Townsend Music Limited
Registered name: TOWNSEND MUSIC LIMITED
Part of Artone Holdings Ltd groupTownsend Music Limited made £21m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Townsend Music Limited’s revenue was £21m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.4m profit and 48 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores” and is based in Burnley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burnley
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Aug 2023 | 30 Aug 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.9m | £17.6m | £17.6m | £21m |
| Cost of sales | −£10.7m | −£13.9m | −£13.9m | −£16.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.8m | £3.8m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.5m | £894k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 47 | 48 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.2% | 7.2% | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.2% | 21.3% | 21.3% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £375k | £438k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £27.1k | £29k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲26.9% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲27.2% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £438k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29k
- 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 48
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Artone Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Townsend Music Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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