The Rank Group Plc: version 1
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| 1 | 1 | # The Rank Group Plc <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: The Rank Group Plc | |
| 5 | 5 | disambiguation: London-listed gambling group at Maidenhead, company number 03140769, not the 1937 Rank Organisation itself | |
| 6 | − | summary: London-listed gambling group in Maidenhead behind Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo, and the owner of the Blackburn CD plant until 2006. | |
| 6 | + | summary: London-listed gambling group in Maidenhead behind Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo, 56% controlled by Hong Kong-listed Guoco Group; it owned the Blackburn CD plant until 2006. | |
| 7 | 7 | legal_name: The Rank Group Plc | |
| 8 | 8 | registered_address: Tor, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead SL6 8BN, United Kingdom | |
| 9 | 9 | wikidata: Q7759417 | |
| 10 | 10 | country: GB | |
| 11 | 11 | website: https://www.rank.com/ | |
| 12 | 12 | register_ids: GB-CH:03140769, LEI:213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12 | |
| 13 | 13 | founded: 1995-12-22 | |
| 14 | 14 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | + | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 17 | + | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 18 | + | | ---------- | ------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 19 | + | | owned_by | company/rank-assets | | | | | verified | ^rank-ar26 | Rank Assets Limited, immediate parent undertaking, 56.15% of voting rights at 30 June 2026; Guoco Group's 2025 report agrees | | |
| 20 | + | | parent_org | company/guoline-capital-assets | | | | | verified | ^rank-ar26 | GuoLine Capital Assets Limited, ultimate parent undertaking of Guoco Group Limited; Guoco's 2025 report names it its ultimate holding company | | |
| 21 | + | <!--/relations--> | |
| 22 | + | ||
| 16 | 23 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 17 | 24 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 18 | 25 | | -------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | | |
| 19 | 26 | | The Rank Group Plc | legal | en | 1996-07-23 | | | |
| 20 | 27 | | MEGASTORM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | legal | en | 1995-12-22 | 1996-07-23 | | |
| 21 | 28 | | The Rank Group | search | en | | | | |
| 22 | 29 | | Rank Group | search | en | | | | |
| 23 | 30 | | Rank | search | en | | | | |
| 24 | 31 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 25 | 32 | ||
| 26 | 33 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 27 | 34 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 28 | 35 | | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | |
| 29 | 36 | | ch-rank | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03140769 | Companies House: THE RANK GROUP PLC (03140769) | 2026-09-20 | Companies House | registry | | 03140769 | Company number, status, incorporation date, previous name, registered office, SIC code | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | | | |
| 30 | 37 | | ch-rank-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03140769/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control of THE RANK GROUP PLC (03140769) | 2026-09-20 | Companies House | registry | | 03140769 | PSC exemption: from 22 December 2017 the company is exempt because it has voting shares admitted to trading on a UK regulated market | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | | | |
| 31 | 38 | | gleif-rank | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=The%20Rank%20Group%20Plc | GLEIF LEI record 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12: THE RANK GROUP PLC | 2026-09-20 | Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation | registry | | 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12 | Legal name, legal address, registeredAs 03140769, entity status ACTIVE | cc0 | GLEIF | | | |
| 32 | 39 | | rank-ar26 | https://wp-rankgroup-2024.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2026/09/The-Rank-Group-Plc-2026-Annual-Report-and-Accounts.pdf | The Rank Group Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2026 | 2026-09-20 | The Rank Group Plc | publication | 2026 | | Incorporation and registered office; substantial shareholdings; immediate and ultimate parent undertakings | | | | | |
| 40 | + | | guoco-ar25 | https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/guoco/annual/ar325914-ew0053_ar.pdf | Guoco Group Limited Annual Report 2025 | 2026-09-23 | Guoco Group Limited | publication | 2025 | | Report of the directors: substantial shareholders and notes; note 44, parent and ultimate holding company; principal subsidiaries, including Rank Assets Limited and The Rank Group Plc | | | | | |
| 33 | 41 | | rank-ar17 | https://wp-rankgroup-2024.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2024/07/Annual-report-and-financial-statements-2017.pdf | The Rank Group Plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017 | 2026-09-20 | The Rank Group Plc | publication | 2017 | | Notes to the financial statements: the companies of which the Company owns directly or indirectly 100% of the ordinary share capital and voting rights, including DGMS Blackburn Holdings Limited and Rank Nemo (DGMS) Limited | | | | | |
| 34 | 42 | | rank-ar06 | https://wp-rankgroup-2024.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2024/07/Rank_Accounts_2006.pdf | The Rank Group Plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2006 | 2026-09-20 | The Rank Group Plc | publication | | | Deluxe Media Services disposals: UK DVD replication and distribution businesses sold June 2006, UK CD replication business sold July 2006 | | | | | |
