PROPER MUSIC DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
-£2,445,010
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activities of the company encompassed providing a range of sales, marketing and distribution services for CD, digital, vinyl and DVD products, tailored according to individual terms and service levels agreed with record label clients and retail partners. Incorporating UK physical distribution, a worldwide digital service, a label services division and a comprehensive international network, Proper Music Distribution Limited delivers all music formats to the widest possible market.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-04-07
- Employees
- 136 (2024 accounts · was 142 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 1-5 Applegarth Drive Questor, Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom, DA1 1JD
- Postcode
- DA1 1JD
- Capital
- 1,140 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2025-12-10
- Next due by
- 2026-12-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46431 Wholesale of audio tapes, records, CDs and video tapes and the equipment on which these are played
- 47630 Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores
Officers 1 current · 21 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ARTONE HOLDINGS II LTD — since 2025-02-28
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9221240 (Tier 1), registered since 2005.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
19.3%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2017/18
Contact details
- Website
- propermusic.com
THE HOME OF SPECIALIST MUSIC | New Release and Pre-Order Vinyl, CDs and more - Supporting independent labels and artists from across the globe since 1988
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CEE DEE SALES LIMITED | 2000-01-19 |
| BEATCHOICE COMMERCIAL LIMITED | 1993-05-24 |
Previous registered addresses 9
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O MYRUS SMITH, NORMAN HOUSE 8 BURNELL ROAD, SUTTON, SURREY, SM1 4BW | 2020-05-26 |
| MYRUS SMITH OLD INN HOUSE, 2 CARSHALTON ROAD, SUTTON, SURREY SM1 4RR | 2005-03-24 |
| C/O MYRUS SMITH, TIMES HOUSE THROWLEY WAY, SUTTON, SURREY SM1 4AF | 2000-06-22 |
| LANGLEY HOUSE, 29 LANGLEY ROAD, CHIPPENHAM, WILTSHIRE SA15 1BP | 1996-10-21 |
| TIMES HOUSE, THROWLEY WAY, SUTTON, SURREY SM1 4AF | 1995-11-06 |
| 4 OLD OAKE CLOSE, WALKDEN, MANCHESTER, M28 3DF | 1995-02-22 |
| WATERMEAD HOUSE, SUTTON COURT ROAD, SUTTON, SURREY SM1 4SR | 1994-11-15 |
| GARDEN HALL HOUSE, WELLESLEY ROAD, SUTTON SURREY, SM2 5BW | 1993-12-22 |
| ALPHA SEARCHES & FORMATIONS LTD, 50 OLD STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9AQ | 1993-06-07 |
Among its peers
2nd largest employer
of 453 similar companies in DA — measured against the wider sector, with 136 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,069 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% 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
- 2017-09-18
- Price paid, where recorded
- £749,725
- Where
- Kent
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT70439 | Kent | Leasehold | 2017-09-18 | £749,725 |
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