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.
