MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
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Cash
£25m
-31% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£848k
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
18
+12.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4k
-80% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £14,976,000 | £14,917,000 | £17,510,000 | +17.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,939,000 | -£4,440,000 | -£5,226,000 | -17.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £33,000 | £20,000 | £4,000 | -80% | |
| Net profit | £16,000 | £2,000 | £4,000 | +100% | |
| Cash | £62,406,000 | £35,785,000 | £24,684,000 | -31% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £842,000 | £844,000 | £848,000 | +0.5% | |
| Net assets | £842,000 | £844,000 | £848,000 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £842,000 | £844,000 | £848,000 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 16 | 18 | +12.5% | |
| Wages | £1,527,000 | £1,657,000 | £1,748,000 | +5.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £742,000 | £841,000 | £896,000 | +6.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £501,000 | £58,000 | £61,000 | +5.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -26.3% | -29.8% | -29.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -467.8% | -526.1% | -616.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.3% | 99.3% | 99.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.01x | 1.00x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED 1998-09-22 → present
- MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED(THE) 1915-05-07 → 1998-09-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that the working capital of the Group and Company and its cash reserves are sufficient to fund the Group and Company's activities for at least 12 months from the date the financial statements are approved and hence continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- MUSIC PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED · parent
- Ampleform Limited 100%
- British Copyright Protection Association (BRITCO) Limited 100%
- British Music Rights Limited 50%
- Copyright Control Limited 100%
- European Music Rights Organisation Limited (EMRO) 100%
- Independent Music Publisher's EL Limited 100%
- Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society Limited 100%
- National Discography Limited 50%
- Printed Music Licensing Limited (PMLL) 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
20 active · 114 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Steve Joseph | Secretary | 2015-05-01 | — | — |
| ALWAY, Jacqueline Gay | Director | 2014-01-01 | Feb 1966 | British |
| BHUPSINGH, Gary Richard | Director | 2013-02-21 | Jul 1969 | British |
| BOX, Michael Stuart John | Director | 2017-07-04 | Sep 1962 | British |
| BUTLER, Christopher Mark | Director | 2004-07-06 | Jul 1963 | British |
| CLEMENTS, Paul Charles | Director | 2019-02-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
| DAVIDSON, Jackie | Director | 2020-09-08 | Jun 1961 | British |
| EGGLESTON, James Keith | Director | 2018-07-03 | Feb 1979 | British |
| FORTE, Maria-Teresa Luisa | Director | 2023-09-07 | Jun 1957 | British |
| KASSNER, Natalie Olivia | Director | 2022-07-15 | May 1987 | British |
| KEDROS, Caspar John Valentine | Director | 2024-07-17 | Feb 1972 | British |
| KHALAF, Pascale | Director | 2023-09-07 | Oct 1978 | British |
| KING, Richard Malcolm | Director | 2022-07-15 | Jun 1963 | British |
| KRUYER, Francis Michael | Director | 2024-08-29 | Mar 1985 | British |
| LONG, Paulette Maureen | Director | 2022-07-15 | May 1966 | British |
| MCAULEY, Claire Victoria | Director | 2022-01-01 | Mar 1983 | American |
| MCDONALD, Blair Alexander | Director | 2018-07-03 | Sep 1965 | British |
| ROSE, Philip | Director | 2023-09-07 | Sep 1983 | British |
| TESTER, Jonathan Brian | Director | 2018-07-03 | May 1976 | British |
| THOMAS, Peter Ronald | Director | 2022-07-15 | Feb 1970 | British |
