Company
Sanctuary Records Group
London record company, formerly Castle Communications, owned by BMG Rights Management (UK) since BMG bought Sanctuary from Universal in 2013.
- Registered in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 25 July 1967
- Owned by
- BMG Rights Management (UK)
- Products here
- 0
Who owns Sanctuary Records Group
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Earlier
- Owned by 🇳🇱 Universal Music Group2007 to 2013
What the sources say about these ties
- BMG Rights Management (UK) owns
- Companies House lists BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited as holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights, notified on 6 April 2016
About Sanctuary Records Group
Sanctuary Records Group Limited is a London record company, registered in 1967 and named Castle Communications and then Castle Music before taking the Sanctuary name in 2000; its registered office is at 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road and it is owned by BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited.[1][2] The Sanctuary business was founded in 1979 by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor, managers of Iron Maiden, and was until 2007 the largest independent record label in the UK.[3] In 2001 it bought Modern Music Records GmbH, the Berlin owner of Noise Records.[4]
After heavy losses in 2004 and 2005, Sanctuary was bought by Universal Music Group in 2007; the European Commission required Universal to sell it when it acquired EMI, and BMG Rights Management bought it in 2013, since when it has served for reissues of its catalogue.[3]
References
- ↑ Companies House: Sanctuary Records Group Limited (00911474) Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ Companies House: Sanctuary Records Group Limited, persons with significant control Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ English Wikipedia: Sanctuary Records Accessed 2026-09-24.
- ↑ Discogs label 36044: Modern Music Records GmbH Accessed 2026-09-24.
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