BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Registered name: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited made £209m revenue and £19.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £209m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £19.8m profit and 8,242 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
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) | £232m | £209m |
| Cost of sales | £163m | £139m |
| Gross profit | £69.5m | £70.7m |
| Operating profit | £26m | £17.1m |
| Profit before tax | £5.7m | £26.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3m | £19.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3m | £19.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | 8,242 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 1.3% | 9.4% |
| Gross margin | 29.9% | 33.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £25.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲558.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £21k | £7.2m |
| Net assets | £463m | £483m |
| Fixed assets | £436m | £445m |
| Current assets | £189m | £170m |
| Debtors | £10m | £6.8m |
| Deferred income | £50.8m | £61.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £25.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 212.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 29.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.2%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £483m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34010%
- Now £7.2m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 8,242
- Deferred income
- ▲21%
- Now £61.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▲2%
- Now £445m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (26)
- 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
- Mute Records LimitedRev. £5.7m · Profit £1.4m
- Union Square Music LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £1.1m
- Loaded Records LimitedRev. £2.7m · Profit £855k
- 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
- Axtone Records LimitedFigures not disclosed
- 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).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £19.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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