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Mavin Global Holdings Limited

UK holding company (11517267) above Lagos label Mavin Records; wholly owned by Universal Music Group since 31 May 2024.

Based in
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2018

Mavin Global Holdings Limited is the England and Wales holding company that sits above the Lagos label trading as Mavin Records. It was incorporated on 14 August 2018 with company number 11517267, and its registered office is 4 Pancras Square, London N1C 4AG, the address moved there from a formation agent address on 5 June 2024.

Its accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024, filed on 18 August 2025, state that the company has one subsidiary undertaking: MG Entertainment Nigeria Limited, incorporated in Nigeria, held at 99.9 per cent, whose principal activity is the production and exploitation of sound recordings. Group turnover for 2024 was 33,296,900 US dollars.

The persons with significant control register records that Michael Collins Ajereh, the producer known as Don Jazzy, and the TPG principals David Bonderman and James George Coulter all ceased to be persons with significant control on 31 May 2024, the date on which UMG SPV Holdings Limited was notified as the sole controlling party at 75 per cent or more of shares and voting rights.

The audited accounts describe the outcome in plain terms: on 31 May 2024 the company became a subsidiary of Universal Music Group when UMG SPV Holdings Limited acquired 100 per cent of the issued share capital.

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