William A Bong Limited

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Company Number

00981411

Next Accounts

Dec 2025

Industry

Sound recording and music publishing activities

Directors

David Furnish

Lucie Kitchener

Shareholders

wab topco limited

Group Structure

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Contact

Registered Address

c/o cc young & co, 3rd floor,, the bloomsbury building, holborn, london, WC1A 2SL

Website

http://rocketentertainment.com

william a bong limited Estimated Valuation

£11.1m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of WILLIAM A BONG LIMITED at £11.1m based on Net Assets of £7.9m and 1.4x industry multiple (adjusted for liquidity).

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William A Bong Limited is a live company located in holborn, WC1A 2SL with a Companies House number of 00981411. It operates in the sound recording and music publishing activities sector, SIC Code 59200. Founded in June 1970, it's largest shareholder is wab topco limited with a 100% stake. William A Bong Limited is a mature, small sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £1.3m with high growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded William A Bong Limited a 3 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 5 measures and has 4 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

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5 Strong

2 Regular

4 Weak

Size

annual sales of £1.3m, make it larger than the average company (£403.4k)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 19%, show it is growing at a faster rate (12.7%)

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William A Bong Limited's latest turnover from March 2024 is estimated at £1.3 million and the company has net assets of £7.9 million. According to their latest financial statements, William A Bong Limited has 20 employees and maintains cash reserves of £382 thousand as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Mar 2024	Mar 2023	Mar 2022	Apr 2021	Apr 2020	Apr 2019	Mar 2018	Mar 2017	Mar 2016	Mar 2015	Mar 2014	Mar 2013	Mar 2012	Mar 2011	Mar 2010
Turnover	1,297,232	1,231,471	1,632,753	773,142	1,260,366	1,975,325	1,710,399	1,587,722	1,681,555	241,848,574	156,068,509	164,809,630	121,347,343	89,140,261	621,919
Other Income Or Grants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cost Of Sales	702,934	631,838	943,252	442,404	659,884	1,021,751	880,374	879,570	854,934	116,322,036	88,287,411	81,891,773	61,026,295	44,771,967	47,270
Gross Profit	594,298	599,633	689,501	330,738	600,482	953,574	830,024	708,152	826,621	125,526,538	67,781,098	82,917,858	60,321,047	44,368,294	574,649
Admin Expenses	1,255,334	-9,788,642	2,007,396	-1,267,065	541,560	2,518,051	449,574	-34,190	198,879	125,846,286	69,312,870	81,815,808	59,833,510	44,342,047	1,155,598
Operating Profit	-661,036	10,388,275	-1,317,895	1,597,803	58,922	-1,564,477	380,450	742,342	627,742	-319,748	-1,531,772	1,102,050	487,537	26,247	-580,949
Interest Payable	0	0	0	0	61,000	79,249	26,142	31,772	18,214	0	0	0	0	37,499	30,651
Interest Receivable	59,767	103,319	21,334	2,625	2,036	10,954	4,507	994	1,259	966	832	2,827	14,638	12,422	4,471
Pre-Tax Profit	-601,269	10,491,594	-1,296,561	1,600,428	-42	-1,632,772	358,815	711,565	610,788	-318,782	-1,530,940	1,104,878	502,174	1,169	-560,154
Tax	0	-1,993,403	0	-304,081	0	0	-68,175	-142,313	-122,157	0	0	-265,171	-130,565	-327	160,170
Profit After Tax	-601,269	8,498,191	-1,296,561	1,296,347	-42	-1,632,772	290,640	569,252	488,630	-318,782	-1,530,940	839,707	371,609	842	-399,984
Dividends Paid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100,000
Retained Profit	-601,269	8,498,191	-1,296,561	1,296,347	-42	-1,632,772	290,640	569,252	488,630	-318,782	-1,530,940	839,707	371,609	842	-499,984
Employee Costs	732,875	837,480	856,215	1,079,333	1,634,957	1,610,778	1,439,062	1,324,696	1,176,520	50,184,608	32,530,718	36,960,885	27,814,630	20,948,009	1,714,968
Number Of Employees	20	23	21	24	37	35	33	32	25	1,048	677	796	616	447	22
EBITDA*	-610,388	10,430,352	-1,270,331	1,670,917	134,407	-1,480,208	495,230	832,746	759,341	-127,197	-1,331,904	1,336,073	740,233	195,629	-467,085

