Glocken Verlag Limited
Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
Pages for Filing with Registrar
Company Registration No. 00417224 (England and Wales)
Glocken Verlag Limited
Company Information
Directors
A F Lehár
S M Gray
Company number
00417224
Registered office
12 - 14 Mortimer Street
London
W1T 3JJ
Auditor
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Charlotte Building
17 Gresse Street
London
W1T 1QL
Business address
12-14 Mortimer Street
London
United Kingdom
W1T 3JJ
Bankers
NatWest Bank plc
45 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 2EA
Glocken Verlag Limited
Contents
Page
Balance sheet
1
Notes to the financial statements
2 - 7
Glocken Verlag Limited
Balance Sheet
As at 31 December 2024
Page 1
2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
2
412,794
381,602
Current assets
Stock
124
387
Debtors
3
19,448
230,677
Cash at bank and in hand
348,877
96,777
368,449
327,841
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
4
(390,814)
(332,262)
Net current liabilities
(22,365)
(4,421)
Total assets less current liabilities
390,429
377,181
Provisions for liabilities
(16,244)
(12,110)
Net assets
374,185
365,071
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
5
10,000
10,000
Profit and loss reserves
364,185
355,071
Total equity
374,185
365,071

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

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

The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 17 April 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
S M Gray
Director
Company Registration No. 00417224
Glocken Verlag Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
Page 2
1
Accounting policies
Company information

Glocken Verlag Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated and domiciled in England and Wales. The registered office is 12 - 14 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JJ.

1.1
Basis of preparation

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 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, modified to include certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2
Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern as the directors intend to close the company within 12 months of the approval of the financial statements. The company exists to administer the copyrights owned by Domino Musik, but the directors intend to transfer this trade to another group company, deeming there to be no requirement for Glocken Verlag Limited going forward.

 

On that basis, and while the company’s parent has not demanded repayment of the loan, the directors have concluded that it is not appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern. No adjustment to the company's assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2024 has been required as a result of the financial statements being prepared on this basis.

1.3
Turnover
Turnover represents the company's share of royalties and other music publishing fees received net of value added tax.

The nature, timing of satisfaction of performance obligations and significant payment terms of the company's major sources of revenue are as follows:

1.4
Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and 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.

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.

An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.

Glocken Verlag Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Page 3

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

1.5
Stock

Stock is stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stock to their present location and condition.

At each reporting date, an assessment is made for impairment. Any excess of the carrying amount of stock over its estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell is recognised as an impairment loss in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses are also recognised in profit or loss.

1.6
Cash and cash equivalents

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.

1.7
Financial instruments

The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

 

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Classification of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Glocken Verlag Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Page 4
Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

 

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

 

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

1.8
Equity instruments

Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.

1.9
Taxation

The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the profit and loss account because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised as a liability or asset if transactions or events that give the company the obligation to pay more tax in future or a right to pay less tax in future have occurred by the balance sheet date.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the profit and loss account, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

Glocken Verlag Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
Page 5
1.10
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.

1.11
Foreign exchange

Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are recorded at the rate ruling at the date of the transaction. All differences are taken to profit and loss account.

2
Fixed asset investments
2024
2023
£
£
Other investments other than loans
412,794
381,602
Fixed asset investments revalued

 

Movements in fixed asset investments
Investments
£
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2024
381,602
Additions
77,048
Valuation changes
27,942
Disposals
(73,798)
At 31 December 2024
412,794
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
412,794
At 31 December 2023
381,602
Glocken Verlag Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
Page 6
3
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Trade debtors
5,474
8,536
Other debtors
13,974
222,141
19,448
230,677
4
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Trade creditors
335,420
289,031
Corporation tax
1,645
799
Other taxation and social security
5,677
2,887
Other creditors
48,072
39,545
390,814
332,262
5
Called up share capital
2024
2023
2024
2023
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
6
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:

Senior Statutory Auditor:
Mark Twum-Ampofo
Statutory Auditor:
Moore Kingston Smith LLP
Date of audit report:
22 April 2026
Glocken Verlag Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements (Continued)
For the year ended 31 December 2024
Page 7
8
Parent company

The directors regard Domino Musik Ag, incorporated in Switzerland, as the company's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party.

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