INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ENTERPRISE SERVICES LIMITED
Operating as part of the ICE joint venture, the company provides international music copyright, licensing, and royalty processing services on behalf of authors and musicians.
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Cash
£53m
EUR 62,379,000
+36.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£53m
EUR 61,432,000
+21.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
129
+8.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£13m
EUR 14,807,000
-14.2% lowest 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,348,750 | £54,673,690 | £59,643,714 | +9.1% | |
| Operating profit | £11,958,719 | £12,403,220 | £9,429,599 | -24% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,851,148 | £14,776,465 | £12,681,569 | -14.2% | |
| Net profit | £9,816,718 | £11,010,620 | £9,224,906 | -16.2% | |
| Cash | £51,309,524 | £39,255,738 | £53,424,974 | +36.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,392,086 | £43,394,998 | £52,757,794 | +21.6% | |
| Net assets | £32,378,383 | £43,389,003 | £52,613,909 | +21.3% | |
| Equity | £32,378,383 | £43,389,003 | £52,613,909 | +21.3% | |
| Average employees | 101 | 119 | 129 | +8.4% | |
| Wages | £8,603,974 | £10,860,740 | £11,783,145 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £83,933 | £49,675 | £36,828 | -25.9% |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.856 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 22.4% | 22.7% | 15.8% | |
| Net margin | 18.4% | 20.1% | 15.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.9% | 28.6% | 17.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.5% | 54.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 8.77x | 8.61x | 11.09x |
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
- INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ENTERPRISE SERVICES LIMITED 2015-07-20 → present
- AURORA MUSIC LIMITED 2014-04-07 → 2015-07-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no subsequent events which alter this view. The directors have considered the future expected cashflows of the Company under stress test scenario planning and consider that the Company has sufficient future expected cashflows. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT ENTERPRISE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- ICE International Copyright Enterprise Germany GmbH
- ICE Operations AB
Significant events
- “To ensure funding of ICE GmbH throughout H1 2027, a further working capital loan agreement of €12,000k from ICE Ltd has been approved by the Joint Board on 25 February 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERGER, Edgar | Director | 2025-10-17 | Oct 1966 | Swiss |
| BJØRNER, Casper Bue | Director | 2021-12-02 | Jul 1967 | Danish |
| HOLZMÜLLER, Tobias | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1975 | German |
| KRAJEWSKI, Mark Andrew | Director | 2023-07-04 | Nov 1972 | British |
| MEUSER, Hans Georg | Director | 2018-09-18 | Apr 1953 | German |
| NOTT, Julian Francis Kandahar | Director | 2023-10-01 | Nov 1960 | British |
| RAMOND, Frank Herbert | Director | 2017-09-21 | Apr 1964 | German |
| STUART, Paul Anders Frederick | Director | 2025-03-05 | Mar 1975 | Swedish |
| VON SYDOW, Götz | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jul 1963 | German |
| WEIGAND, Ralf, Dr | Director | 2015-07-17 | Aug 1959 | German |
| WOLLBECK, Anders Wilhelm Axel | Director | 2024-07-01 | Feb 1958 | Swedish |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNETT, Victoria Joan | Secretary | 2014-06-27 | 2015-05-05 |
| CHALLEN, Nicola | Secretary | 2015-05-05 | 2015-10-23 |
| SHERBROOKE, Tara | Secretary | 2016-01-29 | 2020-04-17 |
| AITKEN, Jonathan Ian | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2023-07-04 |
| ASHCROFT, Robert John | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2019-07-04 |
| BURNETT, Victoria Joan | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2014-06-27 |
| CZAPARY-MARTIN, Andrea | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2026-04-29 |
| DARLOW, Simon | Director | 2019-07-31 | 2021-05-19 |
| DOSTAL, Frank | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2017-04-20 |
| HAMREN, Kjell-Ake | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2016-04-11 |
| HEKER, Harald | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2023-09-30 |
| JONES, Neil Christopher | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2015-07-17 |
| LINDSTROM, Lars Peter | Director | 2021-05-27 | 2021-12-02 |
| MASTERS, Dru | Director | 2021-09-28 | 2023-07-04 |
| MINCH, John Berchmans | Director | 2023-07-04 | 2023-09-30 |
| MINZ, Rainer | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2025-10-17 |
| NIELSEN, Karsten Dyhrberg | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2021-05-26 |
| NOTT, Julian Francis Kandahar | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2019-05-21 |
| NUNN, Craig Stuart | Director | 2016-01-29 | 2017-05-17 |
| NUNN, Craig Stuart | Director | 2014-06-23 | 2015-07-17 |
| POWELL, Stephen William | Director | 2017-05-17 | 2022-10-31 |
| RAMOND, Frank Herbert | Director | 2016-06-19 | 2017-04-20 |
| RAMOND, Frank Herbert | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2016-04-11 |
| SCHNEIDER, Enjott, Professor | Director | 2016-06-19 | 2018-09-18 |
| SCHNEIDER, Enjott, Professor | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2016-04-11 |
| STONES, Deborah Ann | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2016-01-29 |
| STURK, Kerstin Mangert | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2024-06-30 |
| TIBBLIN, Martin Jonsson | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2025-03-04 |
| VON SYDOW, Charlotte | Director | 2015-07-17 | 2016-04-11 |
| WAGGERSHAUSEN, Stefan | Director | 2017-09-21 | 2024-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prs For Music Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.