Performing Right Society,limited
Registered name: PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY,LIMITED
Performing Right Society,limited made £1.2bn revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Performing Right Society,limited’s revenue grew 8% to £1.2bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.2m profit. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 112 yrs · since 1914
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1bn | £1.2bn | £1.2bn |
| Operating profit | £983m | £1bn | £1.1bn |
| Profit before tax | £16.8m | £12.9m | £11.8m |
| Profit after tax | £6.6m | £3.8m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.6m | £3.8m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6% | ▲7.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼42.5% | ▼67.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Music Copyright Operational Services LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Musiclicensing.com LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Musiclicensing.org LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- PRS for Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Music Alliance LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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