Company: Universal Amusements Ltd (304,786) private company reg'd 5 Sep 1935

[ValJJJ]

I thought that first too, but ‘catering for constructors’ is odd. Would constructors need entertainers? Perhaps have them lined up ready for the opening date?

[ValJJJ]

Don’t know if this is the same company?

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/d28b0c74-ba8a-486f-adda-bbc3f5781c2d

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/a765cac4-a5b6-4a46-a2f7-62e10218d3d2

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/image-share/e9f1b78f-1ba4-4367-adcf-79524dd5d2bd

Presume this is the Cecil David Dent in second clip

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/06/david-dent-obituary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Cecil David Dent is in the 1939 register as a schoolboy born 1922, with his father Maurice A being a film distributor and one of his brothers, Harry, being an assistant film director and producer.

[ValJJJ]

Thanks everyone for helping with this.

[ShaunJ]

The company is listed in the London phone book for 1936, but not in 1937 or 1938.

[ValJJJ]

Intriguing.  I guess it went through a few incarnations, or the name was bought out?  A useful generic name?

[ShaunJ]

Not listed at Kent House in 1938:

[ValJJJ]

Yet mentioned in 1941 in the FindMyPast link posted by mckha489

[ShaunJ]

Listed in phone books at 113 Wardour Street in 1943 and 1945

[ValJJJ]

Perhaps that was the operating address, with the registered address at Kent House retained?  Kent House seems to be a registered address for many companies.