Promotion
Simon Moran
Managing Director and Owner, SJM Concerts
£487M
SJM Ltd turnover, 2025
Year ended 31 December 2025
Turnover reported in SJM Ltd's Companies House accounts, covering 2,135 shows promoted in the year including the Oasis Live '25 reunion tour; a company figure, not Moran's personal income.
Source: Warrington Guardian — Oasis reunion tour helps Simon Moran's SJM to record huge profits (retrieved 2026-09-16)
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Owner and managing director of SJM Concerts, one of the UK's largest independent concert promoters.
Last updated 2026-09-16
In short
Simon Moran is Managing Director and Owner at SJM Concerts. Runs the promoter behind the Oasis reunion tour and long-running relationships with Coldplay, Take That and other UK arena and stadium headliners. Simon Moran is the owner and managing director of SJM Concerts, the Manchester-headquartered promoter he built into one of the UK's largest independent live-music businesses.
Quick facts
- Current role
- Managing Director and Owner
- Organisation
- SJM Concerts
- Primary category
- Promotion
- Known for
- SJM Concerts; Oasis Live '25; UK independent promotion; Warrington Wolves ownership
Executive summary
Simon Moran is the owner and managing director of SJM Concerts, the Manchester-headquartered promoter he built into one of the UK's largest independent live-music businesses. SJM Ltd's Companies House accounts for the year to December 2025 record turnover of £487 million across 2,135 shows, up from £349 million in 2024, growth the company attributes to the Oasis Live '25 reunion tour and other larger-capacity dates [1](https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/26530764.oasis-reunion-tour-helps-simon-morans-sjm-record-huge-profits/).
SJM has promoted Oasis since the band's 1990s rise and secured the events licence for a possible return to Knebworth around the 30th anniversary of the band's 1996 shows there [2](https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/26444614.simon-moran-secures-knebworth-licence-ahead-oasis-30th-anniversary/). Moran also sits on the board of Academy Music Group, which operates mid-sized UK venues, and owns Warrington Wolves rugby league club, a position separate from his promotion business [3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Moran).
The company's filed accounts, rather than trade estimates, are the basis for Live Index's figures here; SJM does not publish a separate divisional breakdown, so the turnover reflects the whole promotion business rather than any single tour.
Why Simon Moran matters in live music
SJM operates at a scale that makes it one of the handful of UK promoters capable of routing and financing stadium-level reunion and legacy tours independently of the major public promoters, a role demonstrated by its handling of Oasis's reunion run.
Its accounts, filed annually at Companies House, give a rare filed-revenue window into an independent promoter's economics that most privately held touring companies do not disclose.
Career record
- 2003Founded SJM Concerts' modern promotion business and separately bought The Wire newspaper title.
- 2004Became majority shareholder of Warrington Wolves rugby league club.
- 2024–2025SJM Ltd turnover rose from £349 million to £487 million as the company promoted the Oasis Live '25 reunion tour.
Sphere of influence
Levels are categorical — Core, Major, Significant, Limited — and each is stated with the evidence it rests on. No numeric score is published, because none would be defensible.
- UK concert promotion Core
- SJM is one of the UK's largest independent promoters by filed turnover and show count.
- Stadium and arena touring Major
- The company promoted the Oasis Live '25 reunion tour and long-running arena relationships with Coldplay and Take That.
- Venue operations Significant
- Moran is a board member of Academy Music Group, which operates a chain of mid-sized UK venues.
Entity relationships
Current
Simon Moran owns and is managing director of SJM Concerts.
Simon Moran is a board member of Academy Music Group.
Timeline
- 2003Established the current SJM Concerts promotion business.
- 2024SJM Ltd reported £349 million turnover across 2,154 shows.
- 2025SJM Ltd reported £487 million turnover across 2,135 shows, including Oasis Live '25.
Related Live Index research and records
References and sources
- Oasis reunion tour helps Simon Moran's SJM to record huge profits — Warrington Guardian. Trade press. Retrieved 2026-09-16.Cited for: States SJM Ltd's 2025 turnover, show count and the attribution to Oasis Live '25.
- Simon Moran secures Knebworth licence ahead of Oasis 30th anniversary — Warrington Guardian. Trade press. Retrieved 2026-09-16.Cited for: Confirms his role as owner and managing director of SJM Concerts and the company's long-running relationship with Oasis.
- Simon Moran — Wikipedia. Verified profile. Retrieved 2026-09-16.Cited for: Background on his Academy Music Group board membership and Warrington Wolves ownership.