Above Board Distribution Limited
Registered name: ABOVE BOARD DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Part of Sony Group Corporation groupAbove Board Distribution Limited made £4.4m revenue and a £70.4k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Above Board Distribution Limited’s revenue fell 27% to £4.4m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £70.4k. The company is classified under “sound recording and music publishing activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.5m | £6m | £4.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.5m | −£5.1m | −£3.8m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £926k | £659k |
| Operating profit | £16.2k | −£168k | −£96.2k |
| Profit before tax | £16.2k | −£168k | −£95.3k |
| Profit after tax | £10.6k | −£168k | −£70.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £10.6k | −£168k | −£70.4k |
| Employees (average) | 11 | 12 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | −2.8% | −1.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.9% | 15.4% | 14.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £502k | £502k | — |
| Profit per employee | £967 | −£14k | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9% | ▼26.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1676% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.9%
- 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
- —
- 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 —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Sony Group Corporation (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited75–100%
- Essential Music & Marketing Limited75–100%
- Above Board Distribution 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 Mar 2025 (profit −£70.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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