| 35 | 43 | | sec-10q | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/808918/000095014406007636/g02649e10vq.htm | Glenayre Technologies, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2006 | 2026-09-20 | Glenayre Technologies, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | registry | 2006-08-09 | 0000950144-06-007636 | Note 16, Subsequent Event | | | | | |
| 36 | 44 | | wiki-rank | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rank_Group | Wikipedia: The Rank Group | 2026-09-20 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Lead section and History: brands, London Stock Exchange listing, FTSE 250, origin in the Rank Organisation, sale of Deluxe Film in December 2005 | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | |
| 37 | 45 | <!--/references--> | |
| 38 | 46 | ||
| 39 | 47 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 40 | 48 | The Rank Group Plc is the Maidenhead company behind the Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo chains in Great Britain, Grosvenor casinos in Belgium and the Spanish Enracha business, and it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250.[^wiki-rank] Companies House registers it under number 03140769, incorporated on 22 December 1995 as MEGASTORM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY and renamed THE RANK GROUP PLC on 23 July 1996, its registered office at Tor, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead and its nature of business the activities of head offices; its own annual report states the same number and address and describes it as a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales.[^ch-rank][^rank-ar26] GLEIF records the entity under LEI 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12 with 03140769 as its register number.[^gleif-rank] | |
| 41 | 49 | ||
| 42 | 50 | It reaches this site as the group at the top of the Blackburn CD and DVD plant. Its 2017 annual report lists DGMS Blackburn Holdings Limited and Rank Nemo (DGMS) Limited, both dormant at the Maidenhead office, among the companies of which it owns directly or indirectly 100% of the ordinary share capital and voting rights, which is the ownership row on the DGMS Blackburn Holdings page.[^rank-ar17] Rank's accounts for 2006 record the exit from that business: Deluxe Media Services sold its UK DVD replication and distribution businesses in June 2006 for net consideration of about £6m and its UK CD replication business in July 2006 for about £3m, and the group left Deluxe Media entirely that year, having sold Deluxe Film in December 2005.[^rank-ar06][^wiki-rank] Entertainment Distribution Company's 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2006 names The Rank Group Plc as the parent of the Blackburn company it bought.[^sec-10q] The group was formed to take over the business interests of the Rank Organisation, whose film distribution Gongman logo it still uses.[^wiki-rank] | |
| 43 | 51 | ||
| 44 | − | The company is not the top of its own ownership chain. At 30 June 2026 its substantial shareholdings show Rank Assets Limited, a Cayman Islands company that is Rank's immediate parent undertaking and a wholly owned subsidiary of Guoco Group Limited, with 56.15%, and Rank's report names GuoLine Capital Assets as the ultimate parent undertaking of Guoco Group Limited; a Jersey company, GuoLine Investment Assets Limited, formerly GSL Holdings Limited, holds a further indirect interest of 4.09% through GuoLine (Singapore) Pte Ltd.[^rank-ar26] Companies House lists no person with significant control for the company, which has been exempt since 22 December 2017 because its voting shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market.[^ch-rank-psc] None of those holding companies has a page here, and this page stops at them rather than walking further up the group. | |
| 52 | + | Rank sits in the Guoco group. At 30 June 2026 Rank Assets Limited, a Cayman Islands company and Rank's immediate parent undertaking, held 56.15% of the voting rights; it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Guoco Group Limited, a Bermuda-incorporated company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Rank's report names GuoLine Capital Assets Limited, a Jersey company, as the ultimate parent undertaking of Guoco. A Jersey company, GuoLine Investment Assets Limited, formerly GSL Holdings Limited, holds a further indirect interest of 4.09% through GuoLine (Singapore) Pte Ltd.[^rank-ar26] Guoco's own report for the year to 30 June 2025 lists Rank Assets Limited among its wholly owned investment holding subsidiaries and The Rank Group Plc as its London-listed subsidiary, and names GuoLine Overseas Limited of Bermuda, holder of 71.88% of Guoco, as its parent and GuoLine Capital Assets Limited as its ultimate holding company.[^guoco-ar25] Companies House lists no person with significant control for the company, which has been exempt since 22 December 2017 because its voting shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market.[^ch-rank-psc] | |
| 45 | 53 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# The Rank Group Plc <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: The Rank Group Plc
disambiguation: London-listed gambling group at Maidenhead, company number 03140769, not the 1937 Rank Organisation itself
summary: London-listed gambling group in Maidenhead behind Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo, and the owner of the Blackburn CD plant until 2006.
