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Pricing

Clear pricing, published up front.

We check whether your PPL PRS bill was applied correctly, not whether the price is fair. Start from what you need below. Every price is on this page. We're not VAT-registered, so no VAT is added to our fees.

Opening a venue?

Opening Package · new venues and new operators£199set-up plus your first year of Licence Watch. £399 if you'll have live music, DJs, classes or functions.
  • We tell you exactly what to declare, and what it should cost, in writing
  • We make the PPL PRS application and check the quote
  • Your first year of Licence Watch is included
  • Then renews at £99 or £249 a year
About the Opening Package

Check my bill

Free Invoice Check · 1 to 3 sitesFreea written verdict within 5 working days
  • A desktop check of your latest invoice against the published tariffs
  • A short written verdict: correct, or what's wrong and the right figure
  • No charge and no obligation
  • Found a problem? Fix it yourself, or let Licence Watch handle it

Backdated bill or prior-use claim? That's a Claim Review, £249: an assessment and a written plan, credited against any success fee on the same issue.

Get my free check

Look after it for me

Recommended
Licence Watch · 1 to 3 sites · yearlyWe deal with PPL PRS for you, all year. Two prices, depending on how you use music.
Essentials£99 a year
Background music only. About £8 a month, paid yearly. +£49 a year each extra site.
Venue£249 a year
Live music, DJs, classes, functions or events. About £21 a month, paid yearly. +£99 a year each extra site.

Live music, DJs, classes or functions? Choose Venue.

  • Every PPL PRS letter, query and change handled
  • Next year's renewal checked before you pay it
  • You keep 100% of any refund or saving
About Licence Watch

4 or more sites

Running a group?

Estate ReviewFree review, then 20% of what we recover

20% of refunds and credits, plus 20% of realised savings for 24 months. Billed as the money arrives: the refund fee when PPL PRS refunds or credits you, and the savings fee at each renewal. Nothing if we find nothing, and no minimum fee. Need a cap for procurement? We can agree one of £10,000.

Start an estate review
Estate Watch£600 a year + £75 a site

Ongoing management for the whole group: one contact, every site's letters, changes and renewals. 4 sites £900 · 10 sites £1,350 · 25 sites £2,475 a year. Complex estates from £350 a month, after we've scoped the work. Never charged twice for a correction already covered by a success fee.

Talk to us about Estate Watch

How the success fee works

For groups, we charge 20% of two things: any refund or credit PPL PRS gives you for past charges, and the lower bill you actually pay, for the first 24 months. We bill each part as it happens, not upfront. After that, the whole saving is yours.

Before we start, we agree the baseline with you in writing: the sites, the tariff year and what counts as a saving. Closing a site, cutting back on music or a tariff change doesn't count. Past years aren't automatically refundable, so most of the value is usually in the lower bill going forward.

Illustrative example · 8-site pub group, one overcharge worth £900 a year, where PPL PRS agrees a one-year credit
What PPL PRS confirmsOur fee
£900 credit for the past yearBilled when the credit is applied£180
£900 lower bill in year oneBilled at the first renewal£180
£900 lower bill in year twoBilled at the second renewal£180
You keep over two years, then 100% after that£2,160

Illustrative only. Actual figures depend entirely on what, if anything, is found.

How we keep it fair

The check is freeYou shouldn't have to pay to find out your bill is right. If it is, we'll tell you so in writing and you owe nothing.
Priced by how you use musicA café with a radio and a hotel with weddings take very different work, so Licence Watch is £99 or £249 a year. Single sites keep 100% of any refund or saving.
Success fees only as money arrivesFor groups: 20% of refunds and of realised savings for 24 months, billed as they happen. Then every penny is yours. We never charge in perpetuity.
Nothing hiddenEvery price is on this page. Licence Watch renews yearly: cancel before your renewal date and it won't renew. Any other work is agreed in writing before it starts.

Not sure which fits?

Book a free Sanity Call or ask a question, and we'll tell you honestly which option makes sense, or whether you need us at all.

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We're not VAT-registered, so no VAT is added to our fees. If that changes, VAT will be added or absorbed as notified at the time. Your PPL PRS licence fee is separate and paid to PPL PRS. Licence Watch and the Opening Package renew yearly at the Licence Watch price until you cancel; cancelling stops the next renewal. Success fees are charged only on refunds and savings actually obtained, against a baseline agreed in writing, and end 24 months after the correction. Any other work is agreed in writing before it starts. Full terms are on our terms page. MLC is independent, not affiliated with PPL PRS Ltd, PRS for Music or PPL.