DOWNTOWN MUSIC UK LIMITED
Company number 07452621 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Downtown Music UK Limited functions as a strategically important but financially dependent vehicle within the global music publishing ecosystem, leveraging intercompany support to accumulate a £53M catalog portfolio while operating with persistent negative equity. The pending $775M acquisition by Virgin Music Group represents both the company's greatest opportunity—unlocking scale, distribution, and negotiating power—and its most acute risk, as regulatory obstruction or transaction failure would leave the entity exposed without independent financial resilience. Management must prioritize cash preservation and operational continuity during the transition period while positioning the UK entity as indispensable to any post-acquisition integration strategy.
Shareholders' funds
-£8,276,129
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2010-11-26
- Employees
- 12 (2024 accounts · was 14 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 7 Bell Yard, London, England, WC2A 2JR
- Postcode
- WC2A 2JR
- Capital
- 514,309 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-13
- Next due by
- 2027-05-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 59200 Sound recording and music publishing activities
- 93290 Other amusement and recreation activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 10 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Universal Music Group N.V. (81106661) — since 2026-02-20
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZC091350 (Tier 1), registered since 2026.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.downtownmusic.com
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| EAGLE-I MUSIC LIMITED | 2016-02-20 |
| EAGLE EYE PUBLISHING LIMITED | 2011-05-13 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 KING STREET, LONDON, WC2E 8HN, ENGLAND | 2020-02-18 |
| GROUND FLOOR/FIRST FLOOR 2 CHURCH ROW, WANDSWORTH PLAZA, LONDON, SW18 1ES | 2016-10-05 |
| 11 STAPLE INN, LONDON, WC1V 7QH | 2015-05-19 |
| EAGLE HOUSE 22 ARMOURY WAY, WANDSWORTH, LONDON, SW18 1EZ | 2014-03-24 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 343 similar companies in WC, with 12 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors London
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2. CC4L LIMITED
This company ranks 520 among sound recording and music publishing activities in London.
The class of 2010
29%
of the 832 companies in this sector incorporated in 2010 are still active today; 68% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2016-06-20
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGL961085 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-06-20 | — |
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