C.C. Young

What C.C. Young does

C.C. Young & Co Ltd is a London-headquartered accounting and business management firm founded in 1998 by Colin Young, operating exclusively within the music and entertainment industry. The firm delivers five integrated service lines — Touring Services, Business Services, Audit, Tax, and Royalty Accounting — to a client base that includes recording artists, independent record labels, music publishers, managers, producers, songwriters, and music investment funds. Each client is supported by a dedicated qualified accountant and accounts assistant, with cross-functional coverage spanning statutory audit, tax advisory across UK, Sweden, and US jurisdictions, royalty audits and reconciliations, tour financial management, and corporate structure optimization. The firm employs over 110 specialist staff across London, Stockholm, and Los Angeles and supports activity spanning 44 countries, 2,700+ annual gigs, and 98 active touring clients.

The firm's technology stack centers on cloud-based accounting platforms including Sage Line 50, XERO, and CCH Accounts Production, supplemented by a proprietary data warehouse built since 2020 to enable granular royalty-level analysis. An exclusive partnership with Y Royalties — a separate entity spun off from CC Young's royalty division in 2023 — extends the technology surface into dedicated royalty dashboards, rights management, audit, and transaction services. Revenue is generated through professional-services fees with scope-tailored, quote-based pricing across the five service lines; no published rate cards exist. The business operates on direct enterprise engagement, with new clients sourced primarily through industry reputation, Billboard Top Business Managers recognition (2021-2025), Music Week Awards (2020, 2021), word-of-mouth referrals within the music industry, and active participation in policy forums including DCMS streaming-economics hearings, the CMA market study, and IPO technical working groups.

Name

C.C. Young

Legal name

CC Young & Co Ltd

Website

https://ccyoung.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

C.C. Young & Co is a London-founded (1998) specialist accounting and business management firm serving the music and entertainment industry with 110+ staff across London, Stockholm, and Los Angeles, delivering touring, royalty, audit, tax, and business services to artists, labels, and publishers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Accounting & Business Management Services: Comprehensive accountancy and business management services for music industry clients including artists, labels, publishers, and managers. Services include day-to-day bookkeeping, financial statement preparation, and ongoing business management.
2. Royalty Accounting Services: Specialist royalty services including reconciliations, audits, accounting and reporting, valuations, transaction support, rights management, data management, and detailed royalty tracking and analysis.
3. Tax Advisory Services: Personal tax planning, corporation tax, international tax solutions, VAT compliance, research and development tax relief claims, SEIS/EIS applications, and tax due diligence for music industry clients.
4. Audit & Assurance Services: Statutory audits, voluntary audits, and assurance reviews for music industry clients including merchandise companies, record labels, publishers, touring businesses, and investors in music catalogues.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CC Young is a chartered accountancy and business management firm that exclusively serves the music and entertainment industry. It provides statutory and voluntary audit, personal and corporate tax planning, royalty accounting and audits, multi-jurisdiction tax compliance (UK, Sweden, US), and dedicated touring business management services for artists, record labels, publishers, producers, managers, and music investment funds. Each client is assigned a qualified accountant and accounts assistant as a dedicated day-to-day team.

Product overview

C.C. Young is an accounting and business management services firm serving the music and entertainment industry. The company operates a multi-service model with five core offerings: Touring Services, Business Services, Audit Services, Tax Services, and Royalty Accounting. These services work together to provide clients with comprehensive financial management—from day-to-day bookkeeping and invoicing to statutory audits, tax compliance, and royalty tracking. The company also maintains an exclusive partnership with Y Royalties, a separate entity launched in 2023 that provides specialized royalty data management, rights management, and audit services powered by proprietary data infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Touring Services World-class accounting and business management tailored for touring musicians and artists, including financial oversight for live events, tour settlements, and day-to-day financial operations. Supports 2,700+ gigs/shows and 98 touring clients annually.
• Business Services Comprehensive accounting and business management for entertainment industry clients including record labels, publishers, music funds, managers, producers, and production companies, covering day-to-day banking, invoicing, bookkeeping, group accounting, management accounts, and cash flow forecasts.
• Audit Services Statutory and voluntary audit and assurance services for music industry clients including merchandise companies, record labels, publishers, touring businesses, and music catalogue investors, delivered by an FCA-qualified audit team with 20+ years' industry experience.
• Tax Services Personal tax planning, corporation tax, international tax solutions covering UK, Sweden, and US jurisdictions, VAT compliance, payroll, R&D tax relief claims, SEIS/EIS applications, and tax due diligence for music industry clients.
• Royalty Accounting Specialist royalty services for labels, publishers, and producers including artist/writer ledger management, royalty audits, catalogue sales accounting, company acquisitions support, and royalty reconciliations. Backed by a proprietary data warehouse built in 2020 for granular royalty analysis.
• Y Royalties Separate royalty data, rights management, audit, and transaction services entity launched in 2023 as a spin-off from CC Young's Royalty Division, providing best-in-class royalty dashboards and data-driven royalty solutions. Operates in exclusive partnership with CC Young.

Quantifiable outcome

• 340 million monthly Spotify listeners across client roster
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Y RoyaltiescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Y Royalties was established in 2023 by Colin Young, Ben Marlow and Gary Groutage, growing from CC Young's Royalties division. The partnership provides best-in-class royalty dashboards, Royalty Data, Rights Management, Audit and Transaction Services. Y Royalties works closely with all CC Young departments to ensure artists and writers are paid accurately and in a timely manner.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Citrin Cooperman: US-focused accounting and advisory firm with a dedicated Entertainment Business Management practice serving musicians, athletes, and artists. Most directly comparable US peer given similar music-business-management specialisation, multi-office footprint, and similar offering mix (royalty/audit/tax/business management).
• Withum Smith+Brown, PC: US accounting and advisory firm with a long-standing Entertainment and Music Industry practice serving artists, studios, and producers. Comparable peer across entertainment accounting and royalty audit services.
• Two Hundred Degrees: UK music-industry accountant providing accounts, tax, royalty, and tour accounting to artists, managers, labels and publishers. Comparable in niche depth and service breadth to CC Young's business services line.
• GHJ Advisors / GHJ: US accounting and business management firm focused on entertainment and creative industries, providing business management, tax and royalty services to music clients. Functionally similar offering targeting music professionals.
• TAG Accountancy: London-based accountancy firm specialising in the music and creative industries, offering tax, business management and royalty services. Closest UK direct competitor by industry vertical and service mix.

Broad incumbents

• CBIZ Marks Paneth: US accounting firm (now part of CBIZ) with an established entertainment and music industry practice. Larger, broader incumbent offering comparable services but as part of a wider portfolio.
• PwC (Entertainment & Media practice): Global Big Four firm with a dedicated entertainment and media group serving major labels, publishers and music catalogue investors. Direct competitor for large-music-client audit and tax mandates.
• KPMG LLP (Entertainment practice): Global Big Four firm with media and entertainment sector specialists offering audit, tax and advisory services to music clients. Competes at the top end of CC Young's label/publisher and catalogue-investor audit work.

Others

• Robertson Taylor: UK entertainment insurance and broader music-industry services business. Adjacent ecosystem participant serving overlapping artist/label/music-client base, providing insurance brokerage rather than accounting/tax but operating in the same professional services corridor for music.

Emerging players

• Y Royalties: Royalty data, rights management, audit and transaction services company spun off from CC Young's Royalty Division in 2023. Closest emergent platform player — supplies CC Young exclusively today but operates as a stand-alone entity that could compete or partner across the broader market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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