NAUGHTY RECORDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£1M
+3.7% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£41K
-74.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NAUGHTY RECORDS LIMITED 2014-07-24 → present
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC DIRECT LIMITED 2009-03-20 → 2014-07-24
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 | £152,221 | £165,691 | |
| Operating profit | £159,771 | £40,914 | |
| Profit before tax | £159,771 | £40,914 | |
| Net profit | £159,771 | £40,914 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,111,097 | -£1,070,183 | |
| Net assets | -£1,111,097 | -£1,070,183 | |
| Equity | -£1,111,097 | -£1,070,183 | |
| 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 | 105.0% | 24.7% | |
| Net margin | 105.0% | 24.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -14.4% | -3.8% |
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 to 31 December 2026.”
Significant events
- “Turnover increased by 9% driven by a reduced performance on catalogue recordings.”
- “Gross profit margin decreased to 29% (2023: 110%) due to decreased recoupment against advances to unproven artists.”
- “The company, as part of Universal Music Group's UK operations, had its near-term emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABIOYE, Abolanle | Secretary | 2009-03-20 | — | British |
| CLARK, Andrew Christopher John | Director | 2024-03-31 | Sep 1983 | British |
| FORBES, Stuart Kennedy | Director | 2023-02-13 | Apr 1983 | British |
| KHAN, Shahid | Director | 2026-03-25 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASHRAF, Shakil | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2026-03-25 |
| BARKER, Adam Martin | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-11-14 |
| BERKELEY, Emma Jane | Director | 2020-07-03 | 2023-02-13 |
| BRYANT, David Thomas | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2012-01-19 |
| COCKLE, Ted Edward | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2020-06-24 |
| FISHER, Thomas Clive | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2011-08-01 |
| FURMAN, Mark | Director | 2014-11-14 | 2024-03-31 |
| KHAN, Barkat | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2026-03-25 |
| LASK, Gideon | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2010-12-31 |
| ROSE, Brian | Director | 2009-03-20 | 2014-11-14 |
| SHARPE, David Richard James | Director | 2012-01-20 | 2014-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Music Operations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Sk Records Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 75 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-07-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+8.8%
£152,221 £165,691
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+3.7%
-£1,111,097 -£1,070,183
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-74.4%
£159,771 £40,914
-
Profit before tax
-74.4%
£159,771 £40,914
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