Show 114 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Steve Joseph | Secretary | 2014-05-01 | 2015-07-03 |
| DADSWELL, Peter James | Secretary | — | 1997-01-01 |
| FAULDER, Sarah Mary | Secretary | 1997-01-01 | 2005-10-14 |
| NAVIN, Stephen William Harding | Secretary | 2006-01-03 | 2013-06-27 |
| OSBORN, Sarah Elizabeth | Secretary | 2014-01-01 | 2015-04-30 |
| ANDERS, Mark Ashley | Director | 2012-06-27 | 2013-06-25 |
| ANDERS, Mark Ashley | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2011-10-24 |
| ANDERSEN, Janet Kay | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-10-03 |
| ANDERSON, Simon John | Director | 2017-07-04 | 2020-09-08 |
| AVALY, Jutta Maria | Director | — | 1998-07-07 |
| BARNES, Peter Edward | Director | 1991-05-23 | 2014-06-24 |
| BELL, Catherine | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2008-07-24 |
| BOOTH, Charles William | Director | 1994-07-04 | 2004-07-06 |
| BOOTH, William | Director | 2010-03-11 | 2010-06-24 |
| BRADLEY, Thomas Fredrick | Director | 1998-01-29 | 2004-07-06 |
| BRUNNING, Roland John | Director | — | 1994-03-01 |
| BUTLER, Christopher Mark | Director | 1992-06-30 | 2001-07-03 |
| CHANNON, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2005-07-05 | 2008-06-26 |
| CLARK, Stephen Colin | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2025-09-25 |
| CLARK, Stephen Colin | Director | 2013-07-08 | 2014-05-15 |
| CONNOLLY, Paul Edward | Director | 2005-07-05 | 2013-12-31 |
| CORNISH, Peter | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2016-10-05 |
| CORNISH, Peter | Director | — | 2002-07-09 |
| CORY-SMITH, Alexi | Director | 2012-11-08 | 2014-03-10 |
| CURRAN, Paul Gerard | Director | — | 2008-06-24 |
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2019-01-22 |
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Director | 1999-07-06 | 2013-06-25 |
| DYER, Owain Michael Jonson | Director | — | 1994-10-27 |
| EAST, Leslie Charles | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2012-04-25 |
| ELDERTON, Nigel Robert | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2018-07-03 |
| ELDERTON, Nigel Robert | Director | 1991-12-05 | 2003-07-01 |
| EVANS, James Mark Crispin | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2019-07-03 |
| EVANS, James Mark Crispin | Director | — | 2005-07-05 |
| FARRANT, Scott Ashton Christopher Lloyd | Director | 2020-03-26 | 2024-07-17 |
| FAULDER, Sarah Mary | Director | 2001-09-27 | 2005-10-14 |
| FITZHERBERT-BROCKHOLES, James Piers | Director | 2008-06-24 | 2015-07-01 |
| FOGARTY, John Antony | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2001-06-08 |
| FORTE, Maria-Teresa Luisa | Director | 2012-06-27 | 2015-07-01 |
| GODFREY, Andy | Director | 2019-10-03 | 2023-12-31 |
| GRACE, Robert | Director | — | 1999-07-06 |
| GRAY, Sean Martin | Director | 2011-06-28 | 2011-10-24 |
| GROVES, Sally Hilary | Director | 2009-11-05 | 2014-06-24 |
| HARPER, John Stanley | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| HAWKEN, Linda Joy | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2017-07-04 |
| HEATH, Andrew | Director | 2002-07-09 | 2020-09-08 |
| HEATH, Andrew | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| HEINE, Edward Clinton | Director | 1996-07-11 | 1999-07-06 |
| HOPE, Philip Michael Francis | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2019-07-03 |
| HORNALL, Stuart Alexander | Director | 2002-07-09 | 2017-07-04 |
| HORNALL, Stuart Alexander | Director | — | 2001-07-03 |
| JAMES, Stephen Maurice | Director | — | 2004-07-06 |
| JAPP, David | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2004-07-06 |
| KASSNER, David | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2022-07-15 |
| KASSNER, David | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2011-10-24 |
| KING, Andrew Ellerton | Director | 2007-07-10 | 2014-06-24 |
| KING, Richard Malcolm | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2019-07-03 |
| KINGSBURY, Martin Bernard Caradon | Director | 1995-07-04 | 2003-07-01 |
| KNIGHT, Kathryn Elisabeth | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2023-09-09 |
