UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2024Sector comparison
SIC 59200Where the company stands among the 15,021 active companies whose first SIC code is 59200 (Sound recording and music publishing activities).
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED£246.3m
- UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£134.2m
- PARLOPHONE RECORDS LIMITED£125.1m
- CUTTING EDGE GROUP LIMITED£80.5m
- K.P.M.MUSIC LIMITED£73.6m
- FIREBIRD MUSIC LIMITED£59.5m
- XL RECORDINGS LIMITED£45.1m
- CEG MEDIA MUSIC LIMITED£44.1m
- PRE RIGHTS LIMITED£37.8m
- SANCTUARY RECORDS GROUP LIMITED£34.2m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 15,021. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00860235. It was incorporated on 29 Sep 1965. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (N1C). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is sound recording and music publishing activities (59200).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £207,446,000. Net assets were £246,294,000, up 68.6% on the previous year. Total assets were £1,352,426,000 and total liabilities £1,105,743,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023–2024).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 15,021 active companies whose first SIC code is 59200: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 337 that publish turnover (median £14,982). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £2,900). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £19,047). It is older than 99% of them (median age 5.8 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Creative Worker). In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 62 days to pay suppliers, and 50% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 4 Jan 2027.
Filed accounts2023–2024
| 2023 † | 2024 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | 207,446,000 |
| Total assets | 1,117,796,000 | 1,352,426,000 |
| Total liabilities | 971,657,000 | 1,105,743,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 146,100,000 | 246,294,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 62 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 50%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 50%
- 31 to 60 days 27%
- After 60 days 23%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 36
- 65%
- 35%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 45
- 54%
- 46%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 42
- 58%
- 42%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 41
- 55%
- 45%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 39
- 60%
- 40%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 40
- 51%
- 49%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 42
- 53%
- 43%
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (UNIVERSAL MUSIC HOLDINGS LIMITED)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (UNIVERSAL MUSIC HOLDINGS LIMITED)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (UNIVERSAL MUSIC HOLDINGS LIMITED)
Earlier years (3)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS LIMITED)
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS LIMITED)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS LIMITED)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
- Licence type and rating
- Temporary Worker (A rating)
- Route
- Creative Worker
On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
4 events- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £207.4m, net assets £246.3m
- Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £146.1m
- Universal Music Leisure Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.