Who owns UK companies in Motion picture projection activities?

135 of the 801 companies registered under SIC 59140 (Motion picture projection activities) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 711 individual shareholders and 97 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 46% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
• 53% are owned entirely by individuals, compared with 66% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 45 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 10.9 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Video production activities SIC 59112 · 4,708 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture production activities SIC 59111 · 4,381 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Sound recording and music publishing activities SIC 59200 · 3,764 companies · 13% majority-owned by a company
• Television programme production activities SIC 59113 · 3,457 companies · 29% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities SIC 59120 · 1,634 companies · 12% majority-owned by a company
• Video distribution activities SIC 59132 · 384 companies · 19% majority-owned by a company
• Motion picture distribution activities SIC 59131 · 373 companies · 22% majority-owned by a company
• Television programme distribution activities SIC 59133 · 238 companies · 44% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 93 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 59140, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 9 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 19 November 2020 and 22 May 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.