09:47 | Friday November 14, 2008

By Robert Ashton

PAMRA, the performer collection society, has been wound up two years after merging into PPL.

In September 2006 PAMRA merged its operation with PPL to provide the UK with a single collection society for neighbouring rights. And as part of the merger it was required that PAMRA wind itself up as a company, a task undertaken by Baker Tilly this week.

PAMRA co-Liquidator Peter Souster announced that the last act of the collection society set up in 1996 would be to release in the region of £275,000 to PPL to be allocated to performers. He says, "PAMRA was a successful and solvent organisation which closed its affairs by allowing its final balances to be distributed to thousands of performers."


Peter Filleul, founding advisory council member and PAMRA director, says the final payment to PPL had been held back in reserve until it was sure there were no other liabilities from overseas societies.

In its 10 years of operation PAMRA accumulated over 17,500 members and Filleul says it distributed more than £4m.