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Mar 2024	Mar 2023	Mar 2022	Apr 2021	Apr 2020	Apr 2019	Mar 2018	Mar 2017	Mar 2016	Mar 2015	Mar 2014	Mar 2013	Mar 2012	Mar 2011	Mar 2010
Tangible Assets	107,456	96,157	124,389	58,098	122,148	176,803	202,148	144,827	212,445	334,973	301,848	459,324	676,719	666,630	571,841
Intangible Assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Investments & Other	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Debtors (Due After 1 year)	0	0	0	48,333	45,333	45,333	52,833	52,833	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Fixed Assets	107,458	96,159	124,391	106,433	167,483	222,138	254,983	197,662	212,447	334,975	301,850	459,326	676,721	666,632	571,843
Stock & work in progress	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Debtors	57,604	35,944	96,712	3,260	19,609	135,476	58,465	5,792	2,688	30,320,511	20,268,520	21,516,925	17,629,483	10,857,935	5,474
Group Debtors	31,458,816	16,245,978	13,932,864	151	151	151	151	151	151	0	0	0	0	0	20,624,334
Misc Debtors	7,737,886	17,604,330	3,751,440	14,877,905	33,737,992	27,456,548	20,810,726	38,949,856	32,498,870	0	0	0	0	0	758,252
Cash	381,984	1,894,846	2,967,239	2,721,915	2,528,449	1,543,493	1,377,516	425,283	370,254	133,468	252,943	79,730	1,051,243	4,803,880	164,792
misc current assets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total current assets	39,636,290	35,781,098	20,748,255	17,603,231	36,286,201	29,135,668	22,246,858	39,381,082	32,871,963	30,453,979	20,521,463	21,596,655	18,680,726	15,661,815	21,552,852
total assets	39,743,748	35,877,257	20,872,646	17,709,664	36,453,684	29,357,806	22,501,841	39,578,744	33,084,410	30,788,954	20,823,313	22,055,981	19,357,447	16,328,447	22,124,695
Bank overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	603,829
Bank loan	0	0	0	0	0	2,000,000	348,107	456,266	103,187	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trade Creditors	242,847	234,624	474,284	155,245	276,624	199,392	255,889	240,296	438,103	29,826,003	19,450,648	19,906,310	17,142,193	14,490,242	146,373
Group/Directors Accounts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19,326,306
other short term finances	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
hp & lease commitments	0	0	0	0	14,405	21,258	21,258	32,484	37,038	0	0	0	0	0	76,403
other current liabilities	31,587,380	27,122,131	20,370,336	16,257,548	36,162,131	27,122,185	20,207,586	37,459,236	31,195,148	0	0	0	0	0	488,760
total current liabilities	31,830,227	27,356,755	20,844,620	16,412,793	36,453,160	29,342,835	20,832,840	38,188,282	31,773,476	29,826,003	19,450,648	19,906,310	17,142,193	14,490,242	20,641,671
loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	457,240	0	0	0	0	0	550,000
hp & lease commitments	16,289	22,001	27,716	0	0	14,405	35,663	47,764	80,248	0	0	0	0	0	10,644
Accruals and Deferred Income	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
other liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	678,135	769,067	15,133	920,423	914,983	0
provisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total long term liabilities	16,289	22,001	27,716	0	0	14,405	35,663	47,764	537,488	678,135	769,067	15,133	920,423	914,983	560,644
total liabilities	31,846,516	27,378,756	20,872,336	16,412,793	36,453,160	29,357,240	20,868,503	38,236,046	32,310,964	30,504,138	20,219,715	19,921,443	18,062,616	15,405,225	21,202,315
net assets	7,897,232	8,498,501	310	1,296,871	524	566	1,633,338	1,342,698	773,446	284,816	603,598	2,134,538	1,294,831	923,222	922,380
total shareholders funds	7,897,232	8,498,501	310	1,296,871	524	566	1,633,338	1,342,698	773,446	284,816	603,598	2,134,538	1,294,831	923,222	922,380

