Gentleman Jim UKGC licence status: Lovell Brothers Limited account 60213
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The Gentleman Jim UKGC licence position is unusual for a closed-brand review. The consumer brand has been withdrawn since Wednesday 13 May 2026, but the licensed operator — Lovell Brothers Limited, UK Gambling Commission account 60213 — has not surrendered its remote permissions. As of early June 2026, the public register continues to show the operator’s Casino Remote and Remote General Betting Standard rows as Active. That mismatch between brand status and licence status is the central point of this page.
For UK readers, the practical takeaway is narrow. Do not treat the active remote-casino row as evidence that Gentleman Jim itself is reopening. The same account also covers Kwiff, which continues to operate under the same licensee. The Gentleman Jim trading-name and domain-name entries sit on the public record, but the consumer-facing service behind that name is closed.
The Lovell Brothers UKGC record at a glance
| Register field | Public record (June 2026) | What it means for Gentleman Jim |
|---|---|---|
| Operator account | Lovell Brothers Limited, account number 60213 | This is the account to inspect for any Gentleman Jim licence question. |
| Company registration | Company number 13760050, registered in England and Wales | The same Companies House identifier appeared on the Gentleman Jim site footer during operation. |
| Head office | 2 Alexandra Gate, Ffordd Pengam, Cardiff CF24 2SA | The Cardiff address matches the brand footer and is the operator’s official correspondence address. |
| Trading names | Gentleman Jim Bookmakers is listed under the operator account | The brand connection is recorded, even though the consumer service is now closed. |
| Domain names | gentlemanjim.bet appears on the operator’s domain-name tab | Treat the listed domain status as the controlling reference if you encounter a Gentleman Jim-branded site. |
| Casino Remote | Active (effective from 6 October 2023) | The remote casino permission is intact at operator level, but the Gentleman Jim consumer journey is closed. |
| General Betting Standard – Real Event Remote | Active (effective from 6 October 2023) | Live sports betting permission remains on the licensee record. |
| General Betting Standard – Virtual Event Remote | Active (effective from 6 October 2023) | Virtual sports permission remains on the licensee record. |
| General Betting Limited Non-Remote | Active (effective from 27 June 2022) | Land-based betting permission, separate from the remote online casino question. |
| Regulatory actions | None recorded against account 60213 | There is no public fine, suspension or enforcement notice linked to the licensee. |
Company identity and registered office
Gentleman Jim Bookmakers was the trading name; the licensed company is Lovell Brothers Limited, incorporated in England and Wales as company number 13760050. The registered office sits at 2 Alexandra Gate, Ffordd Pengam, Cardiff CF24 2SA, which is the same Welsh address shown on the operator’s other consumer brands. The Lovell family has been involved in on-course bookmaking in South Wales for several decades, with the limited company itself formed in 2021. Lovell Brothers obtained its first remote permissions in October 2023, which underpinned the launch of Gentleman Jim in March 2024 alongside the continuation of DragonBet on a separate account.
If you have any historical correspondence, deposit confirmation or KYC message from Gentleman Jim, it should list one of two things: the trading name (Gentleman Jim or Gentleman Jim Bookmakers) and/or the operator name (Lovell Brothers Limited). Both refer to the same legal entity, and both should be matched against the public register before any current dispute is escalated.
Remote and non-remote permissions side by side
The Gambling Commission splits its licences into remote and non-remote categories. Remote means gambling provided online, by app or by other remote means; non-remote means land-based gambling such as on-course betting, betting shops or arcades. The Lovell Brothers record carries both kinds of authority. A non-remote General Betting Limited permission has been Active since June 2022 and reflects the family’s traditional bookmaking origin. The three remote permissions — Casino Remote, General Betting Standard Real Event Remote and General Betting Standard Virtual Event Remote — were added on 6 October 2023 under a single licence number (060213-R-337568-005) and remain Active.
The activity rows matter more than the headline licence status. A lazy reading of “Lovell Brothers is licensed by the UKGC” overlooks that the same operator could in principle close consumer-facing brands while keeping the remote authority intact, which is exactly the position visible after the Gentleman Jim closure. The remote casino row is currently used to run Kwiff; it is not currently providing a Gentleman Jim casino lobby.
An earlier ancillary remote licence (060213-A-335216-002) was surrendered in October 2023 when the wider remote authorisation took over. That historical surrender concerns only the ancillary scope and is not the same thing as a current remote casino surrender. The page how to check a UKGC licence walks through how to read these row details in the public register.
What the closure changed and what it did not
The 13 May 2026 closure is a brand-level commercial decision. The Gentleman Jim website, app and customer-facing journey were withdrawn, registrations are no longer accepted and any pre-closure welcome offer ceased. The trading-name entry remains in the register because deregistering a trading name is a separate administrative step from a licence surrender. The domain entry remains for the same reason.
The closure did not surrender the underlying remote permissions. The Casino Remote row, both Remote General Betting Standard rows and the non-remote betting row all remain Active in the public record. Lovell Brothers has not been the subject of any regulatory action either. For a UK reader, that means the absence of a register-side surrender is not a signal that Gentleman Jim is set to return — it is a signal that the operator continues to be licensed for other products under the same account. The full closure narrative sits on the Gentleman Jim closure details page.
Reading the trading-name and domain-name tabs
The Lovell Brothers business record links two tabs that often cause confusion when a brand is closed. The trading-names tab lists the consumer brands operated under the licensee. The domain-names tab lists website domains the operator has registered with the Commission. For Gentleman Jim, both tabs continue to show entries even after closure, because the Commission’s register reflects ownership and authorisation rather than day-to-day service availability.
That has two consequences in practice. First, a trading-name appearance is not a proof of an open consumer service — it is a proof that a brand has been used by a licensee. Second, a listed domain on the operator tab is not the same as an active customer-facing site at that URL. After closure, gentlemanjim.bet may continue to show a closure notice, may be acquired by an unrelated party, or may be parked. None of those states reopens the consumer journey.
What this means for current UK availability
For UK consumers searching for an active Gentleman Jim site, the licence record is the clearest evidence that the consumer service is closed even though the operator is still authorised. That distinction is the safer reading than either of the two common extremes. Treating the closed brand as still operational ignores the consumer-facing closure. Treating the active operator licence as already surrendered overstates a register fact that has not happened.
For UK consumer-protection context, see the UK online casino rules overview. For complaint and reputation interpretation, the Gentleman Jim reviews and complaints context page covers how to separate user-review sentiment from regulator-side facts. For framework-led assessment of replacement options, the alternatives verification checklist walks through the same operator-account, activity-row and domain checks applied to other UK sites.
Sources checked for this page
- UKGC public register licence summary for Lovell Brothers Limited account 60213
- UKGC trading names tab for Lovell Brothers Limited
- UKGC domain names tab for Lovell Brothers Limited
- UKGC regulatory actions tab for Lovell Brothers Limited
This material was created by the Gentleman Jim UK Guide team.
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