ROYALTY ACCOUNTING
Accurate, efficient, transparent reporting.
WHAT WE DO
Clarity and confidence in royalty accounting.
We offer a dedicated royalty accounting service for independent rightsholders, using contractual set-up and interpretation, ensuring compliance while providing clear and transparent reporting to artists, writers, and third parties.
CAPABILITIES
Comprehensive third party accounting across all income sources: publishing, records, performance, and neighbouring rights
Handle producer, manager, and profit share statements
Client-facing royalty portal
Flexible reporting: monthly, quarterly, and half-year
Limitless scalability
CASE STUDY
Streamlining Royalties for an Independent Record Label
Independent labels often face growing complexity as their catalogues scale, across contracts, territories, and revenue sources.
In this case, we partnered with a label to bring structure, automation, and clarity to their royalty accounting processes, improving accuracy, streamlining operations, and rebuilding trust with artists through transparent and reliable reporting.
In this case, we partnered with a label to bring structure, automation, and clarity to their royalty accounting processes, improving accuracy, streamlining operations, and rebuilding trust with artists through transparent and reliable reporting.
CHALLENGE
Complex splits, inconsistent data
An independent label struggled with complex royalty splits, vague contracts, inconsistent distributor reports, and international income issues.
Manual tracking made it hard to manage recoupments and maintain trust with artists.
Manual tracking made it hard to manage recoupments and maintain trust with artists.
SOLUTION
Automated systems & standardised reporting
Y Royalties helped the label adopt royalty software (Curve, Vistex) to automate splits and recoupment.
Written digital contracts replaced verbal deals, and standardised reports were created using macros.
Written digital contracts replaced verbal deals, and standardised reports were created using macros.
RESULTS
Accurate payments, trusted processes
The label now pays royalties accurately and on time, with clean metadata and clear recoupment tracking.
Artists trust the process, and operations run far more efficiently.
Artists trust the process, and operations run far more efficiently.
MEET THE TEAM
Decades of experience, united by one mission.
Y Royalties is guided by leaders who bring deep expertise across music, finance, and operations — ensuring we deliver innovation, integrity, and impact across everything we do.
Jason Bennett
Head of Royalties
Jason leads the Royalty Accounting function at Y Royalties, overseeing financial reporting and royalty payments for artists, rights holders, and third-party clients.
With over 35 years’ experience across music royalties and accounting - including senior roles at Universal Music Group and BMG - Jason is known for his precision, reliability, and deep understanding of both the creative and financial sides of the industry. His expertise ensures accurate, transparent royalty management for every client.
With over 35 years’ experience across music royalties and accounting - including senior roles at Universal Music Group and BMG - Jason is known for his precision, reliability, and deep understanding of both the creative and financial sides of the industry. His expertise ensures accurate, transparent royalty management for every client.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Royalty Accounting
Financial Reporting
Royalty Payments
Contract Interpretation
Recoupment Management
Catalogue Accounting
Artist & Client Reporting
Ready to unlock the full value of your data?
Whether you need a full data room audit, bespoke analytics dashboard, or an automated reporting pipeline, our team is ready to help.
Let's start the conversation.
Let's start the conversation.
Y Royalties Ltd. 3rd Floor, The Bloomsbury Building, 10 Bloomsbury Way, London, WC1A 2SL
Registered in England and Wales. Company Number: 13792346
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7291 1690026
© 2026 Y Royalties Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Registered in England and Wales. Company Number: 13792346
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7291 1690026
© 2026 Y Royalties Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
