Robert Plant received £7 million in dividend payments in the financial year ending March 31, 2024, according to newly published accounts from two of his music publishing companies in the UK.
Annual accounts filed by Sons Of Einion and Trolcharm, two UK businesses used by Plant to manage his music career and receive income from album sales, show that Plant received millions of pounds in dividend payments.
Public accounts published by both businesses on December 17 show Plant received £4 million in dividends from Sons Of Einion during the period and £3 million from Trolcharm. Neither business has previously paid a dividend, previous annual accounts show.
Plant is not directly named as the receipient of the dividend payments in the accounts. Instead, both businesses state that the money was “paid to the director”. Plant is a director of both businesses, along with his children Logan Plant, Jordan Plant (known as Jesse Lee) and Carmen Jones.
The dividend payments to Plant provide a rare look at the music royalties received by Plant from Led Zeppelin album sales and streams as well as from his solo career.
Sons Of Einion was identified during the 2016 copyright trial over “Stairway To Heaven” as a “pass-through entity” used by Plant to receive royalties from the 87 Led Zeppelin songs he helped to write.
During the 2016 trial, it emerged that Plant received £2.1 million in royalty payments sent to Sons Of Einion for the period from May 2012 to March 2013.
Trolcharm also appears to be used for Plant’s Led Zeppelin royalties. An accounting statement showing money paid to Trolcharm was entered into evidence during the 2016 copyright trial in the US, suggesting the business receives Led Zeppelin royalties.
The royalties received from Led Zeppelin album sales have been a closely guarded secret since the formation of the band. The band is so secretive about the topic that more than 1,100 pages of deposition transcripts produced ahead of the 2016 trial remain sealed as every page of the transcripts was marked by Led Zeppelin’s lawyers as either “confidential” or “highly confidential”.
well done robert should cover is gas bills over the winter period
Mr Robert Plant Congratulations you Deserve every Penney of it,and You R the Best , Congratulations,, Sir Robert Plant..
Congratulations, Sir Robert Plant, you deserve nothing less
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Thank you Robert from Oakland Mississippi in the USA
Hope he got part of the 6 dollars I paid to see Zepp in 1971
Led Zeppelin, will always be
Awesome.
I heard tell that Robert sold all his LZ interests back to JP.
Maybe that was just Swan Song and not publishing ?
No. It’s known that at one time he may have sold some of his rights, but then he bought them back.
I wonder if Robert Plant thought of “Bert Jansch” when he received his dividends from the sale of his albums
Well done Robert did you think of “Bert Jansch” when you received your dividends from the sale of your albums,
Well done Robert did you think of “Bert Jansch” when you received your dividends from the sale of your albums,
Ok Willie! We got it, all three times.
Sir Robert, Thank you for your amazing
Work over the years,you have changed lives and inspired millions globally & will continue to do so for a very long
Time ! – The dividends are not enough !
Who is Bert Jansch?
Well done Robert 👏, I’ve been a fan & back in the day a friend. You have inspired countless other musicians to believe in themselves & can make it even if the going gets tough. You’ve always given hope to so many budding artists.
Hope you and your family are well. Best wishes ❤
Cool 🆒
D’yer make ‘er ? lend me a quid bob ! joking COYB
You deserve every penny of it. You have enriched the lives of generations, not to mention having been the first crush of many 16 year olds, Sir Robert! When I was a freshman in college, the announcer at the radio station was a friend, and he dedicated Stairway to Heaven to me. I was in heaven for days! Being in the UK, I’m sure you even pay taxes on it! Love you forever! 💕
It’s no one’s business what they earn, & hopefully Bonso’s family is in line for royalties also. His kids are involved so he uses it wisely. By God they’ve earned it.
Of course they do
DEAR MR.PLANT,
PLEASE ACCEPT MY MOST SINCERE APOLOGY FOR THE DELAY, BUT OUR
BAND HAS.DECIDED TO GO WITHOUT A LEAD SINGER!!
UR THE GREATEST AND I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TURN BACK THE CLOCK WHENEVER I HEAR YOU SING!!
PLEASE EXCUSE MY DRY SENSE OF HUMOR; YOUR PHRASING ACTUALLY
HELPED MY DRUMMING CAREER TO
LEVELS I NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE.
NOW. GIVE ME MY SHARE OF DA LOOT!
LOVE & RESPECT,
JOE MEGNA
My life changed for the better at the LA Forum
Late 70’s up front and close ..Thanks my friend
R.I.P. Willie Dixon, Illinois, USA
Zepp rules it’s so amazing the music that the band put out it’s like y’all were ment to be together and Mr Plant you going from rock to country is so cool love all your music keep up the good work as you always have Rock on my brother
He’ll take the money but distances himself from the band as much as he can.
True statement ^
That’s what happens when you reach the top money comes in from all different directions
Good onya Robert
I see Zep at Knebworth and was lucky to bump into and speak to Robert at a charity event years later in the red lion in London.My claim to fame ,I’m still searching for people I haven’t told yet..