Real World Recordings Ltd
Registered name: REAL WORLD RECORDINGS LTD
Part of Universal Music Group N.V. groupReal World Recordings Ltd made £295k revenue and £173k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Real World Recordings Ltd’s revenue fell 29% to £295k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £173k profit. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £333k | £417k | £417k | £295k |
| Cost of sales | −£93.2k | −£101k | −£101k | −£80.1k |
| Gross profit | £240k | £316k | £316k | £215k |
| Operating profit | £726 | £0 | −£46.4k | £215k |
| Profit before tax | £726 | −£3 | −£46.4k | £215k |
| Profit after tax | £574 | −£3 | −£46.4k | £173k |
| Profit (best available) | £574 | −£3 | −£46.4k | £173k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0% | −11.1% | 58.6% |
| Gross margin | 72% | 75.8% | 75.8% | 72.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲25% | — | ▼29.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼100.5% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 58.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 72.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 (UK) Holdings Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Leisure Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Operations Limited75–100%
- Real World Recordings Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (16)
- All Around the World LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit £3.3m
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- Hyperion Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Jard LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Naughty Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- One Mode Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Outdustry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rg2016 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- S Club Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stiff Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (CR) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (D1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (DJ) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (WT) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vice Versa LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ZTT Records 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 £173k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 18 Oct 2026
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