Residual payments

After the production has wrapped, the accurate payment of residuals and royalties to artistes, writers and musicians becomes a priority for companies looking to fulfil their obligations and maintain good relationships with their talent. Sargent-Disc can help relieve the administrative burden this creates by managing the payments on your behalf and ensuring that your obligations are met accurately, efficiently and on time.

Sargent-Disc manages residual payments for a range of clients including major studios and production companies. Our experienced team can manage the calculation, payment and reporting of residual and royalty payments on your behalf. Depending on the nature of the contract and the transmission they will calculate and pay residuals or royalties for television, new media, DVD or theatrical release.

SD Online

The need for confidentiality and security is paramount. As a result all sensitive payroll information can be sent for processing using our secure online messaging service. The service allows you to track payroll communications for audit purposes, avoiding the need to send confidential information by email.

On processing, a full schedule of payments is maintained and published online via our secure online client portal, SD Online. SD Online delivers a powerful reporting engine allowing you to generate dynamic reports in real time. Requiring no software to be installed or maintained it allows you to access a full archive of payroll reports from anywhere in the world 24/7. The The SD Online App for the iPhone^®, iPad^® and  Android™  provides access to a full range of payroll information and reports wherever clients and their employees are - on set, in the edit suite, in the office or the comfort of their own home

'My Experience with SD Online has been excellent. This is just a great system, it is readily available, easy to access and everything is at your fingertips. Thank you so much for a wonderful service!', Jeanette Berghino - Co-ordinator - Production Finance - RHI Entertainment

HMRC Compliance

All relevant taxes and deductions are calculated and a fully managed E-filing facility is in place for the end of year P14, P35, 46R1 and P38A returns. As part of our service other disbursements can be managed on your behalf such as the payment of NI and union dues.

Real Time Information (RTI)

Sargent-Disc has substantial experience of Real Time Information (RTI), the new PAYE process, following our particpation, at the invitation of HMRC, in three areas of their RTI pilot - as a payroll agent, employer and developer.

To find out more, read our RTI insight >