# Recognition Music Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [11425132](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11425132)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 20 Jun 2018
- **Registered office:** 27-28 EASTCASTLE HOUSE, EASTCASTLE STREET, LONDON, W1W 8DH
- **Nature of business:** [82990](/sic/82990) Other business support service activities n.e.c.
- **Corporate group:** [Lyra Bidco Limited](/group/2369) (26 companies)


## Previous names

- Hipgnosis Song Management Limited (until 13 Mar 2025)
- The Family (Music) Limited (until 12 Oct 2021)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBAS, Syed Qasim | director | 24 Apr 2025 |  |
| DOLAN, Kenneth Christopher | director | 21 Nov 2024 |  |
| POUNDER, Daniel John | director | 29 Jul 2024 |  |
| TIAN, Henry Hao | director | 12 Oct 2021 |  |
| KATOVSKY, Benjamin Jerome | director | 14 Apr 2023 | 30 Sep 2026 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyra Bidco Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 10 Jun 2025 |  |
| Mr Stephen Allen Schwarzman | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 12 Oct 2021 | 10 Jun 2025 |
| Mr Merck Mercuriadis | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 20 Jun 2018 | 29 Jul 2024 |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2023 | £3,565,558 | £1,603,405 | 51 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £11,235,449 | £10,896,420 | 20 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £320,172 | £1,027,453 | 15 |
| 31 Dec 2019 | £65,881 | £1,125,337 | 15 |
| 31 Jul 2019 | £581,564 | £215,628 | - |



## Owned by

Recognition Music Limited → [Lyra Bidco Limited](/company/15680043)




## Directors' other companies

- [POUNDER, Daniel John](/person/6587349) - director at [Hipgnosis Holdings UK Limited](/company/12123246)
- [POUNDER, Daniel John](/person/6587349) - director at [Hipgnosis Sfh Xx Limited](/company/11922621)
- [POUNDER, Daniel John](/person/6587349) - director at [Hipgnosis Sfh I Limited](/company/10809693)
- [POUNDER, Daniel John](/person/6587349) - director at [Hipgnosis Sfh Xix Limited](/company/11923045)
- [POUNDER, Daniel John](/person/6587349) - director at [Hipgnosis Sfh Xviii Limited](/company/11881101)
- [TIAN, Henry Hao](/person/7842305) - llp-member at [Blackstone Europe LLP](/company/OC352581)



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