MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

1. MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED 1998-09-22 → present
2. MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE) 1915-05-07 → 1998-09-22

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have concluded that the working capital of the Group and Company and its cash reserves are sufficient to fund the Group and Company's activities for at least 12 months from the date the financial statements are approved and hence continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED · parent
   1. Ampleform Limited 1% · UK · Dormant
   2. British Copyright Protection Association (BRITCO) Limited 1% · UK · Dormant
   3. British Music Rights Limited 0.5% · UK · Dormant
   4. Copyright Control Limited 1% · UK · Dormant
   5. European Music Rights Organisation Limited (EMRO) 1% · UK · Dormant
   6. Independent Music Publisher's EL Limited 1% · UK · Dormant
   7. Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Limited 1% · UK · Collection and distribution of royalties
   8. National Discography Limited 0.5% · UK · Non-trading
   9. Printed Music Licensing Limited (PMLL) 1% · UK · Collection and distribution of royalties

Significant events

• “In February 2025, a new 5-Year Plan covering the period 2026 to 2030 was approved by the MCPS Board, reflecting a continued trajectory of growth.”
• “International distributions have increased significantly, from £8.7m in 2021 to £12.6m in 2024.”
• “A one year extension to the current SLA has been signed extending the SLA to 31 December 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

8

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -0.4%

  £14,976,000 → £14,917,000

• Cash

  +10.2%

  £62,406,000 → £68,785,000

• Net assets

  +0.2%

  £842,000 → £844,000

• Employees

  +6.7%

  15 → 16

• Operating profit

  -12.7%

  -£3,939,000 → -£4,440,000

• Profit before tax

  -39.4%

  £33,000 → £20,000

• Wages

  +8.5%

  £1,527,000 → £1,657,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers