What Savoy Systems does

Savoy Systems Ltd is a privately held, bootstrapped UK software company founded in 2006 by Patrick Hort in Nottingham. It develops and sells Oscar, a vertically specialised ticketing, point-of-sale, and marketing platform that has been deployed at approximately 120 venues across the United Kingdom, primarily independent cinemas, theatres, arts centres, schools, comedy clubs, and festivals. The company employs approximately 10 people and operates as a single-product, founder-led business with no external institutional investment, parent entity, or subsidiaries on record.\n\nOscar is offered as either a cloud-hosted deployment (the most common option, with UK-based data centres) or as an on-premise server installation. Functionally, the platform consolidates counter, telephone, and internet ticket sales with café/bar and restaurant POS (including kitchen printing, bar tabs, and stock control), membership and loyalty management (unlimited membership types, points-based schemes, auto-renewal), a marketing and CRM module with promo codes and segmentation, a graphical seating plan designer, a reporting and analytics suite, branded iOS/Android mobile apps for venues, APIs for developer integrations (deep linking, SSO, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel), and sector-specific capabilities such as TMDb film metadata integration and automated feeds into DCM, ComScore, and Numero for UK box office reporting. Chip & PIN payments are integrated with multiple acquirers and include P2PE compliance, and built-in GDPR tools manage data retention and erasure.\n\nCommercially, Savoy sells Oscar via a quote-based subscription model with annual billing and no public price list, relying on an inside-sales motion (phone and online contact form) layered with community- and referral-led demand within the UK independent cinema and live-performance sector. Marketing is heavily weighted to the company's own website, industry-association visibility (UKCA / Cinema UK, Cinema Technology Magazine), long-standing customer testimonials, and the Mammoth – A Climate Action Cinema community initiative. The business is exclusively UK-domestic with no disclosed international expansion, no patents, no external funding rounds, and no M&A activity.

Name

Savoy Systems

Legal name

Savoy Systems Ltd

Website

https://savoysystems.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Savoy Systems Ltd is a privately held, bootstrapped UK software company founded in 2006 in Nottingham that builds Oscar, a cloud- or on-premise ticketing, POS, and marketing SaaS platform serving approximately 120 independent cinemas, theatres, arts centres, schools, comedy clubs, and festivals across the United Kingdom.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cinema and Theatre Ticketing Software

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Primary Ticketing Platforms & Box Office Systems (MPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ticketing & Admissions Platforms (Cinema/Festival) (MPADAKAM), Theater & Performing Arts Ticketing (HSACALAC), Cinema & Movie Ticketing (HSACALAD)

Keywords

• Cinema ticketing software
• Theatre box office
• Venue point of sale
• Membership loyalty platform
• Arts centre software

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Oscar Software Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS model for ticketing, POS, and marketing platform. Pricing is quote-based and tailored to each venue's specific requirements and scale. Most venues choose cloud-hosted deployment managed by Savoy Systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Savoy Systems develops and sells Oscar, a subscription-based ticketing, retail and marketing platform used by independent cinemas, theatres, arts centres, schools, comedy clubs and festivals across the United Kingdom. The product unifies box office (counter, telephone and internet sales), café/bar and restaurant POS, membership and loyalty management, marketing/CRM, analytics and reporting into one system, deployable as a Savoy-hosted cloud service or on the venue's own server.

Product overview

Savoy Systems offers a single unified product called Oscar — a feature-rich ticketing, retail, and marketing system for Cinemas, Theatres, and the Arts. Oscar serves as the core platform encompassing box office ticketing (counter, telephone, and internet sales), café/bar point of sale operations, membership and loyalty management, marketing automation with CRM capabilities, analytics and reporting suite, and branded mobile app functionality. The system is available as cloud-hosted or on-site server deployment, with all modules integrated into one cohesive platform rather than sold as separate add-ons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Oscar: Oscar is a feature-rich ticketing, retail and marketing system for Cinemas, Theatres and the Arts. It includes point of sale, online sales, marketing, analytics, reporting, café/bar management, membership and loyalty programs, and mobile app functionality.

Products and services

• Oscar Oscar is a comprehensive ticketing, point-of-sale and marketing platform for UK cinemas, theatres, arts centres, schools, comedy clubs and festivals, unifying box office sales (counter, telephone and internet), café/bar and restaurant POS with kitchen printing and at-seat ordering, membership and loyalty management, marketing/CRM, analytics and reporting, and branded mobile apps. It is available as a Savoy-hosted cloud service in UK data centres or as on-premise deployment on a venue's own server.

Quantifiable outcome

• Customers report selling over 30% of seats online within four months of launch
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered moderate, minor and core.

• UKCA (Cinema UK)moderateGTM or Marketing PartnerSavoy Systems is featured as a member/partner of UKCA (Cinema UK), the industry association for UK cinemas. Their logo appears in the 'As featured in' section of the website, indicating official recognition and endorsement within the UK cinema industry.
• Cinema Technology MagazineminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSavoy Systems is featured by Cinema Technology Magazine, a leading industry publication. Their logo appears in the 'As featured in' section, indicating industry press coverage and recognition.
• The Movie Database (TMDb)coreTechnology or IntegrationOscar is integrated with The Movie Database (TMDb) for easy and speed of film scheduling. This enables automatic film metadata retrieval for cinema customers.
• DCM, ComScore, NumerocoreTechnology or IntegrationFor cinemas, Savoy Systems sets up automated data feeds to DCM (Digital Cinema Media), ComScore, and Numero for box office reporting, eliminating manual data submission for UK cinema chains.
• Payment AcquirerscoreTechnology or IntegrationOscar integrates with multiple payment providers/acquirers for Chip & PIN and contactless payments. The system supports Hosted Payment Pages and P2PE Compliant devices, and venues can choose their acquiring bank for the best rates.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tessitura Network: Unified CRM, ticketing and marketing platform purpose-built for arts and cultural organizations including theatres and performing arts venues. Comparable feature breadth and target buyer.
• AudienceView: Ticketing, CRM and commerce platform serving arts, sport, entertainment and university venues in North America and beyond. Same core use cases as Oscar for venue operators.
• Spektrix: UK-focused SaaS ticketing, CRM and marketing platform for theatres, arts centres and venues. Directly comparable to Savoy's Oscar for the performing-arts and independent venue segment.
• TicketSource: UK online ticketing provider targeting small theatres, venues and events with a self-service SaaS model. Competes head-to-head with Oscar for small UK venues.
• Eventive: Cinema and film festival ticketing/POS platform with strong adoption among independent cinemas and festivals globally. Most direct competitor in the cinema-specific Oscar segment.
• Artifax Software: UK-based venue management software for theatres, arts centres and event venues covering scheduling, box office and resource management. Direct competitor in the UK arts-venue segment.

Broad incumbents

• PatronManager (Tessitura): Cloud CRM/ticketing built on Salesforce for arts and cultural organizations. Comparable feature set and buyer profile, leveraging the broader Salesforce ecosystem.
• Vista Group (Vista Entertainment Solutions): Global cinema software incumbent covering POS, ticketing, exhibition management and analytics for large cinema chains. Same buyer (cinema operators), but at enterprise scale with a much broader product portfolio.
• Veezi: Cloud-based cinema management software from Vista Group for independent and small-chain cinemas. Same cinema-operator buyer as Oscar with overlapping POS/ticketing modules.

Emerging players

• TryBooking: Self-service online ticketing and event registration platform popular with small arts venues, community events and festivals. Comparable on venue ticketing functionality though lighter on integrated POS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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