Polydor Ltd.

The company behind the UK branch of Polydor. Operating under this name since 14 January 1972, succeeding Also listed in the database as or . The company has existed as two separate legal entities in the UK.

Full legal entity name: Polydor Limited
First UK company number: 00536224
Incorporated: 28 July 1954 as
First name change: 25 September 1958 to
Second name change: 29 September 1965 to
Third name change: 14 January 1972 - this page
Fourth name change: 2 September 1975 to
Fifth name change: 25 July 1997 to 'Makeback Limited'
Dissolved: 21 January 2020

Second UK Company number: 00880146
Status: Dormant
Incorporated: 26 May 1966 as 'Polydor Records (Sales) Limited'
Name change: 2 September 1975 - this page
Immediate parent: Universal Music Leisure Limited (UK Company number 03384487)
Ultimate parent: Universal Music Group N.V. (registered in the Netherlands)

For the Canadian branch which was active as a manufacturer and distributor from 1966 to 1978, as well as copyrights pertaining to releases by artists signed to the Canadian arm of Polydor, please use [l=Polydor Ltd. (2)].
For the Japanese branch of Polydor, possibly printed as "ポリドール株式会社", please use

Also credited as
- Polydor Limited