FIREBIRD MUSIC LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1M
-13.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£27M
+60.8% vs 2023
Employees
79
+9.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£17M
-204% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-06-20.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,470,735 | £22,161,139 | -1.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£3,674,430 | -£14,949,919 | -306.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,619,457 | -£17,082,660 | -204% | |
| Net profit | -£5,695,930 | -£17,022,122 | -198.8% | |
| Cash | £1,229,411 | £1,067,921 | -13.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,115,642 | £57,423,898 | +33.2% | |
| Net assets | £16,650,733 | £26,773,729 | +60.8% | |
| Equity | £16,650,733 | £26,773,729 | +60.8% | |
| Average employees | 72 | 79 | +9.7% | |
| Wages | £4,196,235 | £4,869,969 | +16.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £400,000 | £36,603 | -90.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -16.4% | -67.5% | |
| Net margin | -25.3% | -76.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -8.5% | -26.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.3% | 62.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | -1.89x | -7.63x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent 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
- 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%
- Optimum Defected Security Co Limited 100%
- Verano Def Fiesta 21 S.L 100%
- Firebird Defected Holdings Limited 100%
- Graduation* Music Limited 51%
Significant events
- “During the year, Firebird Music Holdings LLC contributed its interests in Defected and Graduation to the Company as part of an internal group reorganisation. This reorganisation established the Group in its current legal form but did not result in any change in ultimate ownership or control, nor did it affect the day-to-day operations of the underlying businesses, which continued to operate under their existing management teams throughout the year.”
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 14 of 14 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.