[2] The company was founded in 2000, when entrepreneur Daniel Broch bought the original Everyman Cinema in Hampstead, London, which dated to 1933, which before then was a theatre.

Broch led the growth of the company with the acquisition in 2008 of Screen Cinemas to add more locations.

In April 2015, the company reached an agreement to buy four cinemas from its larger rival Odeon for £7.1 million.

[6] In August 2013, The Guardian reported that the entire non-management staff of about 100 was employed on zero-hour contracts, earning just above the minimum wage, and without any guaranteed set hours each week.

[8] The venues each feature a licensed bar, food, digital projection and surround sound technology.