WARNER CHAPPELL PRODUCTION MUSIC LIMITED
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Cash
£1k
+103,900% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.5m
+17% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.5m
-3.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Based on the work we have performed, we have identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | £2,069,727 | £2,055,743 | £2,341,846 | +13.9% | |
| Operating profit | £423,570 | £434,365 | £365,657 | -15.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,252,274 | £1,517,581 | £1,459,695 | -3.8% | |
| Net profit | £970,664 | £1,124,088 | £1,089,084 | -3.1% | |
| Cash | — | £1 | £1,040 | +103,900% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,405,185 | £7,494,269 | +17% | |
| Net assets | £5,281,100 | £6,405,185 | £7,494,269 | +17% | |
| Equity | £5,281,101 | £6,405,185 | £7,494,269 | +17% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 9 | — | — | |
| Wages | £246,740 | £341,214 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £76,994 | £107,949 | — | — |
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 | 20.5% | 21.1% | 15.6% | |
| Net margin | 46.9% | 54.7% | 46.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.8% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 71.4% | 69.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.05x | 1.11x |
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 PRODUCTION MUSIC LIMITED 2019-05-16 → present
- WARNER/CHAPPELL PRODUCTION MUSIC LIMITED 2011-11-16 → 2019-05-16
- WARNER/CHAPPELL LIBRARY MUSIC LIMITED 2008-03-03 → 2011-11-16
- NEWINCCO 802 LIMITED 2008-02-01 → 2008-03-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WARNER CHAPPELL PRODUCTION MUSIC LIMITED · parent
- CRML Limited 100%
- Destiny Music Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERTON, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2017-09-22 | Nov 1986 | British |
| GONZALES, Shani | Director | 2024-03-12 | Sep 1979 | American |
| YOUNG, Darren Robert | Director | 2021-12-10 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-02-01 | 2024-04-10 |
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Director | 2008-02-26 | 2013-06-19 |
| LAVIN, Michael Anthony | Director | 2008-02-26 | 2024-03-12 |
| MANNERS, James Richard | Director | 2008-02-26 | 2016-04-21 |
| SMITH, Joanne Sian | Director | 2014-05-13 | 2021-12-10 |
| SMITH, Michael Edward John | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2020-03-13 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 1 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2008-02-01 | 2008-02-23 |
| OLSWANG DIRECTORS 2 LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2008-02-01 | 2008-02-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Chappell Music Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.