Royalty Payments Page – Overview

This page provides a comprehensive breakdown of your royalty earnings, the current amount due, and payment history. It allows you to track your profile’s income month-by-month and monitor any outstanding amounts.

✅ What You Can Do Here

• View and track royalty earnings by import date.

• Download an all-in-one report of your total royalties.

• Monitor unpaid amounts and total Royalties Due.

• Check whether any past royalties have been paid and how much.

1. Sections Explained

• Royalties Due 

  This is your current outstanding balance, showing how much is yet to be paid to you.

• Download All Earnings Report :

  Exports a full summary of your earnings across all months and profiles in one file.

   

• Download Reports

  This may become active once you select individual rows below. It likely allows downloading filtered or selected records only.

   

2. Royalties Overview Table

Column Name	Explanation
Date	The date when the royalty data was imported into the system.
Description	The label for the batch (e.g., “Imported Royalties for Dec 2024”).
Total Income (GBP)	The total amount of money generated by the works in that batch.
Profile Earnings (GBP)	The portion of total income allocated to your profile.
Payments (GBP)	Shows if the earnings for that period have been paid. Currently all rows show -, meaning unpaid.

3. Search & Pagination 

• Use the search bar to filter records by date or description.

• Pagination allows navigating between multiple pages of royalty statements.

 

4. Download Details

Each entry in the Royalty Payments table has a vertical ellipsis button (⋮) at the far right of the row. Clicking this opens a contextual menu with the option. Downloads a detailed report for the selected royalty period.

Clicking Download Details would generate a file like:

RoyaltyDetails_Mar2025_ProfileName.xlsx

• File Content:

  Typically includes a breakdown of:

   

  • Song-level earnings

  • CMO and platform specific revenue

  • Earnings by territory or usage type

  • Share splits across rights holders (if applicable)

   

• Format:

  Usually CSV, Excel, or PDF depending on platform settings.

Column	Explanation
song_writer_id	Internal ID of the songwriter in the system
Report Date	Month the report is generated for
Date Entered	Date the earnings were entered into the system
Reporting Period	The time range when royalties were collected
Platform	The platform (e.g. PRS, Spotify) where usage occurred
Platform Type	Type of platform (P = Performing Rights, M = Mechanical, etc.)
Country Of Sale	Country where the royalties were generated
Publisher Profile	Name of the publishing entity receiving royalties
Songwriter Profile	Name of the songwriter
Song Title	Title of the track for which royalties were paid
Amount Paid by Platform	Gross revenue paid by the platform
service %	Percentage deducted for platform services
Service Amount (£)	Actual amount deducted by platform services
Amount Left After Deduction (£)	Remaining amount after service deductions
Publisher Administrator %	Admin fee percentage taken by the publisher
Publisher Administrator Amount	Admin fee amount taken by the publisher
Tax: Country	Country where tax is applied
Tax: % Deducted	Percentage of tax deducted
Tax: Amount Deducted	Actual tax amount deducted
Net royalty payment	Final royalty payment after all deductions

Useful for:

• Financial audits

• Royalty validation

• Creating your own summary reports

• Sending earnings details to clients or contributors

Use Cases:

• Provides transparency in royalty splits and deductions

• Helps songwriters verify what they are being paid and why

• Useful for accounting, audits, and financial reports