SOLAR MUSIC RIGHTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£48m
EUR 54,482,000
-17.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£858k
EUR 984,000
-14.5% first positive since 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£258k
EUR -296,000
-118.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,993,225 | £23,964,831 | £29,580,499 | +23.4% | |
| Operating profit | £355,251 | £820,338 | -£1,682,365 | -305.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £596,717 | £1,429,993 | -£258,155 | -118.1% | |
| Net profit | £596,717 | £1,136,364 | -£197,104 | -117.3% | |
| Cash | £45,953,270 | £57,435,302 | £47,516,135 | -17.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£138,973 | £1,003,650 | £858,189 | -14.5% | |
| Net assets | -£138,973 | £1,003,650 | £858,189 | -14.5% | |
| Equity | -£138,973 | £1,003,650 | £858,189 | -14.5% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
Figures converted to GBP from EUR at 0.872 per EUR (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 3.4% | -5.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 4.7% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 81.7% | -196.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.2% | 98.8% | 98.7% | |
| Current ratio | 8.05x | 1.01x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | 7.44x | 13.55x | -49.46x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. 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 1 time since incorporation
- SOLAR MUSIC RIGHTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2014-07-08 → present
- SOLAR RIGHTS MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2014-04-07 → 2014-07-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continual financial support of the ultimate owners PRSfM and GEMA.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITKEN, Jonathan Ian | Director | 2026-07-31 | Aug 1978 | British |
| HOLZMÜLLER, Tobias | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jun 1975 | German |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNETT, Victoria Joan | Secretary | 2014-04-29 | 2015-04-01 |
| STONES, Deborah Ann | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | 2019-08-21 |
| ASHCROFT, Robert John | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2019-07-04 |
| BURNETT, Victoria Joan | Director | 2014-04-07 | 2014-04-29 |
| EVERT, Till Tobias, Dr. | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-08-01 |
| HEKER, Harald, Dr | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2023-09-30 |
| JONES, Neil Christopher | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2017-07-31 |
| MARTIN, Andrea Czapary | Director | 2019-07-04 | 2026-07-31 |
| WOLF, Alexander Hasjim | Director | 2014-04-29 | 2015-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prs For Music Ltd | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.