SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£549K
-5.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£419M
-2.6% vs 2024
Employees
142
-1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£38M
+3,849.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2009-01-02 → present
- SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED 2005-01-10 → 2009-01-02
- SONY MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1991-01-01 → 2005-01-10
- CBS RECORDS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1986-06-18 → 1991-01-01
- KNAPPS NO. 37 LIMITED 1986-05-14 → 1986-06-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,362,000 | £32,934,000 | |
| Operating profit | £746,000 | -£7,600,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £959,000 | £37,878,000 | |
| Net profit | £21,000 | £34,601,000 | |
| Cash | £582,000 | £549,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £447,983,000 | £1,069,008,000 | |
| Net assets | £430,422,000 | £419,114,000 | |
| Equity | £430,422,000 | £419,114,000 | |
| Average employees | 144 | 142 | |
| Wages | £13,283,000 | £18,028,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | -23.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 105.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | -0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.0% | 84.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.06x | 0.03x | |
| Interest cover | 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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied these investments will provide sufficient income in the future and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Sony Music Entertainment Belgium NV/SA 99%
- Sony Music Entertainment Czech Republic Sro 80%
- Sony Music Entertainment Denmark AS 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Finland OY 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Greece S.A. 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Hungary KFT 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Italy SPA 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Norway AS 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Poland Sp. Z.O.O. 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Portugal LDA 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Sweden AB 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment Turkey AS 100%
- Raymond Gubbay Limited 100%
- Sony Music Entertainment International Services GmbH 100%
- SMEIL Digital Limited 100%
- Senbla Limited 75%
- Sony Music Entertainment Israel Limited 100%
- Roast Productions Ltd 65%
- S&C productions Limited 100%
- General Entertainment Associates B.V. 51%
- Sony Music Entertainment Austria GmbH 100%
- Cobalt Music - Helladisc SA 100%
- Discowax ApS 100%
- Flex Music ApS 49%
- One Seven Music ApS 48%
- One Seven Publishing ApS 0%
- OneRights Holding ApS 49%
- The Label Sunday ApS 20%
- W.A.S Entertainment ApS 25%
- Sakara-Tuotanto OY 39%
- Made in Baltic OU 39%
- Ranka Kustannus Oy 10%
- BI Recordings GmbH 51%
- Bucardo-Kunst und Kulturproduktionen GmbH 100%
- Selfmade Records GmbH 100%
- Four Music Productions GmbH 100%
- Hansa Music Entertainment GmbH 100%
- MEDIA KULTUR KÖLN Projektentwicklungs- und Veranstaltungs GmbH 30%
- New Talents AG 100%
- Ibrahim & Boldt Holding GmbH 51%
- Ragucci & Boldt Holding GmbH 51%
- Tiger Media International GmbH 24.19%
- Heinz Music SRL 100%
- TGR Music Group AB 100%
- MLKSKE AB 49%
- Humlan Ancillary AB 60%
- Phononet AG 33.33%
- WATI B SAS 100%
- Arachnee Productions SAS 100%
- Editions Jade SARL 100%
- Editions Milan Music SAS 100%
- AWA 20%
- AWA Publishing 100%
- Label Blue Sky 24%
- LUSAFRICA 100%
- Petroleum Records AS 79%
- Popular Demand Management AS 33.34%
- Nora Collective AS 40%
- Drabant Music AS 100%
- Ekko Agency AS 15%
- Raymond Gubbay Productions Limited 100%
- Manchester Chamber Orchestra Limited 100%
- Manchester Concert Orchestra Limited 60%
- Classical Spectacular Limited 50%
- Backyard Cinema Limited 51%
- Culture Creative Limited 75%
- Public Image Communication Limited 75%
- Monar BVBA 35%
- Senbla Marketing Limited 100%
- Senbla Productions Limited 100%
- Piltdown Productions Limited 50%
- Supraphon a.s. 100%
- Helladisc Music Publishing Single Member Limited Liability Company 100%
Significant events
- “Dividends of £44,109,000 were declared and paid by the company to its parent company Sony Music Entertainment UK Holdings Limited on 19 June 2024. Dividends of £1,800,000 were declared and paid by the company to its parent company Sony Music Entertainment UK Holdings Limited on 17 July 2024.”
