Hyperion Records Limited
Registered name: HYPERION RECORDS LIMITED
Part of Universal Music Group N.V. groupHyperion Records Limited made £881k revenue and a £417k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2023.
Hyperion Records Limited’s revenue was £881k in the year to 31 Dec 2023, with a loss of £417k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “reproduction of sound recording” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.5m | £1.2m | £881k |
| Cost of sales | −£619k | −£576k | −£881k |
| Gross profit | £907k | £630k | £200 |
| Operating profit | £21.1k | £86.4k | −£417k |
| Profit before tax | £21.4k | £92.1k | −£417k |
| Profit after tax | £17.3k | £74.7k | −£417k |
| Profit (best available) | £17.3k | £74.7k | −£417k |
| Employees (average) | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.1% | 6.2% | −47.3% |
| Gross margin | 59.4% | 52.3% | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | £153k | £121k | £294k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £7.5k | −£139k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.9% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲331.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −47.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £294k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£139k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Universal Music Group N.V. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Universal Music Holdings Limited75–100%
- Universal Music (UK) Holdings Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Leisure Limited75–100%
- Universal Music Operations Limited75–100%
- Hyperion Records Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (16)
- All Around the World LimitedRev. £8.4m · Profit £3.3m
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- Jard LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Naughty Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- One Mode Productions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Outdustry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Real World Recordings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rg2016 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- S Club Entertainment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stiff Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (CR) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (D1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (DJ) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Universal Music (WT) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Vice Versa LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ZTT Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit −£417k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026