legal_name: The Rank Group Plc
registered_address: Tor, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead SL6 8BN, United Kingdom
wikidata: Q7759417
country: GB
website: https://www.rank.com/
register_ids: GB-CH:03140769, LEI:213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12
founded: 1995-12-22
<!--/identity-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| The Rank Group Plc | legal | en | 1996-07-23 | |
| MEGASTORM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | legal | en | 1995-12-22 | 1996-07-23 |
| The Rank Group | search | en | | |
| Rank Group | search | en | | |
| Rank | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| ch-rank | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03140769 | Companies House: THE RANK GROUP PLC (03140769) | 2026-09-20 | Companies House | registry | | 03140769 | Company number, status, incorporation date, previous name, registered office, SIC code | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | |
| ch-rank-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03140769/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: persons with significant control of THE RANK GROUP PLC (03140769) | 2026-09-20 | Companies House | registry | | 03140769 | PSC exemption: from 22 December 2017 the company is exempt because it has voting shares admitted to trading on a UK regulated market | | Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 | |
| gleif-rank | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records?filter%5Bentity.legalName%5D=The%20Rank%20Group%20Plc | GLEIF LEI record 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12: THE RANK GROUP PLC | 2026-09-20 | Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation | registry | | 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12 | Legal name, legal address, registeredAs 03140769, entity status ACTIVE | cc0 | GLEIF | |
| rank-ar26 | https://wp-rankgroup-2024.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2026/09/The-Rank-Group-Plc-2026-Annual-Report-and-Accounts.pdf | The Rank Group Plc Annual Report and Accounts 2026 | 2026-09-20 | The Rank Group Plc | publication | 2026 | | Incorporation and registered office; substantial shareholdings; immediate and ultimate parent undertakings | | | |
| rank-ar17 | https://wp-rankgroup-2024.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2024/07/Annual-report-and-financial-statements-2017.pdf | The Rank Group Plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2017 | 2026-09-20 | The Rank Group Plc | publication | 2017 | | Notes to the financial statements: the companies of which the Company owns directly or indirectly 100% of the ordinary share capital and voting rights, including DGMS Blackburn Holdings Limited and Rank Nemo (DGMS) Limited | | | |
| rank-ar06 | https://wp-rankgroup-2024.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/media/2024/07/Rank_Accounts_2006.pdf | The Rank Group Plc Annual Report and Financial Statements 2006 | 2026-09-20 | The Rank Group Plc | publication | | | Deluxe Media Services disposals: UK DVD replication and distribution businesses sold June 2006, UK CD replication business sold July 2006 | | | |
| sec-10q | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/808918/000095014406007636/g02649e10vq.htm | Glenayre Technologies, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2006 | 2026-09-20 | Glenayre Technologies, Inc. via SEC EDGAR | registry | 2006-08-09 | 0000950144-06-007636 | Note 16, Subsequent Event | | | |
| wiki-rank | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rank_Group | Wikipedia: The Rank Group | 2026-09-20 | Wikipedia | publication | | | Lead section and History: brands, London Stock Exchange listing, FTSE 250, origin in the Rank Organisation, sale of Deluxe Film in December 2005 | cc-by-sa-4.0 | Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
The Rank Group Plc is the Maidenhead company behind the Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo chains in Great Britain, Grosvenor casinos in Belgium and the Spanish Enracha business, and it is listed on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE 250.[^wiki-rank] Companies House registers it under number 03140769, incorporated on 22 December 1995 as MEGASTORM PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY and renamed THE RANK GROUP PLC on 23 July 1996, its registered office at Tor, Saint-Cloud Way, Maidenhead and its nature of business the activities of head offices; its own annual report states the same number and address and describes it as a public limited company incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales.[^ch-rank][^rank-ar26] GLEIF records the entity under LEI 213800TXKD6XZWOFTE12 with 03140769 as its register number.[^gleif-rank]
It reaches this site as the group at the top of the Blackburn CD and DVD plant. Its 2017 annual report lists DGMS Blackburn Holdings Limited and Rank Nemo (DGMS) Limited, both dormant at the Maidenhead office, among the companies of which it owns directly or indirectly 100% of the ordinary share capital and voting rights, which is the ownership row on the DGMS Blackburn Holdings page.[^rank-ar17] Rank's accounts for 2006 record the exit from that business: Deluxe Media Services sold its UK DVD replication and distribution businesses in June 2006 for net consideration of about £6m and its UK CD replication business in July 2006 for about £3m, and the group left Deluxe Media entirely that year, having sold Deluxe Film in December 2005.[^rank-ar06][^wiki-rank] Entertainment Distribution Company's 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2006 names The Rank Group Plc as the parent of the Blackburn company it bought.[^sec-10q] The group was formed to take over the business interests of the Rank Organisation, whose film distribution Gongman logo it still uses.[^wiki-rank]
The company is not the top of its own ownership chain. At 30 June 2026 its substantial shareholdings show Rank Assets Limited, a Cayman Islands company that is Rank's immediate parent undertaking and a wholly owned subsidiary of Guoco Group Limited, with 56.15%, and Rank's report names GuoLine Capital Assets as the ultimate parent undertaking of Guoco Group Limited; a Jersey company, GuoLine Investment Assets Limited, formerly GSL Holdings Limited, holds a further indirect interest of 4.09% through GuoLine (Singapore) Pte Ltd.[^rank-ar26] Companies House lists no person with significant control for the company, which has been exempt since 22 December 2017 because its voting shares are admitted to trading on a UK regulated market.[^ch-rank-psc] None of those holding companies has a page here, and this page stops at them rather than walking further up the group.
<!--/about-->