EXCLUSIVE: Online Music company secures York warehouse

By Liza Helps, Property Editor, Logistics Matters

THE COMPANY announced the news in its latest Interim Results published last week which showed that total revenue was up 31% to £80.7 million and gross profit increased 38% to £22.7 million in the six months to the end of September 2025.

The results reported that Gear4Music was close to agreeing a 15-year lease for a new, 132,000 ft2 distribution centre in Yorkshire. It is believed that the property in question is Firethorn’s SH131 facility on its Sherburn 42 scheme in Sherburn in Elmet.

The property in question, which Logistics Matters has been informed is under offer, totals 131,830 ft2 and has 125,843 ft2 of warehouse space with 15m eaves as well as 12 dock and three level access doors served by a 50m yard with 20 HGV parking spaces. It has 5,987 ft2 of first floor Grade A office space. The facility has been built carbon net zero and has a BREEAM Excellent and EPC A rating. Joint agents are Colliers, Lambert Smith Hampton and Carter Towler.

The new distribution centre is scheduled to be operational in Autumn 2026 and will support the Group’s strategic expansion and free up space in the current York site to enhance Showrooms, Second-hand sales, and Returns operations, and to consolidate operations from our Bacup site.

The Group will invest an estimated £13m-15m into automation and fitting out through FY27 with a 3–5 year payback period, increasing and enhancing the Group’s operational capacity to support continued growth which once established, is expected to deliver increasing operational efficiencies as the business expands.

Commenting on the results, Gear4Music’s executive chair Andrew Wass, said: “We are delighted to report a strong operational and financial performance for FY26 H1, with revenues increasing by 31%, margins improving, and profit before tax up by £3.9m during what is typically our quieter half of the year.

“As we approach the peak seasonal trading period, we are well prepared, although based on the current trajectory we expect our UK distribution centre in York will operate close to maximum capacity during December. To ensure we continue to deliver a market-leading customer proposition, we plan to open a new Yorkshire-based distribution centre within the next 12 months. Complementing our existing York facilities, the new site will increase our UK distribution capacity by approximately 2.5 times and provide the operational efficiency needed to support the next phase of our expansion and our long-term growth ambitions.”

Operating from a Head Office in York, the Group has Distribution Centres in York, Bacup, Sweden, Germany, Ireland & Spain, and showrooms in York, Bacup, Sweden & Germany.