WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-23 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+161.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£254M
+0.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
-64.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED 2019-05-16 → present
- WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED 1996-01-26 → 2019-05-16
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED 1988-08-24 → 1996-01-26
- WARNER BROS. MUSIC LIMITED 1950-11-18 → 1988-08-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £174,335,964 | £181,586,713 | |
| Operating profit | £2,369,122 | -£2,397,750 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,133,637 | £2,554,524 | |
| Net profit | £4,435,903 | £1,414,309 | |
| Cash | £568,380 | £1,484,337 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £255,258,669 | £257,233,732 | |
| Net assets | £252,862,848 | £254,277,157 | |
| Equity | £252,862,848 | £254,277,157 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £6,346,944 | £7,096,105 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.9% | -0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.6% | 38.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | — | -25.42x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the Company will have sufficient funds through the Group Cash pooling arrangements and repayment of outstanding balances from fellow subsidiaries to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. The combination of growth in digital revenue and the continuing cash pooling arrangement with WMG Acquisition UK mean that, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED · parent
- Dizzy Heights Music Publishing Limited 100%
- FFRR Music Limited 100%
- Glissando Music Limited 100%
- Kirshner Warner Bros. Music Limited 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERTON, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2017-09-22 | Nov 1986 | British |
| GONZALES, Shani | Director | 2021-01-01 | Sep 1979 | American |
| MOOT, Guy Kimberly | Director | 2019-04-02 | Sep 1965 | British |
| YOUNG, Darren Robert | Director | 2021-12-10 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2004-07-01 |
| JONES, Bronwen Elizabeth Stuart | Secretary | 2002-08-02 | 2004-03-01 |
| SKINNER, Susanna Maria | Secretary | 1994-02-01 | 2002-08-02 |
| TIERNEY, William Joseph | Secretary | — | 1994-02-01 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2024-04-10 |
| BARRETT, Annette | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| BIEDERMAN, Donald | Director | — | 2000-01-04 |
| BOOKER, Roger Denys | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2019-09-30 |
| BRUNNING, Roland John | Director | — | 1993-11-09 |
| DICKINS, Robert | Director | — | 1998-11-03 |
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2013-06-19 |
| GODFREY CASS, Robin | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| GUMMER, Andrew David Frederick | Director | — | 1998-01-08 |
| HEINE, Edward Clinton | Director | 1995-05-31 | 1999-06-21 |
| HITCHENS, Barry William | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, David Harrover | Director | 2010-01-07 | 2011-05-31 |
| LAVIN, Michael Anthony | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2024-03-12 |
| MANNERS, James Richard | Director | 1999-06-21 | 2016-04-21 |
| MCDOWELL III, William Scott | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2021-11-05 |
| PIERSON, Edward Payne | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2008-09-30 |
| PLATT, Jonathan Jose | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2018-12-31 |
| RUSSELL, Anthony David | Director | — | 2006-01-10 |
| SMITH, Joanne Sian | Director | 2014-05-13 | 2021-12-10 |
| SMITH, Michael Edward John | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2020-03-13 |
| STRANG, Cameron Alexander | Director | 2011-05-31 | 2016-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wmg Global Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-17 | Active |
| Wmg Acquisition (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£174,335,964 £181,586,713
-
Cash
+161.2%
£568,380 £1,484,337
-
Net assets
+0.6%
£252,862,848 £254,277,157
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-201.2%
£2,369,122 -£2,397,750
-
Profit before tax
-64.2%
£7,133,637 £2,554,524
-
Wages
+11.8%
£6,346,944 £7,096,105
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