Who We Are
Sargent-Disc is the U.K.’s foremost entertainment-technology provider, building cloud-based workflows and payroll solutions that streamline your production. The company has been an indispensable ally to the U.K.’s biggest studios and productions for more than three decades, giving their customers industry-leading speed, security, and reliability. Since their acquisition by Cast & Crew, both companies have significantly scaled their services globally and can help productions wherever they are based in the world.
Since launching the first online payroll gateway, Sargent-Disc has continued to innovate, delivering real-time data access to customers at any time and from anywhere in the world. Their industry-leading Digital Production Office® cloud solutions, such as Payroll, Payslip, and Payscales, handle productions of all sizes, whilst solutions like Digital Purchase Order (DPO) and CrewStart™ continue to reshape the future of workflow efficiency.
Along with Cast & Crew’s full family of brands—CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, and Media Services—Sargent-Disc empowers its customers by streamlining productions to maximize their efficiency across the globe.
What We Do
End‑to‑end payroll, production accounting and digital workflows for film and television — helping productions work more efficiently, remotely and sustainably, with industry‑trusted expertise built since 1986.
From payroll and residuals to production accounting, buying and production services, Sargent‑Disc brings everything together in one connected solution — including the UK and Ireland’s first fully integrated Digital Payroll Workflow.
Why It Matters
- Fewer errors, less admin
End-to end workflows reduce duplication, manual processes and costly mistakes. - Built for how productions really work
Designed specifically for film & TV, supporting complex crew structures, contracts, residuals and workflows. - Work securely from anywhere
Digital onboarding, timesheets, messaging and payslips enable remote working without compromising control or compliance. - Save time and cut carbon
Paperless, end‑to‑end digital workflows help productions operate more efficiently while reducing environmental impact. - Industry‑trusted expertise
Backed by decades of experience, with systems shaped by real production and accounts teams.
Mastering Production Accounting: Beyond the Numbers
Comprehensive solutions that combine expert services with integrated software to give accountants, producers and studios the financial clarity and operational efficiency needed to make confident, informed decisions throughout the production lifecycle.
Payroll & Residuals
- Digital onboarding with CrewStart™
- HMRC compliance to secure qualifying spend for the UK Tax Credit
- Integrated payroll, residual and royalty payment service
- Multi-currency: £ € $
- Secure online reports & payslips 24/7 via SD Payroll and Payslips apps
- Weekly, Monthly and Four Weekly processing
- Integrated with auto-enrolment
Production Accounting
- Budgeting
- Pre & Post
- Production
Production Services
- Payment services
- Production accounting
- Location shoots
- Scouting & feasibility
- Production experience
- Fully HMRC & UK legislation-compliant
Production Card
- Reduced cash handling
- Increased speed for production payments
- Multiple cards per production
- Efficient management of expenses
- Effective budget control with regular statements
- Detailed management reports available 24/7
- Secure payment method
- Fraud protection
- Choice of currencies includes £ and €
Digital Production Office®
The Digital Production Office® is a suite of software applications and mobile apps specially designed by Sargent-Disc to help film and television production and accounts teams work more efficiently and securely, wherever they are based. As a company, we’ve long been committed to developing sustainable production methods for the UK entertainment industry. Not only do these digital tools help teams work remotely, reduce costs and save time, they will also reduce your production’s carbon footprint.
CrewStart™ streamlines the entire onboarding process for production crew and artistes, making management of contractual information quicker and easier.
Digital Purchase Order puts you in control of efficient expenses approval, removing the need for multiple emails and manual circulation of documentation.
The SD Payroll application gives you instant, secure access to online reporting, payrolls, payslips and payment histories, 24/7, wherever you are.
The SD Payslip application provides you with instant secure access to online payslips and lets you view full payment histories at any time, wherever you’re based.
The SD Payscales application helps you budget for UK crew costs accurately by providing insight into payscales for a range of different departments and roles.
Developed in association with Barclaycard, the SD Production Card is designed to make your production simpler, by removing the need for large amounts of cash on production.
