BMG Rights Management (UK): version 1
Saved 2026-09-24 19:00 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Settled owner_unknown: added owned_by company/sanctuary-records-group from 2001 (sourced, Discogs parent label; note records German Wikipedia dating the sale before 2000). Walked up the chain: created. This is the current version.
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# BMG Rights Management (UK) <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: BMG Rights Management (UK)
summary: London head-office company of Bertelsmann's music business BMG, owner of Sanctuary Records Group; GLEIF gives Bertelsmann as its parent.
legal_name: BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
registered_address: Floors 1-3, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:06705101, LEI:529900F4VNICKN0T2417
founded: 2008-09-23
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/bertelsmann | | | | | sourced | ^gleif-bmguk | GLEIF gives Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA as both the direct and the ultimate parent; Companies House listed Bertelsmann UK Limited as the person with significant control from 6 April 2016 until 15 June 2026, and Christoph Mohn as an individual since |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited | legal | en | | |
| Barracuda UK Limited | legal | en | 2008-09-29 | 2008-12-11 |
| DWSCO 2759 Limited | legal | en | 2008-09-23 | 2008-09-29 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ---- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-bmguk | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06705101 | Companies House: BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited (06705101) | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
| ch-bmguk-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06705101/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited, persons with significant control | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
| gleif-bmguk | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/529900F4VNICKN0T2417/direct-parent | GLEIF: direct parent of BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
| ch-sanctuary-psc2 | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00911474/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: Sanctuary Records Group Limited, persons with significant control | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited is a London company incorporated in 2008, registered as a head-office company at 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, and part of Bertelsmann, which GLEIF gives as both its direct and its ultimate parent.[^ch-bmguk][^gleif-bmguk] It holds 75% or more of the shares and voting rights of Sanctuary Records Group Limited.[^ch-sanctuary-psc2] Companies House recorded Bertelsmann UK Limited as its person with significant control from April 2016 to June 2026 and Christoph Mohn, as an individual, since then.[^ch-bmguk-psc]
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