- “On 20 November 2024 company acquired 100% of share capital of a subsidiary for a total consideration of EUR 22,264,332. Of this consideration EUR 9,689,332 was paid in cash with a further EUR 12,575,000 deferred consideration.”
- “On 03 February 2025 company made a USD 24,300,000 capital injection to SME Czech s.r.o.”
- “On 26 February 2025 company acquired 49% shareholding of a subsidiary for £1.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRELLIN, Christopher | Director | 2023-03-09 | Feb 1973 | British |
| LEVENE, Stuart Anthony | Director | 2012-10-24 | Feb 1977 | British |
| MULLAN, James Anthony | Director | 2017-10-01 | May 1972 | Irish |
| SWIDLER, Julie | Director | 2008-09-21 | Apr 1958 | American |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVNI, Ismael Veisi | Secretary | — | 1991-11-22 |
| GEORGE, Alasdair Thomas Paterson | Secretary | 1995-08-15 | 2006-09-29 |
| JENKINS, Simon | Secretary | 2006-09-29 | 2024-06-27 |
| POLDING, Richard | Secretary | 1992-09-10 | 1995-08-15 |
| STERNBERG, Jonathan | Secretary | 1991-11-22 | 1992-09-10 |
| BERGER, Edgar | Director | 2012-07-31 | 2017-05-04 |
| BLACK, David Ian | Director | 1991-11-18 | 2000-06-22 |
| BOWEN, Timothy Barry Poland | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2008-04-17 |
| BOWLIN, Robert | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2003-04-11 |
| BURGER, Paul Jeffrey | Director | 2002-01-16 | 2003-10-16 |
| BURKE, Russell John | Director | 2000-06-21 | 2001-11-01 |
| CAMPET, Jacques | Director | 2003-04-08 | 2005-04-08 |
| COLEMAN, Sylvia May | Director | 2004-07-02 | 2005-04-08 |
| DENEKAMP, Richard Gerrit | Director | 1992-09-10 | 2005-04-08 |
| DIAZ, Manolo | Director | 1991-11-18 | 1992-04-30 |
| HINSCH, Soeren | Director | 2006-10-25 | 2008-12-31 |
| ILBERMAN, Mel | Director | 1993-02-01 | 1999-03-17 |
| LARSEN, Jorgen | Director | — | 1991-07-01 |
| LAWRIE, Kevin Michael | Director | 2010-09-24 | 2011-12-12 |
| MANDIL, Daniel Michael | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2008-02-20 |
| PAULL, Michael Daniel | Director | 2011-10-14 | 2012-10-24 |
| ROWE, William Patrick | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2023-03-01 |
| RUSSELL, Paul | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2001-07-16 |
| SANDERS, Richard | Director | 2008-04-17 | 2011-09-19 |
| SCHORER, Bert Christian | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2017-08-21 |
| SMELLIE, Michael John | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2005-12-31 |
| STEINKAMP, Maarten Jurrien | Director | 2005-04-07 | 2008-09-30 |
| STORY, Richard | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2010-09-24 |
| SUMMER, Robert David | Director | — | 1994-06-05 |
| WEISS, Lisa Ann | Director | 2003-04-11 | 2005-02-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony Music Entertainment Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-08 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-09-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+16.1%
£28,362,000 £32,934,000
-
Cash
-5.7%
£582,000 £549,000
-
Net assets
-2.6%
£430,422,000 £419,114,000
-
Employees
-1.4%
144 142
-
Operating profit
-1,118.8%
£746,000 -£7,600,000
-
Profit before tax
+3,849.7%
£959,000 £37,878,000
-
Wages
+35.7%
£13,283,000 £18,028,000
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