Mercury Records Ltd.

Record company (rights holder) associated with the label Mercury. Operating under this name since 13 December 1994. Formerly known as Phonogram Ltd.
Also appears as : Mercury Records Limited or Mercury Records Ltd. (London)

UK Company number: 00586873
Status: Dormant
Incorporated: 8 July 1957 as Record Pressers Ltd.
First name change: 30 April 1959 to Philips Records Ltd.
Second name change: 1 January 1972 to Phonogram Ltd.
Third name change: 13 December 1994 - this page
Immediate parent: Universal Music Leisure Limited
Ultimate parent: Universal Music Group N.V. (registered in the Netherlands)

In March 2013 Mercury Records Limited and Virgin Records Ltd. were merged and formed Virgin EMI Records. Mercury Records Limited still operates as a separate legal entity (albeit dormant).