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Kenket Ltd

Based in
London, United Kingdom

Kenket Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales, number 08584994, incorporated on 26 June 2013. Its registered office is Ground Floor, 31 Kentish Town Road, London NW1 8NL, and its registered activity is SIC 59200, sound recording and music publishing activities. It is active on the register, with accounts last made up to 30 June 2025 and a confirmation statement last dated 26 June 2026.

It has two directors, both appointed on the day of incorporation and neither having resigned: Joel Kenan, French, born September 1966, and Maria Gisella Amalia Garbagnati Ketvel, Italian, born June 1968. Its sole registered person with significant control is Mr Joel Kenan, holding 75 per cent or more of the shares, notified 26 June 2016.

Since 27 June 2021, Kenket Ltd has been the registered holder of 75 per cent or more of the shares in Africa Music International Ltd, company number 08586320, which was called AFRICORI (INTERNATIONAL) LTD until 11 December 2019. It replaced Africori Capital Ltd in that position. The notification was delivered to Companies House on 22 February 2022.

Kenket Ltd is not named in Warner Music Group Corp.’s subsidiary list at Exhibit 21.1 to its Form 10-K filed with the SEC on 20 November 2025, and Warner has never been registered as a person with significant control of it. A MusicBrainz label search for “Kenket” on 31 October 2026 returned no label record.

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