🎲 Dransfield Novelty Company Limited

Dransfield Novelty Company Limited is a British gambling operator licensed and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission and recorded with an active operating licence. The company traces its origins to the 1940s and was founded by Harry Dransfield after he acquired a mechanical gaming machine described as a “one-armed bandit”.

Company information

The company is incorporated in the United Kingdom under the name Dransfield Novelty Company Limited and appears on the UK Companies House register under company number 00410762. The historical account on the Dransfields corporate website states that the business began in the 1940s following Harry Dransfield’s initial involvement with a single gaming machine.

The Companies House entry records the entity as a limited company and provides statutory filings such as accounts, officer appointments, and confirmation statements. Public filings on that register identify the company’s legal name and corporate status but do not, in the available summary view, specify a parent company or group ownership structure.

Licensing and operations

The company holds a UK Gambling Commission operating licence under account number 5486. The public register entry for this account shows the licence status as active.

The UK Gambling Commission licence is an operating licence that authorises the company to conduct specified gambling activities in Great Britain, subject to the licence conditions and codes of practice published by the regulator. The detailed schedule on the Commission’s public register sets out the precise licensed activities and any sector classifications attached to the licence.

The Gambling Commission’s public register also lists any trading names used under this operating licence. These trading names are recorded as part of the official licensing information and are associated with account number 5486.

Regulatory history

The UK Gambling Commission public register entry for account number 5486 presents the current status of the operating licence as active. The summary view available through the register does not show any recorded regulatory sanctions, financial penalties, or licence suspensions for this licensee.