Academy Music Holdings Ltd
Registered name: ACADEMY MUSIC HOLDINGS LTD
Part of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. groupAcademy Music Holdings Ltd made £74.2m revenue and £5.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Academy Music Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 6% to £74.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.2m profit and 1,525 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.3m | £69.8m | £74.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£24.9m | −£30.7m | −£31.9m |
| Gross profit | £36.4m | £39.1m | £42.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £6.6m | £9.2m |
| Profit before tax | £2.2m | £4.2m | £6.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £3.4m | £5.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £3.4m | £5.2m |
| Employees (average) | 418 | 468 | 1,525 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.6% | 4.8% | 7% |
| Gross margin | 59.3% | 56% | 57% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £149k | £48.6k |
| Profit per employee | £3.8k | £7.2k | £3.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.9% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲110% | ▲54.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12% | ▲225.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 57%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲226%
- Now 1,525
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Live Nation Limited75–100%
- Midland Concert Promotions Group Limited75–100%
- Live Nation (Music) UK Limited50–75%
- Lyv Gaiety Limited75–100%
- LN-Gaiety Holdings Limited50–75%
- Academy Music Holdings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Electricland LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Lollibop Festival LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sands Heritage LtdRev. — · Profit −£1m
- West Coast Venue Co LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £5.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026