🎲 J S P Leisure Limited

This company is a land-based gambling operator in Great Britain, active under a UK Gambling Commission operating licence. Its activities are associated with amusement arcades and gaming machines in the leisure sector. It operates as an independent business and is not publicly recorded as part of a wider gambling group.

The company is incorporated in the United Kingdom under registered number 03897617. Public filings show it has traded for more than two decades, with activity in the late 1990s and 2000s centred on arcade and amusement operations. Available company records indicate a privately held ownership structure, with control retained within a small group of individual shareholders and directors.

The business is closely linked in public sources with the trading name Carousel Amusements, which operates amusement arcade premises in Sheringham, Norfolk. Its activities focus on non-remote, venue-based gaming and amusement machines rather than online gambling. There is no evidence in public records that it operates remote (online) gambling services.

Directorship and control information filed at Companies House identifies individuals from the Barnes family as directors and persons with significant control over time. These have included David John Spencer Barnes, and historically John Spencer Barnes and Peter Barnes, indicating family ownership and management. No changes involving acquisition by, or merger into, a larger gambling group are recorded in publicly accessible filings.

Licensing and Operations

The company holds an operating licence issued by the UK Gambling Commission. This licence is active and permits it to provide gambling facilities in Great Britain in accordance with the conditions attached to its licence type. Based on its known activities, the authorisation covers non-remote operations linked to gaming machines and arcade-style gambling in physical premises.

The operating licence allows it to make available gaming machines and associated facilities to customers on-site, subject to compliance with statutory obligations under the Gambling Act 2005 and any specific licence conditions. Public information does not indicate that it holds remote operating licences for online casino, bingo, betting, or other interactive gambling products.

There is no public record of significant changes to its Gambling Commission licence status, such as surrender, suspension, or revocation. The operator remains licensed and active.

Regulatory History

Publicly available information does not show any published regulatory enforcement action by the UK Gambling Commission against this operator, such as financial penalties, formal warnings, or licence reviews. No major sanctions or settlements have been reported in industry news sources in relation to its gambling activities.

There is likewise no record in accessible public sources of licence transfers to or from other licensed gambling businesses, or of any Gambling Commission determinations concerning changes of corporate control beyond standard Companies House notifications of director and ownership changes.