Division 90 of the UK SIC 2007 list. It holds 4 codes, listed in full below with the number of active UK companies filed under each.
Individual creators dominate this division. Code 90030, artistic creation, is used by artists, authors, illustrators and composers trading through limited companies. Code 90010 covers performing arts. Actors, musicians and theatre producers pick it. Behind the stage, 90020 holds support activities: lighting, sound, set construction and stage management. Code 90040 marks the operators of arts venues and facilities. Personal service companies far outnumber real organisations here. That is what happens when performers incorporate for tax and contracting reasons.
Accountants who specialise in entertainment work this division most systematically. They watch new 90010 and 90030 companies, which mean a performer or creator is putting their affairs in order. Specialist insurers, equipment suppliers and hire companies target the production support codes, where firms own kit and premises. Venues under 90040 buy ticketing, bar and event technology. Filing deadlines are a genuinely useful signal here, because creators often neglect admin. Website quality tells you less. Many performers live on social platforms instead, so treat the poor-website filter with care in this division.
No. Plenty work as sole traders. Many still incorporate, either for tax planning or because engagers prefer to contract with a company. Those companies usually register 90010 or 90030. The director chooses the SIC code at incorporation, with no approval process, and can revise it later on a confirmation statement (CS01). A performer who also teaches can add a cultural education code, up to 4 in total.
Code 90010 is for the performers and producers themselves: actors, musicians, dancers and theatre companies. Code 90020 covers the businesses that make a performance possible without appearing on stage. That means lighting, sound, rigging, set building and stage management. The split matters commercially. Firms under 90020 own equipment and buy insurance, finance and crew. Entries under 90010 are mostly personal service companies that spend very little.
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