2.01x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- PEARL & DEAN CINEMAS LIMITED 1993-06-28 → present
- PEARL & DEAN LIMITED 1987-03-19 → 1993-06-28
- PEARL & DEAN GROUP LIMITED(THE) 1958-10-31 → 1987-03-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ashings Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will have sufficient funds available to be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANRAHAN, Dermot | Director | 2015-07-20 | May 1959 | Irish |
| JACOB, Kathryn Margaret | Director | 2006-02-07 | Mar 1961 | British |
| RIBBONS, Justin Charles | Director | 2010-05-17 | Sep 1961 | British |
| THAKRAR, Paresh Kantilal | Director | 2010-05-17 | Feb 1973 | British |
| WORRELL, Gavin Jon Francis | Director | 2020-10-09 | Apr 1971 | British |
| WRIXON, Robert Eoin | Director | 2015-08-02 | Aug 1971 | Irish |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Sara | Secretary | 2001-08-31 | 2007-01-26 |
| COOKSEY, Robert James | Secretary | 1993-03-15 | 1999-06-07 |
| DAVIDSON, Dawn | Secretary | 1999-06-07 | 2001-08-31 |
| SMITH, Richard Frederick | Secretary | 1992-12-11 | 1993-03-15 |
| TAMES, Jane Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2007-01-26 | 2010-05-17 |
| WILLIAMS, Ursula Lorraine | Secretary | — | 1992-12-11 |
| ASKOLOVITCH, Felix | Director | 1993-03-05 | 1996-05-09 |
| BILLEY, Patrick | Director | 1993-03-05 | 1999-06-07 |
| COSTELLO, Christine | Director | 2003-02-24 | 2006-01-18 |
| COSTELLO, Christine | Director | 1999-06-07 | 2002-06-28 |
| EMSLIE, Donald Gordon | Director | 2006-07-18 | 2007-04-11 |
| FLANAGAN, Andrew Henry | Director | 1999-06-07 | 2006-07-18 |
| HANRAHAN, Dermot | Director | 2015-08-02 | 2015-08-20 |
| HARRINGTON, Francis Joseph | Director | 2015-07-20 | 2016-07-01 |
| HATCHUEL, Roger | Director | 1993-03-05 | 2002-07-04 |
| HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Peter | Director | 1993-03-05 | 1999-06-07 |
| HUGHES, Gary William | Director | 1999-06-07 | 2000-08-07 |
| PHILIP, Ian Edward | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| POHANI, Eliada Lydia | Director | — | 1994-04-13 |
| SINGH, Sohan | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| TARTER, Fred B | Director | 1997-08-22 | 1999-06-07 |
| WARREN, Howard Roy | Director | 2001-07-11 | 2022-04-01 |
| WATT, William George | Director | 2000-08-07 | 2010-05-17 |
| WOODWARD, Robert Stanley Lawrence | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2010-05-17 |
| WRIXON, Eoin | Director | 2015-07-20 | 2015-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-12-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 242 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-08 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.