UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£60M
+6.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
+4.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2005-07-11 → present
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1999-03-15 → 2005-07-11
- POLYGRAM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1984-03-22 → 1999-03-15
- FORCEPEAK LIMITED 1983-12-15 → 1984-03-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £89,608,000 | £71,948,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,929,000 | £1,521,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,378,000 | £4,573,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,169,000 | £3,595,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,256,000 | £59,885,000 | |
| Net assets | £56,214,000 | £59,809,000 | |
| Equity | £56,214,000 | £59,809,000 | |
| 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 | 2.2% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 2.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.7% | 43.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | 2.05x | 1.70x |
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 and other support to the extent necessary to enable the company to continue to pay its liabilities as and when they become due for a period 31 December 2026. The directors have reviewed the financial position of the group, considered principal risks and uncertainties, made relevant inquiries and have assessed the parent has the resources available to support if and when required over the foreseeable future. Having regard to the above, the directors believe it is appropriate to prepare these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Universal Music Neighbouring Rights Ltd 100%
- Pause.NFT Limited 75%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOYE, Abolanle | Secretary | 2004-06-01 | — | British |
| COX, Philip Alexander | Director | 2024-04-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| KRAMER, Paul Samuel | Director | 2022-01-24 | Oct 1970 | British |
| MUIR, Boyd Johnston | Director | 1999-02-01 | May 1959 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Jonathan Patrick Frederick | Secretary | 1998-08-31 | 1999-02-26 |
| GRAVES, Alan Dennis | Secretary | — | 1998-08-31 |
| HOWLE, Michael Anthony | Secretary | 1999-02-26 | 2004-05-31 |
| BRADLEY, Jonathan Patrick Frederick | Director | 1993-12-22 | 1999-02-26 |
| BROWN, Andrew | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2017-03-31 |
| CARMEL, Simon Lloyd | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2024-04-01 |
| CONSTANT, Richard Michael | Director | — | 2017-07-28 |
| JASSAL, Paramjit | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2022-01-24 |
| JONES, Gareth Lloyd, Dr | Director | 1993-12-22 | 1996-11-15 |
| KUHN, Michael Ashton | Director | — | 1993-04-26 |
| MATTHEWS, Peter | Director | 1996-12-11 | 1999-02-28 |
| PREEDY, Anthony Hugh | Director | 1992-02-14 | 1993-12-31 |
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 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-19.7%
£89,608,000 £71,948,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+6.4%
£56,214,000 £59,809,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-21.2%
£1,929,000 £1,521,000
-
Profit before tax
+4.5%
£4,378,000 £4,573,000
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