---
title: "MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc2c1aa8-afac-5622-86bb-0032d7ce6753
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc2c1aa8-afac-5622-86bb-0032d7ce6753
identifier: oo:GB-COH-00586873
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-00586873`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc2c1aa8-afac-5622-86bb-0032d7ce6753  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc2c1aa8-afac-5622-86bb-0032d7ce6753  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **UNIVERSAL MUSIC LEISURE LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/9b478dc7-cfeb-5351-8596-a8e9b32d220e
- **Universal Music Leisure Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b4eda55c-b023-4a6b-ac12-78aca50a07c7

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

A **3-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:** `00586873`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1957-07-08
- **Registered office:** 4 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 18201

### Officers

- ABIOYE, Abolanle — secretary · British · appointed 2004-06-01
- BARKER, Adam Martin — director · British · appointed 2014-09-24
- FORBES, Stuart Kennedy — director · British · appointed 2023-02-13
- HOWLE, Michael Anthony — secretary · British · resigned 2004-05-31
- AMES, Roger — director · British · appointed 1992-12-31 · resigned 1996-07-01
- ANDREW, Kirsty Jane — director · British · appointed 2005-06-01 · resigned 2008-09-18
- BARKER, Adam Martin — director · British · appointed 2003-06-19 · resigned 2010-07-05
- BERKELEY, Emma Jane — director · British · appointed 2008-09-18 · resigned 2023-02-13
- BERMAN, Howard — director · United Kingdom · appointed 1994-01-24 · resigned 2002-02-01
- BRENNER, Oswin Clifford David — director · British · appointed 2010-07-05 · resigned 2014-03-14
- CASTELL, Greg — director · British · appointed 2002-02-01 · resigned 2005-07-14
- CLIPSHAM, David Alan — director · British · resigned 1994-01-24
- CUTTELL, Stephen — director · British · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 2005-06-01
- ELLIS, Neville Clive — director · British · resigned 1994-01-27
- FRANKLIN, Darryl Jonathan — director · British · appointed 1997-06-02 · resigned 1999-07-09
- GRAINGE, Lucian Charles — director · British · appointed 2000-02-14 · resigned 2008-06-26
- ILEY, Jason Paul — director · British · appointed 2005-05-16 · resigned 2013-03-19
- JAGGER, Matthew David — director · British · appointed 2003-02-03 · resigned 2006-08-25
- JOSEPH, David Spencer — director · English · appointed 2008-06-26 · resigned 2023-07-04
- KENNEDY, John Patrick — director · British · appointed 1996-07-01 · resigned 2001-07-01

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Universal Music Leisure Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b4eda55c-b023-4a6b-ac12-78aca50a07c7) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00586873
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00586873

## 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 **MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc2c1aa8-afac-5622-86bb-0032d7ce6753 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **MERCURY RECORDS LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc2c1aa8-afac-5622-86bb-0032d7ce6753 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/dc2c1aa8-afac-5622-86bb-0032d7ce6753._

_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"._