---
title: "UNIVERSAL MUSIC (CR) LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d71d7ef2-b5d9-5451-a4e5-4566bf46c42c
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d71d7ef2-b5d9-5451-a4e5-4566bf46c42c
identifier: oo:GB-COH-10313716
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# UNIVERSAL MUSIC (CR) LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-10313716`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d71d7ef2-b5d9-5451-a4e5-4566bf46c42c  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d71d7ef2-b5d9-5451-a4e5-4566bf46c42c  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Ryan Lofthouse** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a4079bf4-4753-59c8-8019-88279950267f
- **Mr Paul Daniel Mcdonald** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f02ced23-41c0-5777-b6a2-e094a2a92c9e
- **UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7683bdbd-afd3-5736-991e-83104f557e71
- **Mr Ryan Lofthouse** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/57dde23d-909c-431e-aeed-e384b045c1f8
- **Mr Paul Daniel Mcdonald** (beneficial owner) — 37.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8bf2ddfc-33e8-40c6-bc5a-3de785ecbea7
- **Universal Music Operations Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86af3547-e1f7-42f4-80e0-215577be3f32

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

A **7-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:** `10313716`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2016-08-05
- **Registered office:** 4 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 59200

### Officers

- ABIOYE, Abolanle — secretary · appointed 2017-10-02
- CLARK, Andrew Christopher John — director · British · appointed 2024-03-31
- FORBES, Stuart Kennedy — director · British · appointed 2023-02-13
- BERKELEY, Emma Jane — director · British · appointed 2020-07-03 · resigned 2023-02-13
- COCKLE, Edward John — director · British · appointed 2016-11-24 · resigned 2020-06-17
- FURMAN, Mark — director · British · appointed 2016-11-24 · resigned 2024-03-31
- LOFTHOUSE, Ryan — director · British · appointed 2016-08-05 · resigned 2021-03-26
- MCDONALD, Paul Daniel — director · British · appointed 2016-08-05 · resigned 2021-03-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Universal Music Operations Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/86af3547-e1f7-42f4-80e0-215577be3f32) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-11-23
- Mr Ryan Lofthouse — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2016-11-23
- Mr Paul Daniel Mcdonald — 25–50% shares · individual PSC · England — ceased 2016-11-23

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10313716
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10313716

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **UNIVERSAL MUSIC (CR) LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d71d7ef2-b5d9-5451-a4e5-4566bf46c42c · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d71d7ef2-b5d9-5451-a4e5-4566bf46c42c._

_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"._