WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£901k
0% vs 2024
Employees
3
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-09-30
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£36,000 | -£36,000 | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £39,000 | £58,000 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £39,000 | £58,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £901,000 | £901,000 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £843,000 | £901,000 | £901,000 | 0% | |
| Equity | £843,000 | £901,000 | £901,000 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,398,000 | £3,181,000 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | -4.0% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 91.4% | 91.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.93x | 0.92x |
Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2019-05-16 → present
- WARNER/CHAPPELL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1996-01-25 → 2019-05-16
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1988-09-22 → 1996-01-25
- CHAPPELL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1988-09-22
- CHAPPELL & CO.,LIMITED 1896-12-07 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ecovis Wingrave Yeats LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period. The directors have also considered the recoverability of intercompany debtors within these forecasts, noting no counter-party issues.”
Group structure
- WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Warner Chappell Overseas Holdings Ltd 100%
- Warner Chappell Artemis Music Ltd* 100%
- Aachaetop & Hopwood & Crew Ltd* 100%
- Burlington Music Company Ltd* 100%
- Chappell Music Ltd* 100%
- Intersong Music Ltd* 100%
- Threat Music Ltd* 100%
- Warner Chappell North America Ltd* 100%
- Chappell Morris Ltd* 100%
- Warner Chappell Ltd* 100%
- Jewel Music Publishing Ltd* 100%
- Palace Music Co Ltd* 100%
- Diplomat Music Ltd* 50%
- Patricia Music Ltd* 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALDERTON, Katherine Elizabeth | Director | 2017-09-22 | Nov 1986 | British |
| GONZALES, Shani | Director | 2024-03-12 | Sep 1979 | American |
| YOUNG, Darren Robert | Director | 2021-12-10 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2004-07-01 |
| JONES, Bronwen Elizabeth Stuart | Secretary | 2002-08-02 | 2004-03-01 |
| SKINNER, Susanna Maria | Secretary | 1994-02-01 | 2002-08-02 |
| TIERNEY, William Joseph | Secretary | — | 1994-02-01 |
| OLSWANG COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2024-04-10 |
| BIEDERMAN, Donald | Director | — | 2000-01-04 |
| BOOKER, Roger Denys | Director | 2010-11-23 | 2019-09-30 |
| BRUNNING, Roland John | Director | — | 1993-01-29 |
| DYBALL, Jane Mary | Director | 1998-01-08 | 2013-06-19 |
| GUMMER, Andrew David Frederick | Director | 1993-01-29 | 1998-01-08 |
| HAMMOND, John | Director | — | 1997-05-30 |
| HITCHENS, Barry William | Director | — | 2001-12-31 |
| LAVIN, Michael Anthony | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2024-03-12 |
| MANNERS, James Richard | Director | 1999-06-21 | 2016-04-21 |
| MCDOWELL III, William Scott | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2021-11-05 |
| PIERSON, Edward Payne | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2008-09-30 |
| SMITH, Joanne Sian | Director | 2014-05-13 | 2021-12-10 |
| SMITH, Michael Edward John | Director | 2016-12-22 | 2020-03-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Chappell Music Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.