Universal Music Operations

About

Universal Music Operations Limited is a private limited company registered in England under number 00950138, incorporated on 18 March 1969, with its registered office at 4 Pancras Square, London; it traded as PolyGram Record Operations Limited from 1979 until March 1999.^[1] Universal Music Leisure Limited has been its person with significant control since April 2016.^[2] The compilation label Universal Music TV is a division of the company.^[3]

Relations

• Owned by Universal Music Leisure since 2016-04-06^[2] sourced
  Universal Music Leisure Limited is the active person with significant control, notified on 6 April 2016

Referenced by

• Inferred: Distributes Utopia: Chilled Classics (2 CD) in United Kingdom since 2001 derived
  Inlay prints "Marketed and distributed in the U.K. by Universal Operations Ltd., PO Box 1420, 1 Sussex Place, Hammersmith, London W6 9XS". No company of that exact name existed in 2001 (Universal Operations Ltd 08685133 was incorporated in 2013, ^ch-search), and the PO Box address is Universal Music TV's (^discogs-umtv), so it is read as Universal Music Operations Limited
• Imprint of Inspired Records in United Kingdom sourced
  Discogs gives Universal Music TV as parent label (^discogs-label) and lists Inspired Recordings among its sublabels; Universal Music TV is a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd (^discogs-umtv); MusicBrainz records the same ownership (^mb-label)
• Imprint of Universal Classics & Jazz in United Kingdom until 2011 sourced
  MusicBrainz describes UCJ as the UK label of Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd; the UK division was dismantled in 2011 (^wikipedia-ucj)
• Imprint of Universal Music TV in United Kingdom sourced
  Discogs names Universal Music Operations Ltd. as parent label and MusicBrainz calls the label "a division of Universal Music Operations Limited" (^mb-umtv); the 2001 Utopia inlay prints "Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd."
• Inferred: Markets Anthems of Ibiza – Various Artists (3 CD) in United Kingdom derived
  Discogs lists Inspired Recordings as a sublabel of Universal Music TV (^discogs-umtv), a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd; MusicBrainz also places the label under Universal Music TV (^mb-label). Neither record of this release credits the company by name
• Markets John Rutter: Distant Land – The Orchestral Collection (CD) in United Kingdom sourced
  UK disc on the UCJ imprint, which MusicBrainz describes as the UK label of Universal Classics & Jazz, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd; the disc itself credits ℗ & © Universal Classics and Jazz, A Universal Company (^discogs-uk)
• Inferred: Markets Katherine Jenkins: Serenade (CD) in United Kingdom derived
  Back cover prints "℗ & © 2006 Universal Classics & Jazz. A Universal Music Company." and the ucj music logo; the brand/universal-classics-jazz stub records the UK imprint as a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd (per MusicBrainz), so the legal company is derived from that stub, not printed
• Markets Utopia: Chilled Classics (2 CD) in United Kingdom since 2001 printed
  Back inlay: "This compilation ℗ Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Record Operations Ltd., and Universal Classics"; the licence line names "Universal Music TV, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd."; read from the back-cover photo on the Discogs release

Also known as

• Universal Music Operations Limited en 1999-03-29–
• PolyGram Record Operations Limited en 1979-12-31–1999-03-29
• PolyGram Record Services Limited en 1969-03-18–1979-12-31
• Phonodisc Limited en 1969-03-18–1979-12-31

References

1. ↑ Companies House: UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS LIMITED (00950138) Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 00950138.
2. ↑ Companies House: UNIVERSAL MUSIC OPERATIONS LIMITED persons with significant control Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 00950138.
3. ↑ Discogs label 12708: Universal Music TV Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 12708. profile, contact info, parent label.