HAL LEONARD EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£6.5m
+62.2% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+28.4% vs 2024
Employees
57
-10.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.4m
-20.9% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,825,318 | £5,636,125 | £4,831,326 | £5,290,440 | £5,523,097 | £4,439,254 | -19.6% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £2,145,085 | £3,088,080 | £2,441,459 | -20.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,285,870 | £1,053,858 | £328,967 | £2,147,789 | £3,088,144 | £2,442,294 | -20.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,285,870 | £1,053,858 | £328,967 | £2,147,789 | £3,088,144 | £2,442,294 | -20.9% | |
| Cash | £2,345,422 | £2,821,509 | £2,600,160 | £2,536,481 | £4,016,011 | £6,513,847 | +62.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,018,806 | £11,135,813 | £11,464,780 | £5,627,992 | £8,861,720 | £11,320,246 | +27.7% | |
| Net assets | £10,081,955 | £11,135,813 | — | £5,518,808 | £8,606,952 | £11,049,246 | +28.4% | |
| Equity | £10,081,955 | £11,135,813 | £11,464,780 | £5,518,808 | £8,606,952 | £11,049,246 | +28.4% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 101 | 96 | 77 | 64 | 57 | -10.9% | |
| Wages | £3,311,098 | £3,404,731 | £3,694,746 | £3,182,909 | £2,230,389 | £1,869,217 | -16.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £168,100 | £332,852 | £313,838 | £243,197 | £144,042 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £10,667 | £4,308 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £150,727 | £139,734 | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 40.5% | 55.9% | 55.0% | |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 18.7% | 6.8% | 40.6% | 55.9% | 55.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 38.1% | 34.8% | 21.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.9% | 29.0% | — | 47.8% | 31.0% | 35.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.10x | 3.40x | 2.95x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HAL LEONARD EUROPE LIMITED 2018-04-04 → present
- MUSIC SALES PRINT LIMITED 2017-05-31 → 2018-04-04
- NO PREFERENCE LIMITED 2017-03-22 → 2017-05-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In respect of current trading the directors are confident that the company can continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements, and in addition the company has the support of the ultimate parent company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAHDI, Mohammed | Director | 2024-10-12 | Oct 1982 | Canadian |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEMP, Nicholas John Marcus | Secretary | 2017-03-22 | 2018-04-03 |
| DIEKELMAN, Debbie Jo | Director | 2023-04-03 | 2024-08-30 |
| FARNCOMBE, Thomas Patrick | Director | 2020-11-12 | 2022-07-22 |
| GILROY, Ian Nigel | Director | 2017-06-14 | 2018-04-03 |
| HOLLEY, David | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2018-04-03 |
| JONES, Robert Idris | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2023-04-03 |
| LATHAM, Anthony Edward | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2018-04-03 |
| MORTON, Lawrence Melvin | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2024-10-18 |
| MUMFORD, Mark Robert | Director | 2018-04-03 | 2020-02-12 |
| ROCKBERGER, David Barry | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2017-06-14 |
| VENVELL, Thomas Edward | Director | 2020-11-12 | 2024-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music Sales Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-03-22 | Ceased 2018-04-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 59 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.