THE ECHO LABEL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-13 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-29
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
+24% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
+104.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Company ceased trading and its trade and assets were hived up into its immediate parent company, BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, on 1 January 2025. These financial statements have therefore not been prepared on a going concern basis.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE ECHO LABEL LIMITED 1993-05-19 → present
- WRIGHT RECORDS LIMITED 1992-05-11 → 1993-05-19
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 | £2,560,000 | £2,847,000 | |
| Operating profit | £602,000 | £1,161,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £560,000 | £1,146,000 | |
| Net profit | £474,000 | £998,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,161,000 | £5,159,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,161,000 | £5,159,000 | |
| Equity | £4,161,000 | £5,159,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 23.5% | 40.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 35.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.5% | 22.5% | |
| Interest cover | 14.33x | 77.40x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Company ceased trading and its trade and assets were hived up into its immediate parent company, BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, on 1 January 2025. These financial statements have therefore not been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased trading on 1 January 2025 after its trade and assets hive up to the immediate parent company.”
- “The trade and assets of the Company were hived up into BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, the immediate parent company, on 1 January 2025 for consideration of £20,000,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'URBANO, David John | Director | 2019-05-01 | May 1971 | British,American |
| NORBURY, Alistair Mark | Director | 2023-12-31 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENNAN, Erika | Secretary | 2015-11-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| FRENCH, Julian | Secretary | 2013-09-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| HARVEY, Simon | Secretary | 2011-03-31 | 2013-09-01 |
| MOLLETT, Andrew John | Secretary | 2008-01-31 | 2011-03-31 |
| POTTERELL, Clive Ronald | Secretary | 1992-05-11 | 2008-01-31 |
| THOMAS, Howard | Nominee Secretary | 1992-05-11 | 1992-05-11 |
| BAKER, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2023-06-30 |
| BUTTERFIELD, Nigel Robert Adamson | Director | 1993-12-17 | 2005-12-31 |
| CHUTER, John | Director | 2001-07-23 | 2005-09-19 |
| CHUTER, John | Director | 1994-05-09 | 1998-09-17 |
| COESFELD, Thomas | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2024-07-08 |
| CONNOLE, Michael Damien | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2008-01-31 |
| CORY-SMITH, Alexi | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2017-12-19 |
| DOBINSON, John Leslie | Director | 2011-02-04 | 2015-06-11 |
| DRESSENDOERFER, Maximilian, Dr | Director | 2011-02-04 | 2021-03-31 |
| FENTON, Neil Robert | Director | 1999-07-13 | 2007-10-31 |
| HUNTINGFORD, Richard Norman Legh | Director | 1993-12-17 | 2007-09-24 |
| KAMEBUCHI, Akinbou | Director | 1993-12-16 | 1997-02-25 |
| KANEKO, Haruhiko | Director | 1993-12-16 | 1994-10-31 |
| KATOVSKY, Benjamin Jerome | Director | 2018-12-31 | 2022-03-01 |
| LASCELLES, Robert Jeremy Hugh, Mr. | Director | 1998-09-17 | 2011-03-31 |
| LEVISON, Charles John Cuthbertson | Director | 1993-12-17 | 1997-03-12 |
| LEWIS, Stephen Graeme | Director | 1993-04-16 | 2001-07-04 |
| LUDWIG, Christopher | Director | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
| MASUCH, Hartwig | Director | 2011-02-04 | 2023-06-30 |
| MCDANELL, Philip Neil, Mr. | Director | 1997-05-29 | 1999-07-13 |
| MOLLETT, Andrew John | Director | 2007-10-31 | 2011-03-31 |
| RANYARD, Mark David | Director | 2011-02-04 | 2015-12-21 |
| SAITO, Kazuhiko | Director | 1994-11-17 | 2002-06-24 |
| STACK, Peter | Director | 2018-01-16 | 2022-12-31 |
| TESTER, William Andrew Joseph | Nominee Director | 1992-05-11 | 1992-05-11 |
| WATANABE, Tamio | Director | 1997-02-25 | 2002-06-24 |
| WILSON, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2015-10-01 | 2019-05-10 |
| WRIGHT, Christopher Norman | Director | 1992-05-11 | 2011-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bmg Rights Management (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-07-28 | Active |
| Chrysalis Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-07-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 215 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
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Turnover
+11.2%
£2,560,000 £2,847,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+24%
£4,161,000 £5,159,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+92.9%
£602,000 £1,161,000
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Profit before tax
+104.6%
£560,000 £1,146,000
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