Universal Music Publishing Limited
Registered name: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED
Part of Universal Music Group N.V. groupUniversal Music Publishing Limited made £207m revenue and £100m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Universal Music Publishing Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £207m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £100m profit. The company is classified under “sound recording and music publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £191m | £189m | £207m |
| Cost of sales | −£160m | −£163m | −£173m |
| Gross profit | £30.7m | £26.2m | £34.6m |
| Operating profit | £17.6m | £14.6m | £22.2m |
| Profit before tax | £36.5m | £97.2m | £134m |
| Profit after tax | £29.5m | £74.3m | £100m |
| Profit (best available) | £29.5m | £74.3m | £100m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 15.5% | 39.3% | 48.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 13.8% | 16.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.9% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲151.7% | ▲34.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 48.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- Universal Music Group N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Universal Music Holdings Limited75–100%
- Universal Music (UK) Holdings Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Leisure Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Publishing Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- Perfect Songs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music Publishing BL LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music Publishing PGM LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal/ Anxious Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal/Island Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal/McA Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (14)
- A & M Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Decca Music Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Globe Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Go! Discs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Island Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mercury Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Polydor LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Systemtactic LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music Group International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music Operations LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music Publishing Europe LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music Publishing International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal/Dick James Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £100m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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