Company registration number 06898837 (England and Wales)
BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 6
BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets
-
0
-
0
Investments
4
1,322,793
1,322,793
Current assets
Debtors falling due after more than one year
5
2,612,136
2,211,262
Debtors falling due within one year
5
999,806
942,845
Cash at bank and in hand
407,458
411,986
4,019,400
3,566,093
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
6
(708,396)
(833,192)
Net current assets
3,311,004
2,732,901
Total assets less current liabilities
4,633,797
4,055,694
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
7
(5,021,875)
(4,806,152)
Net liabilities
(388,078)
(750,458)
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
1
1
Profit and loss reserves
(388,079)
(750,459)
Total equity
(388,078)
(750,458)

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true

The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 16 December 2025
Mr B R Budde
Director
Company registration number 06898837 (England and Wales)
BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information

Budde Music UK Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 5a Bear Lane, Southwark, London, United Kingdom, SE1 0UH.

1.1
Accounting convention

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:

 

 

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Budde Music

Publishing GmbH. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office,

Hohenzollerndamm 54a 14199, Berlin, Germany.

1.2
Going concern

Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company will receive adequate resources from Budde Music Publishing GmbH to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3
Turnover

Turnover represents amounts receivable for services net of VAT.

 

Credit is taken for royalty income that has been received from or declared by licensees and other parties.

 

United Kingdom royalty income is credited to the profit and loss account in the period to which it relates, or if it cannot be reliably estimated, on a receipt basis. Overseas royalty income, which is all collected on behalf of the company by other undertakings, is credited to the profit and loss account in the period overseas sales are reported to the company. Royalties payable are charged against the relevant income of the same period.

BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.4
Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Computer equipment
33.33% on a straight line basis

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

1.5
Fixed asset investments

Interests in jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.

1.6
Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

 

An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

1.7
Cash at bank and in hand

Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.8
Financial instruments

The company only has financial instruments which are classified as basic financial instruments.

 

Short-term debtors and creditors are measured at the settlement value. Any losses from impairment are recognised in profit and loss.

 

Bank loans are initially recorded at the transaction price including transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

1.9
Employee benefits

The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised as part of the cost of stock or fixed assets.

 

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

 

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the company is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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1.10
Foreign exchange

Transactions in currencies other than pounds sterling are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each reporting end date, monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting end date. Gains and losses arising on translation in the period are included in profit or loss.

2
Employees

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:

2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
2
2
3
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery etc
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
4,140
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
4,140
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
-
0
At 31 December 2023
-
0
4
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Shares in group undertakings and participating interests
1,322,793
1,322,793
5
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
30,811
77,525
Amounts owed by group undertakings
393,663
273,906
Other debtors
575,332
591,414
999,806
942,845
BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
5
Debtors
(Continued)
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2024
2023
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings and undertakings in which the company has a participating interest
2,368,854
1,967,980
Other debtors
243,282
243,282
2,612,136
2,211,262
Total debtors
3,611,942
3,154,107
6
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
47,964
35,948
Amounts owed to group undertakings
-
0
77
Taxation and social security
2,846
3,710
Other creditors
657,586
793,457
708,396
833,192
7
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2024
2023
£
£
Other creditors
5,021,875
4,806,152
8
Audit report information

As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.

The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:

Opinion

In our opinion the financial statements:

BUDDE MUSIC UK LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
8
Audit report information
(Continued)
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Senior Statutory Auditor:
Austin Jacobs
Statutory Auditor:
Prager Metis LLP
Date of audit report:
16 December 2025
9
Related party transactions

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Budde Music Publishing GmbH and has taken advantage of the exemption available under FRS102 not to disclose related party transactions. The registered office of Budde Music Publishing GmbH is 54a, Hohenzollerndamm, Berlin, Germany, 14199.

 

During the year, loans totalling £2,612,135 were provided to Phrased Differently Limited, a company in which Budde Music UK Limited has 50% control. Repayments totalling £328,398 were made in the year. Interest was charged at a rate of 2% above Bank of England base rates and totalled £57,086. At the Balance Sheet date the company was owed £2,241,886 (2022 - £1,707,197).

 

10
Parent company

The parent undertaking Budde Music Publishing GmbH, a company incorporated in the Federal Republic of

Germany owns 100% of Budde Music UK Limited and was the controlling party during the year .

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