WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED
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Cash
£673k
-54.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£288m
+13.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
67
+1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£43m
+1,596.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £174,335,964 | £181,586,713 | £203,635,239 | +12.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,369,122 | -£2,397,750 | £37,873,259 | +1,679.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,133,637 | £2,554,524 | £43,344,349 | +1,596.8% | |
| Net profit | £4,435,903 | £1,414,309 | £33,396,087 | +2,261.3% | |
| Cash | £568,380 | £1,484,337 | £673,425 | -54.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £255,258,669 | £257,233,732 | £289,072,153 | +12.4% | |
| Net assets | £252,862,848 | £254,277,157 | £287,673,247 | +13.1% | |
| Equity | £252,862,848 | £254,277,157 | £287,673,247 | +13.1% | |
| Average employees | — | 66 | 67 | +1.5% | |
| Wages | £6,346,944 | £7,096,105 | £7,094,751 | 0% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,583,222 | £871,142 | £1,574,778 | +80.8% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | -1.3% | 18.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 0.8% | 16.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.9% | -0.9% | 13.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.6% | 38.7% | 39.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.42x | 1.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | -25.42x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED 2019-05-16 → present
- WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED 1996-01-26 → 2019-05-16
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED 1988-08-24 → 1996-01-26
- WARNER BROS. MUSIC LIMITED 1950-11-18 → 1988-08-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease trading in the period following the approval of the financial statements. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ('the going concern period').”
Group structure
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC LIMITED · parent
- Bubbies Music Limited 100%
- Dizzy Heights Music Publishing Limited 100%
- FFRR Music Limited 100%
- Glissando Music Limited 100%
- Kirshner Warner Bros. Music Limited 50%
- Magnet Music Limited 100%
- The National Video Corporation Limited 100%
- Chappell Morris Limited 100%
- Warner Chappell MLM Limited 100%
- Warner Chappell Music International Limited 100%
- Warner Chappell TM Limited 100%
- Warner Chappell UK Limited 100%
- Fisherberg Hopwood & Crew Limited* 100%
- Burlington Music Company Limited* 100%
- Chappell Music Limited* 100%
- Diplomat Music Limited* 50%
- Intersong Music Limited* 100%
- Jewel Music Publishing Company Limited* 100%
- Throat Music Limited* 100%
- Warner Chappell Artemis Music Limited* 100%
- Warner Chappell Limited* 100%
- Warner Chappell North America Limited* 100%
- Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Limited* 100%
- Patricia Music Limited* 100%
- CRML Limited** 100%
- Destiny Music Limited** 100%
- CPM Music Limited* 100%
- Palace Music Co Limited* 100%
- Warner Chappell Production Music Limited 100%
- Warner Chappell Music Publishing Limited 100%
- Warner Chappell Music AG Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERTON, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2017-09-22 | Nov 1986 | British |
| GONZALES, Shani | Director | 2021-01-01 | Sep 1979 | American |
| MOOT, Guy Kimberly | Director | 2019-04-02 | Sep 1965 | British |
| YOUNG, Darren Robert | Director | 2021-12-10 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2004-07-01 |
| JONES, Bronwen Elizabeth Stuart | Secretary | 2002-08-02 | 2004-03-01 |
| SKINNER, Susanna Maria | Secretary | 1994-02-01 | 2002-08-02 |
| TIERNEY, William Joseph | Secretary | — | 1994-02-01 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2024-04-10 |
| BARRETT, Annette | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2001-06-30 |
| BIEDERMAN, Donald | Director | — | 2000-01-04 |
| BOOKER, Roger Denys | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2019-09-30 |
| BRUNNING, Roland John | Director | — | 1993-11-09 |
| DICKINS, Robert | Director | — | 1998-11-03 |
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2013-06-19 |
| GODFREY CASS, Robin | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| GUMMER, Andrew David Frederick | Director | — | 1998-01-08 |
| HEINE, Edward Clinton | Director | 1995-05-31 | 1999-06-21 |
| HITCHENS, Barry William | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, David Harrover | Director | 2010-01-07 | 2011-05-31 |
| LAVIN, Michael Anthony | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2024-03-12 |
| MANNERS, James Richard | Director | 1999-06-21 | 2016-04-21 |
| MCDOWELL III, William Scott | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2021-11-05 |
| PIERSON, Edward Payne | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2008-09-30 |
| PLATT, Jonathan Jose | Director | 2016-05-17 | 2018-12-31 |
| RUSSELL, Anthony David | Director | — | 2006-01-10 |
| SMITH, Joanne Sian | Director | 2014-05-13 | 2021-12-10 |
| SMITH, Michael Edward John | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2020-03-13 |
| STRANG, Cameron Alexander | Director | 2011-05-31 | 2016-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wmg Global Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-17 | Active |
| Wmg Acquisition (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-02-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-12-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.