Celebrating 50 years of Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew offers exceptional payroll services in the UK with Sargent-Disc

Origins

Sargent-Disc was founded in 1986, by John and Marija Sargent to provide payroll, accounting and software services to UK film productions. The company launched SD Online in 2005, the entertainment industry’s first online payroll gateway. Following Cast and Crew’s acquisition of Sargent-Disc in 2019, the company continues to lead the way in payroll and production accounting for the entertainment industry.

Our Services

Our integrated packages of support span the full spectrum of a production’s financial operations – whether you’re looking for support with payroll and residuals, production accounting, buying processes or production services, we’ve got the solution for you. If you’re keen to improve efficiency, reduce your carbon footprint, or equip your staff with the tools to work remotely more easily, our end-to-end Digital Payroll Workflow offers a complete solution covering every step of the payroll process.

Digital Production Office®

Digital Production Office® is a suite of mobile apps and software applications specially designed by Sargent-Disc to help film and television production and accounts teams work more efficiently and to enable secure remote-working, whilst also reducing the carbon footprint of productions.

Services

Since 1986, leading entertainment companies have been trusting Sargent-Disc to provide an integrated range of business-critical services, including Payroll, Production Accounting, the Production Card and Production Services.

Payroll & Residuals

As the UK entertainment industry’s leading supplier of payroll and residuals, we pride ourselves on service excellence.

Production Accounting

Our in-depth industry knowledge and expertise can be relied on at every stage of production, whatever your budget

Production Card

The SD Production Card offers a lower risk alternative to the current buying process, reducing the need for large sums of cash on productions

Production Services

Shooting in the UK? Cut through the red tape and the admin involved in forming a company by using our Production Service Agreement

Meet the Sargent-Disc team

Production expertise rooted in the UK, connected to Cast & Crew around the world.

Lara Sargent

Director

Dr. Laurence Sargent

Director