| LEVY, Edward Frederick | Director | — | 1994-07-04 |
| LEWIS, Stephen Graeme | Director | — | 1992-11-27 |
| LINDLEY, Rachel Clare | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-04-10 |
| LINDLEY, Rachel Clare | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2021-09-10 |
| LONG, Paulette Maureen | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2020-09-08 |
| MANNERS, Catherine Alice | Director | 2017-07-04 | 2022-07-15 |
| MAY, Laura | Director | 2020-09-08 | 2025-09-25 |
| MAYLAN, Francesca | Director | 2008-06-24 | 2010-03-11 |
| MCGINNIS, David | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2024-09-04 |
| MILLER, Anne | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2022-07-15 |
| MILLER, Deborah Jane | Director | 1995-07-04 | 1997-12-01 |
| MINCH, John Berchmans | Director | 2002-07-09 | 2018-07-03 |
| MORRIS, Brian Guy | Director | 2010-06-24 | 2015-07-01 |
| NAVIN, Stephen William Harding | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2013-06-27 |
| NERI, Roberto Bruno | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2022-07-15 |
| NEWING, Benjamin | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2015-07-01 |
| NEWING, Benjamin | Director | 1991-12-05 | 2003-07-01 |
| O'CONNELL, Jennifer Lynn | Director | 2019-07-03 | 2020-09-28 |
| OATES, Terence Robert | Director | — | 2002-07-09 |
| OSBORN, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2015-04-30 |
| PAINE, Richard Peter | Director | 2019-07-03 | 2022-07-15 |
| PALMER, Claudia S | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2012-07-30 |
| PATTENDEN, Natasha | Director | 2023-09-07 | 2024-09-04 |
| PERRY, Justin Arup | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2023-09-09 |
| PERRY, Justin Arup | Director | 2011-06-26 | 2012-06-27 |
| PHILLIPS, Nicholas James | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1993-11-25 |
| PINDER, Charles Robert | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2005-07-05 |
| PLATZ, Simon Howard | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2018-07-03 |
| POOL, Anthony Presgrave | Director | — | 2002-07-09 |
| POTTER, Andrew John | Director | — | 2004-07-06 |
| RANGER, Shirley Kathleen | Director | 2002-02-07 | 2011-04-14 |
| RANYARD, Mark David | Director | 2014-03-10 | 2015-07-01 |
| RETFORD, Irene | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2001-11-22 |
| RETFORD, Irene | Director | — | 1992-06-30 |
| RICH, Ellis Seymour | Director | 1997-07-11 | 2008-06-25 |
| RIDDLE, Nicholas Simon | Director | 1998-07-07 | 2014-03-20 |
| ROSE, Philip | Director | 2019-07-03 | 2022-07-15 |
| ROWLES, Mark | Director | — | 1997-07-10 |
| RUSHTON, James Thomas Chadwick | Director | 2001-07-03 | 2004-07-06 |
| SANGHVI, Rakesh | Director | 2009-06-25 | 2012-06-25 |
| SCHOFIELD, John Alfred, Mr. | Director | 1998-02-26 | 2009-09-17 |
| SCOTT, Maria Ann | Director | 2018-07-03 | 2021-09-10 |
| SELBY, Benjamin Patrick | Director | 2019-07-03 | 2020-09-01 |
| SIMMONDS, John | Director | 2020-09-26 | 2024-09-04 |
| SIMMONDS, John | Director | 2012-06-27 | 2018-07-03 |
| SIMON, Jonathan Reginald | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2012-04-02 |
| SIMON, Jonathan Reginald | Director | — | 2003-07-01 |
| SMITH, Joanne Sian | Director | 2014-05-15 | 2021-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Peter Ronald | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2018-07-03 |
| THOMAS, Richard Trevor | Director | 1999-07-06 | 2000-09-19 |
| TOEMAN, Richard Maurice | Director | — | 1998-02-26 |
| WEBB, Judith Mary | Director | 2014-06-24 | 2015-01-09 |
| WHITE, Kevin Lonsdale | Director | 1994-07-04 | 1995-08-01 |
| WINCHESTER, Christiaan James | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2020-03-26 |
| WRIGHT, Ian Herbert | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2007-07-02 |
| WYBOR, Harriet Elizabeth | Director | 2021-09-10 | 2022-08-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 369 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-01 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.