At the end of 2024 PPL still held £23.3M collected in 2018 to 2023 that it could not allocate to its members. The newest years hold the most.
PPL collects money for performers and recording rightsholders in the UK when recordings are broadcast or played in public. At 31 December 2024 it held £23,349,000 collected in 2018 to 2023 that it had not allocated to its members, 2% of its net distributable revenue.
Amounts in £ thousand as printed on p. 11 of the report. Shares of the £23.3M are derived.
The £15.7M on hold and the £2.3M closed are separate measures and are not added to the chart.
PPL's report gives the amounts by year without the reasons. The pattern fits the time matching takes: recent money has had the least time to reach a recording and its line-up.
Separately, PPL had £15.7M allocated but unpaid at the end of 2024, on accounts on hold because the performer's registration was incomplete or there were no valid bank details.
PPL closes each year's UK revenue after six years. £2.3M of 2017 revenue was still undistributed when that year closed in March 2025. Such money is made available for reallocation to members or to music-industry causes; in 2024 PPL gave £1.3M to industry causes.
Session musicians and featured performers missing from a recording's line-up, and anyone with an incomplete PPL registration or old bank details.
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