Universal Music Holdings: version 1
Saved 2026-09-21 10:52 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Rebuilt the page around the ownership chain the flag asked for, and dropped the research-narration paragraph ("Who owns EMI Group Limited today is not recorded here...") because the page now answers i. This is the current version.
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# Universal Music Holdings <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Universal Music Holdings
summary: London head-office company of the Universal Music group, holding EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited and held in turn by Universal Music Group N.V.
legal_name: Universal Music Holdings Limited
registered_address: 4 Pancras Square, London, United Kingdom, N1C 4AG
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:05344517
founded: 2005-01-27
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/universal-music-group | | 2021-09-21 | | | sourced | ^ch-umh-psc | Notified on 21 September 2021 as holding 75% or more of the shares and voting rights |
| owned_by | company/vivendi | | | 2021-09-21 | true | sourced | ^ch-umh-psc | Vivendi SE of Paris, registration B 343 134 763, was the registered person with significant control from 6 April 2016 and ceased on 21 September 2021, the date of the UMG listing |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Universal Music Holdings Limited | legal | | 2010-06-02 | |
| UMUSIC Services Limited | legal | | 2010-05-05 | 2010-06-02 |
| Centenary Music Holdings Limited | legal | | 2005-03-23 | 2010-05-05 |
| Trushelfco (No.3132) Limited | legal | | 2005-01-27 | 2005-03-23 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | -------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-umh | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05344517 | Companies House: Universal Music Holdings Limited (05344517), overview and previous names | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 05344517 | Overview, Previous company names | | | |
| ch-umh-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05344517/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: Universal Music Holdings Limited (05344517), persons with significant control | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 05344517 | Persons with significant control | | | |
| ch-egwh-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06226803/persons-with-significant-control | Companies House: EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited (06226803), persons with significant control | 2026-09-21 | Companies House | registry | | 06226803 | Persons with significant control | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Universal Music Holdings Limited is the London head-office company of the Universal Music group in the United Kingdom, entered at Companies House under registration 05344517, incorporated on 27 January 2005 as Trushelfco (No.3132) Limited, renamed Centenary Music Holdings Limited on 23 March 2005, UMUSIC Services Limited on 5 May 2010 and Universal Music Holdings Limited on 2 June 2010; its registered office is 4 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG and its stated business is the activities of head offices and artistic creation.[^ch-umh] It is the step of the group above EMI: the persons-with-significant-control entry for EMI Group Worldwide Holdings Limited, which holds EMI through EMI Group (Newco) Limited, names this company as holding 75% or more of its shares and voting rights since 13 February 2020.[^ch-egwh-psc]
Its own register entry names Vivendi SE of 42 avenue de Friedland, Paris, registration B 343 134 763, as the registered controller from 6 April 2016 until 21 September 2021, and Universal Music Group N.V. of Hilversum, Dutch business register number 81106661, since that date, which is the day Universal Music Group N.V. was admitted to trading on Euronext Amsterdam.[^ch-umh-psc]
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