🎲 Welcome Break Holdings Limited

This company is a non-remote gambling operator in Great Britain, licensed to provide gaming machine facilities at land-based premises. It holds an active operating licence from the Gambling Commission and forms part of a wider motorway service area and hospitality group. The company was incorporated in the 1990s as a holding entity within that group structure.

The company was incorporated on 11 December 1996 as a private limited holding company. It operates within the group of companies associated with the Welcome Break motorway service area brand, which has origins in motorway services established in 1959. The holding company is part of a corporate structure that includes other group entities involved in operating service areas and associated hospitality and retail activities. The group is ultimately owned by Applegreen, an Irish motorway services operator, which acquired the Welcome Break business in the late 2010s.

Within the group, this company functions as a holding and licensing vehicle rather than as a front-line consumer-facing gambling brand. Its gambling-related activity is limited to the operation of gaming machines at physical premises that form part of the group’s motorway service areas and related locations. Gambling is a minor component of the group’s overall operations, which are primarily focused on service area facilities and food and beverage outlets.

Licensing and Operations

The company holds an operating licence issued by the Gambling Commission for non-remote gambling activities. This licence authorises it to make gaming machines available for use at land-based premises in Great Britain. The licence is classified as an operating licence under the Gambling Act 2005 and is currently recorded as active.

The Gambling Commission public register records that the company’s non-remote operating licence has been in place since 1 January 2009. The authorisation covers the provision of gaming machines, typically adult gaming machines situated within motorway service area sites and associated venues operated under the Welcome Break brand or related trading names.

The licence status is active, meaning the company is currently authorised to continue offering the licensed activities, subject to compliance with the conditions attached to its operating licence and the general requirements of the Gambling Act 2005 and associated regulations. The company appears on the public register with trading names corresponding to its service area operations, reflecting the use of gaming machines within those locations.

Regulatory History

Publicly available information from the Gambling Commission indicates that the company holds an active operating licence and is listed on the public register. There is no record in that register, or in commonly cited public sources, of formal regulatory enforcement actions such as fines, regulatory settlements, or licence suspensions specifically against this licence holder in relation to its gambling activities.

The public register does not show any history of licence revocation or surrender for this operator. The non-remote operating licence has remained in place since its recorded start date in 2009, with the status shown as active. Any routine compliance engagement or inspections that may have occurred are not detailed in the publicly accessible summary information, and no specific sanctions have been reported in major public sources in connection with this company’s licensed gambling operations.