WMG Finance: version 1
Saved 2026-09-24 19:23 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Settled owner_unknown: added owned_by company/wmg-finance (Companies House PSC, notified 2016-04-06) and parent_org company/warner-music-group (verified, WMG Exhibit 21.1 to the 2025 10-K, which lists. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# WMG Finance <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: WMG Finance
summary: London holding company of the Warner Music group, formerly PLG Holdco Limited, and the registered owner of Parlophone Records Limited.
legal_name: WMG Finance Limited
registered_address: Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, England, EC4N 6AF
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:08300633
founded: 2012-11-20
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/warner-music-holdings | | 2016-04-06 | | | sourced | ^ch-wmgf-psc | Companies House lists Warner Music Holdings Limited (08265081) with 75% or more of the shares and voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors; 2016-04-06 is the notified date. |
| parent_org | company/warner-music-group | | | | | verified | ^sec-ex21 | Listed as WMG Finance Ltd. among the subsidiaries of Warner Music Group Corp. |
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind | address | country | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | -------- | ------------------ |
| | office | Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, England, EC4N 6AF | GB | ^ch-wmgf | Registered office. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| WMG Finance Limited | legal | | 2016-10-03 | |
| WMG Finance Ltd. | name | | | |
| PLG Holdco Limited | legal | | 2012-11-20 | 2016-10-03 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-wmgf | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08300633 | WMG FINANCE LIMITED overview | 2026-09-24 | Companies House | registry | | 08300633 | Previous company names, SIC | | | |
| ch-wmgf-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08300633/persons-with-significant-control | WMG FINANCE LIMITED persons with significant control | 2026-09-24 | Companies House | registry | | 08300633 | | | | |
| ch-psc | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00068172/persons-with-significant-control | Parlophone Records Limited (00068172): persons with significant control | 2026-09-24 | Companies House | registry | | 00068172 | Active PSC: WMG Finance Limited | | | |
| sec-ex21 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000131916125000034/wmg-ex211xq42025.htm | Exhibit 21.1: Subsidiaries of the Registrant, Warner Music Group Corp. Form 10-K | 2026-09-24 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2025-11-20 | 0001319161-25-000034 | Subsidiary list | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
WMG Finance Limited is a private company registered in England and Wales under number 08300633, with its registered office at Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London.[^ch-wmgf] It was incorporated on 20 November 2012 as PLG Holdco Limited and took its present name on 3 October 2016.[^ch-wmgf] It is the registered person with significant control of Parlophone Records Limited, holding 75% or more of its shares.[^ch-psc] Its own controller is Warner Music Holdings Limited,[^ch-wmgf-psc] and Warner Music Group Corp. lists it among its subsidiaries.[^sec-ex21]
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