UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£246M
+68.6% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£134M
+37.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED 1999-07-30 → present
- POLYGRAM MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED 1985-03-12 → 1999-07-30
- I.M.C. INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CONSULTANTS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1985-03-12
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON LIMITED 1965-09-29 → 1976-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £189,317,000 | £207,446,000 | |
| Operating profit | £14,639,000 | £22,242,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £97,234,000 | £133,594,000 | |
| Net profit | £74,339,000 | £100,194,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £151,607,000 | £258,908,000 | |
| Net assets | £146,100,000 | £246,294,000 | |
| Equity | £146,100,000 | £246,294,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.7% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 39.3% | 48.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.7% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.12x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 0.62x | 0.71x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the company has received confirmation from Universal Music Group N.V., the company's ultimate parent undertaking, of its intention to continue to provide financial support to the extent necessary to enable the company to continue to pay its liabilities as and when they become due for a period to 31 December 2026.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED · parent
- Universal/MCA Music Limited 100%
- Universal/Island Music Limited 100%
- Universal/Anxious Music Limited 100%
- Universal Music Publishing BL Limited 100%
- Universal Music Publishing PGM Limited 100%
- Perfect Songs Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOYE, Abolanle | Secretary | 2004-06-01 | — | British |
| ABIOYE, Abolanle | Director | 2007-03-29 | Mar 1960 | British |
| ALWAY, Jacqueline Gay | Director | 2008-05-08 | Feb 1966 | British |
| MORRIS, Robert John | Director | 2002-02-14 | May 1972 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWLE, Michael Anthony | Secretary | — | 2004-05-31 |
| ALEXANDER, Robert Ian | Director | 1999-07-30 | 2000-05-03 |
| AMES, Roger | Director | 1992-12-31 | 1996-07-01 |
| BAKER, Simon Neal | Director | 2003-04-09 | 2023-01-05 |
| CARRINGTON, Nicholas John | Director | — | 1995-06-02 |
| CONNOLLY, Paul Edward | Director | 1999-07-30 | 2016-10-07 |
| GRAINGE, Lucian Charles | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2001-09-04 |
| GRAINGE, Lucian Charles | Director | — | 1998-01-01 |
| HOCKMAN, David Philip | Director | — | 1999-02-26 |
| KENNEDY, John Patrick | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-07-01 |
| LEVIN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2007-03-29 | 2012-12-31 |
| MANNERS, James Richard | Director | 1994-07-20 | 1999-04-12 |
| OBERSTEIN, Maurice Louis | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| RIGG, Gillian Nanette | Director | 1993-04-07 | 1994-08-01 |
| STANBURY, Deborah | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-02-14 |
| THOMPSON, Kathryn Jane | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1999-08-02 |
| UNIVERSAL MUSIC UK LIMITED | Corporate Director | — | 2014-09-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Music Leisure Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-12-10 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-06-24 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.6%
£189,317,000 £207,446,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+68.6%
£146,100,000 £246,294,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+51.9%
£14,639,000 £22,242,000
-
Profit before tax
+37.4%
£97,234,000 £133,594,000
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