ALCS, Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society, UK

The Writers' House 13 Haydon Street
EC3N 1DB London
United Kingdom
Phone:  +44 20 7395 0600
Fax: +44 20 7395 0643
e-mail: alcs@alcs.co.uk
Web: http://www.alcs.co.uk


Key representatives:
Chief Executive Officer Owen Atkinson
Head of Communications Barbara Hayes



Year operations began:
1977

Purpose:
A non-profit organisation to provide collective administration for writers.

Run by writers for writers, ALCS has distributed over £127 million to writers since its inception in 1977. It is the largest writers’ organisation in the UK, with over 50,000 members, and in the last financial year ALCS paid out a total of £13.6 million to over 42,000 writers.

ALCS represents writers of all genres, from text-book authors and freelance journalists to poets and radio dramatists. ALCS membership is open to all types of writers and their successors across the print and audiovisual sectors.

ALCS is recognised internationally as a leading authority on copyright matters and authors’ interests. We are committed to fostering an awareness of intellectual property issues among the writing community. We maintain a close watching brief on all matters affecting copyright both in the UK and internationally and we make regular representations to the UK government and the European Commission on behalf of writers



Members:
Over 55,000 Members