---
title: "UNIVERSAL MUSIC DIRECT LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88550f1a-eccb-5d79-b43b-50135bd1e76f
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/88550f1a-eccb-5d79-b43b-50135bd1e76f
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03840597
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# UNIVERSAL MUSIC DIRECT LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03840597`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88550f1a-eccb-5d79-b43b-50135bd1e76f  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/88550f1a-eccb-5d79-b43b-50135bd1e76f  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **VIRGIN RECORDS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/af02f3f7-044e-55d3-87b6-fafc083ad1e2
- **Virgin Records Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34cd8206-ae27-4c8c-ac9d-86696410e1e2

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **10-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03840597`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1999-09-13
- **Registered office:** 4 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 47789

### Officers

- ABIOYE, Abolanle — secretary · appointed 2012-11-26
- COX, Philip Alexander — director · British · appointed 2024-04-01
- KRAMER, Paul Samuel — director · British · appointed 2022-01-24
- MUIR, Boyd Johnston — director · British · appointed 2012-09-28
- COULTART, Russel David — secretary · British · appointed 2009-08-06 · resigned 2010-08-10
- MATTHEWS, Anthony Thomas — secretary · British · appointed 1999-09-13 · resigned 2009-08-06
- MAWLAW SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2010-08-10 · resigned 2010-10-29
- [TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c0373e15-d094-5410-ab4b-6b4d1de9edc7) — corporate secretary · appointed 2010-10-29 · resigned 2012-11-26
- BROWN, Andrew — director · British · appointed 2012-09-28 · resigned 2017-03-31
- CARMEL, Simon Lloyd — director · British · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2024-04-01
- CATTO, Alexander Gordon, The Honourable — director · British · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2010-08-10
- COATES, Simon — director · British · appointed 2007-01-29 · resigned 2010-03-24
- CONSTANT, Richard Michael — director · British · appointed 2012-09-28 · resigned 2017-07-28
- COOKE, Lawrence Richard — director · British · appointed 1999-10-06 · resigned 2010-02-24
- COULTART, Russel David — director · British · appointed 1999-09-13 · resigned 2010-08-10
- FAXON, Roger Conant — director · American · appointed 2010-12-16 · resigned 2012-09-28
- JASSAL, Paramjit — director · British · appointed 2017-05-18 · resigned 2022-01-24
- KASSLER, David Nicholas — director · British,American · appointed 2010-08-10 · resigned 2012-09-28
- LAWRENCE, Nicholas David — director · British · appointed 2006-07-04 · resigned 2008-01-17
- MATTHEWS, Anthony Thomas — director · British · appointed 1999-10-06 · resigned 2009-08-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Virgin Records Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/34cd8206-ae27-4c8c-ac9d-86696410e1e2) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03840597
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03840597

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **UNIVERSAL MUSIC DIRECT LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88550f1a-eccb-5d79-b43b-50135bd1e76f · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **UNIVERSAL MUSIC DIRECT LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/88550f1a-eccb-5d79-b43b-50135bd1e76f · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/88550f1a-eccb-5d79-b43b-50135bd1e76f._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._