Mute Records Limited
Registered name: MUTE RECORDS LIMITED
Part of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited groupMute Records Limited made £5.7m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Mute Records Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £5.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “artistic creation” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4m | £5.7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.8m | £3.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.5m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 21.8% | 24.5% |
| Gross margin | 40% | 39.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼10.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £5.2m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £23k | £17k |
| Current assets | £8.4m | £9.6m |
| Debtors | £0 | £46k |
| Deferred income | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 40.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £2.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼26%
- Now £17k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Mute Records Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (25)
- BMG Rights Management Services (UK) LimitedRev. £46.3m · Profit £552k
- Sanctuary Records Group LimitedRev. £20.7m · Profit £7.2m
- BMG Production Music (UK) LimitedRev. £12.9m · Profit £994k
- Union Square Music LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £1.1m
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- Infectious Music LimitedRev. £2.5m · Profit £554k
- World Circuit LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit £622k
- Ram Records LtdRev. £917k · Profit £211k
- The Echo Label LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £18.9m
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- BMG VM Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cavalcade Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chrysalis Copyrights LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chrysalis Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Chrysalis Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Deep East Music LtdFigures not disclosed
- G.W. Mills LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Minder Music LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rock Music Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Skint Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stage Three Music (Catalogues) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stage Three Music Publishing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tom Jones (Enterprises) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Usm Copyrights Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Usm Copyrights Nazareth Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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