FIREBIRD MUSIC LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+33.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20m
-26.5% vs 2024
Employees
53
-32.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£12m
+32.4% vs 2024
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 | £22,470,735 | £22,161,139 | £22,878,010 | +3.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,674,430 | -£14,949,919 | -£4,307,550 | +71.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,619,457 | -£17,082,660 | -£11,548,654 | +32.4% | |
| Net profit | -£5,695,930 | -£17,022,122 | -£11,625,606 | +31.7% | |
| Cash | £1,229,411 | £1,067,921 | £1,427,403 | +33.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,115,642 | £57,423,898 | £49,921,665 | -13.1% | |
| Net assets | £16,650,733 | £26,773,729 | £19,690,231 | -26.5% | |
| Equity | £16,650,733 | £26,773,729 | £19,690,231 | -26.5% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 79 | 53 | -32.9% | |
| Wages | £4,196,235 | £4,869,969 | £3,922,528 | -19.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £400,000 | £38,067 | £297,000 | +680.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £33,000 | £1,464 | £10,000 | +583.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £433,000 | £38,067 | £297,000 | +680.2% |
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 | -16.4% | -67.5% | -18.8% | |
| Net margin | -25.3% | -76.8% | -50.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.5% | -26.0% | -8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.3% | 62.8% | 68.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 0.83x | 0.89x | |
| Interest cover | -1.89x | -7.63x | -2.09x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have also obtained assurance from its ultimate parent company, Firebird Music Holdings LLC, that it will provide financial support to the group for a period of at least 12 months after the date of signing these financial statements. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- FIREBIRD MUSIC LIMITED · parent
- Defected London 2024 Limited 100%
- Defected London FSTVL 2019 Limited 100%
- Defected London FSTVL 2020 Limited 100%
- Defected Music Limited 100%
- Defected Records Limited 100%
- Glitterbox Records Limited 100%
- ITH Festivals Limited 100%
- ITH Limited 100%
- Verano Del Fiesta 21 S.L. 100%
- Firebird Defected Holdings Limited 100%
- Graduation* Music Limited 51%
Significant events
- “In February 2026, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding equity interests in ODE. The purchase consideration consisted of £4.5 million in cash, £0.9 million payable in FMH common units or cash, and contingent consideration of up to £2.1 million...”
- “In May 2026, the consideration for the sale of the equity interest consisted of £0.3 million in cash and contingent consideration of up to £1.5 million million payable upon the achievement of specified revenue targets.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DINARDO, Alessandro Carlo | Director | 2024-06-17 | Jan 1981 | British |
| HUBBARD, Nathan | Director | 2023-06-07 | May 1975 | American |
| ZILKHA, Nathaniel Maurice | Director | 2023-06-07 | Sep 1975 | American |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 16 of 16 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-03 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-09-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-01-24 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.