Three businesses owned by pop sensation Harry Styles are in danger of being forcibly closed due to their failure to submit their accounts on time.
Erskine Records, HSA Publishing and Pleased As Holdings have all received first gazette notices for compulsory strike off from Companies House, as reported by .
If the strike offs proceed, their assets could potentially become Crown property, Harry Styles could face a 15-year director disqualification, and access to their bank accounts could be lost.
All three companies failed to file their 2023 accounts with Companies House by the end of 2024.
However, the strike off notices could be rescinded if the companies submit their 2023 accounts before the next stage is reached.
Erskine Records, one of the businesses at risk, was established by Harry Styles prior to his solo career following One Direction's split.
The company, in collaboration with Columbia Records, has released several albums including his self-titled album in 2017, Fine Line in 2019 and Harry's House in 2022.
American songwriter Mitch Rowland also released Come June in 2023 through Erskine Records.
According to its most recent accounts, Erskine Records had net current assets of £63.2m at the end of 2022, up from £31.7m. HSA Publishing, another company at risk, was founded in 2014 by Harry Styles and Irish accountant Alan McEvoy.
McEvoy previously established 1D Media Limited with Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Styles as directors.
The most recent accounts reveal that HSA Publishing had net current assets of £16.4m at the end of 2022, an increase from £10.7m. In 2021, Harry Styles established Pleased As Holdings when he launched a beauty brand.
The latest accounts show that Pleased As Holdings had net current liabilities of £1.8m at the end of 2022, a decrease from £3m.
In other news, a company set up by former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury to engage in real estate transactions was forcibly closed by Companies House earlier this week.
Greenwaybalmoral Ltd, registered near Lancaster and listing Fury as its sole director, failed to file any accounts since its inception.
Consequently, Companies House issued a formal notice in December 2024 stating it was about to be removed from the register of businesses. This action followed Greenwaybalmoral Ltd's failure to submit its accounts for the year to 31 January 2024, by the 6 October 2024 deadline.
At the beginning of 2025, City AM reported that Manchester United star Marcus Rashford's investment company, MUCS Investments Limited, risked being forcibly shut down.
Companies House issued a compulsory strike-off notice to the firm, where Rashford is the sole director.
However, this action was discontinued shortly after.
