Universal Production Music Limited
Registered name: UNIVERSAL PRODUCTION MUSIC LIMITED
Part of Universal Music Group N.V. groupUniversal Production Music Limited made £26.5m revenue and £10.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Universal Production Music Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £26.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £10.5m profit. The company is classified under “other publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- 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) | £28.8m | £31.2m | £26.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£11.6m | −£12.9m | −£12.5m |
| Gross profit | £17.2m | £18.3m | £14m |
| Operating profit | £10.3m | £13.6m | £9.5m |
| Profit before tax | £11.1m | £16.9m | £14m |
| Profit after tax | £8.4m | £12.9m | £10.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £8.4m | £12.9m | £10.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 29.3% | 41.5% | 39.5% |
| Gross margin | 59.9% | 58.6% | 52.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▼15.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲53.2% | ▼19.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 39.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 52.9%
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Universal Music Group N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Universal Music Holdings Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Publishing MGB Holding UK Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Publishing MGB Limited75–100%
- Universal Production Music Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Focus Music (Publishing) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Pitch Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Complete Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Fiction Songs LimitedFigures not disclosed
- G.ricordi & Co (London) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mucho Loco Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music Publishing International MGB 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 £10.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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