SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-16 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+61.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£1B
+1% vs 2024
Employees
106
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£18M
-9.8% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (UK) LIMITED 2021-01-08 → present
- SM PUBLISHING (UK) LIMITED 2008-12-31 → 2021-01-08
- SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (UK) LIMITED 2003-11-17 → 2008-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,882,000 | £49,135,000 | |
| Operating profit | £980,000 | £1,050,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £20,111,000 | £18,150,000 | |
| Net profit | £26,789,000 | £24,540,000 | |
| Cash | £1,287,000 | £2,083,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,119,062,000 | £1,130,487,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,119,062,000 | £1,130,487,000 | |
| Equity | £1,119,062,000 | £1,130,487,000 | |
| Average employees | 107 | 106 | |
| Wages | £1,209,000 | £1,157,000 |
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 | 2.3% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 62.5% | 49.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.15x | 0.18x | |
| Interest cover | 0.03x | 0.03x |
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
“After reviewing the UK Group's financial forecasts and expected working capital position and the ability and intent of Sony Corporation to provide financial support if required the Directors are confident the Company has sufficient access to financial resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements”
Group structure
- SONY MUSIC PUBLISHING (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Limited 100%
- Sony Music Publishing Europe Limited 100%
- The Extreme Music Library Limited 100%
- Sony Music Publishing Portugal - Edições Musicaıss Limitada 99.6%
- EMI Industries (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Sony Music Publishing Spain S.R.L 55.57%
- EMI Music Publishing Finance (UK) Limited 100%
- Sony Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Limited 100%
- Editions Musicales Uncle Dan's SPRL 99.6%
- Extreme Music (Canada) Inc 100%
- SM Publishing (France) SAS 100%
- CCP (SM) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In June 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of Monty Norman Limited. In November 2025, the company completed the acquisition of Robots & Humans Songs Limited”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-30 | — | — |
| HENDERSON, Guy Robert | Director | 2007-09-28 | Nov 1960 | British |
| MAJOR, Timothy William | Director | 2019-03-31 | Oct 1980 | British |
| PLATT, Jonathan Jose | Director | 2019-03-31 | Nov 1964 | American |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE, Alasdair Thomas Paterson | Secretary | 2004-06-29 | 2004-11-01 |
| SANGHVI, Rakesh | Secretary | 2004-11-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-11-17 | 2004-06-29 |
| BANDIER, Martin Neal | Director | 2007-09-28 | 2019-03-31 |
| HOCKMAN, David Phillip | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2007-09-28 |
| KELLY, Thomas Fontana | Director | 2019-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
| KOBER, Steven | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2014-04-04 |
| MOOT, Guy Kimberly | Director | 2013-01-10 | 2019-03-31 |
| PEARCE, David | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2004-11-01 |
| PINDER, Charles Robert | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2005-06-30 |
| PUZIO, Joseph Salvatore | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2019-03-30 |
| SANGHVI, Rakesh | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2012-09-04 |
| STORCH, Steven Andrew | Director | 2007-09-28 | 2008-03-31 |
| STRINGER, Robert | Director | 2004-06-29 | 2004-11-01 |
| ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-11-17 | 2004-06-29 |
| ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-11-17 | 2004-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony Group Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-13 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | 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 | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+14.6%
£42,882,000 £49,135,000
-
Cash
+61.8%
£1,287,000 £2,083,000
-
Net assets
+1%
£1,119,062,000 £1,130,487,000
-
Employees
-0.9%
107 106
-
Operating profit
+7.1%
£980,000 £1,050,000
-
Profit before tax
-9.8%
£20,111,000 £18,150,000
-
Wages
-4.3%
£1,209,000 £1,157,000
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