ACCOUNTS - Final Accounts

Registered number: 00857718

OXFORD STREET STUDIOS LIMITED

UNAUDITED

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

OXFORD STREET STUDIOS LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION

Directors	David D'Urbano
	Alistair Norbury


Registered number	00857718


Registered office	Floors 1-3
	20 Vauxhall Bridge Road
	London
	SW1V 2SA

OXFORD STREET STUDIOS LIMITED

REGISTERED NUMBER: 00857718

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025

		2025		2024
Note		£		£



Debtors: Long-term loans to Group companies	4	1		1
		1		1
Total assets less current liabilities			1		1


Net assets			1		1

Capital and reserves
Share capital	5	1	1
		1	1

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Balance sheet.
The Company did not trade during the current year and has made neither profit nor loss, nor any other recognised gain or loss.
Audit exemption statement
For the year ended 31 December 2025 the Company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 480 of the Companies Act 2006.

Members have not required the Company to obtain an audit for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

Directors' responsibilities statement
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The Company's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to entities subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf on 18 March 2026.

David D'Urbano

Director

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OXFORD STREET STUDIOS LIMITED

REGISTERED NUMBER: 00857718

BALANCE SHEET (CONTINUED)

AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2025

The notes on pages 3 to 4 form part of these financial statements.

Floors 1-3

20 Vauxhall Bridge Road

London

United Kingdom

SW1V 2SA

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OXFORD STREET STUDIOS LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

1.	General information

The Company is a private Company limited by shares and is incorporated in the United Kingdom. The address of its registered office is Floors 1-3, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 2SA.

2.Accounting policies

2.1

Basis of preparation of financial statements

The Company’s financial statements have been prepared and approved by the directors in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the United Kingdom (“UK”).
The financial statements are presented in pounds sterling. They are prepared on the historical cost basis.

The Company has taken exemption from preparing consolidated financial statements afforded by section 400 of the Companies Act 2006, because it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA which prepares consolidated financial statements that are publicly available (refer to note 8).

3.	Employee costs and directors' emoluments

The number of staff employed by the Company is nil (2024: nil), therefore no costs were incurred in either year. The directors did not receive emoluments in respect of their services to the Company (2024: £nil). Their emoluments were borne by affiliate company BMG Rights Management Services (UK) Limited.

4.	Debtors
	2025 2024 £ £

Due after more than one year
Long-term loans to Group companies	1	1
	1	1

There was no interest due on the loans to Group companies during the year.

5.	Share capital
		2025	2024
		£	£

Authorised, allotted, called up and fully paid

10 (2024 - 10) Ordinary shares of £0.10 each	1	1

The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share at meetings of the Company.

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OXFORD STREET STUDIOS LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2025

6.	Related party transactions
	The Company's ultimate parent company and group is the international media company Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. The Company had a related party relationship in the year with subsidiaries of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, and with its directors and executive officers. During the year the Company entered into £nil transactions with related parties (2024: £nil).

7.	Dividends paid

The directors did not recommend a dividend in 2025 (2024: nil).

8.	Controlling party

The immediate parent company is Chrysalis Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom. The ultimate parent company is Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA.
The results of the Company are included in the consolidated financial statements of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA which is registered at Carl-Bertelsmann-Strasse 270, 33311 Gütersloh, Germany. These consolidated financial statements are publicly available.
No other Group financial statements include the results of the Company.

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