	Mar 2024	Mar 2023	Mar 2022	Apr 2021	Apr 2020	Apr 2019	Mar 2018	Mar 2017	Mar 2016	Mar 2015	Mar 2014	Mar 2013	Mar 2012	Mar 2011	Mar 2010
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	-661,036	10,388,275	-1,317,895	1,597,803	58,922	-1,564,477	380,450	742,342	627,742	-319,748	-1,531,772	1,102,050	487,537	26,247	-580,949
Depreciation	50,648	42,077	47,564	73,114	75,485	84,269	114,780	90,404	131,599	192,551	199,868	234,023	252,696	169,382	113,864
Amortisation	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tax	0	-1,993,403	0	-304,081	0	0	-68,175	-142,313	-122,157	0	0	-265,171	-130,565	-327	160,170
Stock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Debtors	5,368,054	16,105,236	2,851,367	-18,873,436	6,165,577	6,715,333	-18,086,457	6,506,923	2,181,198	10,051,991	-1,248,405	3,887,442	6,771,548	-10,530,125	21,388,060
Creditors	8,223	-239,660	319,039	-121,379	77,232	-56,497	15,593	-197,807	-29,387,900	10,375,355	-455,662	2,764,117	2,651,951	14,343,869	146,373
Accruals and Deferred Income	4,465,249	6,751,795	4,112,788	-19,904,583	9,039,946	6,914,599	-17,251,650	6,264,088	31,195,148	0	0	0	0	-488,760	488,760
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cash flow from operations	-1,504,970	-1,156,152	310,129	214,310	3,086,008	-1,337,439	1,277,455	249,791	263,234	196,167	-539,161	-52,423	-3,509,929	24,580,536	-21,059,842
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-61,947	-13,845	-113,855	-9,064	-20,830	-58,924	-172,101	-22,786	-9,071	-225,676	-42,392	-16,628	-262,785	-264,171	-685,705
Change in Investments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
cash flow from investments	-61,947	-13,845	-113,855	-9,064	-20,830	-58,924	-172,101	-22,786	-9,071	-225,676	-42,392	-16,628	-262,785	-264,171	-685,707
Financing Activities
Bank loans	0	0	0	0	-2,000,000	1,651,893	-108,159	353,079	103,187	0	0	0	0	0	0
Group/Directors Accounts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-19,326,306	19,326,306
Other Short Term Loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Long term loans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-457,240	457,240	0	0	0	0	-550,000	550,000
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments	-5,712	-5,715	27,716	-14,405	-21,258	-21,258	-23,327	-37,038	117,286	0	0	0	0	-87,047	87,047
other long term liabilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-678,135	-90,932	753,934	-905,290	5,440	914,983	0
share issue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,422,364
interest	59,767	103,319	21,334	2,625	-58,964	-68,295	-21,635	-30,778	-16,955	966	832	2,827	14,638	-25,077	-26,180
cash flow from financing	54,055	97,604	49,050	-11,780	-2,080,222	1,562,340	-153,121	-171,977	-17,377	-89,966	754,766	-902,463	20,078	-19,073,447	21,359,537
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-1,512,862	-1,072,393	245,324	193,466	984,956	165,977	952,233	55,029	236,786	-119,475	173,213	-971,513	-3,752,637	4,639,088	164,792
overdraft	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-603,829	603,829
change in cash	-1,512,862	-1,072,393	245,324	193,466	984,956	165,977	952,233	55,029	236,786	-119,475	173,213	-971,513	-3,752,637	5,242,917	-439,037

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WILLIAM A BONG LIMITED group structure

William A Bong Limited has 4 subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

WAB TOPCO LIMITED

06679372

1 parent

WILLIAM A BONG LIMITED

00981411

4 subsidiaries

HAPPENSTANCE LIMITED

01506482

ROCKET RECORD COMPANY LIMITED (THE)

01078650

WAB MANAGEMENT LIMITED

04355194

ROCKET MUSIC LIMITED

01086778

WILLIAM A BONG LIMITED Shareholders

wab topco limited

100%

William A Bong Limited currently has 2 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr David Furnish (Jan 2007) and Ms Lucie Kitchener (Jan 2025).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr David Furnish	England	62 years	Jan 2007	-	Director
Ms Lucie Kitchener	England	57 years	Jan 2025	-	Director

P&L

March 2024

turnover

1.3m

+5%

operating profit

-661k

gross margin

45.9%

-5.91%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

March 2024

net assets

7.9m

-0.07%

total assets

39.7m

+0.11%

cash

382k

-0.8%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

00981411

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

59200 - Sound recording and music publishing activities

incorporation date

June 1970

ultimate parent company

WAB TOPCO LIMITED

previous names

N/A

address

c/o cc young & co, 3rd floor,, the bloomsbury building, holborn, london, WC1A 2SL

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