🎲 Castle Leisure Limited

This company is a gambling operator in Great Britain specialising in bingo. It is authorised by the Gambling Commission under an operating licence and is currently active. It is incorporated as a private limited company and has operated under its present name since the early 1980s.

The company was originally incorporated on 14 November 1911 under the name Castle & Central Cinemas Limited. It changed its name to Castle Leisure Limited on 31 December 1981. Public filings indicate that its main registered business activity is gambling and betting operations under UK Standard Industrial Classification code 92000. Available public information does not identify a wider listed group structure or a parent undertaking; it appears as a standalone private limited company within the UK corporate register.

Historically, the company’s activities have shifted from cinema operations to leisure and gambling, with a particular focus on bingo. By the late 2000s it had obtained the necessary permissions from the Gambling Commission to offer bingo both in physical premises and through remote communication, reflecting the regulatory framework introduced by the Gambling Act 2005. The company remains active on the UK corporate register and up to date with its statutory filing obligations, according to recent Companies House records.

Licensing and Operations

The company holds an operating licence issued by the Gambling Commission. According to the public register, this licence covers bingo activities. It is authorised to offer non-remote (land-based) bingo and also holds ancillary remote permissions, allowing it to provide certain remote bingo facilities connected to its core non-remote operations.

The non-remote bingo authorisation permits the provision and management of bingo games in licensed premises in Great Britain, subject to local premises licences and other regulatory requirements. The ancillary remote bingo permission allows the company to offer remote bingo services that are ancillary to its main non-remote business, rather than operating as a fully remote-only operator.

These operating permissions have been in place since 2009 under the current Gambling Commission regime. The company’s licence status on the Gambling Commission public register is listed as active. The register also records associated licensed premises where bingo activities are conducted under this operating licence.

Regulatory History

Publicly available information from the Gambling Commission and other cited sources does not show any record of financial penalties, licence suspensions, or formal regulatory sanctions against this operator. There is no indication in the accessible material of licence revocation or compulsory variation by the regulator.

The company continues to appear as compliant with its regulatory obligations in terms of maintaining an active operating licence and premises authorisations, and no historic enforcement actions have been highlighted in the sources consulted.