# Ortpur — Royalty Recovery & Music Publishing

> Royalties go missing. We get them back.

Ortpur is a UK music publisher specialising in **royalty recovery**. We find money owed to artists and rights-holders — revenue skipped from distributions, income held in suspense accounts — and recover it on their behalf.

**Mandate:** recovery runs territory-wide — the United States only, for example — or track-by-track against a defined list of works. The agreement sets the scope.

Last updated: 2026-07-15 · Source: https://ortpur.com/

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## What Ortpur does

1. **Skipped revenue, identified** — Royalties earned but never paid through. We find where the money stopped, and why.
2. **Suspense accounts, searched** — We source and discover monies pending in suspense and unmatched pools at collection societies.
3. **Recovered on your behalf** — Ownership evidenced, claims filed and followed through with the organisation holding the money.

## Where income goes missing

Publishing income moves through use reports, registrations, matching systems, claims and distributions. A small break at any hand-off can leave money unmatched, unclaimed, misallocated or simply skipped.

- **Unmatched** — Usage exists, but identifiers or titles do not connect the recording to the correct work.
- **Unclaimed** — The work is visible, but no valid claim has connected the controlled share to the rights-holder.
- **Registration gap** — A missing, incomplete or conflicting registration prevents a clean route to matching and payment.
- **Misallocated** — The route completes, but a wrong share, party or territory directs the income elsewhere.
- **Held or disputed** — The income is identified but held while authority, ownership or conflicting claims are resolved.
- **Skipped** — A distribution should include the work or share, but passes it by.

## How recovery works

Recovery is methodical, not speculative. Every claim is grounded in evidence of ownership and use, and filed with the society or organisation that actually controls the money — the only place a recovery can be resolved.

1. **Define the mandate** — Territory-wide or track-by-track — the agreement sets exactly what we look at, where, and on what basis. Nothing is pursued outside it.
2. **Discover** — We audit statements and society data, compare usage against income, identify skipped revenue and search suspense pools for money that belongs to you.
3. **Evidence and claim** — Ownership is documented, registrations corrected where needed, and claims filed with the society holding the money — then followed through to resolution.
4. **Recover and report** — Recovered income is paid through, with clear reporting on what was found, what was claimed and what was collected.

## Two ways to engage

Recovery mandates are shaped around the catalogue and the problem — not the other way round. Both models run under a single written agreement that defines scope, term and commission basis.

- **Geographic mandate — one territory, swept thoroughly.** Every relevant collection point within a defined market is reviewed — distributions, suspense holdings and registration records — across the catalogue in scope.
- **Defined works mandate — a defined list of works.** Specific works or recordings are ring-fenced for recovery — useful for known problems, a particular project or a focused first engagement.

**The agreement sets the basis.** Scope, territories, works, term and commission are all set out in writing before any recovery work begins — and nothing is pursued outside them.

## Publishing services — the foundations, kept in order

Recovery works best on a well-kept catalogue. Ortpur provides the full publishing administration layer — so that once money is recovered, the records that let it flow correctly stay correct.

1. **Work registration** — Works registered and maintained with collection societies — writer shares, publisher shares, titles and identifiers kept consistent.
2. **Royalty collection** — Performance and mechanical income collected from societies and digital channels, with attention to delayed and incomplete streams.
3. **Catalogue management** — Ownership, registrations, amendments and royalty history organised so they can be understood quickly and acted on with confidence.
4. **Rights & metadata** — Writer names, alternative titles, splits and identifiers reviewed for the small errors that quietly become lost income.
5. **Society liaison** — Queries, corrections and registration updates handled directly with the organisations that license and distribute the revenue.
6. **Income review** — Statements checked against expected catalogue activity so missing works, bad matches and registration gaps are found early.

## About Ortpur

Ortpur Limited is a United Kingdom music publishing company specialising in royalty recovery — finding money that is owed to artists and rights-holders and recovering it on their behalf — alongside the registration, administration and collection work that keeps catalogues earning properly.

We work across UK, US and international collection societies. The approach is practical and evidence-led: make the works clear, find where the money stopped, claim it from the organisation holding it, and keep the records right so it doesn't go missing again.

Ortpur's work is governed by four principles: defined authority, evidence before claim, resolution at source, and a clear record of what was found, filed and recovered.

## FAQ

### What is royalty recovery?

Royalty recovery is the process of finding music royalties that were earned but never paid to the rights-holder, then claiming them from the society or organisation holding the money. It covers income held in suspense accounts, unmatched royalties and revenue skipped from distributions.

### What is a suspense account?

A suspense account is where a collection society holds royalties it has collected but cannot yet pay out, usually because the work or the rights-holder has not been identified. The money waits until a valid claim matches it to its owner; after a set period it may be released back into general distributions.

### Can royalties be recovered for one territory only?

Yes. A recovery mandate can be geographic — covering a single territory such as the United States — or it can cover several territories. The agreement defines exactly where Ortpur looks and what it recovers.

### Can you recover royalties for specific tracks only?

Yes. Recovery can run track-by-track against a defined list of works or recordings, as well as catalogue-wide. Scope, term and commission basis are all set out in the agreement.

## Contact

Tell us about the catalogue, territory or works in question. We will tell you plainly whether a recovery mandate makes sense — and what it would cover. The initial enquiry asks only for essential contact and issue details; catalogue, territory and administration context is optional. No documents are uploaded by the site.

- Email: info@ortpur.com
- Ortpur Limited, Company No. 13919189, Registered in England & Wales, 128 City Road, London EC1V 2NX