---
title: "AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffd87ed7-6fc9-5959-a4d3-8ea2ea0c7f7d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffd87ed7-6fc9-5959-a4d3-8ea2ea0c7f7d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-02792446
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-02792446`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffd87ed7-6fc9-5959-a4d3-8ea2ea0c7f7d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffd87ed7-6fc9-5959-a4d3-8ea2ea0c7f7d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/193c837b-f649-53bb-afa1-837569e805f9
- **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/551b58a1-1ba1-5edb-bf59-f55e35c30822
- **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/193c837b-f649-53bb-afa1-837569e805f9
- **Mr Michael Richard Erle Appleton** (beneficial owner) — 62.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/94470834-23c8-4ffd-9bf1-f419ac7b6c5b
- **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/551b58a1-1ba1-5edb-bf59-f55e35c30822

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **HORSHAM BOWL MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e05695b3-72f7-5c1e-93ac-66f7cb2f540b
- **STRIKES BOWLING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a5e59495-2e52-5610-bfdf-87a7fb3fdcae
- **AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS (WOKINGHAM) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d427fad9-b89c-5c93-b0fb-7ba5d32a5dc2
- **AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/33ffad5c-0854-55c8-88e0-6c73f225ca76
- **AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS PROPERTY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dbd8d87b-4d19-50f5-8b4d-b7f9b4dd5ef2
- **SUPERBOWL EUROPE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8370272-923d-5fac-bdb1-8697f512774a
- **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS PROPERTY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/661e4ca6-6ec0-5987-9a1a-31a764bd2d02
- **SOUTH OF ENGLAND LEISURE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f4b9793-2c0d-573e-8df6-a4cfb1708465
- **HORSHAM BOWL MANAGEMENT LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e05695b3-72f7-5c1e-93ac-66f7cb2f540b
- **AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS PROPERTY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dbd8d87b-4d19-50f5-8b4d-b7f9b4dd5ef2
- **SOUTH OF ENGLAND LEISURE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9f4b9793-2c0d-573e-8df6-a4cfb1708465
- **AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS (WOKINGHAM) LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d427fad9-b89c-5c93-b0fb-7ba5d32a5dc2
- **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS PROPERTY LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/661e4ca6-6ec0-5987-9a1a-31a764bd2d02
- **AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/33ffad5c-0854-55c8-88e0-6c73f225ca76
- **STRIKES BOWLING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a5e59495-2e52-5610-bfdf-87a7fb3fdcae
- **RIVERSIDE BOWL LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b41e223e-c9fb-4222-a543-4a9236342633
- **ISLE OF WIGHT BOWLING LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a26cc9b9-7dfb-5281-aca4-454e704fd7b1
- **SUPERBOWL EUROPE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a8370272-923d-5fac-bdb1-8697f512774a

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

1. **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
1. **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 100% → *AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
1. **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
1. **Mr Michael Richard Erle Appleton** — beneficial owner 62.5% → *AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
1. **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED*
2. **Mr Michael Richard Erle Appleton** — beneficial owner 75% → *BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED*
2. **Mr Michael Richard Erle Appleton** — beneficial owner 62.5% → *BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED*
2. **Mr Michael Richard Erle Appleton** — beneficial owner 50% → *BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED*
2. **Mr Michael Richard Erle Appleton** — beneficial owner 37.5% → *BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED*
2. **BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED** — beneficial owner 87.5% → *BIG APPLE ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `02792446`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1993-02-22
- **Registered office:** Potterne House Potterne Way, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 6RS, England
- **SIC:** 93290

### Officers

- MOSS, Duncan Geoffrey Frank — secretary · British · appointed 2006-06-07
- APPLETON, Michael Richard Erle — director · British
- MOSS, Duncan Geoffrey Frank — director · British · appointed 2020-12-01
- APPLETON, Michael Richard Erle — secretary · British · resigned 2006-06-07
- THOMAS, Howard — nominee secretary · British · appointed 1993-02-22 · resigned 1993-02-22
- DRYSDALE, Robin Wordsworth — director · British · appointed 1993-02-22 · resigned 2018-01-30
- TESTER, William Andrew Joseph — nominee director · British · appointed 1993-02-22 · resigned 1993-02-22

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Michael Richard Erle Appleton — 50–75% shares · individual PSC · England — since 2022-06-30
- [Big Apple Entertainments (Holdings) Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/193c837b-f649-53bb-afa1-837569e805f9) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — ceased 2022-06-30
- [Big Apple Entertainments Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/551b58a1-1ba1-5edb-bf59-f55e35c30822) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2022-06-29

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02792446
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02792446

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **AMERICAN AMUSEMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ffd87ed7-6fc9-5959-a4d3-8ea2ea0c7f7d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/ffd87ed7-6fc9-5959-a4d3-8ea2ea0c7f7d._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._