Company
Sanctuary Copyrights Limited
Sanctuary Copyrights Limited is an active UK company (number 02722628), incorporated 1992, with 2 current directors, Alistair Mark Norbury and David John D'Urbano. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 43
- Christopher Ludwig 2022-2023 View profile
- Thomas Coesfeld 2021-2024 View profile
- Jonathan Michael Baker 2018-2023 View profile
- Benjamin Jerome Katovsky 2018-2022 View profile
- Peter Stack 2018-2022 View profile
- Hartwig Masuch 2015-2023 View profile
- Alexi Cory-Smith 2015-2017 View profile
- Paul Jonathan Wilson 2015-2019 View profile
- Dr Maximilian Dressendoerfer 2013-2021 View profile
- John Leslie Dobinson 2013-2015 View profile
- Mark David Ranyard 2013-2015 View profile
- Timothy Spencer Smith 2012-2013 View profile
- David Richard James Sharpe 2012-2012 View profile
- Adam Martin Barker 2011-2012 View profile
- David Thomas Bryant 2009-2012 View profile
- Thomas Clive Fisher 2009-2011 View profile
- Boyd Johnston Muir 2008-2009 View profile
- Richard Michael Constant 2007-2009 View profile
- Paul Frederick Wallace 2007-2008 View profile
- Aky Najeeb 2002-2006 View profile
- Martin James Haxby 2000-2006 View profile
- David Michael Davies 2000-2001 View profile
- Andrew John Taylor 2000-2006 View profile
- Hywel Hadley Davies 2000-2004 View profile
- Joseph Cokell 1998-2007 View profile
- Nicholas David Morrill 1998-2000 View profile
- Christopher Bruce Dowling 1998-2000 View profile
- Roger Semon 1998-2007 View profile
- Aidan Docherty 1998-2000 View profile
- Timothy John Dahltorp 1997-1997 View profile
- Christopher Joyce 1997-1998 View profile
- Edward John Nicholas Cook 1996-2006 View profile
- Elliot Barry Newman 1994-1997 View profile
- Terence Richard Shand 1993-1997 View profile
- Nicholas Peter Cotton 1992-1997 View profile
- Jonathan Roderick Beecher 1996 View profile
- Erika Brennan 2015-2017 View profile
- Abolanle Abioye 2007-2012 View profile
- Matthew Robert Joy 2007-2007 View profile
- Paul Andrew Kernick 2002-2007 View profile
- Standing, Sarah Elizabeth, Anne 2000-2007 View profile
- City Group PLC 2000-2002 View profile
- Ian Keith Holder 1996 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 12/06/1992
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Sanctuary Records Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Sanctuary Copyrights Limited
is controlled by Sanctuary Records Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Sanctuary Records Group Limited
is controlled by BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
is controlled by Bertelsmann UK Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Bertelsmann UK Limited.
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Financials
- Net assets
- £117
- Total assets
- £117
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Dormant company accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
2 directors on the board
- Alistair Mark Norbury Director · appointed 2023
- David John D'Urbano Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- David John D'Urbano Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Alistair Mark Norbury Director · appointed 2023
- David John D'Urbano Director · appointed 2019
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02722628
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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